Walks and Parks

Most of the Lincolnshire Wolds has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and it is a wonderful area of countryside with some of the most beautiful, unspoilt scenery in the East Midlands. https://www.lincswolds.org.uk/exploring/walking/ provides a link to a selection of walks – Gateway Walks which are walks on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds near the towns of Horncastle, Market Rasen, Spilsby and Caistor; and Wolds Walks which are a selection of walks in the Wolds.

https://www.visitlincolnshire.com/things-to-do/walking/wolds-walks/  and https://lovelincolnshirewolds.com/routes  provide further links to some walks in the Wolds.

There are many walks in West Lindsey, including the Viking Way, the Lindsey Trail and walks in the Lincolnshire Limewoods - Britain’s largest expanse of lime wood, once the most common form of woodland in Britain. West Lindsey has a number of walking routes on their website.

For free digital trails you can follow on your smartphone, see https://www.visitlincoln.com/trails and for guided tours and trails through the city (including the Lincoln Free Walking Tour, the evening Ghost Walks and monthly Historic Pubs Walking Tour), see https://www.visitlincoln.com/things-to-do/tours-walks-trails.

On Lincoln and Beyond, there is a great blog “8 walks in Lincoln to try this summer”, posted 20 March 2021 by Alex Trembath. It includes details of leisurely walls alongside rivers and canals.

A 90-minute self-led walking trail exploring Gainsborough’s history and heritage dating back to the 15th century. Includes Gainsborough Old Hall – cared for by English Heritage, which describes it as “one of the biggest and best-preserved medieval manor houses in England”. See https://www.gainsboroughheritage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Discover-Gainsborough-A-Walk-through-Time-web-1.pdf 

https://www.west-lindsey.gov.uk/transport-visitors-leisure/things-do/woodland

28 minutes’ drive away. See https://www.lincstrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/whisby-nature-park

A 200-acre Country Park south of Lincoln. See https://www.lincoln.gov.uk/hartsholme-country-park

30 minutes’ drive away. South of Lincoln. See https://www.boulthampark.co.uk/

77 acres of woodland, meadows, wetlands and a lake managed by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust and Nettleham Woodland Trust. See https://www.nettlehamwoodlandtrust.co.uk/ashing-lane-nature-reserve.html 

Access via Hartsholme Country Park. 27 minutes’ drive away.  See https://explorelincolnshire.co.uk/lincoln/forests-and-nature-reserves/swanholme-lakes-nature-reserve-36808.html

Comprising nine separate woodlands dating from the 11th century. https://www.visitlincolnshire.com/things-to-do/lincolnshire-limewoods/