Walks you can reach from Thorne South by train

Scunthorpe Station to Brigg Station (Lincolnshire)

30m direct from Thorne South.

A pleasant walk including woodlands and a stretch along the river and part of it on the Ironstone Way. The first part leaving Scunthorpe can be a little tricky to follow. Part of the route follows the Ironstone Way.

15km. Gentle ascents.

Crossing the busy A18 can be hazardous; you could instead cross Brigg Road near Ashbyville.

Lunch: Refreshments at Broughton.

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Scunthorpe Station to Kirton Lindsey Station (Lincolnshire)

30m direct from Thorne South.

16km. Moderate ascents.

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Conisbrough Station to Doncaster Station (Yorkshire)

15m direct from Thorne South.

The view from the viaduct makes the tour worthwhile. A varied riverside walk crossing the River Don by the Conisbrough Viaduct, then following the Trans Pennine Trail and Don riverside into Doncaster. Mostly good bonded-surface cycle track and easy riverside path, with some compacted-earth and open flood-bank sections that can flood and plus steps and stiles. From Conisbrough Viaduct it's possible to stay on the Trans Pennine Trail much further west.

11km. Moderate ascents.

Stiles and steps along the way, and the compacted-earth riverside section shows signs of flooding at times. Care needed taking the right-hand uphill fork approaching the viaduct.

Lunch stop: the Boat Inn.

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Adwick Station to Doncaster Station (Yorkshire)

15m direct from Thorne South.

An easy, direct route mostly on well-signposted cycletracks and entirely on hard surfaces, with no stiles. It starts past a stone church, follows a segregated pavement and cycle track along a busy road, then an old-railway cycle track in a green corridor into Doncaster, with a fiddly but well-mapped finish through the town's roundabout and footbridges and bus station. Some steps above the bus station (avoidable). Largely follows the Doncaster Cycleway / Sustrans routes along old railway lines. The Draughtsman Alehouse micropub is on Doncaster station platform 3 (no train ticket needed).

8km.

Some steps above Doncaster bus station (avoidable by a detour). Lockable gates at a shopping area (in practice left open). Endless traffic alongside the segregated pavement.

Lunch: A large pub/food outlet at the junction with the Great North Road.

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Althorpe Station to Scunthorpe Station (Lincolnshire)

15m direct from Thorne South.

A surprisingly green route, mainly along a former railway track, crossing the tidal Trent via Keadby Bridge and field paths and with footbridges over the motorway and railway. Mostly easy and direct. Part of the Isle of Axholme Greenway. Keadby Bridge has good views of the tidal Trent.

Easy: 6km, moderate ascents.

Several road crossings need care, particularly the A18 from Althorpe station, which has no assisted crossing or central reservation, and Scotter Road, which has no halfway refuge. Care also needed crossing after Keadby Bridge where the road bends with a junction.

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