Covering almost every line in the country this acclaimed series of books juxtaposes photographs of the same railway location separated in time by just a few years or maybe a century or more. Sometimes the result is dereliction or disappearance in others a transformation into a modern high-speed railway. In both cases the contrasts are intriguing & informative. This volume
Includes:: Deeside & Chester; Gwynedd coast & branches; Anglesey Menai Bridge to Bangor; the Flintshire coast; the Wrexham area & around Mold; Ruabon to Dolgellau Blaenau & Welshpool; & Cambrian border branches.
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2010 sees a significant addition to the Rockfax stable; North Wales Classics". This pocket-sized guide packs in hundreds of superb ...

Popular guide covering the canals & waterways in the north west of England around Merseyside & Manchester. Colour Ordnance Survey (R) maps clearly show locks towpaths & boating facilities. There are also comprehensive navigational notes as well as descriptions of the towns & villages pubs & restaurants alongside the waterways. In print for over 30 years the Collins/ Nicholson guides to the waterways have always been a vital part of journeys along Britains canals & rivers. They are designed for anyone & everyone with an interest in Britains inland waterways -- from experienced boaters to those planning their first boat trip as well as walkers cyclists & visitors. The Ordnance Survey (R) Maps have added information showing: * Locks bridges tunnels aqueducts winding holes & towpaths. * Waterpoints sanitary stations pump out facilities & refuse disposal. * Boatyards pubs restaurants & local shops. * Mile markers & milestones (distance in miles & number of locks to strategic points along the waterways). Text
Includes:: * The history & background to each canal. * Local services & places of interest pubs & restaurants & NEW for this edition: postcodes added for each place. * Opportunities for walking & cycling. * NEW for this edition: notes on wildlife to be found along the waterways. Comprehensive navigational notes include: * Maximum

Dimensions & low bridges. * Mileages advice & potential hazards. * Navigation authorities & contact details. Waterways covered in this guide -- Aire & Calder Navigation Bridgewater Canal Calder & Hebble Navigation Huddersfield Narrow Canal Huddersfield Broad Canal Lancaster Canal Leeds & Liverpool Canal Macclesfield Canal Peak Forest & Ashton Canals Rochdale Canal Trent & Mersey Canal.


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Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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The North Western Fells are bounded by the River Derwent & the River Cocker
- an area lauded by A. Wainwright as first-class fell-walking
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The original NYMR route started at Whitby & ran through to Malton Junction. The southern section from Pickering to Malton has long since passed into history
- or has it? There are moves afoot to re-open the line through to Malton & this is constantly in the news
- a supermarket group wishing to build across the original formation just south of Pickering station which if approved could end any reasonable hope of a return to Malton Juction. This book covers the preserved section from Grosmont to Pickering other locations include: Whitby; Goathland; Newtondale; Levisham; & Malton.

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Offers a series of wide-angle photographs with accompanying captions of North-East Engl&. This work features comprehensive contents that include Northumberland Tyne & Wear & Teesside with photographs of Newcastle Quayside Alnwick Tree House & the Sunderland Winter Gardens. ...

Railway Memories Number 23" recalls the time when passenger trains hauled by vintage steam locomotives ran all the way from Northallerton to the Settle & Carlisle line at Garsdale when express trains including one of the nations most prestigious Pullman trains served or passed through Britains 4th smallest city which has had no railway at all since 1969 when meandering branch lines
- including one of the few passenger railways to escape nationalisation in 1948
- connected small market towns to the outside world & when great Pacifics & Deltics ruled the East Coast main line. " Railway Memories Number 23" lavishly illustrates the East Coast main line from Northallerton to the outskirts of York the old Leeds Northern main line from Ripon to Thirsk Northallerton & Picton the whole 44 miles of the Wensleydale line as well as the branches to Masham Thirsk Town & the private Easingwold Railway."

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Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...