Wellingore and the Lincoln Edge, 9th March 2025

Dave's 8.7 mile walk today explored four villages which lie on the Lincoln Edge or Lincoln Cliff, a limestone ridge which runs for over 50 miles from the Leicestershire border near Grantham to the Humber Estuary and is broken only twice by river gaps at Ancaster and Lincoln.  Starting at the Memorial Hall in Wellingore we dropped down to the Low Fields, a flat landscape west of the Lincoln Edge to Somerton Castle for a late coffee stop and then back up the escarpment to the villages of Coleby, Boothby Graffoe, Navenby and Wellingore along the Viking Way.

Ten members enjoyed glorious weather and dry tracks for a welcome change with fine views over the Witham Valley towards the Trent.

The start at the Memorial Hall, Wellingore

View to the west from the Edge

View down to the remains of Navenby Station on the disused Lincoln to Granham line (1867 to 1965) which ran along the base of the edge

Somerton Castle, a 13th century tower and a 17th century farmhouse with a moat and a mound

Well drained fields

View of Coleby

Climbing back up the Edge to The Tempest for refreshments in Coleby

Lunch outside the pub

Typical Edge paths

Just off-route this time, St Peter's Church, Navenby

What the people of Navenby get up to every Sunday

Following the Viking Way from the centre of Navenby - fine limestone buildings characteristic of houses along the Edge