This compact & handy guide to short walks in Sussex features walks between one & four miles long which can be covered in a morning or afternoon. There is an introduction for each walk giving background on the area, its history, wildlife & other points of interest; plus key information panels providing a summary of distance, time, gradient & ascent, level of difficulty, type of surface & access, landscape, dog friendliness, refreshments, parking & public toilets. Each walk has a highly detailed map & clear, easy-to-follow route directions. ...

Walking is one of Britain`s favourite leisure activities, & this guide features a variety of mapped walks to suit all abilities. The book features all of the practical detail you need, accompanied by fascinating background reading on the history & wildlife of Sussex, & cear mapping for ease of use. Every route has been colour coded according to difficulty. All walks are annotated with local points of interest & places to stop for refreshments. Every walk is given a summary of distance, time, gradient, level of difficulty, type of surface & access, landscape, dog friendliness, parking & public toilets. ...

Sussex & South Surrey Cycling Country Lanes Map at 1:126, 720 (1” to 2 miles) from Goldeneye in their series covering popular regions of England & Wales on waterproof & tear-resistant, double-sided cycling maps designed to highlight a selection of recommended cycle routes on country lanes & off-road. An overprint highlights the Sustrans National Cycle Network & regional routes, & 27 cycling circuits recommended by the publishers, including off-road routes. The routes are listed in an information panel with distances & brief descriptions. Also listed are 7 local cycle hire facilities. The map shows camping & caravan sites, youth hostels, & numerous other places of interest. Unlike most other titles in this series, this map has no index. Current edition of this title was published in 2008. Maps in the Goldeneye Cycling Country Lanes series use altitude colouring to show the topography, with spot heights & plenty of names of geographical features such as moors, hills, etc. Road network

Includes:: local country tracks & railway lines are shown with stations. All the maps highlight recommended cycle routes but, as series is currently being revised, presentation and/or classification of the routes varies
- please refer to the individual descriptions. Symbols highlight locations of various facilities, such as campsites or caravan parks, & a wide selection of places of interest. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, the maps are indexed & have no GPS coordinates.


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Sussex 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. ...

Accomplished walker Kev Reynolds’s Cicerone guide to Walking in Sussex is a thorough exploration of one of the Home Counties’ finest walking destinations. Routes across Sussex have been woven for many generations; with paths & track-ways whose purpose was to aid the hunter, home-maker, flint-miner, iron-worker, soldier, farmer, smuggler, timber-man. It is only recently that dedicated walkers have taken to exploring the walking possibilities that Sussex has to offer. The guide is organized into 40 walks & 11 long distance paths across the breadth of Sussex. It

Includes:: routes that delve into its rural heartl&, that follows streams & rivers that traverse the bank of hammer ponds & lakes as well as those that the follow on one hand the glistening sea on the horizon & the sheep grazed downland on the other. Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by Ordnance Survey extracts that map the route ahead as well as colour photographs that illustrate some of the highlights of the region.

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Sussex in the AA 50 Walks series; comprising an extensive range of walking guides helping you to explore the best walking routes in Great Britain. Each guide covers a total of 50 walks, many of which are circular, between 2-10 miles & also that are suitable for a range of different walking standards. Every walk in the guides has an information box showing clear details of distance, minimum time, level of difficulty, any ascents, the nature of the terrain & landscape, suggested Ordnance Survey map, grid references for starting & finishing points, dog friendliness, parking & any public toilets en route. There are also suggestions of what to look out for & recommended places to eat & drink. Detailed walk descriptions are accompanied by clear mapping of the route ahead, in addition to colour photographs illustrating the highlights of selected routes. ...

The ” East Sussex” volume of ” The Buildings of England” covers an area ranging from the High Weald in the north of the county to the massive ridge of the South Downs & the resort towns & ancient ports of the coast. Its coastal resorts are particularly distinguished, none more so than Brighton & Hove, where John Nash`s oriental Pavilion for the Prince Regent sets the tone. Elsewhere castles at Camber, Bodiam & fortified town walls at Rye & Winchelsea attest to its military past & Battle Abbey to its medieval endowments. The towns & villages are especially rich in timber-framed, brick & tile houses for which the county is famous. The twentieth century makes its mark in the exhilarating De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill, & the uncompromising forms of the 1960s University of Sussex campus. ...

Sustenpass, map No. 255, in the standard topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:50, 000 from Swisstopo, i.e. without the special overprint highlighting walking trails, local bus stops, etc, presented in Swisstopo’s hiking editions of the 50K survey. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 20m intervals. All the maps have a 1-km grid with the Swiss national coordinates. This standard version of the 50K survey covers the whole country on 78 small format sheets, with special larger format maps published for several popular tourist destinations. Small format sheets cover an area of 35 x 24 km (21 x 15 miles approx) & have map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. The special larger sheets cover 50 x 35 km (31 x 22 miles approx) & have no map legend, but a separate leaflet can be provided instead.PLEASE NOTE: the hiking editions of the 1:50, 000 Swisstopo survey are listed on our website in a separate series. ...

Sustenpass area, map No. 255T, at 1:50, 000 in a special hiking edition of the country’s topographic survey, published by Swisstopo in cooperation with the Swiss Hiking Federation. Cartography, identical to the standard version of the survey, is highly regarded for its superb use of graphic relief & hill shading to provide an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 20m intervals. An overprint highlights routes maintained by the SHF, distinguishing between hiking routes, mountain routes requiring proper footwear, & alpine routes where equipment is needed. Paths which are part of the national or regional network of long-distance hiking routes are specially marked & in the more recent editions are annotated with their official numbers. The maps show mountain huts, refuges & in remote areas also inns, plus roads with bus service & the positions of bus stops. All the maps have a 1-km grid of the Swiss national coordinates. For a list of all the titles in this series, please click on the series link. ...

Detailed ski map at 1:50, 000 from Swisstopo, the country’s national survey organization, showing routes for skiing and/or snowboarding, access by public transport, recommended itineraries, lists of mountain huts, etc. The series uses the cartography of Switzerland’s topographic survey, with additional colouring to show slopes steeper than 30°. An overprint highlights ski routes, indicating suggested direction, difficult passages & sections which must be covered on foot. Also marked are areas where it is forbidden to leave the routes shown on the map. The maps also highlight roads with bus routes, indicating individual bus stops, show ski lifts & funiculars, plus mark locations of refuges or other mountain accommodation. Each title has the Swiss national grid at intervals of 1km, plus latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’. Some titles cover a larger area, with a part of an adjoining sheet printed on the reverse of the main map as indicated on our series grid. Where appropriate, ski information extends across the border to France & Italy. On the reverse are itineraries of routes recommended by the Swiss Alpine Club, indicating the degree of difficulty, plus lists of alpine huts with contact details. Map legend for the overprint

Includes:: English. The text about the routes & accommodation is in the main language of the area covered by the map. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link.

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