For those who aren’t too keen on roadside walks, the 140 miles of Lincolnshire coast offers the perfect solution. It is generally flat in nature, and you can walk being along either the sea banks that were built to hold back the sea, along sea defenses or on the beach itself. Walkers should always have the relevant Ordinance Survey Explorer or Landranger maps with them as there are notes and supplementary advice included to ensure your walk is as enjoyable and safe as possible.

Large sections of the walk are well away from civilization and so are tranquil and peaceful, the only accompanying sound being that of local wildlife. The overall route passes through four national nature reserves and touches or comes close to several local reserves. The coast between Mablethorpe and Skegness is one long sandy beach.

There's plenty to explore on foot when walking in Lincolnshire. The county is some forty miles wide and seventy miles long, there’s a great variety of scenery, fenland and woodland and, in the centre, the City of Lincoln. While the county is the second largest in England, it has one of the lowest densities in population, so there is plenty of wide open and unspoiled countryside.

The Lincolnshire Wolds and its forty mile stretch of chalk upland is perhaps one of the most famous landscape features of the county. It is certainly one of the best destinations for country walks and exceptionally pleasing to the eye with typically rural scenes of rolling hills, valleys and untouched streams. The Wolds offer quite a different aspect to the flat fenlands of most of the county. There are some charming villages to use as a base for walks, including Somersby (birthplace of Lord Tennyson), which offers unrivalled Fenland views, Tealby, Old Bolingbroke and Wold Newton. There are of course many others, all peaceful and serene places that time seems to have forgotten. Those who appreciate the natural countryside will find The Wolds hard to beat.

However, if you are not too keen on hill walking in Lincolnshire, and are not too fussed to follow the coastal walks, perhaps consider the Fenland area where nothing reaches much above 10m/32ft. Although you’ll have to take care when planning your route, as drainage ditches are plentiful and can make your passage tricky.

Of course, when exploring the flat landscape of the county, you get a unique sense unlimited countryside under big open skies. Taking a walk around Boston will give you an accurate feel for the Fens, and Boston itself is worth a visit – it’s also worth seeing the famous Boston Stump, the tower of the magnificent parish church, which can be seen for miles around. And don’t forget, Spalding, during the tulip festival is a complete riot of magnificent colour in the tulip fields.


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