South Downs Way: Winchester to Eastbourne (Trailblazer Guidebooks) - Softcover

Manthorpe, Jim; Thomas, Bryn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905864663 ISBN 13: 9781905864669

Publisher: Trailblazer Publications, 2015

Synopsis

Fully revised and rewalked fifth edition of this popular guidebook.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

·Guides to 49 towns and villages – along the 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

·GPS waypoints. These are also downloadable from the Trailblazer website.

·Plus - extra color sections: 16pp color introduction and 16pp of color mapping for stage sections (one stage per page) with trail profiles.

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 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.
·GPS waypoints. These are also downloadable from the Trailblazer website.
·Full information on the South Downs National Park
·Plus - extra color sections: 16pp color introduction and 16pp of color mapping for stage sections (one stage per page) with trail profiles.

About the Author

A keen outdoorsman, Jim Manthorpe is a wildlife cameraman currently working for the BBC.

About this edition

• Publisher: Trailblazer Publications
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1905864663
• ISBN 13: 9781905864669
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 208