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Skellingthorpe Doddington Bridge Doddington Hall

Start/Finish

Skellingthorpe community centre where there is usually ample free parking. This is most easily reached from the Skellingthorpe roundabout on the A46 Lincoln bypass. Take the road into Skellingthorpe and the car park is roughly where the cycle track from Lincoln crosses the road.

Distance/Time

8 km/5 miles     Less than an hour

Introduction

This is a short pleasant cycle although it does have about a mile on the road through Doddington village which can often be quite busy. The rest of the route is on a proper cycle track which is also a popular footpath so keep an eye open for pedestrians.

Route

(1) Follow the cycle track from behind the community centre in the direction of Harby. Soon leave Skellingthorpe behind. After just over 3 km, go under the Doddington Road bridge then turn left and leave the cycle track to join the Doddington Road. You may need to get off your bike between the bridge and the road. Turn right when you reach the road and cycle towards Doddington Hall which dates back to Elizabethan times. The route back goes left opposite the church into Kennel Lane but going a little further allows one to go into the Hall's grounds where there are shops and two tearooms as well as a cycle shop. Depending on the time of year, parts of the hall, itself, may be open. It is worth going past the cycle shop to look at the back of the hall and fairly picturesque small lake. In the run up to Christmas, there is a Christmas shop on the way to the lake.

(2) Return to the main road and find the start of Kennel Lane, opposite the church. Follow Kennel Lane for less than 100 m, going straight on where it bends to the right. Join the recently created cycle track which takes one back to the main sustrans track from Skellingthorpe. Turn right onto the main track and soon return to the community centre.

Notes

(a) This cycle ride took place in November, 2019.