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 such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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During the eighteenth century the plight of those considered insane was dismal. Many were locked up in madhouses or chained in the workhouse their illnesses ignored. It was only with the advent of the Industrial Revolution that reform came into place. Within the West Riding of Yorkshire the first steps in reform were taken by the Tuke family who built the Retreat at York instrumental in bringing a new moral caring attitude that was quickly adopted across the country. Through our journey in time we discover how former asylums in York Wakefield Sheffield Menston & Huddersfield changed over the centuries. These sprawling institutions were self-contained isolated villages in their own right. With the aid of fascinating photographs a formidable history emerges from an age where it is estimated that at least 30 per cent of the asylum population were unjustly incarcerated without crime or foundation. ...

The Shell Guides to the counties of England were first published in the 1930s under the illustrious editorship of John Betjeman & later the artist John Piper. Today the various editions are collectors items with rarer volumes selling for hundreds of pounds. But the series was never completed & is no longer in print. Now the first in a new series the Heritage Shell Guides covers the cities towns & villages of West Yorkshire
- a part of the country never featured previously. With the same iconic mix of text & black & white photography this is an enthusiasts guide that celebrates well-known landmarks & hidden gems alike. Contemporary buildings appear alongside historic churches & period architecture; urban landscapes alongside rural vistas. In a new style departure this also

Includes:: a colour plate section in addition to the 200-plus photographs throughout. A true celebration of local place & character this is deserving of a place in every home library & school.


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This is the Sustrans cycle routes map in the Discover" series detailing the National Cycle Network & other routes in West Yorkshire. Amongst other highlights the map shows the West Yorkshire Cycle Route & parts of the Way of the Roses Trans Pennine Trail & Yorkshire Dales Cycleway. West Yorkshire is one of Britains great metropolitan heartlands with more than two million people living in its cities towns & villages. Over the last 25 years Sustrans has been working with local authorities & other partners to develop the National Cycle Network
- this map shows the progress made together with a multitude of other signed & recommended routes. Highlights are many but to show just how convenient & enjoyable riding your bike can be try the following: the Airedale Greenway through Saltaire World Heritage Site; the award winning Spen Valley Greenway between Bradford & Dewsbury; out of Harrogate on the new greenway across the Nidd Gorge; & on the Wyke Beck Way in Leeds. The map shows all the railway stations where you can catch a train with your bike or leave it parked safely. 15 inset city/town maps are shown for Ripon Harrogate York Keighley Halifax Shipley Hebden Bridge Holmfirth Selby Leeds Dewsbury Barnsley Bradford Huddersfield & Wakefield. It

Features: clearly mapped traffic-free & on-road National Cycle Routes & other cycle routes; detailed inset maps of towns & cities National Cycle Routes & linking routes; land profiles for the featured cycle routes; easy to read contours; Local Tourist Information Centre bike shop & hire centre details; & printed on waterproof paper."


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Navigation culture cuisine history & helpful advice for anyone cruising in these glorious waters. Rob Buttress West Aegean Cruising Companion is an authoritative guide intended to help you make the most of your visit to this region. Covering the Gulf of Volos the Sporades Islands & the Evian Gulf the book provides comprehensive pilotage & nautical information as well as suggestions of where to eat & what to do ashore. Also incorporating some practical tips for your passage planning along with a valuable insight into the history & culture of the area the book is enhanced with full colour charts & detailed photography including many spectacular aerial shots. Contents: * Introduction * Distance tables * Chart Symbols & lights * Chapter One Gulf of Volos * Chapter Two Trikeri & Orei Channels * Chapter Three Skiathos & Skopelos * Chapter Four The Outer Sporades * Chapter Five Skiros & Aegean Aevia * Chapter Six Petali Gulf * Chapter Seven The Aevian Gulfs * Glossary * Index ...

D/S Jimmy Suttle has finally tired of the relentless struggle against the rising tide of urban crime in Portsmouth. Surely a job in Major Crimes in the West Country will offer some respite? He finds a remote cottage nestled in a fold of Dartmoor & with his wife & two-year-old daughter heads West for what he is sure will be a saner existence. How wrong could he be? Soon he is investigating the murder of a long-distance rower in the small town of Exmouth. The man rowed in the same 5-man boat as a man who two years before dodged a murder charge when his wife went missing during a cross atlantic rowing challange. There had been tensions between the two. Has a killer killed again? As the job takes over Lizzie Suttle's wife is increasingly unhappy about the move. Trying to juggle family life with her own new job on a local paper isolated in a lonely cottage with a demanding toddler & struggling to make new friends Lizzie thought the whole point of the move was that she & Suttle could at least see more of each other. As his marriage frays at the edges & his first investigation becomes mired Suttle begins to feel the hills around their cottage crowding in the wind over the moors above ever chillier the waters ever greyer. He really has reached land's end... ...

David Soggees slide shows have been captivating railway society gatherings in London & the Home Counties for many years but he has had few pictures published & is probably not so well known outside this area. Now for the first time he has assembled a selection of his photographic masterpieces for a wider audience to enjoy. This album focuses on the Western Region as it was in the late 1950s & early 1960s before diesel traction & the Beeching branch line closure plan had made significant impact. In addition to a wonderful variety of locomotives & routes the images also portray the railway infrastructure of the time & will delight the modeller & historian alike. ...

Mountain ranges rolling plains dramatic deserts & moonscape Badlands: get back to nature with Footprint's fully revised & updated guide to Western Canada. Now in its 4th edition this guide gives you everything you need to get the most from the great outdoors whether you want to strike out on your own or go with an adventure tour operator. Detailed listings include ranches & wilderness lodges B&B s & bush camps plus the best places to eat & crucially how to get around whether it's by car bus train or snowmobile! In-depth listings of all the best adventure activities from hiking & biking to canoeing skiing rock climbing & whitewater rafting Covering British Columbia the Rockies Alberta & the Yukon Thorough listings of where to eat sleep & drink to suit every budget New lightweight hardback format making the guide much more traveller friendly & durable ...

Fully updated this map combines clear design & an easy-to-read scale with more road detail to ensure that you never lose your way. It

Includes:: information on toll points service areas road numbers motorways dual carriageways & wide & narrow local roads. National Parks ski resorts visitor attractions & towns & places of interest are also highlighted. The map is presented in a practical slimline format with a durable weatherproof cover for protection from the elements.

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