The attractive chalk escarpment
of hills and valleys was sculpted by the meltwaters of the last glacial period,
about 10,000 years ago.
The Lincolnshire Wolds is a
nationally important and cherished landscape. Part of it was designated as the Wolds Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1973.
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| Photo by John Esser |
The landscape offers some of
the most wonderful scenic views of rolling chalk hills and valleys, along with
sandstone and clay vales.
The Lincolnshire Wolds is
the highest area of land in eastern England between Yorkshire and Kent. The land
rises in height and extent from the Horncastle and Spilsby area in the south of
the county to its highest point, Wolds
Top (168m (551ft)) at Normanby le Wold two miles south of Caistor. North of the River Humber the hills continue
as the Yorkshire Wolds.
The Wolds
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty covers 560 square kilometres, while
the Countryside Service recognises a wider Lincolnshire
Wolds Character/Natural Area which
incorporates the AONB and the neighbouring areas of the (geographical) Wolds to
the north and south.
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