Market Rasen to Caistor Cycle Route
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- Distance
- 33.5 ml
- Duration
- 2.15 hr
- Ascent
- 1207 ft
- Descent
- 1205 ft
Best Time of Year: Sep 21
This journey will take you through 1,000 years of history with the highlight being Caistor, a Roman town with outstanding Georgian housing. Along the way, you will pass through Middle Rasen, a village once divided into two parishes by the River Rase.
Route Highlights
At Kingerby, a small village that once boasted a castle on the site of the Hall, and a little way out of the village, is Cross Tree where there is a memorial plaque with thanks from Thomas Young in 1850 for the safe delivery of his cattle during a bout of cattle plague.
Cycling towards North Owersby you will pass Kingerby Beck Meadows, where wildflowers grow in abundance, including the Frog Orchid. At South Kelsey, Moortown grew up thanks to transportation, with the canal terminating there. The railway at one time had a toll road to Brandy Wharf. High above Claxby, on the scarp are the remains of the notorious iron ore mine that is reputed to have had accidents and even deaths on a weekly basis.
The route follows mainly quiet country roads, but there is a short stretch along the A46 where there is no cycle path. The signs to the villages are well marked.