Short Walks in The Lake District is a slim, pocket sized volume produced in conjunction with the Ramblers & Ordnance Survey, which details 20 easy walks of 3 hours or less. All walks are less than 5 miles in length & suitable for beginners & family groups. Routes are vividly marked on OS map pages produced at a scale of 1:25, 000 (unless otherwise stated), with corresponding route instructions denoted by a capital letter & points of interest denoted by numbers in the text. Walk symbols indicate whether each walk can be noted for reasons of birdlife, other wildlife, wild flowers, woodl&, historical interest, geology, literature or good views. Parking facilities are also indicated. Route fact files contain at-a-glance information including distance, time, start/end points, terrain & the relevant OS maps to use. ...

A celebration of one of England's most alluring & picturesque regions, the Lake District Sketchbook is packed with over 200 beautiful line & watercolour illustrations of some of the author's favourite places in the magnificent English lakel&. The illustrations are accompanied by historical footnotes, quirky facts, some easy walks, identification of mountain scenes, a gazetteer &, most importantly, where to park & get a cup of tea! The Lake District is Britain's premier tourist region, attracting visitors from throughout the world, which ensures a huge market for the Lake District Sketchbook, which is both a useful guidebook & ideal souvenir. Jim Watson is an experienced illustrator & writer with three best-selling, award-winning books on the English Lake District to his credit: Lakeland Villages, Lakeland Towns & Lakeland Panoramas. He has also written & illustrated the definitive guide to two long-distance walks across Lakeland: The Cumbria Way & The Allerdale Ramble.A unique book, in handy A5 format, beautifully bound & printed in colour throughout, the Lake District Sketchbook, along with the Cotswolds Sketchbook, are the first titles in a new series celebrating the most beautiful regions of Britain. Casebound & printed in colour. ...

The south-eastern part of the Lake District at 1:25, 000 on a light, waterproof & tear-resistant map from Harvey Map Services in their Superwalker series. Coverage

Includes:: Kendal, Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere, Coniston, Newby Bridge, Coniston Water, Lake Windermere, etc, & extends from Ambleside in the north to Newby Bridge in the south.PLEASE NOTE: this title is also available as a pocket-size Ultramap with its scale reduced to 1:40, 000
- to see the list of titles available in this series please click on the series link. Maps in Harvey’s Superwalker series have contours at 15m intervals, with additional graphics for various types of terrain (crags, large boulders, scattered rocks) & colouring for different kinds of land use or vegetation (pastures, bogs, forests or woodl&, etc). The maps show local hiking paths, indicating where appropriate long-distance routes, & boundaries of national parks or other protected areas. Scottish titles also indicate Munro, Corbett & Graham hills. Some maps in addition highlight local cycle routes. A range of symbols mark various facilities for walkers including youth or independent hostels, campsites & caravan sites, information points, etc. Each map has a 1-km British or Irish national grid.


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The south-eastern part of the Lake District at 1:40, 000 on a waterproof & tear-resistant, pocket-size Ultramap from Harvey Map Services with the same cartography as their Superwalker map of this area. Coverage

Includes:: Kendal, Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere, Coniston, Newby Bridge, Coniston Water, Lake Windermere, etc, & extends from Ambleside in the north to Newby Bridge in the south.PLEASE NOTE: this title is also available as a Superwalker map at 1:25, 000
- to see the list of titles available in this series please click on the series link. Maps in Harvey’s Superwalker series have contours at 15m intervals, with additional graphics for various types of terrain (crags, large boulders, scattered rocks) & colouring for different kinds of land use or vegetation (pastures, bogs, forests or woodl&, etc). The maps show local hiking paths, indicating where appropriate long-distance routes, & boundaries of national parks or other protected areas. Scottish titles also indicate Munro, Corbett & Graham hills. Some maps in addition highlight local cycle routes. A range of symbols mark various facilities for walkers including youth or independent hostels, campsites & caravan sites, information points, etc. Each map has a 1-km British or Irish national grid.


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Tour of the Lake District is Jim Reid’s Cicerone walking guide to a circular tour of the Lakeland landscape. The tour is the only long-distance route around the Lake District & the guide takes walkers away from the crowds on the 93 mile route. The guide therefore covers a route that follows valleys & passes rather than the region’s peaks & is ideal therefore for those seeking a more relaxing & less exacting walking holiday in one of the country’s most popular walking destinations. The guide is structure in three main sections – The Tour, High-Level alternative routes & Short Walks – providing a wealth of walking opportunities. The Tour is spl;it into 12 daily stages which allows walkers to plan their route accordingly. Each section has information boxes providing details of distance, time, total ascent, the relevant maps & accommodation & refreshments en route. The high-level alternative route & the selection of shorter walks are structured similarly & provide walkers with flexibility to choose their own routes depending on which areas they want to explore. A detailed introduction gives practical guidance on when to go, accommodation, food & supplies, transport, what to take & navigation & outdoor safety. Detailed walk descriptions are accompanied by Ordnance Survey extracts mapping the route as well as colour photographs illustrating some of the highlights of the region. ...

Lake District Unlocked is a guide book for kids that encourages them with the catchline, ‘ Don’t be boring... Go exploring!’ Unlike most other child-friendly books, this guide is actually written directly for school-aged children to read themselves, making it accessible but fun. The colourful guide is broken down into chapters dealing with the North Lakes, South Lakes, West Coast & South Coast. Whilst Top Fives features pages recommending things such as the top five lakes, top five soft play areas & the top five things to spot. In a child-friendly manner the guide

Includes:: eye-catching listings of all the relevant information you would expect to find in a guide booked aimed at Mum or Dad or another responsible guardian, with activity sticker scores which kids can fill in as & when they’ve completed a particular pastime.

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Lake District Hill Chart from Guide Us, folded version, showing the Wainwright Fells divided into seven areas according to the classic series of guides by A. Wainwright: Eastern, Far Eastern, Central, Southern, Northern, North Western & Western Fells. Each area is clearly defined by a different colour & all hills are numbered & cross-referenced to a list of the 214 peaks. The map shows the Lake District at 1:110, 000 with names of hills, valleys, passes, lakes, major towns & main roads. Coverage extends from the Northern Fell group north of Keswick to the fells around Coniston. Below the map is a table listing all the 214 hills with their altitudes in metres & feet, as well as Wainwright’s original values & their corresponding Wainwright guidebook area. The table also has clear colour-coding showing the area each hill belongs to & a box to tick off each Wainwright fell as it is completed. PLEASE NOTE: this title is also available as a poster, either in this size or in a larger version. Guide Us also publishes a chart showing the Wainwright Outlying Fells of the Lake District. ...

Lake District Walking Map is a topographic map of central Lakeland at 1:63, 360 (1 inch to 1 mile).

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Lake District Walking Map is a topographic map of central Lakeland at 1:63, 360 (1 inch to 1 mile).

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The Lake District 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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