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Route outline for walk li143:

Bardney  -  Bardney Abbey  -  Young Wood  -  Southrey Wood  -  Tupholme Abbey  -  Southrey  -  The Viking Way  -  Bardney

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Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

Bardney Abbey was a Benedictine monastery founded in 697 by King Ethelred of Mercia. The monastery was destroyed during a Danish raid in 869. However, in 1087, the site was refounded as a priory & regained its status as an abbey in 1115. In 1538 Bardney Abbey was destroyed during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Tupholme Abbey was destroyed in 1536 during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. The abbey ruin is a Grade I listed building, maintained by Heritage Lincolnshire.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Viking Way, a 227km (141 miles) linear footpath connecting Barton-upon-Humber in Lincolnshire, England with Oakham in Leicestershire, England. The Viking Way is waymarked by a viking helmet/shield motif. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Viking Way.

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You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

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