This Jarrold-Ordnance Survey Pathfinder Guide makes the ideal companion for country walks throughout the magnificent Dartmoor National Park, exploring every aspect of it's character. Clear and easy to follow directions are accompanied by detailed 1:25,000 scale Explorer maps from Ordnance Survey and specially commissioned photographs. GPS data for each waypoint of every walk is included. With 28 routes to choose from, colour coded for difficulty, and all tried and tested by seasoned walkers and varying from extended strolls to exhilarating hikes, there is a walk to suit all situations.

The guide introduces you to the area and highlights the most scenic walks. Practical details are included, such as refreshment stops and places to leave your car. Usually we recommend taking the appropriate OS Explorer map on all walks, but in the case of the Pathfinder Guides this mapping is included, with the route clearly outlined in yellow.

The walk locations, in order of length, are: Lydford Gorge; Haytor; Castle Drogo and Teign Gorge; Plym Woods and Wigford Down; Lustleigh Cleave; Steps Bridge and Mardon Down; Burrator reservoir and Sheeps Tor; Chagford and the River Teign; South Brent and the Avon Valley; the Walkham Valley and Merrivale; Widecombe in the Moor and Hamel Down; Dartmeet, Combestone and Brimpts Wood; Ivybridge, the Erme Valley and Western Beacon; Manaton, Hound Tor and Becka Falls; Horrabridge and Sampford Spiney; Gidleigh, Kes Tor and Teign-e-ver Bridge; Okehampton, Cullever Steps and Bellstone; South Zeal and Little Hound Tor; Postbridge, Laughter Hole and Bellever; Drewsteignton, Hittisleigh Barton and Crockernwell; Moretonhampstead, Butterdon Down and North Bovey; Mary Tavy, Horndon Down and Peter Tavy; Holne Moor and Snowdon; Princetown, Whiteworks and Crock of Gold; Two Bridges, Wistman's Wood and the West Dart; Grimspound, Coombe Down and Challacombe; New Bridge, Leusdon and Holne; Ringmoor Down, Eylesbarrow and Siward's Cross.

This authorative and comprehensive guide to walking on Dartmoor provides over 45 routes covering the entire National Park. The walks are grouped into four main areas; the South Moor, Widecombe Walks, the North East Moor, and the North West Moor. There is a facinating introductory chapter covering geology, vegetation, fauna, the impact of man throughout history, and the legends of Dartmoor.

The rolling, sweeping horizon of Dartmoor with its huge skies can be thrilling. Except in a few steep sided valleys you are never shut in on the moor; there is always a feeling of distance and vast open spaces. There are wild remote areas of uplands and mountains, and yet the presence of human history is never far away. There are dangers in the numerous bogs and fickle weather which can bring down mists in minutes, so a good experienced guide is essential if you do not know the moor well; and John Earle is such a guide. For each of the walks there is a full colour map of the route, based on OS Landranger, and very precise directions. There are also numerous colour photographs illustrating typical landscape or other features of the walks. However, we do not recommend walking on Dartmoor without OS Outdoor Leisure map 28 and a compass.

This guide is the second edition of this established and successful book, updated with the latest information to ensure a memorable visit. The guide can give you years of pleasure discovering what is perhaps our most atmospheric National Park and the last great wilderness in England. The walks vary from easy to challenging and include several longer routes.

The great granite dome of Dartmoor is like the hub of a wheel and the many streams and rivers that run off it in all directions are like the spokes. Water is everywhere on Dartmoor, even in times of drought. Soon the streams gather into rivers flowing down to the English Channel or, a few, north to the Bristol Channel. The walks do not follow the river banks, but take in the river and then wander away to explore some of the fascinating local area.

Most of the walks in this guide are circular and begin at a car park or safe parking location with the grid reference provided. Public transport options are given where available. The walks are graded for difficulty and distance and a short description of the terrain are also provided. Clear route directions are provided together with simple sketch maps. One of the features that make the 'Boot Up' series of guides so attractive is the emphasis on good landscape photography and the book is well illustrated throughout with colour photographs. The handy size also means it will slip easily into your pocket, protected by the tough cover.

The walk locations are: West Okement River from Meldon Reservoir; River Taw and Belstone; River Teign from Castle Drogo; River Dart near Hembury Fort; River Avon near Cross Furzes; River Erme near Cornwood; River Plym from Shaugh Bridge; West Dart River from Two Bridges; River Meavy from Burrator Reservoir dam; River Tavy from Lanehead.

Dartmoor has great beauty as well as being a wild, lonely and remote upland. When you are out on the moor there are always the rolling, sweeping horizons and huge skies all around you and a strange indefinable scent that changes with the seasons. Sometimes the misty air is full of the smell of damp, peaty moorland, at other times the pungent smell of gorse or the sweet honey-scent of purple heather. Listen and you will hear the tinkling sound of countless streams tumbling off the moor, while high overhead the skylarks pour out their own evocative liquid song and the solitary buzzard wheels overhead.

Most of the walks in this guide are circular and begin at a car park or safe parking location with the grid reference provided. Public transport options are given where available. The walks are graded between one and three boot symbols with three boots the hardest. Distance and a short description of the terrain are also provided. However, all the walks can be leisurely done in a morning to work up an appetite for lunch, or used as a convenient excuse to work off that lunch! Clear route directions are provided together with simple sketch maps. One of the features that make the 'Boot Up' series of guides so attractive is the emphasis on good landscape photography and the book is well illustrated throughout with colour photographs. The handy size also means it will slip easily into your pocket, protected by the tough cover.

The walk locations are: Hay Tor; Rippon Tor; Hookney Tor; Kestor Rock; Yes Tor and High Willhays; Brat Tor; King's Tor; Down Tor; Gutter Tor; Pew Tor.

This is a walks book with a difference. Its aim is to take the reader on a journey of discovery whilst also providing a healthy and enjoyable walk on Dartmoor. Each walk has been selected to provide a variety of routes across a varied range of landscapes in and around the Dartmoor National Park. Each walk is linked to a place or places of particular importance in the long history of Dartmoor, with the author pointing out things of interest along the way. The walks cover castles, prehistoric sites, remnants of old mining areas, farms, quarries and ancient trackways. Neither the walking nor the history is too demanding, the aim being to have an enjoyable hour or so out on the moor while coming home knowing a little more than when one left. Back home this delightful, quality book with masses of full colour photographs and fascinating text will provide hours of armchair reading.

The walks are as follows: (1) Saddle Tor, Low Man, Hay Tor, Haytor Quarries, the Granite Railway, Holwell Quarries, Greator Rocks, medieval village, Hound Tor, Pil Tor, Foale's Arrishes. (2) Grimspound, Hookney Tor, Headland Warren Farm, Challacombe Stone Row, Vitifer and Birch Tor Mines, Golden Dagger Mine, medieval village of Challacombe. (3) Castle Drogo, Hunter's Tor, Fingle Bridge, Cranbrook Castle. (4) Round Pound, Kes Tor, Shovel Down, Teign-e-ver clapper bridge, Scorhill Circle. (5) Okehampton Castle. (6) Brat Tor, Great Links Tor, Branscombe's Loaf, Sourton Tors. (7) Lydford Castle, the church of St Petrock. (8) The Church of St Michael, Brentor. (9) Routrundle, Ingra Tor, Swelltor Quarries, King's Tor, Merrivale prehistoric remains, Leeden Tor. (10) Burrator Reservoir, Narrator Plantation, Sheepstor village, Sheeps Tor. (11) Norsworthy Bridge, Deancombe Farm, Cuckoo Rock, Potato Cave, Eylesbarrow Mine, Siward's Cross, Down Tor. (12) Ditsworthy Warren House, Drizzle Combe, Giant's Basin.

One of the Jarrold Short Walks series for all the family. These lovely little guides are the ideal companion for short walks that can be enjoyed by all. Features include clear and easy to follow instructions; detailed Ordnance Survey Explorer mapping with the route clearly highlighted, and specially commissioned photographs. There are twenty routes to choose from, colour coded by length and difficulty; green for easy; blue for modest length with some climbing and red for more challenging walks, possibly with stiff climbs.

Walk locations are: Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines; Chagford and the River Teign; Haytor Quarry and Tramway; Hound Tor and Hayne Down; Lydford; North and South Brentor; The Teign Gorge and Castle Drogo; Trenchford and Tottiford Reservoirs; Avon Dam and Rider's Rings; Bonechill rocks; Crazywell pool; The East and West Okement Rivers; Foggintor and Swelltor Quarries; Scorhill; The Dewerstone; Wistman's Wood; Dr Blackall's Drive; Fernworthy and Grey Wethers, Harford and the Erme Valley; Meldon Reservoir and Blackator Copse.

With far-reaching views across apparently endless rolling moorland and hills, punctuated by rocks and tors, Dartmoor offers exhilarating walking country. Standing stones and hut circles, evidence of ancient activity, can be discovered set against this rugged and powerful landscape. The area is a haven for wildlife and has a gentle side as well, with secluded mountain streams and valley woodland, tree fringed reservoirs and delightful towns to be explored.

The 30 circular walks in this book are all chosen with the motorist in mind. They cater for all ages and degrees of walking experience. The routes have clear directions to the starting point and parking place. Each one is accompanied by a detailed sketch map and description of the route, and notes on points of interest along the way.

The walk locations are: The East Okement Valley; Chapel Ford and the Belstone Tors; Gidleigh and Common; Chagford Common and Mariners' Way; Chagford and River Teign; Fingle Bridge and Teign Gorge; Moretonhampstead; Steps Bridge to Hel Tor; Trenchford; Lustleigh Cleave; Bovey Valley and Shap Tor; Grimspound; Hay Tor; Widecombe-in-the-Moor; Leusdon; Postbridge and East Dart river; Bellever; Dartmeet to Combestone Tor; Huntingdon Warren and Abbots' Way; Avon Valley and Shipley Bridge; Harford and Erme Valley; Trowlesworthy and Plym Valley; The Dewerstone; Burrator Reservoir; Walkham Valley; Horrabridge; Walkham Valley and Double Waters; Mary Tavy; Doe Tor Brook and Widgery Cross; Meldon Reservoir and Okement Valley.

This double-sided map covers the entire National Park and enables visitors to explore fully the natural beauty of Dartmoor. There is a generous overlap between the sides, making this very practical map especially useful for outdoor enthusiasts with an interest in walking. The map is printed onto waterproof paper at a scale of 1:40,000, making it sufficiently detailed for sure navigation. Rights of way and access land are shown and the map is GPS compatible. Contour lines are shown at 50m interval with subtle colouring to give a good impression of relief. The legend includes useful tourist information locations.

The Dartmoor Way walking route is highlighted on the map for easy route finding and most of the other major trails across Dartmoor are marked and named. If you really want to get to know Dartmoor intimately this map is a valuable companion.

This Jarrold-Ordnance Survey Pathfinder Guide makes the ideal companion for country walks throughout this varied region. Clear and easy to follow directions are accompanied by detailed 1:25,000 scale Explorer maps from Ordnance Survey and specially commissioned photographs. GPS data for each waypoint of every walk is included. With 28 routes to choose from, colour coded for difficulty, and all tried and tested by seasoned walkers and varying from extended strolls to exhilarating hikes, there is a walk to suit all situations.

The guide introduces you to the area and highlights the most scenic walks. Practical details are included, such as refreshment stops and places to leave your car. Usually we recommend taking the appropriate OS Explorer map on all walks, but in the case of the Pathfinder Guides this mapping is included, with the route clearly outlined in yellow.

The walk locations are: Cockington Valley; Bench Tor; Stover Country Park and the River Teign; Exe estuary and Exminster Marshes; Silverton and Christ Cross; Broadhembury; Vixen Tor and Pew Tor; Gara Rock and Portlemouth Down; Dart estuary and Dartmouth Castle; Loddiswell and the Avon Valley Woods; the Yealm estuary; Venn Ottery Common; Trenchford Reservoir; Otter Estuary, East Budleigh and Otterton; Brixham and Churston Point; Ashburton and Whiddon Scrubbs; Prawl Point and Woodcombe Point; Start Point and Hallsands; Bolt Head and Salcombe estuary; Beer and Branscombe; Rippon Tor, Pil Tor and Buckland Beacon; Torcross, Slapton Ley and Stokenham; Widgery Cross and Great Links Tor; Yes Tor and High Willhays; Sidmouth, Salcombe Regis and Weston Combe; Princetown, Dartmoor Railway and Leather Tor; Dittisham, Cornworthy and Tuckenhay; Buckfastleigh Moor.

If you enjoy both walking and visiting country pubs this book should appeal. All the inns are surrounded by excellent walking country and every walk begins and ends at a particular pub. The routes vary in length from 2.5 to 5.5 miles and each is described in detail with its own accompanying sketch map.

There are gentle strolls along quiet lanes and through secluded woodland, undemanding coastal walks and more strenuous ascents to admire the breathtaking views for which this region is justly famous. Meander through the old fishing village of Beesands; visit the pretty villages of Haberton and Loddiswell in the South Hams; explore the dramatic landscape around Princetown and Hexworthy on Dartmoor itself and the popular landmark of Haytor in the east.

All 30 pubs are described in full, with a photograph, and details given include their history and character, how to get there, parking facilities and their speciality menus. The walk locations are: Abbotskerswell; Beesands; West Charleton; Bovey Tracey; Bridford; Chagford; Dartington; Denbury; East Ogwell; Fingle Bridge; Haberton; Haytor Vale; Hemborough Post near Dartmouth; Hexworthy; Holne; Hope Cove; Ivybridge; Kingston; Kingswear; Woolston Green; Loddiswell; Lustleigh; Marldon; Postbridge; Princetown; Scorriton; Shaldon; South Brent; Torcross; Merrivale.