by: Helena Smith
This book contains 43 walks, all with detailed Ordnance Survey based maps, clear route directions and full descriptions of the sights passed en route, as well as stimulating background on local history and wildlife. The guide has all the comprehensive detail, authority and high quality production you would expect from the Rough Guides stable. This is an essential handbook for walkers who want to explore London and the south east.
The walks range from short strolls in inner London to extended rural hikes throughout south east England, covering areas as far afield as the New Forest, the South Downs and the Fens. A number of the routes can be combined into two day walks if you want to make a weekend of it. All the walks are designed to be accessible using public transport and all feature recommended lunch stops.
The guide is divided into ten chapters covering different areas, each with a selection of walks. Some of these walks explore sections of long distance footpaths. Inner London - 10 walks. The North Downs - Box Hill; Guildford to Compton; Gomshall; Pilgrim's Way. The Weald - Eden Valley; Greensand Way; High Weald Walk; Bayham Abbey. The South Downs - Along the Arun; Cissbury Ring; Mount Cabern; South Down Way. The Saxon Shore - Saxon Shore Way; 1066 Country Walk; Chichester Harbour. The North Wessex Downs - Ridgeway; the Downs; Stonehenge; New Forest. The Thames Valley - Windsor Great Park; Thames towpath and Chiltern Way; Roman Silchester. The Chilterns - Misbourne Valley; northern Chilterns; Ivinghoe Beacon; Blenheim Palace. Bedfordshire - Lea Valley Way; St Albans and around; Woburn Estate. Essex, Cambridge and the Fens - Along the River Stort; Uttlesford; Along the Cam; the Fens.
ISBN 9781854281544 pp 311 (2009) 105mm x 190mm

by: Anthony Burton
Following the limestone escarpment on the western edge of the Cotswolds, the 102 miles of the Cotswold Way take the walker through a quintessentially English landscape as varied as it is beautiful. Starting and finishing among the golden Cotswold stone of Chipping Camden and Bath and affording stunning prospects of the Malvern Hills, the Forest of Dean and even the Black Mountains in Wales, it winds through rolling farmland, magnificent beech woodlands and up over the austerely beautiful Cleeve Hill with its panoramic views out over Cheltenham and far beyond. With a wealth of historic interest, from Neolithic burial mounds to Roman villas and country houses, this is genuinely a walk through the heart of England.
This official National Trail Guide, published in association with Natural England, describes the entire route split into fifteen convenient sections. Full colour 1:25,000 scale Ordnance Survey maps are included for every section, marked with points of special interest and with the route highlighted in yellow for easy navigation. Comprehensive route information for each section includes lavish colour photography and notes on nearby features. Background information on local history, wildlife, archaeology, geology, industry and land use help to ensure you have an informed and interesting journey. There is a listing of places of interest on or near the route. Practicalities are also covered with details of route planning, public transport, useful contacts and sources of further information.
The starting points of the fifteen sections are as follows: Chipping Campden; Broadway; Wood Stanway; Winchcombe; Cleeve Hill; Dowdeswell; Leckhampton Hill; Birdlip; Painswick; King's Stanley; Dursley; Wotton-under-Edge; Hawkesbury; Tormarton; Cold Ashton
ISBN 9781845135195 pp 141 (2010) 130mm x 210mm

by: John Roberts
The colourful cover of the 6th edition of this guide shows scenes along this varied 100 mile walk between Cannock Chase and the Cotswolds. There are lakes, ponds and canals, heather and bilberry on gravely heath land, willows and alders in reedy river valleys and shapely limestone hills. The Way passes close to the populated, industrial Midlands but you see none of it. You walk through rural villages and the small cathedral city of Lichfield via Meriden, Henley in Arden, Alcester and Chipping Campden to Bourton on the Water. The Heart of England Way links the Staffordshire Way, Centenary Way, Midland Link, the Cotswold Way and the Oxfordshire Way.
The step by step directions and maps have been fully revised and updated to reflect the continual small changes to the countryside and paths. You can start from either end of the route and notes on places to stay, buses and trains at 27 locations let you plan the walk in your own stages. There are lots of photos and pages of interesting comment on the landscape, the churches, the villages and the sights.
ISBN 0-947708-40-5 pp128 (2000) 145mm x 210mm

by Carl Rogers
The Isle of Anglesey Coast Path runs for over 200km (125 miles) through some of the grandest coastal scenery in Wales: wide sandy bays and estuaries, intimate coves, dramatic cliffs and rocky islets, sand dunes and forests. Much of this coastline is designated as one of Wales' five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
This official guide book to the route has been prepared by Carl Rogers, an author with extensive knowledge of the island and its coastal path. Rosie Frankland, Coastal Path Project Manager, has provided supporting information throughout the text. It has been designed to provide all the information needed to both plan and walk the coastal path. Planning information includes accommodation options, use and frequency of public transport, seasonal closures and tidal restrictions and a distance chart. The walk itself is described in twelve day-walk chapter sections with detailed route description and full colour Ordnance Survey mapping. There are also comprehensive notes on points of interest encountered along the way. The book is beautifully illustrated with colour photographs and contains an introduction to the island.
The starting points of the 12 sections are: Holyhead; Trearddur; Four-Mile Bridge; Aberffraw; Newborough; Moel-y-don; Beaumaris; Pentraeth; Moelfre; Amlwch Port; Cemaes; Church Bay.
ISBN 9781902512150 pp 157 (2010) 116mm x 190mm

by Staffordshire County Council
The Staffordshire Way spans the length of the county for 92 miles from Mow Cop in the north to Kinver Edge in the south. The route explores some of Staffordshire's loveliest scenery and several of its most interesting towns and villages, as well as linking country parks and picnic places.
Staffordshire is a beautiful rural county of scenic contrast, and the Way explores it to best advantage. Starting among rugged gritstone hills on the edge of the Peak District, the Way turns south through the wooded valleys of 'Staffordshire's Rhineland'. In mid-Staffordshire, Cannock Chase is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Way explores the heart of this lovely area. Beyond, the superb landscaped parklands of the south of the county, the results of 18th century genius and creativity, have earned it the name of 'Parkland Staffordshire'. The climax of the route is a lofty sandstone ridge and journey's end at the county boundary.
The guide contains lots of interesting background information as well as detailed clear route finding instructions and large scale ordnance survey based maps.
pp 102 148mm x 210mm spiral bound

by: Judy Jones
This is a fairly comprehensive guide to exploring the beautiful countryside around Malmesbury and the wider area of north Wiltshire. There are 25 circular walks varying from 3 to 8 miles in distance graded according to difficulty, although regular countryside walkers would not find any of the walks particularly strenuous. Each walk chapter begins with a brief overall description of the walk and its features, together with distance, walking time, OS maps and details of pubs on the route. This is followed by detailed directions which are accompanied by sketch maps; historical, cultural and archaeological features of interest are also highlighted. The guide is illustrated with black and white photographs of scenes along the walks.
The walk locations are: Lea; Corston; Malmesbury town; Castle Combe; Luckington; Sapperton Tunnel; Long Newnton; Shipton Moyne; Cerney Wick; Easton Grey; Westonbirt; Lacock; Little Somerford; Avebury; Silbury Hill; Ashton Keynes; Avening; Box Hill; Foxham; Gatcombe Park; Barbury Castle; Edgeworth; Brinkworth; Norton and Hullavington; Brokenborough.
ISBN 9780955768200 pp 205 (2008) 130mm x 179mm

by: Trevor Antill
The South Coast and the South Downs from Charmouth to Shoreham (225 miles). This guide describes the last part of the long distance path tracing the epic journey of Charles ll after the Battle of Worcester. After six exciting and exhausting weeks he finally found a ship at Shoreham from where he sailed to the Continent and safety. The route should not be as stressful for the modern walker, passing as it does through so much beautiful countryside, and enjoyment of the scenery is enhanced by the story of the King in whose footsteps one follows.
The main towns and villages along the route are Bridport, Broadwindsor, Winyard's Gap, East Coker, trent, Charlton Horethorne, Wincanton, Mere, Hindon, Great Wishford, Middle Winterslow, Mottisfont, Hursley, Owlesbury, Warnford, Hambleton, West Dean, Houghton, Findon, Brighton and Shoreham.
The route is fully described in detail with accommpanying sketch maps and background information about the King's adventures and the places he visited. A long but rewarding journey, and one which, like King Charles ll, you will never forget.
ISBN 9781869922290 pp 124 (1995) 145mm x 230mm

by: Clive Brown
One of a range of 'no frills' local walking guide booklets which admirably achieve their objective of getting you out in the countryside amongst beautiful scenery on carefully chosen routes full of interest. The directions are clear and precise and the pencil drawn sketch maps are particularly attractive as well as practical. This guide describes ten varied and interesting circular walks close to the River Welland near Market Harborough. The walks are mainly between 4 and 8 miles in length.
The locations are: Welford, the reservoir and Sibbertoft; Lubenham and The Judith Stone; Foxton Locks; Arthingworth and Great Oxendon; Foxton and Smeeton Westerby; Thorpe Langton; Wilbarston and Ashley; Harrington and Newbottle Bridge; Mowsley, Saddington and Laughton; Laughton Hills.
ISBN 9781907669170 pp 24 (2003) 148mm x 210mm

by Trevor Antill
The Cotswolds, the Mendips and the sea from Stratford-upon-Avon to Charmouth (210 miles). In the second part of this long distance path following the extraordinary journey of Charles ll during his escape to France after the battle of Worcester, the route passes through some of the most beautiful areas of southern England.
The main towns and villages along this section of the route are Chipping Campden, Moreton-in-Marsh, Stow-on-the-wold, Northleach, Cirencester, Tetbury, Chipping Sodbury, Wick, Keynsham, Abbots Leigh, Winford, Compton Martin, Wells, Castle Cary, South Cadbury, Ham Hill, Crewkerne, Hawkchurch and Charmouth.
The route is clearly described throughout with accompanying sketch maps and commentary on the events of the King's journey and the places he stayed. A remarkable walk, with a remarkable theme to it.
ISBN 9781869922283 pp 124 (1995) 145mm x 230mm

by: Paul Hannon
The 50 mile Calderdale Way steers a remarkable course, up hill and down dale in a memorable circuit of this facinating walking area. Discover Hardcastle Crags, Luddenden Dean, Norland Moor and a wealth of features, from canal towpath to historic stone causeways.
This well illustrated and concisely described guide leads along every step of the route, with the addition of several recommended detours. The route provides highly accessible walking in the very heart of the South Pennines, with the colourful little town of Hebden Bridge at the centre.
ISBN 9781870141710 pp48 (2009) 117mm x 175mm

by: Brian Smails
In September 1066, William, Duke of Normandy brought his army to Pevensey in East Sussex and went on to defeat King Harold in the town of Battle in what many people know as the battle of Hastings.
Now you can walk in the steps of William the Conqueror on this 1066 Country Walk as it meanders through stunning countryside between Pevensey and Rye via the town of Battle. There are established links to the main route from Bexhill on Sea and Hastings, to give the walker a choice of routes. This generally low level walk takes you through ancient towns and villages, over hillsides and through woodland, passing oast houses and windmills on the 31 mile route. Links with the Saxon Shore Way to the east and the South downs Way to the west provide a perfect opportunity to venture even further by linking into these other routes.
The author Brian Smailes says 'Come with me on a walk back in time as you step into what could be the actual footsteps of William The Conqueror on a journey of imagination and discovery of the beautiful East Sussex countryside'.
The illustrated guide describes the route, giving instructions together with appendices providing practical information, but sketch maps are not provided.
ISBN 1-903568-00-5

by: Paul Hannon
The 53 mile Nidderdale Way makes an absorbing circuit of the heart of Nidderdale, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales near Harrogate. The way begins at Ripley and encircles the valley of the River Nidd by means of a wide and varied range of footpaths, bridleways and country roads, taking a course up one side of the valley and returning down the other. As such the outward and return legs are never far apart, making it very accessible to the day walker; the finest means of tackling it, however, is as a four day walk.
Nidderdale is probably the least known of the Yorkshire Dales and as such offers peace and solitude. It is renowned for a number of attractions, notably the natural features of Brimham Rocks, How Stean Gorge and, further up the dale, Goyden Pot hole. Add to this Gouthwaite Reservoir, York's Folly and Guise Cliff, the sleepy villages of Ramsgill and Wath and it soon becomes clear why Nidderdale is such a jewel in the Dales.
This well illustrated and concisely described guide leads along every step of the route, with the addition of several recommended detours. This superb waymarked trail takes in riverbank, woodland, moorland and meadows, with ancient tracks linking a wealth of historic villages.
ISBN 1-870141-64-4 pp 48 (2005) 115mm x 175mm

by: Trevor Antill
The Midlands from Worcester to Stratford-upon-Avon via Boscobel (175 miles). One of the best known stories in British history is that of the escape of Charles ll after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. For six exciting weeks, and hotly pursued by the parliamentary forces under Oliver Cromwell, he travelled first north through what is now the Black Country, then south through the Cotswolds and the Mendips to the South Coast, and finally along the South Downs to Shoreham where he made his escape to France. Loyally supported by his followers, many at great risk to their own lives, he was given shelter in places both great and humble, many of which still exist today - including the famous Boscobel oak tree.
Trevor Antill has now designed this long distance walk which closely follows the route taken by Charles and enables you to visit many places, maybe only previously known to you through the history books, and also takes you through some of the finest scenery in western and southern England.
In this, the first of three books, the route follows what was probably the most hazardous part of the King's route, from the historic city of Worcester to Shakespeare's Stratford-on-Avon. The guide gives detailed route instructions together with sketch maps and facinating facts about the King's journey and the places he visited.
ISBN 9781869922528 pp 89 (2005) 145mm x 230mm

by: Clive Brown
One of a range of 'no frills' local walking guide booklets which admirably achieve their objective of getting you out in the countryside amongst beautiful scenery on carefully chosen routes full of interest. The directions are clear and precise and the pencil drawn sketch maps are particularly attractive as well as practical. This guide describes ten varied and interesting circular walks in the Vale of Belvoir between Grantham and Nottingham. The walks are between 5 and 7 miles in length.
The locations are: Bottesford, Muston and Winter Beck; Kinoulton and the Grantham Canal; Harby and the Harby Hills; Waltham on the Wolds and Croxton Racecourse; Stathern, Plungar, Barkestone-le-Vale and Barkestone Wood; Cropwell Bishop and Foss Bridge; Croxton Kerrial and Windmill Hill; Skillington and Cringle Brook; Barkestone-le-Vale, Granby and Jericho Covert; Buckminster and Sproxton.
ISBN 9781907669521 pp 24 (2009) 148mm x 210mm