Alford to the Coast Cycle Route
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Distance
- 11.6 ml
- Duration
- 0.50 hr
- Ascent
- 123 ft
- Descent
- 140 ft
Picturesque and steeped in history, our Three Towns Cycling routes are relatively f lat, easy rides along quiet rural roads. Between them they take in the towns of Alford, Spilsby and Wainfleet All Saints, leading them to be collectively known as the Three Town Rides.
A slight departure from the Three Towns Route, this ride offers the opportunity to visit Lincolnshire’s golden sandy beaches.
Route Highlights
Huttoft
Huttoft Beach, also known as Moggs Eye, is a quiet rural beach backed by sand dunes. It is a popular spot for surfing and fishing. Huttoft Car Terrace offers ample parking virtually on the beach, treating visitors to spectacular sea views. The recently opened beach café, Vista at the Boatshed, boasts floor-toceiling windows and a rooftop viewing platform. This route takes in vast stretches of dune-backed golden sands, small, sheltered picnic sites and serene nature reserves. Another must-visit is Huttoft Bank Pit, a Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust reserve set in a clay pit, which provided clay for sea bank repairs after the 1953 floods. There is a large area of open water, as well as extensive reedbeds which are home to many nesting birds including moorhens, water rail, reed bunting and reed warblers. They also host, amongst others, short-eared owls, marsh harriers, bitterns and snipe.
The Wolds
Although not directly on this route, the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, stretches for over 40 miles and has always inspired daydreams amid romantic rolling green hills, sleepy stone villages and cobbled streets in historic market towns.
Nature Reserves & SSSI
The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust manages many nature reserves around the county. They also maintain several stretches of grass verge to encourage the growth of wildflowers and herbs. Many of the reserves are Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The nature reserves are extremely varied, ranging from ancient woodland to coastal reed beds to disused railway tracks.