Links
The following links are walk related. We would welcome suggestions for further links, and would be grateful to hear of any broken and redundant links.
The Ramblers
Needs no introduction! The UK's largest organisation for walkers, with an active interest in increasing access to the countryside and protecting walkers' rights.
Blue Book Extra
An online resource that accompanies 'Rights Of Way: A Guide to Law and Practice' known as the ‘Blue Book’
Ramble Worldwide
Have a good holiday while supporting the work of The Ramblers, since profits from the company are covenanted to the RA.
When you book with Ramblers Holiday, quote the name of our group, and we will then receive a contribution of £10 per person on UK holidays, £20 per person on short haul holidays, and £30 per person on long haul holidays. This extra funding could really make a difference
Natural England
The government’s advisor on the natural environment. They provide practical advice, grounded in science, on how best to safeguard England’s natural wealth for the benefit of everyone.
DEFRA
Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, working for the essentials of life - water, food, air, land, people, animals and plants
National Parks UK
This site gives you a direct link to all the country's National Parks
Lincs County Council On-Line Rights of Way map
This interactive map shows footpaths, bridleways etc, including the Colncil’s strimming and mowing cycles. An indispensible resource for finding the official path number (*for reporting problems)
What 3 Words
A system to identify any place on Earth to within 3-metres. Useful, particularly in remote areas where postcodes are useless, and more accurate that a Grid Ref.
Grid Reference Finder
Find not only Grid refs., but also postcodes, What3Words and a host of other information in one click.
The Open Spaces Society
This organisation was the original society set up in 1865 to protect our common land for the use of the general public. It has been a leading force in promoting legislation for this and also for the protection and creation of Rights of Way including footpaths and bridleways.
Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape
This is a wonderful area of countryside with some of the most beautiful, unspoilt scenery in the East Midlands. There are rolling hills and hidden valleys, gentle streams and nestling villages. Most of the Lincolnshire Wolds was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1973 following considerable local campaigning, including by the Ramblers. Now renamed a National Landscape this designation means the landscape is some of Britain's finest countryside. It is a living, working landscape, with woodland, grassland and abandoned chalk pits providing important habitats for rare flowers and wildlife. The Wolds is the highest land in eastern England between Kent and Yorkshire – there are fine views to the Pennines in the west, and the coast to the east.