South Downs Way: British Walking Guide With 60 Large-Scale Walking Maps, Places To Stay, Places To Eat - Softcover

Manthorpe, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905864426 ISBN 13: 9781905864423

Publisher: Trailblazer Publications, 2012

Synopsis

Fully revised fourth edition. This 100-mile footpath follows the line of chalk hills stretching from Winchester to Eastbourne. Walking the length of the Downs is the best way to experience this beautiful landscape with its mixture of rolling hills, steep hanging woodland and windswept fields. You’ll also pass through picture-postcard villages with welcoming pubs, thatched cottages and quintessentially English country gardens.

 

·        5 town plans and 60 large-scale walking maps – at just under 1:20,000 – showing route times, places to stay, places to eat, points of interest and much more. These are not general-purpose maps but fully-edited maps drawn by walkers for walkers.

 

·        Itineraries for all walkers – whether walking the route in its entirety over a week to 10 days or sampling the highlights on day walks and short breaks

 

·        Practical information for all budgets – camping, bunkhouses, hostels, B&Bs, pubs and hotels; Winchester through to Eastbourne – where to stay, where to eat, what to see, plus detailed street plans

 

·        Comprehensive public transport information – for all access points on the South Downs Way

 

·        Flora and fauna – four page full color flower guide, plus an illustrated section on local wildlife

 

·        Full information on the newly-created South Downs National Park

 

·        Green hiking – understanding the local environment and minimizing our impact on it

 

·        Includes downloadable gps waypoints

About this title

From the Back Cover

The South Downs Way is a 100-mile footpath which follows the line of chalk hills stretching from Winchester to Eastbourne, crossing the newly-created South Downs National Park. Walking the length of the Downs is the best way to experience this beautiful landscape with its mixture of rolling hills, steep hanging woodland and windswept fields. You’ll also pass through picture-postcard villages with welcoming pubs, thatched cottages and country gardens.

 

‘...the Trailblazer series stands head, shoulders, waist and ankles above the rest.

They are particularly strong on mapping...’  The Sunday Times

 

• Includes 60 walking maps – the largest-scale maps available   At a scale of just under 1:20,000 (8cm or 3-1/8 inches to one mile) these are bigger than the most detailed walking maps currently available in the shops.
• Unique mapping features – walking times, directions, tricky junctions, places to stay and eat, points of interest. These are not general-purpose maps but fully-edited maps drawn by walkers for walkers.
• Itineraries for all walkers – whether hiking the 100-mile route in its entirety or sampling the highlights on day walks or short breaks. Includes detailed public transport information for all access points.
• Practical information for all budgets – what to see, where to stay, where to eat: pubs, hotels, B&B, camping, bunkhouses, hostels.
• Downloadable gps waypoints
• Full information on the newly-created South Downs National Park

About the Author

A keen outdoorsman, Jim Manthorpe works as a ranger in Knoydart, one of the most remote regions of the Scottish Highlands.

About this edition

• Publisher: Trailblazer Publications
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1905864426
• ISBN 13: 9781905864423
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 192