Explore Lincoln's Green Space on our Heritage Walking Tours
- Brant Clayton
- Aug 24, 2025
- 2 min read
We are absolutely delighted to be working in collaboration once again with the Local Landscapes & Hidden Histories project to deliver a small series of guided walking tours of Lincoln’s historic green spaces.
Lincoln’s green spaces are diverse mix of formal landscaped parks, centuries old common land, former grounds of historic houses and leafy woodland. They are an important part of the city and it’s heritage, with stacks of fascinating history to tell!
We organize regular walking tours of Lincoln and it’s history, but this is a great way of getting out beyond the historic core of the city centre and seeing another side to Lincoln. It is also a wonderful way of getting into the fresh air and being active.
What is the Local Landscapes & Hidden Histories project?
The Local Landscapes & Hidden Histories project is a three year community drive heritage project funded through the National Lottery Heritage Fund and City of Lincoln Council. The project is a place-based heritage project, which works with communities, individuals and organisations across the city.
The project focuses on seven local green spaces, each with their own unique landscape character and set of tangible and intangible heritage assets. These include Lincoln Arboretum, South Common and Cow Paddle, Boultham Park, Hartsholme Park, Birchwood Nature Park and West Common.
They encourage members of the public to share their memories and items so that a publicly available archive can be building, recording the history of these green spaces. At Lincoln Free Walking Tour, we are doing our bit by sharing some of the space’s fascinating history and helping to facilitate conversation with locals and visitors in respect of our heritage.
How are we getting involved?
Lincoln’s green spaces have so much fascinating history, from Medieval battles to WWI aerodromes and everything in between! Why not join us on one of three special walking tours sharing some of the best bits of this heritage?
West Common – Sunday 31st August 2025 at 10am
Including the history of the 1141 Battle of Lincoln, agricultural shows and horse fairs, the Lincoln Handicap and the significance of the West Common as a acceptance park during WWI.
Lincoln Arboretum – Sunday 28th September 2025 at 10am
Including the planning of the Arboretum by landscape designer Edward Milner, the Typhoid Epidemic of 1905, the tragic story of the Beechey boys and the nearby ruins of Monks Abbey.
South Common – Sunday 26th October 2025 at 10am
Including history of the nearby St. Catherine’s Priory and Lincoln’s own Eleanor Cross, a former Medieval leper colony and the presence of the International Bomber Command Memorial.
How can you join us?
If you would like to join us for one of these exclusive and limited walking tours of the green spaces of Lincoln, you can book through the Local Landscapes & Hidden Histories project. Each walking tour is £4 per person and places must be prebooked before the event to avoid disappointment.
Contact LL&HH@lincoln.gov.uk or call 07970 040631 to book your spot. You can also click the link below which will take you to a booking form where you can also book spaces.
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