National Trail Guides
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The Ridgeway follows one of the oldest ‘ green roads’ in Europe. It runs for 87 miles (140 km) from Overton Hill in the west, across the Marlborough Downs and the Vale of the White Horse, to Ivinghoe Beacon on the northern edge of the Chilterns, 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.
Since it opened in 2003 Hadrian’ s Wall Path has become one of Britain’ s most popular long-distance paths. Its 84 miles are a convenient week’ s walking, shadowing for the most part the historic line of Hadrian’ s Wall in its spectacular progress across the superbly wild landscape of the north of England.
Starting in what used to be Tyneside’ s shipbuilding heart, and joining Newcastle in the east with Carlisle in the west, it takes you via the extraordinary Roman forts of Vindolanda and Housesteads, close to handsome towns like Hexham and Corbridge, to finish on the lonely shores of the Solway Firth with views of Scotland.
This is the official guide to this superb National Trail, published in conjunction with Natural England which administers the path and waymarks it with its familiar acorn signs. Comprehensive and engrossing, it is the only companion you need.