OS - 100 Outstanding British Walks

OS - 100 Outstanding British Walks

There are 100 walking gems from across the country in this collection. With inspiration for a wide range of walking experience and abilities, whether for those new to country walking or seasoned ramblers. It includes easy-paced short walks, half-day rambles, and more energetic and challenging full-day excursions for a total of 625 miles (over 1,000km) of richly rewarding routes.

Walks are split by region, so you can easily explore the best an area has to offer. Each walk includes the difficulty, approximate time taken, distance, height gain, terrain, parking and map sheet reference. You will also find an extract of the waypoint marked map for the route. In addition, all the routes can also be found in OS Maps online, allowing you to follow them on your mobile device or print a copy of the map to take with you.

As well as details of the routes, you will also find compelling background information of each of the regions, along with beautiful photography.

This book includes six months OS Maps Premium, giving access to printable detailed mapping for all the routes shown in this book, plus all the OS Explorer and OS Landranger maps for the entire country. You can also use it to find thousands of other routes created by other walkers or even plan your own. You can activate this by using the unique code printed inside the back cover of the book - look for the instructions on the inside flap.

• l 625 miles of inspirational walking
• Leisurely strolls
• Half-day rambles
• Challenging walks
• Route distances from 2½ to 14 miles
• Free six-month premium subscription to OS Maps
• Clear large-scale OS Explorer route maps
• Printable route cards l Key waypoints with GPS coordinates

Walks list

South-west England

1: Wistman's Wood - 7.2km (4.5m)
2: Rippon Tor, Pil Tor and Buckland Beacon - 10.3km (6.5m)
3: Lynton and Valley of Rocks - 8.8km (5.5m)
4: Simonsbath and the River Barle - 12.1km (7.5m)
5: Hurlstone and Selworthy Beacon - 10.1km (6.25m)
6: Helford, Little Dennis and Manaccan - 8km (5m)
7: Tollard Royal and Win Green - 11.3km (7m)
8: Corfe Castle and the Purbeck Ridge - 9.7km (6m)
9: Beer and Branscombe - 9.9km (6.25m)
10: Cheddar Gorge and Velvet Bottom - 10.5km (6.5m)
11: Baggy Point and Saunton Down - 11.4km (7.25m)
12: Wills Neck and Triscombe Combe - 10.5km (6.5m)
13: Kingston and the River Erme - 9.1km (5.75m)
14: Cotehele - 5.6km (3.5m)
15: Around St Agnes - 10km (6.25m)
16: Golden Cap - 10.5km (6.5m)
17: Bath and Claverton Down - 13.5km (8.5m)
18: Avebury, West Kennett and Silbury Hill - 10.5km (6.5m)
19: Stonehenge - 12.9km (8m)

South-east England

20: New Forest Snapshot - 4.5km (2.75m)
21: Around Burley - 6.8km (4.25m)
22: Firle Beacon and Charleston Farmhouse - 8km (5m)
23: Friston Forest, the Seven Sisters and Cuckmere Haven - 10.5km (6.5m)
24: Cissbury and Chanctonbury Rings - 17.6km (11m)
25: The Chidham Peninsula - 8km (5m)
26: Ibstone, Turville and Fingest - 12.3km (7.75m)
27: Albury, Ivinghoe Beacon and Ashridge - 11.8km (7.5m)
28: Cranbrook and Sissinghurst - 11.6km (7.25m)
29: Freshwater and Tennyson Down - 6km (3.75m)
30: Wye and Crundale Downs - 13.5km (8.5m)
31: Albury Downs and St Martha’s Hill - 11.2km (7m)
32A: Whitehall - 1.4km (0.75m)
32B: St James’s - 3.2km (2m)

Heart of England

33: Shugborough Park and Sherbrook Valley - 12km (7.5m)
34: Wotton-under-Edge and the Tyndale Monument - 6.5km (4m)
35: Bourton-on-the-Water, the Slaughters and Naunton - 16km (10m)
36: Great Malvern and the Worestershire Beacon - 8.9km (5.5m)
37: Corvedale and Wenlock Edge - 10.9km (6.75m)
38: Caer Caradoc and Cardington - 11.6km (7.25m)
39: Goodrich Castle - 13.3km (8.25m)
40: Blenheim Park - 10.5km (6.5m)
41: Ironbridge World Heritage Site - 11.6km (7.25m)
42: Cromford and Matlock Bath - 11.3km (7m)

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