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The Lincolnshire Wolds which also includes the Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape are a range of low hills in the county of Lincolnshire, England which runs roughly parallel with the North Sea coast, from the Humber Estuary just west of the town of Barton-upon-Humber in North Lincolnshire which then runs in a south easterly direction towards the flat Lincolnshire Fens in the south-east of ...
Snipe Dales is a country park and nature reserve in the Lincolnshire Wolds near Hagworthingham in Lincolnshire, England. [1] [2] The reserve is one of the few remaining examples showing the Wolds as they were. Snipe Dales comprises a raised heathland nature reserve at the west and a semi-natural mostly coniferous woodland country park at the east.
In addition to the August round of the British Superbike Championship, Cadwell Park also hosts two major historic events with the Vintage Sports Car Club's annual festival and the Wolds Trophy covering the post-war period. The Vintage Motorcycle Club is a regular visitor, with the popular Modified Live car show event also on the calendar.
Hubbard's Hills is a glacial overspill channel formed as the last ice age ended about 40,000 years ago. A marginal lake of meltwater trapped between glacial ice sheet and the Lincolnshire Wolds poured over a chalk ridge and gouged a 125-foot-deep (38 m), steep-sided valley.
The route begins at Candlesby and runs 14 miles (23 km) northbound to Caistor, following closely an ancient ridge trail across the spine of the wold. It climbs to a height of 98 metres (320 feet) above sea level near Tetford, and, on a fine day, provides a view of the hamlets, fields, hills and landmarks of the area, such as Lincoln Cathedral, Boston Stump and the North Sea.
Wolds Top, also known as Normanby Hill, [2] is the highest point of the Lincolnshire Wolds.The summit elevation is 168 m (551 ft). [1] It lies just under a mile to the north of the village of Normanby le Wold and three miles to the south of the small market town of Caistor in Lincolnshire.
The Lincolnshire Wolds: a range of low hills that run broadly south-east through the central and eastern portion of the county. The Lincoln Cliff: a jurassic escarpment forming a major feature facing the Wolds. The industrial Humber Estuary and north-east coast: the major population and industrial centres of North and North East Lincolnshire.
Originated as a route for the Coastguard to walk from lighthouse to lighthouse patrolling for smugglers. [14] Thames Path: 184 296: Southern England: Kemble, Gloucestershire: Thames Barrier, Charlton: Follows the River Thames from its source to the Thames Barrier in London. Yorkshire Wolds Way: 79 127: Yorkshire, England: Hessle, East Riding of ...