Product Description

Walking is one of Britain's favourite leisure activities, and with "50 Walks in The Peak District" you can find a variety of mapped walks to suit all abilities - from the casual walker to the experienced hiker. The book features all the practical detail you need, accompanied by fascinating background reading on the history and wildlife of the area, as well as other local points of interest. All walks are annotated with places to visit along the way: 'While You're There', featuring churches, country houses, museums, villages and towns. Each walk also has refreshment information: 'Where to Eat and Drink', including tea rooms and pubs, with extra details on their character and the food on offer. A 'What to Look For' panel features more specific details of urban and industrial heritage, flora and fauna. Every walk is given a summary of distance, time, gradient, level of difficulty, type of surface and access, landscape, dog friendliness, parking and public toilets.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22142 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Customer Reviews

Good source of ideas, but needs work.
Most people will probably consider buying this book just to get some ideas on where to go walking and hiking around the Peak District. That's fine, as long as you're ready to properly plan your route and it's not too important to be able to simply walk the routes laid out in this book.

The places suggested here are superb, faultless and broad in choice, environment and difficulty. It genuinely represents a good range of experiences walking the Peak District National Park. As a source of inspiration and a challenging start for new walkers it is an excellent book. It will take you to some of the most stunning and exciting countryside this country has. You'll want to visit everyone of the 50 destinations.

For some of these walks all you need to do is follow the book. However, do not assume that all the walks are achievable by simply following the routes laid out here. Some of these walks are quite challenging. In some cases you will need to prepare the route yourself the traditional way. Be prepared to make and follow your own plans carefully, as the book will be of no use whatsoever. At times the maps in the book are deeply inadequate, lacking detail, and you will require at least an OS map and compass with a well laid out route. Also the instructions can sometimes be extremely vague and don't contribute much except confusion.

The routes they haven chosen to detail - when you've figured them out and transfered to some proper form of navigation - are actually well chosen, balanced and can be quite active and challenging. Once familiar with these places, you can obviously begin to design your own routes.

I recommend this book highly as a source of inspiration - even for seasoned Peak hikers, there is bound to be at least ten places you haven't heard of here. Just make sure you can find your own way around its suggestions.

Very good introduction for walking and visiting
typical AA, very clear, useful, authoritative. not only gives you walks but also highlights the other things you want to know (food, interest, pubs etc). Recommended