Lincolnshire Wolds Way
A 78-mile long-distance walk in eastern England making a circuit of the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds. It celebrates the culture of the area and visits many attractive small towns, villages, and hamlets. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: TF 337 879
Distance: 78 miles (125 km)
Time: 32–40 hours
Duration: 5–7 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
273 Lincolnshire Wolds South, Horncastle and Woodhall Spa
274 Skegness, Alford and Spilsby
282 Lincolnshire Wolds North, Louth and Market Rasen
283 Louth and Mablethorpe
284 Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Immingham
Summary
The Lincolnshire Wolds Way (Lincs Wold Way) was designed by Tony from Louth, a keen local walker who plotted the route to take in the best of the Lincolnshire Wolds while keeping to high ground whenever possible. He deliberately broke the walk down into five stages, though with plenty of villages all around the route, it can easily be extended to six or seven days (see the attached PDF guide describing the walk as a five-day trip). The walk starts and ends in Louth, known as the “Gateway to the Wolds,” and visits Legbourne, Little Cawthorpe, Burwell, Swaby, South Ormsby, Somersby, Salmonby, Fulletby, Belchford, Scamblesby, Goulceby, Donington on Bain, the sites of Biscathorpe village, Grim’s Mound, South Cadeby village, and the Wykeham villages, Ludford, Tealby, Walesby, Normanby le Wold, Nettleton, Rothwell, Cuxwold, Hatcliffe, East Ravendale, Wold Newton, the sites of Beesby village and Cadeby village, and South Elkington. (Note: references to villages include the sites of deserted, probably medieval, settlements visited along the way).