The Countryside Code:
Respect. Protect. Enjoy.
Respect other people
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Consider the local community and other people enjoying the outdoors
- Leave gates and property as you find them and follow paths unless wider access is available
Protect the natural environment
• Leave no trace of your visit and take your litter home
• Keep dogs under effective control and on a lead near livestock
Enjoy
• Plan ahead and be prepared
• Follow advice and local signs
All routes have been walked recently and are gentle walks in villages and countryside within walking distance or a short drive from Market Deeping. However changes can happen so please follow any sign posted diversions.
Parish Walk 1– The first of the parish walks we do every year to check their condition and make sure they are used. Mainly in and around town, it is easy footpaths with some fields.
Parish Walk 2– The second of the annual parish walks
Welland Walk - A short walk following the course of the River Welland as it flows next to the town. There is a stile and a couple of kissing gates to negotiate. However, it is an easy after dinner stroll.
High Locks to Low Locks– A longer walk through the village of Deeping St James along Back Lane and then across the Welland, to return next to the river in Cambridgeshire.
Glinton to Peakirk- A short afternoon stroll with two historic villages and a farm intent on encouraging wildlife.
Deeping Lakes(to follow)
Market Deeping to West Deeping (to follow)
Extra Walks (without route description):
Baston to Wilsthorpe - 10km
Little Bytham - 8.5km
Morton to Bourne Woods
Stamford to Burghley House - 6.9km