To Legsby & Linwood and Back again via Linwood Warren
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. This route gives you the opportunity to explore a heathland nature reserve.
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 cross over the Willingham Lane byway and continue ahead across the next field. Aim for the edge of the woodland, to the left of the driveway of College Farm.
(5) Go through a gate and continue ahead, crossing stiles and gates keeping the woodland on your left until you enter Legsby Wood. Follow the main track until you arrive at a gravelled track.
Continue straight over, on the footpath through the broadleaf woodland. Continue through the trees with both sides opening to fields. Follow the track past the house, Woodside, to reach the road.
(6) Turn left, walking towards the hamlet of Little London and continue to the road bend at Bella Hill. Go left round the bend to Legsby Road, keeping to the grass verges.
(7) As you walk by on the left is Linwood Warren Nature Reserve that is managed by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. If you would like to explore the reserve, there are two circular waymarked routes, one of 0.6 miles and one of 0.75 miles
(8) You pass Market Rasen Golf Course and the Racecourse to return to Market Rasen. This is the town's 5th racecourse and has occupied this present site since the 1920's.
Waypoints
S/E : km 0 - alt. 28 m - John Street Car Park
1 : km 0.51 - alt. 29 m - Legsby Road
2 : km 1.1 - alt. 31 m - The Ridings
3 : km 1.9 - alt. 40 m - Woodhill Farm
4 : km 2.56 - alt. 38 m - Four-way Marker Post
5 : km 2.88 - alt. 48 m - Legsby Wood
6 : km 4.28 - alt. 41 m - Little London
7 : km 6.15 - alt. 44 m - Linwood Warren Nature Reserve
8 : km 7.04 - alt. 36 m - Market Rasen Golf Course
S/E : km 9.51 - 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. 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.
