This walk starts from Market Rasen and heads through fields over the Coversands; soils which are very deep but which dry out quickly and are subject to wind erosion.
Technical sheet
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A Market Rasen walk
posted on 26/07/19 by Lincolnshire Wolds. Last update : 08/02/24
(S/E) Start in the car park in John Street, Market Rasen. Leave the car park by the John Street entrance and turn left.
Turn left again into Chapel Street, pass the magnificent lonic column frontage of the Methodist Church and go under the railway bridge.
Cross over Linwood Road into Serpentine Street and turn right into a narrow passage immediately after Maltings Court.
Go straight on at the end of a cul-de-sac into a footpath passage opposite. Cross over the street to the next waymarker, into the footpath opposite, keep straight on.
(1) Continue straight on, keeping the cemetery on your left, until you reach Legsby Road. Turn right at the road, walking out of the town.
(2) Just past "The Ridings" housing estate on the right-hand side, take the footpath between the bungalows at the waymarker.
At the end of the gardens, cross diagonally left over two fields then go left to a gate.
Follow the hedge line, before following the arrow sign on the post, diagonally right across the field to Woodhill Farm.
(3) At the farm entrance, go through a gate and follow the direction arrows. At the corner go diagonally right and aim for the marker post near a tree at the end of a hedge.
Continue on the same direction, crossing the next field to the hedge.
(4) At the four-way marker post on Willingham Lane byway turn left and follow the byway, turn left again at the T junction into Crab Apple Lane.
(5) Turn left onto Legsby Road, opposite Market Rasen Golf Course. Return to Market Rasen keeping to the grass verge and footway. (S/E)
Waypoints
S/E : km 0 - alt. 28 m - John Street Car Park
1 : km 0.59 - alt. 30 m - Legsby Road
2 : km 1.03 - alt. 32 m - The Ridings
3 : km 1.96 - alt. 41 m - Woodhill Farm
4 : km 2.61 - alt. 38 m - Four Way Marker Post
5 : km 3.26 - alt. 36 m - Legsby Road
S/E : km 5.77 - alt. 28 m - John Street Car Park
Useful Information
Maps: OS Explorer Map 282 OS Landranger 113 OS Pathfinder 747
Parking: Car park in John Street, Market Rasen - Grid ref: TF 108 891 Postcode LN8 3HH. Please check for parking tariffs.
Terrain: A mixture of footpaths, byways and fields - can be very muddy at times. Some verge walking. All on level ground.
Refreshments: Cafes and Pubs in Market Rasen.
Toilets: John Street, Market Rasen.
Stiles: Numerous.
The Lincolnshire Wolds is a National Landscape, designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1973. Covering an area of 558 square kilometres or 216 square miles, the AONB contains the highest ground in eastern England between Yorkshire and Kent, rising to over 150m along its western edge. Rolling chalk hills and areas of sandstone and clay underlie this attractive landscape.
The Lincolnshire Wolds has been inhabited since prehistoric times and the appearance of the countryside today has been greatly influenced by past and present agricultural practices.
A Countryside Service helps to protect and enhance the landscape through partnership projects with local landowners, farmers, parish councils, businesses and residents of the Wolds.
Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.
Date of walk : 24/04/21 Clarity of route description : ★★★★☆ Good Clarity of route map : ★★★☆☆ Average Walk interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Lovely walk! Would definitely do this one again, although we missed the turn off so ended up doing it backwards! It would be good in either direction though.
AslanLion
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Overall rating :
4.3 / 5
Date of walk : 26/09/19 Clarity of route description : ★★★★☆ Good Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good Walk interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Quite an interesting, varied, and not too challenging walk, with opportunity for refreshment in the town before and after walking.
The Car Park is free for the first two hours, and it would be possible to 'dash' around the walk in this time, but the parking cost thereafter is very reasonable so it's worth taking your time and enjoying the varied scenery.
I walked with a friend, setting off in the morning, in light rain. The rain had stopped by the time we finished and we enjoyed a light lunch in a nearby Cafe.
