Starting on Saturday 8 July, the North Kesteven Walking Festival is set to be its best yet with 2 full weeks of walking and family fun for all ages! North Kesteven is privileged to a vast open countryside with fascinating heritage and diverse wildlife. The NK Walking Festival aims to showcase these opportunities bringing them to you to enjoy the great outdoors. The NK Walking Festival will take place from Saturday 8 to Saturday 22 July and is packed full of walks across the district designed for all ages and abilities to enable as many people as possible to take part. Each walk will be led by a walk leader with the majority of walks free to attend. Popular walks so far include herb walks with herbalist Hannah Sylvester on Saturday 8, 15 & 22 July, An Introduction to Bloxholm Wood on Saturday 8 July, Templars on the Heath on Monday 10 July, and Whisby Pie Night on Thursday 20 July. Event organisers have doubled the walk programme again this year with nearly 40 walks available showcasing what the district has to offer as well as being able to offer longer walks including evening and weekend walks. Make sure you get your favourites booked and call the events team on 01522 694353 or email [email protected]. You can also view the full programme online by visiting www.1Life.co.uk/NKWalkingFestival; you’ll be sure to find a walk for you! Explore Sleaford’s fascinating past; discover beautiful artworks or visit the incredible Doomsday Book at Lincoln Castle during the festival’s opening weekend. We’ll also be going on a Bear Hunt, learning new tips and tricks in a Dog Behaviour & Agility Walk, or join us as we explore North Kesteven District Council’s NEW Stepping Out Walk in Heckington on Tuesday 18 July.
A Waddington Rake
Thursday 20th July, 10am for 10:15am start. Distance: 6 miles Be the first to walk ‘Ridges and Furrows’, a new trail celebrating cultural heritage from Sleaford to Whisby. Join ArtsNK on a ramble featuring stories, music and memories emerging from the project with historian Dave Reeves. Start Point: Redwood Community Centre, Waddington, LN5 9BY There will also be a chance to explore the newly installed When in Sleaford... Arts & Heritage Trail on Wednesday 12 July. Join us for a family fun evening following the bronze roundels to discover public artworks, historical buildings and interesting places to visit in the town. For more information or to book on any of the walks please contact Jade Oliver on 01522 694353 or email [email protected]. You can also keep up to date with what’s happening by following us on Twitter @NKWalking or finding us on Facebook /NK Walking Festival.
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Returning walks include the ‘In Search of Queen Eleanor’ walk which had over 30 attendances last year and the Natural World Centre’s evening walk which will offer a walk around Whisby Nature Park followed by a tasty pie in the Boardwalk Bistro.
The festival will also showcase North Kesteven District Council’s NEW Stepping Out Walk in Heckington which will take place during the second week. “The countdown start now!” says festival organiser, Jade Oliver. “We can’t wait to get out and explore the countryside and look forward to meeting everyone during the festival.” The full programme is now available! Visit www.1life.co.uk/nkwalkingfesitval for more information. For more information about the walking festival or to join their mailing list - please contact Jade Oliver at [email protected] or call 01522 694353. Keep up to date with what’s happening by following us on Twitter @NKWalking or finding us on Facebook /NK Walking Festival.
Limestone loving plants once common to old-fashioned meadows and pastures can still be found in Rauceby’s wide roadside verges. Ancient trackways and drove roads, like Church Lane, Drove Lane and Ermine Street, still provide ‘wildlife corridors’ for barn owls, buzzards, hares and even glow worms.
This walk is 4.75 miles. Please meet at the High Wood Car Park, Church Lane, North Rauceby at 2.30pm. Please allow up to an two and a half hours to complete this walk and will take you through open countryside, woodland and along farm tracks. For more information please contact our Countryside Officer by emailing [email protected] or call 01522 688868. Rauceby Walks is walk number 7 of the collection of Stepping Out walks. All the walks have been developed in to an easy to read booklet with step by step directions to help you along your way which are available to download from www.countrysidenk.co.uk. You can also call us on 01529 308207 or email [email protected] for a hardcopy to be posted to you.
“We’re really looking forward to this year’s festival!” says festival organiser, Jade Oliver. “We’re so excited to be able to increase the festival to a whole two weeks! We have so much planned for this July and look forward to sharing more experiences raising awareness of what North Kesteven has to offer.”
The full programme is now available online! Visit www.1life.co.uk/nkwalkingfesitval for more information. For more information about the walking festival or to join their mailing list - please contact Jade Oliver at [email protected] or call 01522 694353. Keep up to date with what’s happening by following us on Twitter @NKWalking or finding us on Facebook /NK Walking Festival.
The route follows the Spires and Steeples Arts & Heritage Trail which is a village to village trail giving participants a chance to experience Lincolnshire’s countryside at its very best. It also gives participants the chance to discover the artistic and historical treasures of North Kesteven linking the trail to the communities along the route.
Entries cost £18 per person for the 26 mile run/walk and £15 per person for the 13 mile run/walk. Participants must be 16 years and over to enter the 26 mile run, however anyone aged 14-15 years may enter the 26 mile walk or 13 mile walk / run but must be accompanied by an adult. To enter online, visit www.runnersworld.co.uk/spiresandsteeples2017. Please note there will be a small admin charge. For telephone entries please call 01522 694353 and the events team will take your booking over the phone – this is a free service. Postal entries are now also available and can be found on the Spires and Steeples Challenge Facebook group or you can call the events team on 01522 694353 who will happily send you a copy. For more information about the Challenge or to see how you can get involved as a volunteer, please contact the events manager, Benjamin Rowe on 01522 694353 or email [email protected]. For regular updates you can find the Challenge on Facebook by searching for The Spires and Steeples Challenge or by following them on Twitter @Spires_Steeples |
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