Mike Dunn’s Cicerone guide to Walking in the Forest of Dean illustrates 25 walks in the historic royal forest, featuring detailed instructions, OS map extracts & colour photographs. An introduction presents the history, geology & landscape, plants & wildlife of the forest, area of outstanding natural beauty that borders England & South Wales across the three counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire & Monmouthshire. Additional sections provide advice on when to go, getting there & around, where to stay, equipment & maps, & tips on navigation & staying safe in the outdoors. It then organises the 25 walks in four different areas, the western ridges above the gorge of the River Wye, the forested ridges & valley of central Dean, the eastern ridges together with the lowlands between the Forest & Severn, & the long distance trails. It features walks ranging from relatively simple half-day strolls to challenging full-day excursions along parts of the three long-distance trails which thread their way through the area. For each walk, detailed route descriptions cross-referenced to the OS map extract are provided along with information about the distance, ascent, difficulty grading, approximate timing of the walk; & features of historical or natural interest are highlighted. Details of parking, public transport links, & useful contacts are also included.