page_title: Woodhall Spa
section_title: Woodlands
hierarchical_section_title: Woodhall Spa / Recreation and facilities / Woodlands
caption_attribution_description: English: Pine Woods Woodhall Spa. In the search for coal during the nineteenth century, pine trees were grown here for pit-props. During the digging spa water was found and formed the basis of the spa resort at Woodhall Spa.
context_page_description: Woodhall Spa is a former spa town and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England, on the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, 6 miles south-west of Horncastle, 23 miles west of Skegness, 15 miles east-south-east of Lincoln and 17 miles north-west of Boston. It is noted for its mineral springs, cinema and its Second World War association with the RAF 617 Squadron. The cinema has the last remaining rear screen projector in the country.
  Much of the village's Victorian elegance remains, and since January 1991 much of the centre has been a designated conservation area.
context_section_description: The Pinewoods is a 19 acres (7.7 ha) woodland at the centre of the village, owned by the Woodland Trust. It is made up of mature oak, Scots pine, beech and birch. Originally scrub land, later becoming part of the grounds of the Victoria Hotel, it attracts visitors, particularly in the spring and autumn.
  Ostler's Plantation is a Forestry Commission working woodland along the south side of Kirkby Lane to the east of Woodhall Spa. It is open to the public for a range of recreational activities throughout the year. It is primarily pine with oak, birch and some other species around the fringes. It is bordered to the east by Kirkby Moor Nature Reserve and to the south by the former RAF Woodhall Spa, which has recently been purchased by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust soon to become a nature reserve.
  To the east of the village between Horncastle Road and Kirkby Lane lie Kirkby and Roughton Moors. Once open heathland, these are now almost all wooded, with parts owned by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust and managed as two nature reserves: Kirkby Moor Nature Reserve and Roughton Moor Wood Nature Reserve. Both are open to the public and can be accessed from either Kirkby Lane, Wellsyke Lane or Horncastle Road.
  There are more areas of woodland towards Horncastle to the north of the Viking Way/Spa Trail: Highhall Wood is private but with a permissive access footpath through it; White Hall Wood is open to the public and Thornton Wood is private.
caption: The Pinewoods
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