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The latest in the bestselling series. A brand-new, practical walking guidebook that helps you make the most of the coast.
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Accompanying BBC2's BAFTA award-winning television series, Coast: The Walks will inspire you to explore the best that the coastline of the British Isles has to offer. With more than 50 fantastic walks around Great Britain and Ireland, this practical guidebook features a variety of town and rural routes that are designed to suit both experienced walkers and those who fancy nothing more taxing than an afternoon stroll.
Whether you crave the rugged beauty of Antrim and Skye, the seaside fun of Brighton and Great Yarmouth, the majestic cliffs of the Cornish and Pembrokeshire peninsulas, or the history of our great coastal cities, such as Aberdeen, Belfast, Dublin, Hull, Liverpool and Plymouth, Coast: The Walks includes all these places, and many more besides.
As well as offering invaluable advice that will enable you to plan your day out, and tried-and-tested instructions to guide you on your way, the book helpfully highlights points of interest along the route: historic sites and buildings, topographical features, and wildlife to watch out for as you go - each illustrated with a colour photograph.
Equally at home in the car or on the bookshelf, Coast: The Walks will encourage you to get out there and make the most of our wonderfully diverse and endlessly fascinating 10,000 miles of coastline.
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69 of 69 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I had the choice between this book and the readers digest equivalent. The Book People were at work so all I got was a quick look through and decided on this one pretty much just down to the fact this book had little maps which provided an overveiw of each walk - I have to have maps wherever I go because I will get lost otherwise.
I got back to my desk, had a look at reviews on Amazon for both books and was pleased when the Readers Digest one didnt seem to do too great but this was then blown away because this book had NO reveiws.. and to be honest I don't know why.
When I got home I had a good look through and I was very pleased this was my choice.. it is so well thought out. I'm not particularly into walking but I do go camping now and again and I bought it for ideas of what to do and where to go.
* The book provides a number of walks on the Coast of England Scotland and Wales, and also a couple of little isles.
* The 1st page gives an overview of the British Isles with each walk located by number and colour-coded to the difficulty of the walk.
* The walks are featured in the book in numbered order as you go clockwise round the map of Brtain so you dont have to go routing through the whole book to find a particular walk.
* Each walk is not only colour-coded for easy, meduim or hard, but it also tells you whether it has access for wheelchairs and/or pushchairs, and also tells you how long in miles each walk is.
* Each walk has a small box with a little map in which gives an overview of each walk with the route highlighted in yellow (be careful because now and again there will be a road which is coloured a slightly different shade of yellow which can be confusing if you're not careful!). With the map there is also a bit more info, including the start and finishing points of the walk.
* On the maps the are numbers which represent specific sights or buildings, etc. for the walk and these are explained and described quite in depth in the walk decription, along with various colour photos so you can identify the features and grasp and appreciate the history of each town/village/area.
* The maps also show camping sights, parking, etc which most maps do, just so you are more aware of your surroundings.
There are walks for everyone whether you are more into the countryside or picturesque citys or marinas. I can't wait to go camping again and using the book although the coast of Britian isn't covered 100%, it's a good start!
The only thing I will say it that I could do with it being a little bit smaller and wlaker-user friendly only because I WILL be taking it around with me and I think it may get ruined as I'm rambling through one of it's walks, probably reading it as I go just to make sure I don't miss anything!
As I said I bought it for something to do when I am holidaying within Britain so as a novice I think it is great. If you are a more accomplished walker then perhaps you'll need to go to a bookshop to flick through to make sure you don't already know the stuff in it.
Even so I would definately recomend it to anyone even slightly interested in this sort of thing because there is so much information but not too much to overwhelm you, it is very user friendly in its layout and the information in it and a real bargain (I am even more impressed I got it brand new for £5!) but I would be prepared to pay Amazons price also.
I got back to my desk, had a look at reviews on Amazon for both books and was pleased when the Readers Digest one didnt seem to do too great but this was then blown away because this book had NO reveiws.. and to be honest I don't know why.
When I got home I had a good look through and I was very pleased this was my choice.. it is so well thought out. I'm not particularly into walking but I do go camping now and again and I bought it for ideas of what to do and where to go.
* The book provides a number of walks on the Coast of England Scotland and Wales, and also a couple of little isles.
* The 1st page gives an overview of the British Isles with each walk located by number and colour-coded to the difficulty of the walk.
* The walks are featured in the book in numbered order as you go clockwise round the map of Brtain so you dont have to go routing through the whole book to find a particular walk.
* Each walk is not only colour-coded for easy, meduim or hard, but it also tells you whether it has access for wheelchairs and/or pushchairs, and also tells you how long in miles each walk is.
* Each walk has a small box with a little map in which gives an overview of each walk with the route highlighted in yellow (be careful because now and again there will be a road which is coloured a slightly different shade of yellow which can be confusing if you're not careful!). With the map there is also a bit more info, including the start and finishing points of the walk.
* On the maps the are numbers which represent specific sights or buildings, etc. for the walk and these are explained and described quite in depth in the walk decription, along with various colour photos so you can identify the features and grasp and appreciate the history of each town/village/area.
* The maps also show camping sights, parking, etc which most maps do, just so you are more aware of your surroundings.
There are walks for everyone whether you are more into the countryside or picturesque citys or marinas. I can't wait to go camping again and using the book although the coast of Britian isn't covered 100%, it's a good start!
The only thing I will say it that I could do with it being a little bit smaller and wlaker-user friendly only because I WILL be taking it around with me and I think it may get ruined as I'm rambling through one of it's walks, probably reading it as I go just to make sure I don't miss anything!
As I said I bought it for something to do when I am holidaying within Britain so as a novice I think it is great. If you are a more accomplished walker then perhaps you'll need to go to a bookshop to flick through to make sure you don't already know the stuff in it.
Even so I would definately recomend it to anyone even slightly interested in this sort of thing because there is so much information but not too much to overwhelm you, it is very user friendly in its layout and the information in it and a real bargain (I am even more impressed I got it brand new for £5!) but I would be prepared to pay Amazons price also.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Have yet to actually try a walk but just planning it has proved awkward. The pages are too big to go in the plastic pouch! Trying to identify the actual location was not straight forward even when using a 1cm to 1km road map. I was looking to do the Rubha Reidh walk. Even though there is a tiny section of an ordnance survey map there are no grid references, road numbers etc. Not at all impressed so far.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Good book to read and plan a walk in the UK. Enough facts which are well presented in both text and pictures for you to forgo the walk itself.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Presentation a letdown
We were disappointed by the presentation of the book: the photo selection and quality is underwhelming, and the layout unappealing and old-fashioned. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Anna Kukhta
Very useful for planning holidays etc
This is very descriptive with pictures of places featured. I would recommend it to help plan trips or holidays or even just to have on the coffee table and browse through.
Published 19 months ago by Moira Wilkinson
Perfect present
Bought this for my father, as my parents love costal walks - even I've had a sneak at the different walks! Read more
Published 23 months ago by Miss S R Davies
Coastal walks
We are looking forward to walking these walks when we go to Norfolk next month.
Published on 19 Sep 2009 by Jenny
What the Television Misses.
This is the excellent production you would expect from the BBC and this particular team. The trouble with this kind of thing though, is that the product always seems kind of... Read more
Published on 11 May 2009 by Deep Reader
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