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There is also a flourishing theatre. collection in the UK and test your skills at traditional pub games. old Spa building, are well worth a visit. It is one of the few back original Compton Organ. The Kinema was an old pavilion before Bolingbroke Castle is a prime example of 13th century castle design includes Sibsey Trader Windmill. This is a traditional working organically grown grain. It contains original working machinery in to prehistoric times. Not only are they mentioned in the Domesday examples of wildwood. This ancient woodland, medieval monasteries walk takes about an hour from the visitor centre, although allow extra and free reserve leaflets are provided by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust valley grassland, woodland and streamside, while Willoughby saw-wort and green-winged orchids. The Lincolnshire Wildlife meadow as a contrast. These are all sites for cycling to, rather than parks/entrances and enjoy the reserves on foot. PUBLISHED BY LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Tastes of Lincolnshire CONTACTS Lincolnshire people feel strongly about their food and are justifably proud of the county’s tradition of producing the fnest produce. Lincolnshire County Council The quality branding mark – Tastes of t: 01522 782070 RECTORY LANE www.lincolnshire.gov.uk Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service Navigation Warehouse, Riverhead Road Louth Lincolnshire – represents all that is best in ��our local food and drink. It identifes the restaurants, hotels, B&Bs, tea-rooms, pubs ��Lincolnshire LN11 0DA and shops throughout the county who believe in the quality �� EAST LINDSEY DISTRICT COUNCIL t: 01507 609740 of Lincolnshire produce and want to put it on their menus. www.lincswolds.org.uk Eating and drinking are such important parts of our free time Horncastle Tourist Information Centre – perhaps the ultimate relaxation and particularly so when 14 Bull Ring you are cycling away from home. It’s the chance to try Horncastle Lincolnshire LN9 5HU CYCLING MAP 2006 something new or to do things differently. This map marks ��t: 01507 526636 some of the Tastes of Lincolnshire outlets in the area. ������e: [email protected] REALISTIC SOLUTIONS �� Skegness Tourist Information Centre Details of these and up-to-date information on the Tastes of Grand Parade Lincolnshire can be found at Skegness www.tastesofincolnshire.com and at tourist information Lincolnshire PE25 2UG t: 01754 899887 centres throughout Lincolnshire. ��e: [email protected] �� Woodhall Spa Tourist Information Centre Cottage Museum �� ��Iddesleigh Road SOUTH WOLDS and SKEGNESS AREA NEV GURNHILL/LWCS EAST LINDSEY DISTRICT COUNCIL LWCS Woodhall Spa �� Lincolnshire LN10 6SH ��t: 01526 353775 ���� e: [email protected] ��Lincolnshire Tourism t: 01522 526450 www.visitlincolnshire.com ���������� ������������ ��������B ����������EAST LINDSEY DISTRICT COUNCIL REALISTIC SOLUTIONS LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL THE SOUTH WOLDS AND SKEGNESS AREA This is the fourth map in a series mapping Lincolnshire for cyclists. Alford Alford is a charming market town, on the slopes of the Lincolnshire Wolds, which has become a centre for arts and crafts. It is a marvellous town to potter about in. There’s a continues to grind flour with tranquil power. The mill has an The Lincolnshire Limewoods It has been produced by Lincolnshire County Council in partnership The Lincolnshire Limewoods are found to the east of Lincoln, with the Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service, East and West Lindsey District Councils and local cycling interests. It shows the enormous variety of landscapes that can be found in between Wragby and Woodhall Spa and cover an area of over 60 BICYCLES AND TRAINS AROUND THE AREA GOOD CYCLING CODE square miles. Woods containing small-leaved lime trees are unusual and there are very few left in Britain. These woods date back The trains from Wainfeet and Skegness will carry two ON ALL ROUTES this part of Lincolnshire. The map shows the southern part of the Lincolnshire Wolds an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This cycles and go through to Sleaford (for Peterborough and Please be courteous! Always cycle with respect for others, Lincoln), Grantham (for London, Yorkshire and Scotland) and Nottingham. The two smaller stations at Thorpe Culvert Book but scientists say they are one of the few remaining British whether cyclists, pedestrians, people in wheelchairs, horse offers both hills and open vistas, together with the market towns riders or drivers, and acknowledge those who give way to you. of Horncastle, Alford and Spilsby. In the south will be found the THE WHITE HART, SPILSBY SAMPLE THE DELIGHTS OF “GOOD HONEST ALES” AT BATEMANS’S BREWERY BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL FLIGHT MARKET DAYS: TUESDAY AND FRIDAY and Havenhouse are on the same line, but have fewer fatter fenland with its wonderful network of quiet lanes and towns Skegness The unique Kinema in the Woods and Kinema Too, near the Supermarine Spitfires and Douglas Dakota aircraft - all in fully and beautiful countryside are waiting to be explored. operational, airworthy condition. A second Lancaster can be found Contact the Lincolnshire Limewoods Project Officer on 01522 554830. stopping trains. Ruskington and Metheringham are on the ON SHARED-USE PATHS like Wainfeet that are such a joy to discover. The coastal area from Lincoln-Sleaford-Peterborough line and will also carry two l Give way to pedestrians: leave them plenty of room Gibraltar Point, through Skegness to Huttoft Bank offers many Burgh le Marsh Only four miles inland from the hurly-burly of Skegness, Skegness is a truly great place to stay. You’ll find that there is so much to do that it’s difficult to know where to start. There is a seal at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre at East Kirkby airfield projection cinemas in the country and even offers entertainment on an bicycles. Full information from rail enquiries l Keep to your side of any dividing line and keep to the left temptations to leave the saddle. Nature Reserves which is maintained to carry out engine starts and taxi runs. Other museums include the superbly restored Fighter Command Operations The map marks a host of nature reserves that are open to the public. This part of Lincolnshire offers a variety that is not often found in so t: 08457 48 49 50. sanctuary and animal centre, museums, kid’s adventure centres, crazy when you meet other cyclists The map has been produced to enable cyclists to fnd and enjoy the Roman times and beyond. Today its traditional market square, becoming a cinema and during the last war it was affectionately known as the ‘Flicks in the Sticks’. l Be prepared to slow down or stop if necessary network of lanes and cycle facilities in the area. Although the lanes Room at RAF Digby and on former Lancaster bomber bases, the mention the beautifully landscaped foreshore, Compass Gardens and the l Don’t expect to cycle at high speeds marked are generally the quieter ones, riders must bear in mind also a talking point. Built nearly 200 years ago, small an area. colourful Tower Gardens. There are clubs, pubs, restaurants, cafés and l Remember many people are hard of hearing and visually impaired - don’t assume they can see or hear you kiosks - something to suit all tastes. The beautiful, award-winning Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre. sandy beach stretches for miles - the perfect haven for all the family. Attractions CYCLE SHOPS l Be careful at junctions, bends and entrances that all roads have periods of use when they are busier and attract faster vehicles and so cyclists must always take care. unusual in that it turns clockwise. The nature reserve at Gibraltar Point is at the end of the cycle route 1 James Cycles 7 Halfords south from Skegness. It offers a wilderness area of extensive sand 21 West Street Skegness Retail Park l Carry a bell and use it - don’t surprise people Castles Gunby Hall dunes, saltmarshes and foreshore on the edge of The Wash. A circular Alford Heath Road l Give way where there are wheelchair users and horse Horncastle Spilsby It is expected that this map will riders Tattershall Castle was built in the 15th Century by Ralph Cromwell Gunby Hall, now looked after by the National Trust and open t visitors, was built by Sir William Massingberd in 1700 in the style t: 01507 463329 Skegness Horncastle still has Years of traditional hospitality make this a friendly place for visitors. t: 01754 898141 to impress and dominate. The castle is a dramatic red brick tower. be revised as remains of its Roman time to stop in the bird hides to look for wetland birds. Information 2 Cleveland Cycles WHEN CYCLING ON ROADS of Christopher Wren. It has approximately nine acres of gardens. new facilities are walls around the town and within the town son, explorer Sir John Franklin, you can experience Spilsby’s 700 year developed. Your 91 High Street 8 Ward and Son l Always follow the Highway Code complete with a large gatehouse, round towers and a moat. Today the volunteers at the Visitor Centre. Snipe Dales is over 130 acres of Coningsby 36 High Street comments and l Be seen - most accidents to cyclists happen at junctions castle is a ruin with only the ground floors of the towers remaining and the lower parts of the walls. Northcote Heavy Horse Centre library. t: 01526 342291 Skegness suggestions to help l Fit lights and use them in poor visibility MARKET DAY: MONDAY (OPEN AIR AUCTION) improve future editions would be www.clevelandcycles.co.uk t: 01754 762936 Meadows, near Alford, is an old flower-rich meadow, with betony, l Consider wearing a helmet and conspicuous clothing An educational centre with a unique, daily, hands-on programme. is known for its Wainfeet 3 E Goodchild 9 Dave Yates Cycles l Keep your bike roadworthy welcomed. 7 West Street (frame builder) l Do not cycle on pavements except where designated - Mills excellent choice of Trust’s own head-quarters in Horncastle offers a walled garden and Wainfleet is said to stand on the site of the old Roman town of As well as the windmills at Alford and Burgh le Marsh this map driving and activity days. antiques, with lots ‘Vainona’ and although it is now several miles from the sea, it was Horncastle Ivy House Farm pavements are for pedestrians of shops to wander around. once a thriving and important port. windmill still producing a range of stone-ground flours from The Lincolnshire Wolds round, and cyclists are asked to leave their cycles at the car t: 01507 522568 Hawthorn Hill l Use your bell - not all pedestrians can see you Coningsby AND IN THE COUNTRYSIDE The Lincolnshire Wolds is a nationally important and cherishe The town is probably best known as the home of one of Britain’s 4 Horncastle Cycle Centre t: 01526 343322 Joseph Banks, 15 The Bullring Always follow the Countryside Code landscape. Much of it was designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1973. The AONB contains the highest Horncastle l Respect other land management activities, farming or an impressive six-storey tower. The existence of a water mill in the who at the age of famous breweries, Bateman’s, with its award winning ‘Good Honest 25 travelled with Ales’. The mill tower with its beer bottle weather vane can be seen parish of Hagworthingham was recorded in the Domesday Book. www.daveyatescycles.co.uk l LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL t: 01507 525212 Sustrans forestry and take litter home with you The site of the original mill, however remains unknown, but Stockwith Mill is believed to date from somewhere before the start of over 150m along its western edge. Rolling chalk hills and areas of Captain Cook to the from a distance and at the Visitor Centre you can experience the South Pacific, lived LINCOLNSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST The National l Keep erosion to a minimum if off-road brewing process and taste the end result, see the largest bottle 5 Ken Barnes Cycle Network Centre l Try to cycle or use public transport to travel to the start COVER IMAGES: TOP, LWCS; CENTRE, REALISTIC SOLUTIONS AND EAST LINDSEY DISTRICT COUNCIL; the seventeenth century. Bears Den, Gunby Road in Horncastle. He 2 Cathedral Square and fnish of your ride BOTTOM, NEV GURNHILL/LWCS Orby, Skegness travelled around the MARKET DAY: FRIDAY world but returned Aviation The Lincolnshire Wolds have been inhabited since prehistoric times College Green l Match your speed to the surface and your skills t: 01754 811134 Bristol BS1 5DD Woodhall Spa Lincolnshire has a fine range of museums and visitor centres and the appearance of the countryside today has been greatly influenced by past and present agricultural practices. A Countryside T: 0845 113 0065 THANK YOU FOR CYCLING! here each autumn. 6 Derek’s Cycles both large and small devoted to celebrating Lincolnshire’s link to aviation. These include the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Service helps to protect and enhance the landscape through partnership projects with local landowners, farmers, parish councils, No more a Spa, but a tonic nonetheless. Woodhall Spa is a delightful www.sustrans.org.uk The bicycle does not cause pollution or contribute to climate 35 Roman Bank MARKET DAYS: inland resort that has become a haven for visitors craving relaxation Skegness change. Thank you for choosing this environmentally THURSDAY AND and tranquillity. The Hotchkin Golf Course has tested many top Centre at RAF Coningsby, which provides a unique experience where SATURDAY ranking golfers and is the headquarters of the English Golf Union. you can see an Avro Lancaster, Hawker Hurricanes, businesses and residents of the Wolds. t: 01754 768833 friendly form of transport. HORNCASTLE Produced by Cycle City Guides, The Welsh Mill, Parkhill Drive, Frome, Somerset BA11 2LE with Realistic Solutions t: 01522 788425 email: [email protected] This map is based on Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Offce. Licence Number 100025370 GIBRALTAR POINT WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL SALTMARSHES AND DUNES

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this is the fourth map in a series mapping Lincolnshire for cyclists.Alford Alford is a charming market town, on the slopes of the Lincolnshire Wolds, which has become a centre for arts and crafts. It is a marvellous town to potter about in. There’s a

continues to grind flour with tranquil power. The mill has an

The lincolnshire limewoods ������� it has been produced by Lincolnshire County Council in partnership

The Lincolnshire Limewoods are found to the east of Lincoln, with the Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside service, east and West Lindsey district Councils and local cycling interests.

it shows the enormous variety of landscapes that can be found in

between Wragby and Woodhall Spa and cover an area of over 60 Bicycles And TrAins Around THe AreA Good cyclinG code square miles. Woods containing small-leaved lime trees areunusual and there are very few left in Britain. These woods date back the trains from Wainfleet and skegness will carry two on All rouTes

this part of Lincolnshire. the map shows the southern part of the Lincolnshire Wolds an area of Outstanding natural Beauty. this

cycles and go through to sleaford (for Peterborough and Please be courteous! always cycle with respect for others, Lincoln), Grantham (for London, yorkshire and scotland) and nottingham. the two smaller stations at thorpe Culvert

Book but scientists say they are one of the few remaining British whether cyclists, pedestrians, people in wheelchairs, horse offers both hills and open vistas, together with the market towns riders or drivers, and acknowledge those who give way to you. of horncastle, alford and spilsby. in the south will be found thethe White hart, sPiLsBy saMPLe the deLiGhts OF “GOOd hOnest aLes” at BateMans’s BreWery BattLe OF Britain MeMOriaL FLiGht

Market days: tuesday and Friday and havenhouse are on the same line, but have fewer flatter fenland with its wonderful network of quiet lanes and towns

skegness The unique Kinema in the Woods and Kinema Too, near the Supermarine Spitfires and Douglas Dakota aircraft - all in fully and beautiful countryside are waiting to be explored.

operational, airworthy condition. A second Lancaster can be found Contact the Lincolnshire Limewoods Project Officer on 01522 554830.stopping trains. ruskington and Metheringham are on the on sHAred-use pATHs like Wainfleet that are such a joy to discover. the coastal area from Lincoln-sleaford-Peterborough line and will also carry two l Give way to pedestrians: leave them plenty of room Gibraltar Point, through skegness to huttoft Bank offers manyBurgh le Marsh

Only four miles inland from the hurly-burly of Skegness,Skegness is a truly great place to stay. You’ll find that there is so much to do that it’s difficult to know where to start. There is a seal at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre at East Kirkby airfieldprojection cinemas in the country and even offers entertainment on an bicycles. Full information from rail enquiries l keep to your side of any dividing line and keep to the left temptations to leave the saddle.

nature reserveswhich is maintained to carry out engine starts and taxi runs. Other museums include the superbly restored Fighter Command Operations The map marks a host of nature reserves that are open to the public.

This part of Lincolnshire offers a variety that is not often found in so

t: 08457 48 49 50. sanctuary and animal centre, museums, kid’s adventure centres, crazy when you meet other cyclists the map has been produced to enable cyclists to find and enjoy theRoman times and beyond. Today its traditional market square, becoming a cinema and during the last war it was affectionately

known as the ‘Flicks in the Sticks’. l Be prepared to slow down or stop if necessary network of lanes and cycle facilities in the area. although the lanes

Room at RAF Digby and on former Lancaster bomber bases, themention the beautifully landscaped foreshore, Compass Gardens and the l don’t expect to cycle at high speeds marked are generally the quieter ones, riders must bear in mindalso a talking point. Built nearly 200 years ago, small an area.colourful Tower Gardens. There are clubs, pubs, restaurants, cafés and

l remember many people are hard of hearing and visually impaired - don’t assume they can see or hear you

kiosks - something to suit all tastes. The beautiful, award-winning Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre. sandy beach stretches for miles - the perfect haven for all the family. Attractions

cycle sHops l Be careful at junctions, bends and entrances that all roads have periods of use when they are busier and attract faster vehicles and so cyclists must always take care.

unusual in that it turns clockwise. The nature reserve at Gibraltar Point is at the end of the cycle route 1 James cycles 7 Halfords

south from Skegness. It offers a wilderness area of extensive sand 21 West street skegness retail Park l Carry a bell and use it - don’t surprise people castles Gunby Hall dunes, saltmarshes and foreshore on the edge of The Wash. A circular alford heath road l Give way where there are wheelchair users and horseHorncastle spilsby it is expected

that this map willridersTattershall Castle was built in the 15th Century by Ralph Cromwell Gunby Hall, now looked after by the National Trust and open tvisitors, was built by Sir William Massingberd in 1700 in the style

t: 01507 463329 skegnessHorncastle still has Years of traditional hospitality make this a friendly place for visitors. t: 01754 898141 to impress and dominate. The castle is a dramatic red brick tower. be revised asremains of its Roman time to stop in the bird hides to look for wetland birds. Information 2 cleveland cycles WHen cyclinG on roAdsof Christopher Wren. It has approximately nine acres of gardens. new facilities are walls around the town and within the town

son, explorer Sir John Franklin, you can experience Spilsby’s 700 year developed. your91 high street 8 Ward and son l always follow the highway Codecomplete with a large gatehouse, round towers and a moat. Today the volunteers at the Visitor Centre. Snipe Dales is over 130 acres of Coningsby 36 high street comments andl Be seen - most accidents to cyclists happen at junctionscastle is a ruin with only the ground floors of the towers remaining and the lower parts of the walls. northcote Heavy Horse centre

library. t: 01526 342291 skegness suggestions to helpl Fit lights and use them in poor visibilityMarket day: MOnday (OPen air auCtiOn)

improve future editions would be

www.clevelandcycles.co.uk t: 01754 762936Meadows, near Alford, is an old flower-rich meadow, with betony, l Consider wearing a helmet and conspicuous clothingAn educational centre with a unique, daily, hands-on programme.is known for its Wainfleet 3 e Goodchild 9 dave yates cycles l keep your bike roadworthy welcomed. 7 West street (frame builder) l do not cycle on pavements except where designated -

Millsexcellent choice of Trust’s own head-quarters in Horncastle offers a walled garden andWainfleet is said to stand on the site of the old Roman town of As well as the windmills at Alford and Burgh le Marsh this map driving and activity days.antiques, with lots ‘Vainona’ and although it is now several miles from the sea, it was horncastle ivy house Farm pavements are for pedestrians of shops to wanderaround.

once a thriving and important port. windmill still producing a range of stone-ground flours from The lincolnshire Wolds round, and cyclists are asked to leave their cycles at the car t: 01507 522568 hawthorn hill l use your bell - not all pedestrians can see you

Coningsby And in THe counTrysideThe Lincolnshire Wolds is a nationally important and cherisheThe town is probably best known as the home of one of Britain’s 4 Horncastle cycle centre t: 01526 343322Joseph Banks,

15 the Bullring always follow the Countryside Codelandscape. Much of it was designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1973. The AONB contains the highest horncastle l respect other land management activities, farming or

an impressive six-storey tower. The existence of a water mill in thewho at the age of famous breweries, Bateman’s, with its award winning ‘Good Honest

25 travelled with Ales’. The mill tower with its beer bottle weather vane can be seen parish of Hagworthingham was recorded in the Domesday Book.www.daveyatescycles.co.uk l

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t: 01507 525212 sustrans forestry and take litter home with youThe site of the original mill, however remains unknown, butStockwith Mill is believed to date from somewhere before the start of over 150m along its western edge. Rolling chalk hills and areas of

Captain Cook to the from a distance and at the Visitor Centre you can experience the

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Orby, skegnesstravelled around the Market day: Friday

world but returned Aviation The Lincolnshire Wolds have been inhabited since prehistoric times College Green

l Match your speed to the surface and your skillst: 01754 811134 Bristol Bs1 5dd

Woodhall spa Lincolnshire has a fine range of museums and visitor centres and the appearance of the countryside today has been greatlyinfluenced by past and present agricultural practices. A Countryside

t: 0845 113 0065 THAnk you For cyclinG!here each autumn. 6 derek’s cyclesboth large and small devoted to celebrating Lincolnshire’s link toaviation. These include the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Service helps to protect and enhance the landscape through

partnership projects with local landowners, farmers, parish councils,

No more a Spa, but a tonic nonetheless. Woodhall Spa is a delightful www.sustrans.org.uk the bicycle does not cause pollution or contribute to climate35 roman Bank Market days: inland resort that has become a haven for visitors craving relaxation skegness change. thank you for choosing this environmentally thursday and and tranquillity. The Hotchkin Golf Course has tested many top Centre at RAF Coningsby, which provides a unique experience where saturday ranking golfers and is the headquarters of the English Golf Union. you can see an Avro Lancaster, Hawker Hurricanes, businesses and residents of the Wolds.

t: 01754 768833 friendly form of transport.hOrnCastLe Produced by cycle city Guides, the Welsh Mill, Parkhill drive, Frome, somerset Ba11 2Le with realistic solutions t: 01522 788425 email: [email protected] this map is based on Ordnance survey material with the permission of Ordnance survey on behalf of the Controller of her Majesty’s stationery Office. Licence number 100025370

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