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These villages are close to the Roman Ermine Street, the road linking London to Lincoln constructed

by Army engineers of the 9th and 14th legions during the conquest period. Settlements on the road were restricted to military posts every 10 Roman miles, with stations at Saltersford, Ancaster and Navenby.

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Navenby, Wellingore and Temple Bruer lie at the western edge of Lincoln Heath close to the Cliff. ‘Bruer’ comes from the Norman-French word ‘bruyere’, meaning ‘heath’.

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Introduction

Stepping Out

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High Street, Wellingore Lincolnshire LN5 0HW Telephone: 01522 810442

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W1 Distance 6.1 miles/9.8kms W2 Distance 8.4 miles/13.5kms

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Whilst great care has been taken in compiling this information into this leaflet, North Kesteven District Council cannot be held responsible for any errors, omissions or alterations contained within it. The inclusion of an establishment within this leaflet does not imply any official recommendations by North Kesteven District Council.

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Many of the paths have been provided by the goodwill of local landowners. These are marked

by Highways Act signs. No special permission is needed to use these paths, but walkers are asked to help to ensure a continued welcome by only using the waymarked paths and keeping dogs on a lead. Where paths cross pasture young stock may be present. If you have a dog with you please make sure it is under firm control in these sensitive areas.

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Craven Cottage 3 East Road, Navenby, Lincoln Telephone: 01529 414294 www.heartoflincs.com

Cliff Road, Wellingore Lincolnshire LN5 0HY Telephone: 01522 810311

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Mrs Smith’s Cottage

Wellingore Garage

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Navenby High Street features a wide range of interesting local shops.

There are a number of great places to eat, drink and relax after your walk and a fine selection of specialist shops selling great quality local foods.

Refreshments

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Things to see and do in Navenby

Go Stepping Out!

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Places of interest to visit nearby

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For centuries, Lincoln Heath enjoyed an evil reputation as the haunt of highwaymen, but in the last 200 years its poor soils have been improved for agriculture. The Knight’s Templar may have enclosed areas of heath to support their manorial ‘granges’.

At Temple Bruer only the tower remains of a much larger Preceptory.

The original church featured a rounded knave supported by eight pillars in imitation of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, which in turn followed octagonal Roman temple design. Curiously the remains of an octagonal roman temple were found a mile away at Navenby.

Walk Facts

Walk Location

Two circular walks through the countryside around Wellingore and Temple Bruer. The walks are on good tracks and footpaths.

Starting Points W1 W2

St John’s the Baptist Church (Grid Ref: TF 010 547) Navenby High Street (Grid Ref: TF 9880 5750)

Parking W1 W2

St John’s the Baptist Church Navenby High Street

Public Transport

For information call the Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 or visit www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/busrailtravel

Walk Length

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6.1miles (9.8kms) should take three and half hours to walk.

8.4 miles (13.5kms) should take 4 hours at a leisurely pace.

Type of Walk

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Footpaths and quiet country roads. Fairly easy underfoot.

Quiet tarmac lanes and tracks. Fairly easy underfoot.

Ordnance Survey maps

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Knights Templar Walk If parking at St John’s the Baptist known as Cocked Hat Plantation.

Church, look for the waymarked 7.6 At this point you can turn right track on the opposite side of the along Temple Road back towards road. Follow this for approximately Temple Farm and retrace your half a mile until you reach a steps back to the car park. junction of paths.

Alternatively, continue straight Turn left along the farm track on, crossing Temple Road until a towards the Knights Templar way marked road leads off right.

Preceptory at Temple Bruer, At this point on your left is the which can be glimpsed in the site of RAF Wellingore an old distance. airfield dating back to 1917 From Temple Farm there is the For a longer walk, continue option to reduce the walk to straight on joining the Village approximately 4 miles by turning and Viking Way Walk at Point right along Temple Road towards 6. The two routes together Cocked Hat Plantation. You will form a walk of 12.11 miles/ re-join the longer route at 19.49 kms.

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To follow the longer route carry straight on, taking the footpath 8.7 Turn right onto this track and opposite for about 1¼ miles to continue for about a mile passing the village of Brauncewell.

Griffin’s Farm on your left until Brauncewell boasts a restored you reach a junction of paths.

Horse Gin, used to drive 9.8 Turn left and this path takes you agricultural machinery. To find back to St. John’s the Baptist the Gin turn left into the village Church and your car. where its rounded structure can be seen on your right.

Drove roads like Temple Road To follow the walk turn right out can be up to 20 metres wide in of Brauncewell along Long Lane places. The grass strips on either for about 1¼ miles until you see side of the roadway were used for a grassy track leading off to your grazing and haymaking. After the right. This is Ermine Street and Enclosure Acts 1760-1830 these part of the Viking Way. strips effectively compensated Turn right onto Ermine Street peasant farmers for the loss of and follow the Viking Way along grazing rights on Common Land. the course of the old Roman Most of the hawthorn hedges date Road for about a mile until you from this period. see an area of trees to your right

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Site of Wellingore Airfield Temple Road

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The present airfield site originates from the Second World War although RAF Wellingore had its origins as a naval landing ground in 1917. With the outbreak of war the site was rapidly expanded as a satellite airfield for RAF Digby. With the end of the war, the site was adapted for temporary living quarters for 1000 Ukranian and German former prisoners of war.

The site reverted to farmland in 1951.

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A wander around the outside of St John’s the Baptist Church is recommended. To the side of it are the old school rooms which now serve as parish rooms.

Please park outside of the church. Do not park inside the boundary of the church or on the grass verge near the entrance.

The Preceptory at Temple Bruer was built in 1160. The Order of Knights Templar was formed in 1118 after the first Crusade. By 1190, the Templars controlled 10,000 acres in Lincolnshire and in Kesteven they owned property in 50 percent of parishes – a record for England. They were gifted 4,000 acres on Lincoln Heath by various local magnates.

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Village and Viking Way

Leave Navenby High Street and walk down Clint Lane, at the bottom of the lane join the Viking Way. Turn left and follow the Viking Way along the top of Lincoln Edge, for about ½ a mile with striking views over the Witham Valley. Continue along this path as it leaves the ridge, and walk through the wooden kissing gate along Memorial Hall Drive to Wellingore Memorial Hall.

Continue past the Memorial Hall, along West Street into Wellingore. Turn right into Cliff Road. Take care crossing the busy A607. Take the first left into Hall Street.

Continue down Hall Street past All Saints Church and the imposing Wellingore Hall on the right.

Continue as Hall Street briefly becomes Sleaford Road before turning right onto Pottergate, the ancient Jurassic Way. Take the foot path opposite for about ½ a mile to the junction with Ermine Street where it becomes the Viking Way following the north-south route of the Roman road.

For an alternative shorter route at this point turn left along Ermine Street to Navenby. This route is approximately 3.5 miles.

(For a second shorter route turn right onto Ermine Street, then left onto Gorse Hill Lane for approximately 1¼ miles as far as

Gorse Hill Covert this will bring you to Point 9. This will be approximately 6.3 miles. For the longer route, turn right and walk down Ermine Street for about ¾ of a mile).

6.6 Leave Ermine Street, turn left and walk down the lane between tall hedgerows and past Griffin’s Farm on your left, until you meet a junction of paths.

7.7 At this junction, turn left and follow this path back to St John’s the Baptist Church.

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8 On reaching the church, continue past it and turn immediately left onto a stoney track, with the church still on your left. Follow this to the junction with Gorse Hill Lane.

9.9 Turn right and then left into Gorse Lane Track at Gorse Hill Covert keeping the wood on your right and the pylons on your left.

Continue for about ¾ of a mile.

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10 At the T-junction with the lane, turn left for about a mile across Navenby Heath past Vine House Farm to the T- junction with Ermine Street.

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11 When you meet Ermine Street again, turn right and walk past Navenby Open Space on your left. Continue on Ermine Street past Chapel Lane and take the next left into East Road.

12 12. Return to Navenby High Street along East Road, past Mrs Smith’s Cottage on your right.