Best walks in Lincolnshire by train

Ancaster Station to Sleaford Station

30m direct from Lincoln.

Easy: 10km, gentle ascents. 2h30.

Excellent walk. Field paths. Short stretch on a fast-traffic road with limited verge.

Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route

Grantham Station Circular via St Wulfram's Church

30m direct from Lincoln.

3km. 1h30.

St Wulfram's spire described by Simon Jenkins as 'the finest steeple in England'. Town streets and a riverside park along the River Witham. Birthplace of Margaret Thatcher and where Sir Isaac Newton made his 'Gravity' discovery (educated at the King's School). Recorded in the Domesday Book with 183 households.

Documented by Poacher Line Community Rail Partnership.

Heckington Station Circular via Heckington Windmill

1h 15m from Lincoln, with one change.

1km. 1h.

Village streets. Heckington Windmill is the only eight-sailed tower windmill still standing in the UK with its sails intact, built in 1830. St Andrew's Church has a 185-foot 14th-century spire.

Documented by Poacher Line Community Rail Partnership.

Boston Station Circular via St Botolph's Church (The Stump)

1h 30m from Lincoln, with one change.

3km. 1h30.

St Botolph's was a landmark for sailors for hundreds of years. Town streets and a riverside path along the River Witham. Historic port pivotal in the Mayflower Pilgrims story. Pescod Hall dates back to around 1450; Fydell House is Georgian early 1700s; Central Park was originally an 18th-century private deer estate.

Documented by Poacher Line Community Rail Partnership.

Wainfleet Station Circular via Bateman's Brewery

2h from Lincoln, with one change.

1km. 1h.

Market-town streets. Bateman's Brewery dates from 1874. Magdalen School (Grade I listed) was built in 1484 by William of Waynflete to teach Latin and Greek before pupils moved on to Magdalen College in Oxford. The Buttercross marks where John Wesley preached.

Documented by Poacher Line Community Rail Partnership.