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1 With your back to the Post 4 Turn right and walk along the To visit turn right. 10 At the junction with a footpath, Turn right and follow the 14 Cross the bridge, turn left then County Council reproduced from OS mapping with permission of the controller of Her Of fice walk across the Market road, taking the left fork to Majesty’s Stationery Office (C) Crown Copyright and Unauthorised reproduction infringes cross the bridge and bear right hedge to the road. right through a garden past Place towards the Bank and turn Fulletby . Crown Copyright and may lead to civil proceedings. OS Licence I00025370 7 To continue the walk, turn left at a slight angle towards a Thimbleby Mill and onto a lane. left along High Street to its and leave the V iking Way and bungalow where there is a gate junction with North Street and 5 At the next road junction turn walk along the road as it in the fence. Turn left to follow 15 Follow this lane through the Bull Ring. descends to cross the River the driveway to the lane. You will walk alongside a outskirts of to a left onto the public bridleway . planted hedge which Follow the waymarkers and Waring and then climbs to its T-junction. 2 Take Banks Street, the narrow 9 8 includes hawthorn, Viking Way signs as the junction with the A153. Turn right, and at the end of the street directly in front of you. blackthorn and dogrose. As it bridleway turns right, left lane turn left and follow the grows the hedge will become an important Turn left to return to the At the end of Banks Street is the and then right again Fulletby footpath diagonally across the wildlife habitat, particularly for birds. The Market Place. River W aring. Follow the river before meeting another The wide verges each side of this road are part field towards a gate in a dog orange-red fruits of the dogrose are known to a T-junction. N bridleway. 7 of the Roadside Nature Reserve Scheme leg in the hedge. as hips and are a rich source of vitamin C. To 10 managed by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. supplement war-time diets the Ministry of 3 Turn left and then take the next (400m) Verges are often unimproved flower rich Health in 1941 encouraged volunteers and right, Bowl Alley Lane. W alk grassland and these verges in particular The lump and bumps in this field are school children to collect and use rosehips. The masts visible on the skyline past the schools and where the 1 contain orchids and cowslips. earthworks, and include the remains of a ahead and to the right are situated Scale /4mile road bends to the left, follow moat, which form part of Norcotes deserted near Fulletby. The village of West Ashby 11 medieval village. the waymarked lane that goes and the church tower can be seen on the left. 13 Turn left and at the crossroads straight ahead behind the 12 8 Cross the road with care and turn right. After approximately houses. Continue along this carry straight on to Farthorpe. 150m turn left onto a public path as it turns left to reach a 13 Cross the next field by bearing footpath which crosses two road. 6 For the SHORTER walk turn left diagonally left to the corner of at this junction towards West 9 At the bottom of the hill cross fields. Aim for a gap in the the stream and turn left. After the field and end of the wall. hedge to the right of the single Ashby village. At the A153 road 6 turn right. Just before the crossing the stream again, turn tree. Continue at a slight angle This path is edged with a variety of trees Turn right through the gate and church turn left along Birch right along the bridleway beside to the right, to a group of trees and shrubs, some of which have been 14 the stream and ponds, and then follow the path across the field, and shrubs and a bridge over planted. Many of the species bear berries Lane, and turn left again at the by keeping the hedge on your end. Rejoin the longer walk 5 on in the same direction along a the . in the autumn, including hawthorn, elder, field edge. right, to the field corner and blackthorn and spindle, and attract a directions at 12 . lane. variety of birds. If you are quiet you may be lucky and see a few. For the LONGER walk turn right 11 This area is the site of Farthorpe medieval Turn left along the lane. Leave and continue along the V iking the lane as it turns left, to Way as it turns left, and then village and there is still evidence on the ground of field banks and a moated site. The continue straight on along a right alongside a hedge before impressive Grange on the left is a listed track. joining a stone track past a 4 building. farmyard to a road. 12 At the end of the track take the 2 footpath on the right. Go 15 through the gate, turn left and There are some significant views as you climb 3 follow the field edge to where over the Lincolnshire countryside if you pause 1 the path goes left through the and look back. To your left you should also be hedge. able to spot the Belmont TV mast, at 385m the highest in the country, and on a clear day the outline of Lincoln cathedral, some 20 miles to the west.