Bardney:Layout 1 3/9/07 18:00 Page 1 Lincolnshire Limewoods Walks Be a responsible walker Walk Information Introduction Please remember the countryside is a place where people live and Walk location: Bardney is situated 16 km (10 miles) work and where wildlife makes its home. To protect the Lincolnshire east of Lincoln. countryside for other visitors please respect it and on every visit follow the Countryside Code. Thank you. Starting point: War Memorial at the junction of Bardney Silver Street, Horncastle Road and Church Lane. • Be safe - plan ahead and follow any signs Grid reference: TF 120 694. • Leave gates and property as you find them • Protect plants and animals, and take litter home Parking: Please park responsibly in the village. • Keep dogs under close control • Consider other people Public Transport: For times and more information call the Traveline on The Lincolnshire Limewoods area, butterflies, moths and deer as well 0871 200 22 33 or visit www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/busrailtravel. Most of all enjoy your visit to the Lincolnshire countryside between Wragby, Bardney and as colourful displays of wildflowers Woodhall Spa, is a great place to including wood anemones, lily of This leaflet is one in a series of walk leaflets produced by Lincolnshire Ordnance Survey maps for the area: Explorer 273 Lincolnshire Wolds explore with ancient woodlands, the valley, water avens, woodruff County Council’s Natural Environment Team to help you South. Landranger 121 Lincoln. explore and enjoy the county’s countryside. medieval abbey ruins, and a wealth and orchids. of wildlife and history. This walk is If you have enjoyed these walks and would like Walk length: 13½ or 9½ km (8½ or 6 miles). one in a series where you can The Witham valley has one of the information on other walking routes in Lincolnshire At a leisurely pace the longer walk will take approximately 4 experience all this and more! largest concentrations of abbeys then please visit our website. hours to complete and the shorter walk 3 hours. and priories in the country. These The Lincolnshire Limewoods are medieval religious houses were If you encounter any problems whilst on these walks, such as an Type of walk: The walk uses village paths, field paths, woodland rides and the most important examples of located close to the river following overgrown path or a broken sign post, please let us know so they can quiet lanes, which may be muddy and uneven in places. be corrected. small-leaved lime woodland a tradition of ritual use in the remaining in Britain and as such prehistoric period, and because it Refreshments: There are a number of shops and pubs in Bardney, and have been designated as a National was an important link to Lincoln We would also welcome your comments and suggestions on the walk the Riverside Inn in Southrey. and leaflet to help improve future editions. Nature Reserve (NNR). These and the port at Boston. In woodlands date back to prehistoric medieval times some of the times and are believed to be one woodlands would have been If you require this leaflet in another format please contact us. The Limewoods Project aims to protect, enhance and promote the Lincolnshire Limewoods area through of the few remaining examples of owned by the abbeys and played a the Limewoods Partnership. wildwood with continuous vital role in the local economy. Lincolnshire County Council www.limewoods.co.uk woodland cover for the last 8000 Natural Environment Team email: [email protected] years. They provide a range of This walk visits two woods, Tel: 01522 782070 Minicom: 01522 552055 habitats for a variety of wildlife. Southrey and Scotgrove, and the Email: [email protected] Who knows what you might see! remains of two abbeys, Tupholme Web: www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/countryside Owls, woodpeckers, bats, and Bardney. Published September 2007 1 1 1 A circular walk of 13 ⁄2 or 9 ⁄2 km (8 ⁄2 or 6 miles) Bardney:Layout 1 3/9/07 18:00 Page 2 The Walk Map and Walk The Walk The Walk 1. Walk down Church Lane, opposite Southrey Wood is part of the Bardney For the LONGER WALK turn right 8. After approximately 600m turn left Scotgrove Wood is also a Site of To return to Bardney, without the war memorial, past Limewoods NNR and is a Site of and follow the road into Southrey. into the entrance of Low Road Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and visiting the Abbey site, turn left at St Lawrence’s church. Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is Farm. Enter the field on the right part of the Bardney Limewoods NNR. the lane. owned and managed by the Forestry 5. Turn left along the public bridleway and follow the footpath by turning It is one of several woods owned by The church was rebuilt after 1434 when N Commission. There are a variety of tree just before Highthorpe Road. left across the field to a stile in the the Forestry Commission and is open The first monastery at Bardney was built the old parish church at the Abbey species, look out for oak, hazel and ash, Cross the bridge and carry straight fence. to the public. It is a working woodland in Anglo-Saxon times and from 675 collapsed. It includes re-used architectural as well as lime. You may also see hazel on past the farm and cottages. so if you enter please follow any signs housed the relics of St Oswald. It was pieces from the Abbey. You are welcome and lime coppice stools. Coppicing is a Walk straight across the next field and requests. destroyed by Vikings in 870 and the to look around the church where you will traditional woodland management 11 6. Approximately 400m past the to a bridge and then alongside the monastery re-founded in 1087 by Gilbert see a large monumental slab to Abbot technique where stems are cut back to 12 cottages turn left along a bridleway. hedge towards the warehouse. 111Turn right and walk along the road de Gant as part of the Benedictine Order. Richard Horncastle and a model of just above ground level and allowed to with care for approximately 70m In 1536 with the threat of dissolution a Bardney Abbey. re-shoot. Coppicing is being carried out by volunteers from Butterfly Continue straight on beside the At the end of the field turn right before turning left along a local rebellion broke out and six monks As the road bends sharp right, turn Conservation to create open glades hedge, past a cottage and along a along the bridleway. bridleway. from Bardney were hanged, drawn and quartered in Lincoln for joining the rising. left along the public footpath. which will attract a variety of butterflies 10 track, originally a causeway. The Follow the path behind a row of including white admiral and purple 1 remains ofTupholme Abbey will 9. Continue straight on keeping to the Continue past King’s Hill, the The Abbey was finally dissolved in 1538. houses to a junction with a hairstreak. come into view ahead. Continue right hand side of the hedge. mound on the right, towards the Sir Robert Tyrwhitt acquired the land and bridleway. 2 along the bridleway to a road. water tower to join a lane. The demolished the church using the stone to Follow the ride for approximately 9 8 Continue along the track to a road. earthworks visible ahead and to the build a grand house, leaving the rest to go 2. Turn left along the bridleway and 500m to a clearing where the ride The Premonstratensian Abbey at Tupholme right are those of Bardney Abbey. to ruin. was founded between 1155 and 1165 by follow it straight on along the edge becomes surfaced, and turn right 110 . Cross the road with care and By 1718 all the buildings on the site had an Abbot and 12 canons from Newsham in There is some debate over King’s Hill as of Southrey Wood. along a path and follow it to a road. 7 continue straight ahead along the gone except for a small part of the north Lincolnshire. In 1536 the Abbey was to whether it is an Anglo-Saxon burial bridleway, through the farmyard gatehouse. 3. At the far corner of the wood turn 4. For the SHORTER WALK turn left dissolved by Henry VIII. The site and and along the track. mound associated with Oswald of Between 1909 and 1915 the ruins were W 4 buildings were granted to Sir Thomas Northumbria or Aethelred of Mercia, or a left into the woodland. Turn and follow the road for a t e r Heneage of Hainton who built a house on pillow mound (a medieval rabbit warren). excavated and left open for public view R immediately left, ignoring the approximately 300m. Turn left onto a 3 Enter the field on the left through il W 6 the site. Having passed through several It is thought more likely to be a rabbit until 1933 when due to damage by the a permissive bridleway to the right. a public footpath and follow the old y the small gate and turn right to the hands the house was demolished in 1700 warren. weather, the ruins were covered over. The This is a working woodland so please hedgerow across the field towards stile. and Tupholme Hall was built, with remains The water tower was built around 1903 building outlines still remain visible today respect any signs or requests. the wood. Enter the woodland, 5 of the Abbey being kept as an ornament in and stored water from nearby boreholes giving a sense of scale of the original walk past the house and continue Follow the green lane along the the parkland.