Woolsthorpe Wharf, Grantham Canal and Denton, 16th November 2022

 Elaine led twelve members on this six-mile walk starting at the Dirty Duck next to Woolsthorpe Wharf.  It took us along the Grantham Canal to Denton Wharf and on to Denton Reservoir for coffee, past Denton Village itself and along the road to Woolsthorpe by Belvoir to pick up the disused railway line as far as the Viking Way.  Rejoining the canal, we walked back to the Dirty Duck for lunch for most of us.

The start at the Rutland Arms (aka Dirty Duck)

Woolsthorpe Wharf from Woolsthorpe Bridge

National Cycle Network sign next to the canal

View from Longmoor Bridge

The Denton Reservoir Loop on the Grantham Canal
Opened 1797, closed 1936 - coffee stop

Denton Reservoir

Leaving the line of the disused ironstone railway and joining the Viking Way near Longmoor Bridge

Grantham Canal Society workboats

Woolsthorpe Locks