Walk 6 Burgh Le Marsh to Skegness
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About InterConnect Bus Walks Bus Walk Information 5 miles InterConnect Linear Route Bus Walks Other bus walks within the series Distance 5 miles, 8 km Walk Faldingworth Nettleton Cabourne The Burgh le Marsh 7.25 miles 7.75 miles 7.5 miles 6 Time Approx. 2.5 - 3 hours at a leisurely pace Walk Market Rasen Walk Market Rasen Walk Laceby Stagecoach Bus Skegness (linear) (linear) (linear) App 1 2 3 Maps OS Landranger 122 and OS Explorer 274 Terrain Good footpaths. Can be very muddy at times. Hagworthingham Candlesby Burgh le Marsh 8.5 miles 4.5 miles 5 miles Some street walking at the beginning and Walk Fulletby Walk Gunby Hall Walk Skegness towards the end of the walk. The busy A158 Horncastle Bratoft (linear) is crossed twice during this walk Plan your journey (linear) Burgh le Marsh 4 5 (linear) 6 Refreshments Cafés, pubs and shops in Burgh le Marsh Cafés, pubs and shops in Skegness Gainsborough 8 miles Knaith Park Walk Toilets Market Place, Burgh le Marsh Willingham go to stagecoachbus.com/buswalks s Bus Station, Skegness bu top Track your Stow Minster r s for walk information ou y (linear) d Stiles & Livestock n 7 i You are likely to come across stiles and F The InterConnect Bus Walks provides a series of suggested walks across the £ Lincolnshire countryside. Bus stops are located at the start and finish, of these walks, livestock on this walk delivering you to some of the most beautiful spots Lincolnshire has to offer. Bus Route InterConnect 56 Mobile tickets The walks appeal to all types of people, from families and occasional walkers to the lone traveller and experienced ramblers. You can explore the stunning scenery, Download the discover wildlife havens or simply enjoy a picnic in a picturesque spot. Whatever your Stagecoach Bus App age, group size or motivation, the Interconnect Bus Walks provides a great way to get outdoors and enjoy an active lifestyle. Search Stagecoach Bus stagecoachbus.com Wragby Langton by Wragby in partnership with Sudbrooke Langworth Baumber North Greetwell High Toynton Hagworthingham Lincoln Partney Horncastle Raithby Candlesby Hundleby Scremby Railway Station Spilsby Burgh Le Marsh Interchange Facility © Skegness stagecoachbus.com InterConnect 56 Bus Route July 2018 The Bus Walk Route Points of Interest The Route Map 1 From the Market Place in Burgh le Marsh turn 7 Cross the bridge and turn right and follow left along High Street towards and past the the hedge line behind the caravans to a footpath windmill. Cross Ingoldmells Road and continue sign. Bear left, across the grass, to a road. Turn START straight on along the pavement of Richard Holmes left and at the T-junction turn right and follow the Grid Ref: Way. Ignore the first public footpath on your left. road through the caravan park for approximately TF 501 651 400m to a junction with the main site road. 4 2 Turn left onto the second public footpath, 3 1 5 6 between two bungalows, and walk along the 8 Turn left and then almost immediately right 2 7 8 driveway to a field. Cross the small field by along a public footpath. Follow this path, as it Burgh South View Leisure Park bearing slightly right to a gate and road. CROSS turns to the right, behind the caravans and then le Marsh THE BUSY ROAD WITH CARE to the public past the lake to the road (A158). Bus stops footpath opposite. outside Southview Leisure Park allow you to A158 catch the bus to Skegness or Burgh le Marsh. 9 3 Cross the field, by bearing slightly right, to the hedge. Turn right and follow the footpath beside 9 CROSS THE BUSY ROAD WITH CARE and the hedge for approximately 600m to some barns. turn right to walk along the verge for 10 Skegness approximately 100m before turning left onto a 4 Continue straight ahead and cross the next public footpath. Follow the path to a bridge. field to the hedge corner. Carry straight on Cross the bridge and turn right to follow the field 11 keeping the hedge on your right to a bridge. Cross edge to another bridge. the bridge and continue ahead with the ditch on Church Farm your left. Cross another bridge and continue ahead 10 Cross the bridge and bear left across the 12 along the field edge. At the end of the hedge field to a footpath sign at the field edge. Turn left continue straight across the field to a bridge and and follow the path to the road. Railway Station walk straight on keeping the hedge/ditch on your So Bracing! MAP KEY left. Where the ditch bends left walk straight on 11 Turn left along the road and at the bend In 1873, the arrival of the railway to Skegness brought with it an influx of holidaymakers. To advertise the across the field to a bridge. Cross the bridge and turn right onto a public footpath. Walk straight increasingly popular destination, The Great Northern Railway produced a poster using John Hassall’s timeless Route continue along the field edge to a road. across the field to the right hand end of the masterpiece of ‘The Jolly Fisherman’, which they bought in 1908 for twelve guineas, and added the now Caravan Park hedge line and a bridge. Cross the bridge and famous slogan ‘Skegness is SO Bracing’! 5 Cross the road and continue along the continue ahead in front of the houses, then Bus Stops footpath directly opposite, keeping to the field edge behind houses beside a ditch, between two fence with the ditch on your left to a bridge. Cross the lines to a road. Cross the road and follow the Grandsire Bob bridge and continue straight on to another bridge. footpath opposite, again between two fence lines In 1629, as the fog blanketed the sea, Captain Frohock and his ship, the Mary Rose, searched in vain for to a road. Lincolnshire’s coastline mindful that many made their living from wrecking ships. Sexton Guymer rang out a 6 Cross the bridge and turn left. After warning on Grandsire Bob, Burgh le Marsh’s church tenor bell, in hope that lives would be saved Be safe - plan ahead and follow any signs approximately 20m turn right through the hedge 12 Turn right and follow the roadside pavement. Leave gates and property as you find them into a caravan park. Bear left, between the Turn right onto Old Wainfleet Road and at the Protect plants and animals, and take your litter home caravans, to a road. Turn left and follow the road to T-junction turn left. Follow this road into Keep dogs under close control Consider other people the right and then turn left after the second Skegness. The bus station is located behind the caravan to a bridge in the hedge. railway station, off Richmond Drive. © Crown copyright and database rights 2018 Ordnance Survey 100059956 stagecoachbus.com InterConnect 56 Bus Route.