Great Britain category: 1218 books
by Barry Palmer,Ben Skinner,Steve Rose
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Have you ever tried to arrange a stag or hen do in a city or town that you are not familiar with?Do you fancy visiting some different pubs in your town but dont know the area very well?Do you fancy a country walk, but with plenty of liquid refreshment along the way?Do you want a pub crawl...
by Caroline Y Preston
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
A travel guide book with a difference which gives a well planned 4 day, 3 location tour (by car) through the picturesque and historical towns and villages of the English Cotswolds. This illustrated ebook gives directions, maps, location information & travel tips.
This tour visits: Tewkesbury,...
Lost Britain
An A-Z of forgotten landmarks and lost traditions
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
From vanished villages and bygone businesses to abandoned architecture, forgotten pastimes and projects put on hold, Lost Britain tells the intriguing story of Britain’s buildings, counties, transport, languages, roads and rivers that have been forgotten over the centuries. The book shines a light...
by Barry Palmer,Ben Skinner,Steve Rose
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Have you ever tried to arrange a stag or hen do in a city or town that you are not familiar with?Do you fancy visiting some different pubs in your town but dont know the area very well?Do you fancy a country walk, but with plenty of liquid refreshment along the way?Do you want a pub crawl...
by Hilary Bradt
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
This new, thoroughly updated edition of Bradt's award-winning North Devon & Exmoor remains the only dedicated general guide to this compelling area. North Devon's relative inaccessibility has been a deterrent to ugly development, and Exmoor National Park is one of the smallest, least well known,...
London Area Tour Guide Book (Waypoint Tours Full Color Series)
Your personal tour guide for London Area travel adventure!
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
Discover the incredible highlights & history of London & the surrounding area with this entertaining, educational, self-guided Waypoint Tour complete with travel insider stories, breathtaking photography & detailed tour maps. Your personal tour guide for London travel adventure! Waypoints Include: 1)...
Going Coastal
A Journey Around the Whole Coastline of Britain, by Whichever Road is Closest to the Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
In this book you will meet Kings and Queens, Vikings, Celtic priests, smugglers and the ordinary people of Britain. You will get to explore the history of castles, cathedrals and many of the towns and villages that collectively surround the coast and bind Britain into the nation it is today.
In...
Villages of Britain
The Five Hundred Villages that Made the Countryside
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Britain's villages are world famous for their loveliness and idiosyncratic charm. Each village is different; travel across the country and you will unearth a joyous variety, from straggly Leintwardine in Herefordshire to BBC-film-perfect Askrigg in Yorkshire to higgledy-piggledy tourist hub Polperro...
Britain - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
"Cool Britannia" is alive and well today. British culture is at the top of its game—in fashion, popular music, art and entertainment, science and technology, new inventions, and in the rediscovered skills and excellence in engineering that make it Germany's leading trading partner in Europe....
by Marilyn Walker
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Marilyn and John Walker are members of that highly desirable demographic: retired, healthy, active and ready to leave home for adventures. In the spring of 2015, we visited England, Wales and Scotland for six weeks, traveling by train and motor coach and bus and bicycle. We were assisted by strangers...
by Tom Chesshyre
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
"… one of the best ways to get to know a country is to take yourself to the less touristy, less obvious destinations. And let’s face it: things don’t get much less touristy than Slough…"
As staff travel writer on The Times since 1997, Tom Chesshyre had visited over 80 countries...
by Christopher Winn
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
With the royal wedding around the corner, there no better time than the present to get acquainted with Royal Britain
Bestselling author Christopher Winn explores Britain's royal past, unearthing a rich legacy of castles and palaces, cathedrals and country retreats, battlefields and monuments...
The Discovery of Britain (Routledge Revivals)
The English Tourists 1540-1840
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
First published in 1964, this book examines the Tour of Britain. It focuses, neither on foreign tourists coming to Britain, nor on British tourists travelling abroad, but on British people exploring their native land in the three centuries from 1540 to 1840. During this period, it became a popular...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
This new edition of the classic hit title Bus-Pass Britain is a colourful celebration of travelling by bus around the British Isles and features a selection of 50 favourite bus-routes submitted by members of the public in response to a Bradt competition. Their favourite bus routes reveal a wonderful...