From colourful seaside curiosities & much loved local landmarks to iconic architectural oddities & shops, museums & visitor attractions frozen in time, Anne Ward`s illuminating ` Northern Delights` celebrates the unusual & quirky gems of the North of England often overlooked by the less discerning tourist. ...

Northern Dodecanese including Kalymnos, Telendos, Leros, Patmos, Lipsi, Arki & Agathonisi in the Mc Gilchrist’s Greek Islands series focuses primarily on cultural tourism for the visitor who wishes to understand more about the art, history & architecture of the islands. The series contains no photographs, but has specially drawn maps for each island (66 in total) & site plans for every major site (57 in total), together with thoroughly comprehensive textual information. Each guide also recommends a small number of places to stay & eat selected for their simplicity & unpretentiousness. ...

Northern Eifel
- Cologne
- Bonn area in a series of cycling maps from Sportoena covering Belgium & the adjoining regions of

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Northern England at 1:200, 000 in a series of nine road maps from the AA, with particularly clear presentation of the road network, including speed cameras, & places of interest shown on a plain, unobtrusive base. Street plans of main towns highlight parking facilities.AA's regional road maps are characterised by their plain white base designed to provide an unobtrusive background for the road network & the names of towns & villages. Colouring is used only to show national parks & forest parks. Rivers & lakes are included, but other topographic information is limited to names of selected mountain ranges, peaks & valleys, plus spot heights. Steep roads have gradient signs. As expected from the AA, the road network is shown with considerable attention given to different types of junctions & interchanges. Primary route destinations are highlighted & detailed information is provided on locations of speed cameras indicating speed limits. Services areas, tolls, etc., are marked & driving distance are given on A & selected B roads. Railway lines are shown with stations & ferry routes are included. The plain base also provides a clear background for a very wide range of symbols highlighting and/or naming numerous places of interest, including National Trust or English Heritage sites & their equivalents in Scotland & Wales, sport & recreational facilities, caravan & campsites, etc. The maps have the British national grid lines. The index is on the reverse & each title also

Includes:: indexed street plans of city centres, indicating main traffic arteries, one way streets & parking facilities. In this title: street plans show the city centres in Bradford, Harrogate, Kingston upon Hull (Hull), Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Scarborough, Sheffield & York. The current edition of this map was published in 2011.

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From the Mersey to the Solway & the Isle of Man in the West & the Humber to Berwick in the east, `up north` is described to us in the author`s own inimitable style. Industrial areas & the wilder landscapes are described with the same care & attention to detail. The result is a wealth of varied sea kayaking voyages to suit all tastes & abilities, from easy sheltered paddles to testing offshore passages & everything in between. In addition to the usual important information needed to plan a trip, recommended cafes, pubs & chip shops are strategically located to provide sustenance at the end of your trip. Detailed tidal information also allows the book to serve as a valuable inshore pilot for water users such as anglers, windsurfers & sailors. Jim started paddling in any old kayak he could muster during the school holidays. He has since paddled (and swum) many of the exciting white water rivers of Engl&, Scotland & Wales, as well as many of those in the French Alps. A passion for sea kayaking combined with an interest in writing & photography, brought about the first comprehensive guidebook to the Welsh coast, for sea kayakers. His first publication (” Welsh Sea Kayaking” co-authored by Andy Biggs) is a great success & has already gone to a reprint. ...

Northern England & the Midlands at 1:400, 000 on an indexed touring map from Michelin, particularly good for indentifying scenic routes. Enlargement present the Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool & Manchester conurbations in greater detail, & the map also shows locations with street plans in Michelin’s Red Guide to Hotels & Restaurants & in their Green Guide to Britain. Topography is indicated by relief shading with names of mountain ranges, valleys, peaks, etc, plus spot heights & colouring of forests & other wooded areas. Boundaries of national parks are marked. Special features provided in the presentation of road network include highlighting of scenic roads, more detailed gradient markings than found on most similar maps, height restrictions for bridges, load limits, & driving distances on main roads given in both miles & kilometres. Michelin’s regional series also provides more driving distances on minor A & selected B roads than on many similar road maps. Railway lines & ferry routes are included. Places of interest indicated by symbols are less numerous or prominently marked than on other map series, but the maps do indicate locations with street plans in Michelin’s annual Red Guide to Hotels & Restaurants as well as principal sights in their Green Guide to Britain. The map has latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 20’. The index plus a distance/driving times table are next to the map. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Britain is full of fascinating & fun places to visit, these handy Days Out guides pick out 50 of the best places in Northern England for family trips. The handy, compact boxes are ideal to keep in the car. Take a selection of cards out for the day & let another member of the family 'pick a card' so that the whole family can be involved in choosing what to do. Attractions featured include zoos, theme parks, galleries, steam railways, stately homes, castles & visitor centres. ...

Northern England Road Atlas at 1:221, 760 (1” to 3.5 miles) from A-Z, with town centre street plans of Blackpool, Bradford, Carlisle, Chester, Derby, Dumfries, Durham, Harrogate, Kingston-upon-Hull (Hull), Leeds, Lincoln, Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Preston, Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland & York, plus enlargement showing in greater detail access to the Manchester Airport plus ferry terminals in Hull & Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Coverage extends from Derby, Nottingham & Stoke-on-Trent to the Scottish border. Current edition was published in 2015. Mapping in this regional series from A-Z has clear presentation of the road network, topographic information, places of interest, etc. Publishers’ cartography used in their 5 miles to 1” series is enlarged here to make local roads more prominent & provides all the standard motoring information: services, primary route destinations, toll barriers, gradients, locations of petrol stations & speed cameras, etc. Railway lines are shown with stations. Topography is indicated by colouring & relief shading for areas above 400 feet (122 metres), with additional colouring for woodlands. A wide range of symbols highlight various places of interest. Each title has British National Grid lines & is indexed. Selected regions are also covered by A5, paperback road atlases with the same cartography slightly enlarged, so with place names in larger print. The atlases include town centre street plans of main cities – for details please see individual descriptions. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Northern England at 1:316, 800 (5 miles to 1 inch) from A-Z on an indexed road map providing map coverage Staffordshire, Lincolnshire & northern Wales to the south-western Scotl&. The index is on the reverse. Current edition of this title was published in 2015. Maps in this “ Five miles to 1 inch” series from A-Z show areas above 400 feet (122 metres) & woodlands by colouring & relief shading; spot heights are in feet. The colouring of the road network clearly distinguishes between primary routes & other A roads, with B roads also easy to follow on all backgrounds. The maps are primarily designed for route planning, so smaller country roads are perhaps less clear to see, with the publishers recommending their alternative series for more detailed local coverage (please search for SI00000215 or SI00000882). Railway lines are included & shown with stations, but at times difficult to find. A wide range of symbols highlight numerous places of interest. Each map has British National Grid lines & is indexed. IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: many place names & all additional tourist information is in very small lettering, requiring good eyesight or a magnifying glass. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.
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Wall map of Northern England at 1:316, 800 (5 miles to 1 inch) from Geographers` A-Z Map Company for traditionalists who prefer their maps drawn at scales corresponding to the imperial measurements of miles to inches, with colourful presentation of topography & hill heights in feet. Presentation of the topography varies slightly, from bold altitude colouring in older editions to slightly gentler colours enhanced by relief shading on more recent maps, both very effectively showing the more hilly or mountainous parts of the country. All maps have spot heights shown in feet. The colouring of the road network clearly distinguishes between primary routes & other A roads for route planning, with B roads also easy to follow on all backgrounds. Smaller country roads are less clear to see, with the publishers recommending their alternative series for more detailed local coverage. Railway lines are included & shown with stations, but at times difficult to find. British national grid lines are overprinted on the cartography & a separate booklet is supplied containing the index to cities, towns, villages, hamlets & locations.* *IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: many place names & all additional tourist information is in very small lettering, requiring good eyesight or a magnifying glass.*
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