Isle of Wight is the Jarrold Short Walks guide to exploring the walking possibilities on the isl&. This pocket-sized guide covers a selection of walks in the region that are suitable for walkers of all ages & abilities. A range of routes are covered, including walks in the old town at Newtown, Freshwater & Tennyson Down, around Bembridge & Calbourne & Winkle Street. Each of the walks is colour-coded by difficulty, allowing walkers to plan their route accordingly. The guide is structured in three main sections with different levels of difficulty- short & easy walks, those of modest length that may include uphill walking & more challenging routes that may be longer & over more rugged terrain- covering a total of 20 walks. Each walk has a mini summary & an information box with details of starting points, distance, approximate time, parking & any individual route features. There is also information on refreshments, local transport & public toilets en route. Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by Ordnance Survey extracts mapping the route in addition to colour photographs illustrating some of the highlights of the region. Appendices provide further useful information on walking safety, GPS, the Countryside Code, local organisations & Ordnance Survey maps. ...

Isle of Wight 1610 Replica Map by the Old Map Company is a reproduction of the map created for the famous atlas of the period by the master map maker John Speede Esq. The Old Map Company has recreated the antique maps of British counties, European cities & World countries originally crafted by master map maker John Speede Esq. whose work had accuracy & quality not surpassed for centuries. Each map is treated & presented on specially crafted paper then h&-treated giving it texture & an aged appearance before being beautifully engraved & detailed. ...

Isle of Wight Adventure Atlas at 1:25, 000 in a series of handy A5 size Adventure Atlases from Geographers` A-Z Map Company with cartography from the Ordnance Survey’s Explorer series. Coverage

Includes:: Keyhaven in Hampshire with a ferry connection to Yarmouth, other ferry links are marked & the atlas

Includes:: a Ferry Information section with contact details, etc. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.A-Z Adventure Atlases have cartography of the Ordnance Survey’s Explorer maps & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating traditional public rights of way paths, including bridleways & byways restricted or open to motorized traffic. Also shown are other routes with public access, including permissive footpaths & bridleways. Special marking indicates National Trails, Long-distance Routes & Recreational Routes, & for cyclists the maps show traffic-free routes & the National Cycle Network. A wide range of symbols highlights locations of special tourist interest: camping & caravanning sites, youth hostels, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, historic buildings (indicating where appropriate National Trust, English Heritage, or Cadw), sites for various recreational pursuits, country pubs, public toilets, etc. The mapping provides detailed presentation of the topography with contours at 5 or 10m intervals, numerous spot heights & colouring and/or graphics for different types of terrain or vegetation. Additional colouring shows access l&, including areas managed by the National Trust, Forestry Commission & Woodland Trust. All the standard information expected of high quality survey mapping at this scale is included: finely graded road network, railway lines with stations, cuttings or embankments, individual isolated buildings, etc. For GPS each page as a 1-km British National Grid. Each atlas has an index which

Includes:: geographical features, nature reserves, youth hostels, car parks, etc, & provides additional notes on safety & security when walking, plus QR codes for obtaining by mobile phone information about local weather, danger areas, mountain rescue, map reading, OS National Grid coordinates, etc.





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Isle of Wight Street Atlas from the Geographers` A-Z Map Company in a paperback format slightly smaller than A5. Map scale is 1:19, 000 (3.33” to a mile). Coverage

Includes:: Bembridge, Cowes, Freshwater, Newport, Ryde, Sandown, Seaview, Shanklin, Totl&, Ventnor & Yarmouth. Current edition of this title was published in 2013. To see other titles in this series of A-Z street atlases of towns & cities please click on the series link. A-Z also publish a series of County Street Atlases
- for a list of titles in that series please search for SI00000917.A-Z street atlases present motorways plus A & B roads highlighted by colouring & shown with route numbers. One way or restricted access streets & car parks are marked, as are in more recently published titles locations of speed cameras. Also shown are selected cycleway routes. Where appropriate, A & B roads are annotated with selected house numbers for easier identification of addresses. Railway lines are shown with stations & level crossings. Colouring indicates different types of buildings: educational, hospitals & healthcare, industrial, leisure & recreational, shopping centres & markets, public buildings, & places of interest. Symbols mark locations of facilities usually indicated on street mapping: post offices, emergency services, public toilets, etc. Also marked are postcode & local authority boundaries. Each page has the lines & coordinates of the British National Grid. The indexes list streets, places & areas, hospitals, industrial estates, blocks of flats on housing estates, railway stations, & selected places o interest; the latter are printed in contrasting colouring to make them easier to find.


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The Isle of Wight Visitors’ Map at 1:42, 240 (.5” to 1 mile) from A-Z with prominent highlighting of places of interest also listed in a separate index with contact details & brief descriptions, plus street plans of Freshwater & Totl&, Newport, Cowes, Ryde, Ventnor & Shanklin, also with descriptions. Topography of the island is shown by altitude colouring with spot heights & names of downs & hills. Numerous places of interest are very prominently highlighted. Road network has gradient markings on steep roads, etc. The map has British national grid lines for GPS users. Two separate indexes list towns/villages & sights, all grouped thematically from abbeys or animal collections to windmills & zoos, most accompanied by brief descriptions and/or contact details.. Street plans of Freshwater & Totl&, Newport, Cowes, Ryde, Ventnor & Shanklin are also indexed & accompanied by historical notes & information on sights. ...

Isle of Wight on a cycling map at 1:46, 500 from Heritage House, highlighting three longer & 12 shorter recommended routes, plus lists of cycle-friendly accommodation, & bike shops & services. The map prominently highlights three longer ‘round the island’ routes: a 51km/32 miles Red Squirrel Trail, an 80km/50 miles Chalk Ridge Extreme route, plus a 100km/66 miles Taste Round the Island route. Each one has on the reverse a description plus a route profile. Also marked are 12 shorter rides between 8km/5 miles & 18km/16 miles long; each has a brief description plus grading. The map also shows byways open to all traffic & public bridleways. Symbols indicate danger points along the highlighted routes, recommended accommodation, campsites & caravan parks, cycle hire & shops, power bike charging points, pubs, various tourist attractions, etc. Woodlands are marked in colour but otherwise there is no topographic information. The map has no geographical coordinates. Basic street plan show recommended routes across Cowes, Sandown & Freshwater. Also provided are contact details for recommended cycle-friendly accommodation, plus lists of bike shops & services. ...

John Merrill Walking Guides are lovingly written, designed, printed & bound by the man himself. Over the last 38 years, John Merrill has walked over 190, 000 miles, wearing out 106 pairs of boots in the process, & has completed a remarkable number of marathon walks. Remarkably, he has written over 300 guidebooks to his walks. Each walk in his guidebooks is accompanied by route distance & walk time, detailed route instructions, together with considerable local history, adding interest & purpose to each walk. Details of how to get to a walks’ staring point by public transport or car is included, as are details of what Ordinance Survey map is needed for each walk, & importantly, the pubs & cafes that can be found on route. There are also sections on how best to complete the walks, information on the countryside code & suggested walking equipment. Guides are accompanied by maps, illustrations & photographs. ...

This pocket-sized street atlas of the Isle of Wight gives comprehensive & detailed coverage of the region. The route planner shows all the A & B roads, & can be used when driving to get close to the destination before turning to the relevant large-scale street map. The street maps show every named road, street & lane very clearly, with major roads picked out in colour. The maps are at a scale of 2 2/3 inches to 1 mile. Portsmouth city centre is shown at 5 1/3 inches to 1 mile. Other information on the maps

Includes:: postcode boundaries, car parks, railway & bus stations, post offices, schools, colleges, hospitals, police & fire stations, places of worship, leisure centres, footpaths & bridleways, camping & caravan sites, golf courses, & many other places of interest. The comprehensive index lists street names & postcodes, plus schools, hospitals, railway stations, shopping centres & other such features picked out in red, with other places of interest shown in blue.

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This street atlas of the Isle of Wight gives comprehensive & detailed coverage of the region. The route planner shows all the A & B roads, & can be used when driving to get close to the destination before turning to the relevant large-scale street map. The street maps show every named road, street & lane very clearly, with major roads picked out in colour. The maps are at a scale of 3.5 inches to 1 mile. Portsmouth city centre is shown at 7 inches to 1 mile. Other information on the maps

Includes:: postcode boundaries, car parks, railway & bus stations, post offices, schools, colleges, hospitals, police & fire stations, places of worship, leisure centres, footpaths & bridleways, camping & caravan sites, golf courses, & many other places of interest. The comprehensive index lists street names & postcodes, plus schools, hospitals, railway stations, shopping centres & other such features picked out in red, with other places of interest shown in blue.

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A detailed topographic map of the Isle of Wight from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Cowes, Newport, Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin, Yarmouth & Ventnor. Edition B3; Publication date March 2013 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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