page_title: Trent Valley Way
section_title: Littleborough to Alkborough
hierarchical_section_title: Trent Valley Way / Extending the Route / Littleborough to Alkborough
caption_attribution_description: English: Julian's Bower - Alkborough Turf Maze The turf maze and beyond the flooded Alkborough flats.
context_page_description: The Trent Valley Way is a waymarked long-distance footpath in England following the River Trent and its valley in the counties of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
  Originally created in 1998, to mark the centenary of the Nottinghamshire County Council, it was waymarked between the two southern starting points at Thrumpton and Attenborough, through to West Stockwith near Gainsborough at the northern limit of the county, a distance of some 84 miles.
  This Nottinghamshire route used both riverside paths and footpaths in the wider valley to link Nottingham, with Newark-on-Trent, Gainsborough and various villages via points of interest. It appeared on Ordnance Survey maps, and a book showing the route was also produced.
  The waymark consisted of a white disc with a blue arrow containing three wavy white lines.
context_section_description: Subsequently, plans were made to extend the path northwards along the tidal reaches to the Humber. In 2012 an extension of the waymarked route was confirmed, using paths mainly in North Lincolnshire to link the existing path with sections through to Alkborough, and a series of nine walking guides were produced to define this new 36 mile 58 km section. The first two sections act as a parallel route for part of the original valley way, but use riverside footpaths instead.
  Littleborough to Gainsborough
  Gainsborough to West Stockwith
  West Stockwith to Haxey
  Haxey to Epworth
  Epworth to Belton
  Belton to Keadby
  Keadby to Scunthorpe
  Scunthorpe to Burton Upon Stather
  Burton Upon Stather to Alkborough
  The end of the route is the maze at Julian's Bower, which has a viewpoint that overlooks Trent Falls.
caption: Julian's Bower at Alkborough
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