--- title: "Louth – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Louth from Nottingham, Leicestershire, Leeds, West Yorkshire and Manchester, Greater Manchester: every way compared, with today's quickest…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/louth" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/louth.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Drogheda_Highlanes_Gallery_%E2%80%9CView_of_Drogheda%E2%80%9D_by_Gabrielle_Ricciardelli_2024_08_23.jpg/1920px-Drogheda_Highlanes_Gallery_%E2%80%9CView_of_Drogheda%E2%80%9D_by_Gabrielle_Ricciardelli_2024_08_23.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- ![Louth](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Drogheda_Highlanes_Gallery_%E2%80%9CView_of_Drogheda%E2%80%9D_by_Gabrielle_Ricciardelli_2024_08_23.jpg/1920px-Drogheda_Highlanes_Gallery_%E2%80%9CView_of_Drogheda%E2%80%9D_by_Gabrielle_Ricciardelli_2024_08_23.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) # Louth Louth is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. [Plan a trip to Louth](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Louth) [From Nottingham, Leicestershire](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nottingham%2C+Leicestershire&to=Louth) ## Every way there - Nottingham, Leicestershire → Louth 89 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · £9–12 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nottingham-leicestershire-to-louth) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nottingham%2C+Leicestershire&to=Louth) - Leeds, West Yorkshire → Louth 112 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £13–18 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/leeds-west-yorkshire-to-louth) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Leeds%2C+West+Yorkshire&to=Louth) - Manchester, Greater Manchester → Louth 148 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £16–21 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/manchester-greater-manchester-to-louth) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manchester%2C+Greater+Manchester&to=Louth) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Louth, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Louth](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/louth) What Louth has - Y Scheduled flights Nottingham, Leicestershire (EMA), 106 km - Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 3 timetable feeds for this country, 2 with real-time - N Ferries no crossing within 25 km - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. 53.367°, -0.006° Louth serves as an important town for a large rural area of eastern Lincolnshire. Visitor attractions include St James' Church, Hubbard's Hills, the market, many independent retailers, and Lincolnshire's last remaining cattle market. See ## Worth seeing St James' Church The tallest parish church spire in the UK and also Lincolnshire's top tourist church. Hubbard's Hills a well-loved area of green space in the town, with an ice cream shop, a lake great for paddling and lots of ducks to feed. Westgate Fields nearer the middle of town than Hubbard's Hills, Westgate Fields is a nice location for a picnic or just to see the giant Wooden Leaves there. 1. Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Station Road, Ludborough, DN36 5SH (7 miles north of Louth),. Do ## Things to do Go up the spire - a rather tiring journey to the top, but on a nice day there are lovely views to be had. Go paddling at Hubbard's Hills - fun for everyone, especially if followed by a picnic or an ice cream. Eat ## Where to eat Mr Chip's is a legendary (in the area) chip shop, and well worth a visit. Fish and Chips to eat in or take away The Wheatsheaf is a pub on Westagte serving a variety of traditional ales and delicious (mostly locally produced) pub food Chuzzlewits is a fine tea shop on Upgate. Being served afternoon tea by waitresses in Victorian dress is an experiece perfectly suited to the charming surroundings of Louth. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louth%2C_Lincolnshire) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Louth_(England%29), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Andreas F. Borchert (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/louth, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt