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Skellingthorpe Harby Wigsley Eagle Eagle Moor Doddington

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

21 km/13 miles      About an hour

Introduction

This is a pleasant cycle although it does use some of the minor roads from Harby to Doddington with the busiest road usually in Doddington itself. The rest of the route is on a proper cycle track which is also a popular footpath so keep an eye open for pedestrians. There is a short ascent into Eagle village.

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. Continue for about another 1.5 km to go under the Harby Road bridge. Immediately after, turn left (a tight reverse fork) and follow it up to the road. Turn right and head towards Harby village, passing Queen Eleanor's Primary School. Stay on the road to reach a T junction just after the village hall (on the left).

(2) Turn right, for Wigsley, onto a long, straight and exposed section if it is windy. Pass an old windmill behind the houses on the right. Reach the left hand bend just before Wigsley with a right turn into the main part of the small village a little further. Stay on the main road and continue to a crossroads. Turn left for Eagle and pass a few farms and a right turn further on. Stay on the Eagle Road which has a noticeable ascent at the start of the village. Pass the primary school, on the right, and continue to reach the main road from Lincoln to Eagle. Turn left, towards Lincoln, and reach the crossroads at the start of Eagle Moor.

(3) Continue and go past the riding centre and past quite a few houses until out of the village. After the row of houses on the left, there is a soiltary house further on the left. Turn off left here and follow the less busy road which goes into a wood (Pickworth's Plot) at the first bend. Follow the road, rough in places, to reach a crossroads. Turn left, for Doddington, and follow a meandering road to reach the busy B1190 at one end of Doddington village. It is only a short section on this busy road and there is a good footpath on both sides of the road.

(4) Soon after joining the main road, there is a wide drive with a sign for “Giant Cycles”. This is the way into the Doddington Hall facilities apart from the actual hall itself which is further down the road. Doddington Hall dates back to Elizabethan times. The facilities include 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. 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.