PUBLISHED BY COUNTY COUNCIL GOOD CYCLING CODE 2 Alford Alford is a charming market LOUTH ON ALL ROUTES Market Rasen is a small bustling a

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1 R to potter about in. There’s a 6 A s C There are all kinds of shops in the town and a K INDSEY INDSEY G E ON SHARED-USE PATHS COUNCIL ck Fu N L L R D a B magnifcent 5-sailed windmill A B I O R O M E CK thriving market. Between the town and the RRI I L R l Give way to pedestrians: leave them plenty of room EST EST W V O S AR O

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D C when you meet other cyclists R Y great place for a picnic. S ON AD H O H R Sadly many workers lost their lives in this work and some are buried d COUNCIL T A AN HAM The Lincolnshire Wolds tranquil power. The mill has an L ING l Be prepared to slow down or stop if necessary L LV IVE S A MARKET DAYS: TUESDAY (AUCTION), FRIDAY W R W D A L in the churchyard at nearby Claxby. The church and many of the n A AR Y L INCOLNSHIRE antique shop and tearoom in Y M L N UL O l Don’t expect to cycle at high speeds F D L OUNTY W AND SATURDAY WINDS RES ON For more than 30 years, much of the Lincolnshire Wolds has been a C OR ROAD C D W houses in Nettleton are built of locally sourced stone. There is an EE R A IL I l Be careful at junctions, bends and entrances the converted engine house. B UB V Y R J E A designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), with information board about local mining in the rest area on the road C CYCLING MAP 2005 K

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L NO B I R E vistas of big skies over undulating landscapes, punctuated by the RTH HOLM M N LM between Nettleton and . E R O OAD E O D R T IVE G G R impaired - don’t assume they can see or hear you FRIDAY O N AST R DI L U O D C E KE R picture postcard villages. It has historic sites and connections with N G V E O H E H RT OP S l Carry a bell and use it - don’t surprise people H R T E HO O IS E A V D R U famous people such as poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Experience I LM A G H N The Wolds has many interesting churches, one of which is All Saints’ ALFORD MILL R O D C U R E D R R E D O R N O V l Give way where there are wheelchair users and horse N H O O S A W T V D RT A ING E S AD E O E D D N L E O its uncluttered roads and enjoy a wealth of sights, a lively calendar L W R ED O R R Church at Walesby, which is affectionately known as the Ramblers’ D TS A K R A D R A H H EL riders I H R C FI DR V C C O T T E LE LO A AS P of events and a working landscape dotted with felds changing in O V A Church. It has dramatic views across the Trent valley and has a A I P S D E D LE R C A E C T G O M N H R LO A I WHEN CYCLING ON ROADS Nestling into the hillside at the northern edge of the Wolds, Caistor is R A character and colour all year long - this is a place where you can relax. stained glass window dedicated to walkers with an image of cyclists D R R Cordeaux C O R

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l Fit lights and use them in poor visibility I EC A T H E V W N I population swells a little each week with the Saturday market gathering M B O R E L E N 6 E T N IV landscape in the east of from to Kent, rising for communications. The mast is a lattice tower 110m tall S W H C R U COUNCIL 1 B O A O E

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C V T I C S I T L Louth E EA O Y R R L E Y A S TE C N THGA O P E NOR R L L E AND IN THE COUNTRYSIDE N R I Y C A FAMILY DAY OUT IN The town stands directly on the Greenwich Meridian line - the line that LA GATE M O IOR AD E AST C R S T E E PR O The map marks a host of nature reserves that are open to the public. ' A H Y R Y RG L R E R U A UE A D YK l Q R OAD Always follow the Countryside Code M E TE L N KER D H A P C Y world time and longitude are measured from. The attractive market ST C ASTG E S D S

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L QU I R W S Theddlethorpe Dunes. attracts wintering old and 90m high, is the tallest spire on a church in the country. Technology College S

W E L R A modern entertainment facilities are the traditional features of golden I V E O N I l Keep erosion to a minimum if off-road TE E IDGAT T K T A R R A T 00 LG L C L E U L E D D 12 SP KIDGATE C H E M wildfowl and other aquatic and waterside birds whilst as a contrast Louth retains many interesting buildings from Georgian and Victorian B O G S I B U L B 1 G P N O WESTGATE 200 E L T A A G R T I sand on the award winning beach, splashing waves, the funfair, lots of l E O E R D N U Try to cycle or use public transport to travel to the start C E E S N D R A E E N I

H Wood Lane R L S E A G T T T G W I T N Rigsby Wood offers 37 acres of ancient oak and ash woodland and T E L A periods, and still has many independently owned and run shops. T L P R E R S I T A A L Playing Fields A S E E V L N L E ice cream and a massive friendly welcome. and finish of your ride T E P N E E A N R E OUNCIL Westgate R E T S N LA T O A EE S D N S D L TR D E S R OU P OO Red Hill includes steep chalk escarpment grassland, a quarry with an W E O L' S A I W C MARKET DAYS: WEDNESDAY (AUCTION) THURSDAY (LIVESTOCK) FRIDAY RO E M R R Fields A S C S T U 1200 H IN N E T B CI King M T B T l Match your speed to the surface and your skills EET T O V MARKET DAYS: MONDAY (SUMMER) AND THURSDAY TR R A I S S R E S Edward VI TH N E V W Y exposure of red chalk that is rich in fossils, and many fower species U E E C AND SATURDAY O E R A School S W T O M

M A ISTRICT D O A R THANK YOU FOR CYCLING! R NE E D including bee orchids. L K LA E D I E ' N T TS N R AT A I D W L V Generating Power From the Wind E X D ALE AN E O The bicycle does not cause pollution or contribute to climate N D O VIEW ER O AN W D W DI INDSEY These are all sites for cycling to, rather than cycling round and RI A R E I

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S 0 E R E O 0 of electricity each year, provide sufficient power for over 5000 H L EY DSEY W Hubbards O M IN N O L A U K Y D Hills D R E R homes and save an annual 15,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide Across the Wolds there are many felds with lumps and bumps in. O T A N IV N Louth L U V W E I CONTACTS N D E I N C R Sports D O K emission. There is an information board at the viewing area. These are often sites where a village used to be. Many settlements

O E R U R A N D E B O Association R A L D W C I A D V E A R T shrunk in the 12th - 14th centuries. The Black Death reduced the E T L T U K O ST Lincolnshire County Council N D D G OA A population of many villages but the changes in farming practises often T Y R O AN R t: 01507 327771 LB IE A B S

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COUNCIL A B in partnership with the Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service, C O D UR t: 01507 609740 NE Although the economy of the Lincolnshire Wolds has mainly been East and District Councils and local cycling interests. R HA O RUST LFP A T OUNTY ENN D www.lincswolds.org.uk Y LA based on agriculture, industry has shaped its landscape too. It covers an area of enormously interesting variation. In the west is the C NE For nearly forty years from 1929 the Nettleton area was one of flat plain of the with its network of delightful lanes Louth Tourist Information Centre INCOLNSHIRE ILDLIFE L and villages leading into Market Rasen. The central area shows much New Market Hall, Off Cornmarket, Louth the most industrialised parts of the Wolds. Up to 180 people were W ST. JAMES’ CHURCH of the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with

t: 01507 609289 INCOLNSHIRE employed mining ironstone here. There were L its hills, wonderful views and picturesque villages. In the east is the A16 BICYCLING AND TRAINS AROUND THE WOLDS [email protected] LOUTH MARKET railways, together with mounds of spoil, concrete coastal area. Although Mablethorpe, with its 4-mile long promenade COTRICITY

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