An overview of walking the Viking Way through Leicestershire and Lincolnshire, England part of the walking on the web guide to walking in England

Viking Way 227km / 141 miles part of the Walking on the Web guide to walking in England

All of this walk forms part of European Walking Route

Start Oakham, Rutland SK861088 Finish Barton upon Humber TA028227

Maps Ordnance Survey Explorer 234, 247, 272, 273, 281 and 282

From Oakham the county town of Rutland to the Humber Bridge

Out of Oakham the walk will be busy because you're sharing it with the Hareward Way and the Macmillan Way along the northern shore of Rutland Water all the way to Whitwell (PH) at which point you leave them both to head north. Heading north is a pre occupation of this walk!

Having crossed open fields the next stop is Exton (PH) a plesent village on the edge of the Exton Estate. North again is Greetham (PH)

Thistleton, Sewstern (PH) to Woolsthorpe.

A short section of the Grantham Canal

A52 and Nottingham to Grantham railway line to Allington

A short section of the A1 trunk road

Marston

East Coast Main Line

Carlton Scroop down Heath Lane past the telephone transmitter and onto the heath itself. Having crossed the heath the walk joins the course of the Ermine Street Roman Road on minor roads and green lanes through Byards Leap up to Wellingore Heath where it turns left into the village of Wellingore itself and returns to the Jurassic limestone escarpment.

The route stays with the escarpment all the way to Lincoln through Navenby (PH), Boothby Graffoe, Coleby (PH), Harmston, Waddington and Bracebridge Heath.

Passing on the edge of RAF Waddington you will if the planes are flying get a spectacular up close view of them taking off or landing so it may be worth hanging around for a few minutes just in case.

The walk takes you into the centre of Lincoln past the YHA and up Steep Hill to the cathederal. At this point it turns east and having left suburbia, followed a railway line for a short distance and passed Greetwell Hall joins the north bank of the River Witham up to a car park on the outshirts of Fiskerton.

Turning north again and taking the farm road towards Hall Farm a tracking is taken that opens it fields that leads to the remains of Barlings Abbey near Low Barlings ......

Stixwould

Woodhall Spa Spa Trail

Horncastle

Fulletby

Belch....

Scamblesby

Goulceby (PH)

Donington on Bain (PH)

Tealby

Walesby

Normanby le Wold

Nettleton

Caistor

Grasby

Bigby

Barnetby le Wold

South Ferriby

Barton Waterside

Cross the bridge to the Wold's Way and

Further Information

E-mail WalkingontheWeb with your thoughts, suggestions & questions