(S/E) Start in the car park in John Street, Market Rasen. Leave the car park by the John Street entrance and turn right.
At the end, cross the main road into the Market Place. Go into the churchyard and follow the path to the left. Turn right, and then first left into Church Street. At the T-junction, turn left and continue to the end.
(1) Cross straight over the road to go down the footpath at the side of Waterloo House. Follow the path past the floodwater storage area.
(2) As you continue on this path, ahead of you is Hamilton Hill and Willingham Woods. The footpath continues straight across a field and into the wood.
(3) Keep straight on until the first path intersection then turn right, keeping the pines on your right. Follow the track over a small brick bridge and continue ahead.
(4) At the next crossroads turn right and continue on the gravel track until it reaches a T-junction by a yellow fire hydrant sign.
(5) Turn left, pass the building on the left and take the right-hand fork, along the gravel track to the T-junction. Turn right and take the path on the left at the second set of marker posts which leads to the car park and picnic area. There is a large Forestry Commission information board here giving useful information, and another at the road entrance, explaining all about the Lincolnshire Wolds.
The silver birch is known as the 'Lady of the Forest' with its characteristic white bark and graceful slender form. Its timber makes good spindles and bobbins for the textile industry, whilst its twigs have been used traditionally for making 'besoms' for beating and sweeping.
(6) Exit onto the Willingham Road and turn left keeping to the footway alongside the road, passing Wisteria House on the left.
About 100 metres further on, cross the road to take the byway on the right. Keep to the main track all the way passing Dog Kennel Farm. Ignore the footpath on your left and continue ahead to the road bend by the chevron sign.
Turn right and return to Market Rasen via Legsby Road.
(7) At Legsby Road, walk left until you reach a footpath on your left. Follow this path beside the cemetery and through a gate at the end of a wall.
The chimney on Lammas Leas Road was once used to steam power a windmill, at least when there wasn't enough wind! One of four eight sailed windmills in Lincolnshire, it was destroyed by fire in 1923 (a similar eight sailed windmill can be seen at Heckington)
(8) Continue on this route, passing through a metalled gate and over the end of the cul-de-sac to emerge at the corner of Maltings Court in Serpentine Street. Turn left, cross over Linwood Road and go under the railway bridge, passing the impressing frontage of the Methodist Church into Chapel Street and then John Street, back to the car park.D/A
