Countryside Access

Welcome to the Lincolnshire countryside access and rights of way pages.  These web pages have been designed to help you get the most from your trip to the Lincolnshire Countryside.  Here you can find out about the opportunities for walking, cycling and horse riding across the county using public rights of way and other access.

Use the links to our Countryside Access Map and Lincolnshire Walks to help plan your next visit.  We now have over 40 circular walks for you to try! 

(You may have noticed a recent change to the Countryside Access Mapping located on this site and that the “green lanes” layer showing unsurfaced Unclassified County Roads has been removed.

This is a temporary measure whilst the Authority considers the effects of the Natural Environment & Rural Communities Act 2006 and undertakes investigations into the existence of vehicular rights on some of these routes.

In the meantime if you have an enquiry concerning any particular route please do not hesitate to contact the Rights of Way & Countryside Access Section on (01522) 782070.)

Lincolnshire's 4000km of public footpaths, bridleways and byways are managed by the county council's rights of way teams.  Our Countryside Officers work with landowners to make sure that vegetation on paths is kept clear, and that stiles, gates and bridges on the network are kept in good shape.  They carry out signing and waymarking of paths so that they are easy to find and follow.

The legal record of rights of way is maintained by our Definitive Map Team at Lincoln, managing changes to the path network.  The Access Development Team is responsible for raising the profile of countryside access, producing the rights of way improvement plan, managing the Local Access Forums and administering the Parish Paths Partnership scheme.