Cheshire in the Pathfinder Guides series, produced in association with Ordnance Survey & published by Crimson; comprising a range of walking guides to popular British destinations. Each Pathfinder guide

Includes:: 28 varied walks ranging from easy strolls to exhilarating hikes & is accompanied by 1:25, 000 Ordnance Survey mapping with marked, colour-coded routes. Introductory sections profile the county or region covered, with recommendations on the best time to visit & a brief explanation of GPS. An

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How many times do parents say If only my children were interested in walking? This beautifully-produced book of walks is aimed specifically at parents & children. Each walk

Includes:: easy-to-follow directions (for mums & dads) with instructions on where to point out interesting things that will fascinate young walkers
- everything from fir cones to wild flowers, church spires to squirrels. Some routes are suitable for pushchairs & these are clearly identified. All are on well-maintained paths that are easily negotiated by little people. Clear, concise, yet thorough directions are given, along with listings of toilets & baby changing facilities where available. The features a text of interest to children &

Includes:: unique 'check-lists' for each walk, for the child to tick off landmarks & objects encountered on the way. An Index Chart shows at a glance which walks are suitable for pushchairs, wet weather, which have a cafe or place of interest along route, & so forth, so that a perfect day out is planned in seconds.




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These 20 circular walks vary in length from 3 1/2 to 7 1/2 miles & are enjoyable all year the round. The author has divided the routes into seasons to show each at its very best. In spring, Macclesfield Forest is dotted with heron`s nests & the woods near Dutton are a sea of bluebells. On a summer`s day you can spot seals near Hilbre Island & enjoy the wonderful views of Cheshire`s Peak District. Autumn brings deep-bronzed beech woods around Alderley Edge & Anderton. To see merlins & pink-footed geese at Parkgate saltmarshes or admire the carpet of snowdrops at Dunham Massey you should visit in winter. All the walks include details of:* How to get to the start * Where to park* Numbered route map & directions* Distance & terrain* Recommended local pubs & cafes * Points of interest along the way ...

This brand new title in Bradt`s acclaimed UK regional Slow series is the only full guide to Cheshire, a county known for its abundance of black-&-white timbered buildings & which was put firmly on the map in the 1980s thanks to then-resident stars Posh & Becks. Cheshire is a county that confounds expectations, from the Cheshire Plain to the hills & moors of the Pennines & Peak District in the east & surprisingly dramatic sandstone ridges in the west, not to mention the Wirral Peninsula, flanked by the major estuaries of the Rivers Mersey & Dee flowing into the Irish Sea. Home to premier league footballers it may be, but it is also a largely rural landscape & an area of farm shops, forests & falconries; meres, marinas & marshes. There is industrial & scientific heritage, too, ranging from Bronze-Age mining sites to the internationally important astronomical observatory & mighty Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank. With this new Bradt guide, discover all of this & more: the county town of Chester with its fascinating Roman history, unique double-decker medieval shopping arcades & the most complete city walls in Britain; ruins of ancient castles; & reminders of the salt & silk industries that have been so important in the past. For a truly slow experience, Cheshire also offers a network of canals, perfect for waterside strolls or pootling along in a narrowboat, while Bradt`s Slow Cheshire details information for walkers & cyclists, too. Also included in this guide are gardens & parks, grand stately homes & structural legacies of the past (such as Port Sunlight), engaging museums, attractions & events. Local food & drink is covered, along with all types of accommodation, from farm stays & self-catering cottages to guesthouses & hotels. ...

Chesire Pevsner Architectural Guide Pevsner Architectural Guide, in a series of publications begun with the express aim of providing up-to-date guides to the most significant buildings in every part of the country, suitable for both general reader & specialist. Each volume provides an introductory overview of the architecture of the area, followed by a descriptive gazetteer arranged alphabetically by place. Whilst cathedrals & their furnishings, great country houses & their parks form the grand set pieces, the books demonstrate the enjoyable diversity of architecture in the British Isles in accounts of rural churches & farmsteads, Victorian public buildings & industrial monuments. A continuing programme of publication keeps the series up-to-date with new information on older buildings & recent architecture while maintaining the tradition of Pevsner's own succinct accounts. Each book has over 100 photographs, mostly specially commissioned, numerous maps & plans, a glossary & indexes. ...

Cheslyn Hay in 1882 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

` Supreme Quality` chess & draughts board games set with instructions. We enjoy nothing better after dinner than a game of chess or draughts. But beware; due to the challenging nature of the game tempers may run high. The set
Includes:: 1 x Smart green checker board, 32 x round wooden chess/draughts pieces in red & cream with gold relief, 1 x cotton carry bag for the counters, & a full set of instructions-

Material: Wood/ Cardboard- For playing chess & draughts- Contains a full set of instructions


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`... a human being, an intellectual human being who constantly bends the entire force of his mind on the ridiculous task of forcing a wooden king into the corner of a wooden board, & does it without going mad!`A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd
- a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig`s acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession & the price of genius.
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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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The ancient city of Chester stands on the River Dee, & has attracted visitors since the Roman occupation of Britain. The medieval walls encompass not oly the city itself but also nearly 2, 000 years of history. This sense of history, combined with the unique covered walkways of the Rows & the peace of the cathedral & the riverside walks, ensures that any visit to Chester will be an unforgettable experience. ...