Walking category: 349 books
Secret Stairs
A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Containing walks and detailed maps from throughout the city, Secret Stairs highlights the charms and quirks of a unique feature of the Los Angeles landscape, and chronicles the geographical, architectural, and historical aspects of the city’s staircases, as well as of the neighborhoods in which the...
Walking the Border
A Journey Between Scotland and England
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
In this book Ian Crofton makes a journey on foot from Gretna Green in the southwest to Berwick in the northeast, following as close as possible the Anglo-Scottish Border as it has been fixed since the union of the crowns in 1603. Much of the line of the Border runs through a wild, overwhelmingly unvisited...
Walking in the Cathar Region
Cathar Castles of south-west France
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
The guide offers 30 walks based on the once strategically important castles that dominate the foothills of the Pyrenees. Each walk has as its focal point a castle or other location associated with Cathar history (mostly the 13th century). Summaries of the historical connections of each location with...
The Mourne and Cooley Mountains
A Walking Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
The Mourne and Cooley Mountains are quite simply a hiker’s paradise.
The highest and most dramatic mountain range in Northern Ireland, the Mournes hug the County Down coastline in a compact region designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Cooley Peninsula – a finger of land...
Walking on the Gower
30 walks exploring the AONB peninsula in South Wales
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
This guidebook presents 30 circular day walks in the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, taking in the rich variety of landscapes across this beautiful area of South Wales. Ranging from 2½ to 14 miles long, there are walks to suit all abilities. The peninsula is famous for its spectacularly...
Take a Walk: Portland
More Than 75 Walks in Natural Places from the Gorge to Hillsboro and Vancouver to Tualatin
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
This guide to walks in greater Portland includes more than 75 of the best routes and destinations, including such gems as Forest Park in Portland and Rooster Rock in Corbett. Each route described includes distances and notes the steepness of the trail. Highlighted are recommended walks for birders,...
The Chiltern Hills
18 Walks Between Ewelme and the Hambleden Valley
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
The Chiltern Hills is a historical walking guidebook of eighteen circular walks between seven and ten miles.The Chiltern Hills are an area of hills northwest of London. These walks are confined to a small area north of Henley. Each walk has a map detailed with walk decription and is accompanied by...
The Comeragh, Galtee, Knockmealdown & Slieve Bloom Mountains
A Walking Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2018
John G. O’Dwyer’s comprehensive guide to the best walks in Tipperary and Waterford has now been updated and expanded to include Laois and Offaly. From the rugged Comeragh coums to the stately peaks of the Galtees, and from myth-laden Slievenamon to the sequestered glens of the popular Slieve Bloom...
by Norman Johnsen
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Northumberland offers a wide range of delights for the walker - from coastal walks to important historical features such as Hadrian's Wall. This collection of 100 walks of up to 12 miles will help you explore the best of this diverse county. The Crowood Walking Guides give detailed and accurate route...
by Kerry Colebrook, Robert Spowage Robert Spowage
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
Cheshire is a walker's paradise with its industrial heritage and outstanding natural beauty, and this collection of 100 walks of up to 12 miles will help you explore the best of this diverse county. The Crowood Walking Guides give detailed and accurate route descriptions, with full-colour mapping...
100 Walks in Yorkshire
North York Moors and Wolds
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2018
The North York Moors and Wolds offer a diverse range of walking opportunities - from the stunning scenery of Robin Hood's Bay through the grand ruins of Rievaulx Abbey to the wildness of the Moors themselves. This collection of 100 walks of up to 10 miles will help you explore the best of this beautiful...
by Maggie Mellett
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Surrey is a walker's paradise, with rolling chalk downland, picturesque villages and dense woodland, and this collection of 100 walks of up to 12 miles will help you explore the best of this diverse county. The Crowood Walking Guides give detailed and accurate route descriptions of the 100 walks,...
Journey in Bhutan:
Himalayan Trek in the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015
Explore deep in the Himalayas, in the tiny Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan, by walking beside the author along a 100 mile trek through surreal landscapes and knee-wrenching passes at 5,000 metres. Meet herders in high summer pastures making cheese from yak’s milk, and hear tinkling prayer wheels spun...
Born to Walk
The Transformative Power of a Pedestrian Act
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The case for getting back on our feet — now in paperback
The humble act of putting one foot in front of the other transcends age, geography, culture, and class and is one of the most economical and environmentally responsible modes of transit. Yet with our modern fixation on speed, this healthy...