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The A158 road is a major route that heads from Lincoln in the west to Skegness on the east coast. The road is located entirely in the county of Lincolnshire and is single carriageway for almost its entirety. The road is approximately long. The road gets quite congested with holiday traffic during the summer.


Lincoln to Horncastle

Before the Lincoln Bypass was built (in stages) in the mid-1980s, the A158 historically went along ''Wragby Road'' (now the A15). Even earlier the A158 followed the northern end of ''Canwick Road'', the former B1188, over Pelham Bridge since its opening in 1958, and along ''South Park Avenue'' which was also built in 1958, to meet the former A46 at St Catherine's. This was parallel to the former western section B1190. The A15 at the time followed the west of Lincoln town centre, then along ''Silver Street''. The road begins at a roundabout where the A15 Lincoln Eastern bypass links up with the rest of the bypass. From here the route heads north-eas
through
the village of
North Greetwell Greetwell is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 823. It is situated east from the city and county town of Lincoln. Greetwell parish church ...
along a former
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, where it is the parish boundary between Nettleham to the north and Greetwell to the south, Nettleham and Reepham, then
Sudbrooke Sudbrooke is a small village and Civil Parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated north-east from the centre of Lincoln. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,788. Sudbrooke is situated ...
and Reepham. It passes Sudbrooke to the south, where there is
crossroads
with the main road for Sudbrooke to the left, and
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's Welton Gathering Centre (in Reepham) for the Welton oilfield (part of the East Midlands Oil Province). The Cherry Tree Cafe is at th
junction
It passes to the south of Sudbrooke Park (a Scout camp site), an
crosses
the Lincoln to Grimsby railway in the parish of
Barlings Barlings and Low Barlings are two small hamlets lying south off the A158 road at Langworth, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Low Barlings is a scattered collection of homes, situated along a trackway south from Barlings tow ...
, next to the ''Oriental Express Restaurant'' (former
Station Inn
'). At Langworth there is a crossroads for Scothern, to the left, and Barlings, to the right, and passes St Hugh'
church
and
The George at Langworth
'. It crosses the Barlings Eau at Langworth Bridge and there is a left turn for Stainton by Langworth, and a right turn for Newball, and the Woodside Wildlife and Falconry Park. Further on in the parish of Stainton by Langworth, nea
Rand Wood
the B1399 heads north-east while the A158 changes direction and heads east to Wragby. In Bullington it passe
Bullington Hall
and in Rand, it passes Brown Cow Farm, and there is a lef
turn
for Rand an
Rand Farm Park
The Rand Group construction company wa
based
there until October 2009 when it went into administration. It is briefly the parish boundary between Rand, to the north, and
Goltho Goltho is a hamlet in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population (including Bullington) was 157 at the 2011 census. It is situated south-west from Wragby, and south from the A158 road. Wragby and Goltho Limewood Walk, ...
, to the south, an
passes
Goltho Gardens, with a teashop. Approaching Wragby it enters
East Lindsey East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the district council was 136,401 at the 2011 census. The council is based in Manby. Other major settlements in the district include Alford, Wragby, Spilsby ...
. Here i
crosses
the B1202 at traffic lights near the
Turnor Arms
' then forks with the A157 which heads through the
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to
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. The A157 formerly followed the A158's current route to Lincoln, and the A158's western terminus was at Wragby before the 1940s. It passes the parish church of All Saints, and crosses the former
Louth to Bardney Line The Louth to Bardney Line was an English railway line built by the ''Louth and Lincoln Railway Company'', in Lincolnshire, England. It opened in stages between 1874 and 1876, after serious difficulties in raising subscription capital, and followi ...
. From here the route gets quite twisty then heads south-east around the south end of the Wolds. It crosses Stainfield Back a
Langton Bridge
and passes through
Langton by Wragby Langton by Wragby is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies approximately south-east from Wragby, on the A158 Horncastle road. Langton Wood is a small, previously extra-parochial area ...
, where there is a left turn on a bend for Panton, then a right turn on a bend for Chambers Farm Wood, part of the Lincolnshire Limewoods nature reserve. A
Hatton Bridge
it is the parish boundary between Langton by Wragby, to the west and Hatton, to the east. There ar
crossroads
for Hatton, to the left, and another crossroads at the (unoccupied)
New Midge Inn
', where the road becomes the parish boundary with Minting to the south. At
Baumber Baumber ( ) is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north-west from Horncastle, and at the junction of the B1225 and the A158 roads. History The Grade I listed parish ...
the B1225 joins from the north as the A158 continues towards in a more southerly direction towards the town of Horncastle. The B1190 and B1191 both join just outside Horncastle where the road crosses the A153.


Horncastle to Skegness

After leaving Horncastle the route heads east with the B1195 heading off later to Spilsby. Further on the road passes through the village of Hagworthingham. The road then reaches a roundabout with the A16 at Partney. Both roads used to go through Partney but now bypass it. The construction of this bypass was preceded by a significant archaeological investigation. The A158 continues east until reaching another roundabout with the A1028 which provides a short cut from the A16 further north. The B1196 also heads up to Alford from here. The A158 becomes dual-carriageway for from here until becoming single again through Gunby. The road then joins with the newly opened Burgh Bypass, before finally reaching Skegness where it terminates at a junction with the A52


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SABRE Roads
{{DEFAULTSORT:1-0158 Roads in England Roads in Lincolnshire West Lindsey District East Lindsey District