PUBLISHED BY LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL GOOD CYCLING CODE 2 Alford Market Rasen Alford is a charming market LOUTH ON ALL ROUTES Market Rasen is a small bustling market town a town, on the slopes of the e Please be courteous! Always cycle with respect for others, standing on the banks of the River Rase on r Industrial OUNCIL OUNCIL Lincolnshire Wolds, which has S C C a whether cyclists, pedestrians, people in wheelchairs, horse Estate the western edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. c W become a centre for arts and l riders or drivers, and acknowledge those who give way to Although famous for the only racecourse in l g / ISTRICT ISTRICT N a you. crafts. It is a marvellous town D D Lincolnshire there’s more to Market Rasen. lo t A B R 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 U o W W De W B I G landmark, six stories high, that R OUNTY Y H W l C Lincolnshire Wolds is Willingham Woods - a Keep to your side of any dividing line and keep to the left R T R c A A O O T Y A A T S continues to grind four with D E E R 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 E D l Remember many people are hard of hearing and visually INDSEY MARKET DAYS: TUESDAY AND A N L O L NO B I R E vistas of big skies over undulating landscapes, punctuated by the RTH HOLM M N LM between Nettleton and Normanby le Wold. 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 Caistor 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 A E L D E L O T V I School L S D T l Always follow the Highway Code an attractive mixture of Georgian and Victorian buildings built since a B D E A E R too. L A HI E M O E D 1 R 3 Swimming H R Take a cycle through this wonderful countryside and explore its 5 E D I E R T A T L G 2 L LM VE S RO 0 O D I U L I Pool l Be seen - most accidents to cyclists happen at junctions A H R S D P N ferocious fre destroyed the town in 1681. It’s a little market town whose H R E L A N G E T Y HI B D M FI R ES hidden valleys, lush fora, streams and rivers, and as the only upland Being the highest ground in the area, the Wolds has been important G A E S R A T K H W W T D H R H A A T S A C K E E A 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 England from Yorkshire to Kent, rising for communications. The Stenigot mast is a lattice tower 110m tall S W H C R U COUNCIL 1 B O A O E A Hospital R P M Y O l Consider wearing a helmet and conspicuous clothing AD N T P M EE R around the town pump, a cast iron depiction of a lion on a massive R O E TR D ER R S S O A to 150m on its western edge, soak up the views towards a distant O A RLE O C and was built as part of the Chain Home Defence System. The visible E V A A IA A E H R L S A M C C E R T B l L H T Keep your bike roadworthy OUNTY D HO A D B B pedestal, to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897. H G E E horizon. Use your time to meet the local people who are proud of their HIG S E R Y C TV mast is Belmont mast, built in 1965. It is 388m tall and can be M AT N R RA G A O l Do not cycle on pavements except where designated - RK ST R A A T A D D MARKET DAY: SATURDAY P S E S heritage and local traditions. seen for miles. 'S S REET A RY S B LE SST E V A T M R R E T E B pavements are for pedestrians M A E O A AM A N R R T A H J G U O T Y A D C S S 'S B E A M G W P A T D N A A N T R S R L l Use your bell - not all pedestrians can see you R E K R E E K K T T P I E E A N Y INCOLNSHIRE IS G R Nature Reserves 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 MABLETHORPE 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 E T H K K The sites offer a variety that is not often found in so small an area. E ON N E Mablethorpe S K STREET M O U R UEEN H E Q T A l M N Respect other land management activities, farming or R E E E T B M square becomes a busy place for the market.