Village Amenities
The Lincolnshire village of Wrangle, on the A52 mid-way between Boston and Skegness, is home to nearly 1,400 people in nearly 600 dwellings. It boasts a general stores with post office services, a farm shop and nursery, a pub with accommodation and a weekend carvery, a quality restaurant, the medieval Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, a Methodist chapel, a parish hall, a primary school, a public sports field, and a residential home. Other shops and services include a TV and electronics repair workshop, a car tyre and metalworking shop, a second-hand store and an agricultural machinery supplier (all of which can be found in the Parish Directory).
Bus services connect Wrangle with Skegness to the north and with Boston to the South. A national bus company provides a daily service to London. The nearest railway stations are Wainfleet (13 km, 8 miles) and Boston (15 km, 9.5 miles).
The nearest doctors are in the Old Leake Medical Centre 2 km (1.3 miles), and the nearest hospitals are Pilgrim Hospital in Boston (12.5 km, 8 miles) and Skegness and District General Hospital (21 km, 13 miles).
For visitors interested in staying overnight, in addition to the pub several places offer B&B and holiday letting. There is also a Caravan and Camping Club site with five pitches.
By far the most important annual event is the Wrangle Show in the first week of each July.
Access for the disabled
Access for wheelchairs and disability scooters has dramatically improved recently. Main Road (the A52 through the village) now has dropped kerbs at corners and raised kerbs at bus stops throughout. There is also a continuous pavement between Wrangle and Old Leake, the next village to the south. Elsewhere, electric or manual wheelchair users must exercise care in negotiating roads and local lanes; some have poor surfaces, some are narrow or steeply cambered.
Bird and animal life
Photo by RSBP
The breeding birds most likely to be seen in The Wash salt marshes and adjacent farmland are colonial gulls (mostly the black-headed gull), terns, skylarks, redshanks, reed bunting (also lapland bunting) and meadow pipit (also rock pipit). The main wintering birds are the dark-bellied brent goose, shelduck, pintail, pink-footed goose, goldeneye, mallard, oystercatcher, grey plover, knot, dunlin, bar-tailed godwit, curlew, redshank, turnstone, sanderling. Twite that breed in the southern Pennines also winter on the West coast of The Wash. The main predatory birds are owls, (barn and short-eared), kestrels, sparrow hawks and the occasional buzzard. Among the game birds, the most likely to break cover from the cabbage and potato fields are pheasants. Also visible, especially at dusk, are various bats.
Other than rabbit, animal life is harder find. An early morning walk along the outer embankment may be rewarded with glimpse of a vixen and her cubs. The dykes are home to water rats, their grass banks to voles and field mice.
Parish map and walks
To experience something of Wrangle's natural history, try one of two Wrangle walks that explore the village of Wrangle, the surrounding countryside and The Wash coast. The walks (see the adjacent maps) are among the series of 37 walks prepared by the Lincolnshire County Council's Access Development Team.
Walk 1 explores the land between the village and the coast, much of it reclaimed over the centuries from the sea with the aid of sea banks. These are also part of an complex system of sea defences who importance will increase in the context of global warming. The land-side grade 1 agricultural land, some of the most fertile in the country is used to grow vegetables, mainly brassicas. The 5½-km (3½- mile) or 1½-km (1mile) circular walk starts at the coastal end of Sea Lane and takes between 30 min. and 1¾ hrs to complete. It is mostly level walking and may be muddy and uneven in places.
Walk 2 on the north-western side of the A52 used a permissive path to explore farmland where wildlife is actively encouraged and thrives. The farmer has won several awards for his conservation work. The 5½-km (3½- mile) or 1½-km (1mile) circular walk starts at the crossroads of Broadgate and Gold Fen Dyke Bank.
For more details on both walks see the Lincolnshire Walks link below.
Countryside Access - Lincolnshire County Council
Information on public rights of way and enjoying access to the countryside in Lincolnshire.
Countryside Access Map - Lincolnshire County Council
An online tool enables you to find routes and open areas with public access for walking, cycling and riding in Lincolnshire.
