Product Description

All National Trail Guides contain: Ordnance Survey 1:25 000 maps covering the entire route. A detailed description of the route and sites of interest that lie along it. Background information on landscape, archaeology, wildlife and local history. Full colour photographs. Information on public transport, accommodation, facilities and useful services and organizations.

The northern half of the Pennine Way runs for 129 miles (207 km) from Bowes on the Durham Moors to Kirk Yetholm in the Cheviot Hills through some of the wildest and most remote landscapes in England.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #72456 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-25
• Binding: Paperback
• 168 pages

Synopsis
The Pennine Way is the 256-mile (412-km) National Trail stretching along the backbone of Britain. This volume features the northern section of the Way, following the Countryside Agency's acorn waymarks from Bowes across the rugged Durham moors, past Hadrian's Wall to Kirk Yetholm, a distance of 129 miles (207 km). This is the complete, official guide for the long distance walker or the weekend stroller. All you need is this one book. "National Trail Guides" are the official guidebooks to the fifteen National Trails in England and Wales and are published in association with Natural England, the official body charged with developing and maintaining the Trails. This is the official companion to the northern section of the Pennine Way National Trail. Full-colour Ordnance Survey maps for each section shown alongside text. It includes detailed and up-to-date information on facilities and public transport.