The UK Trailwalker's Handbook is a directory of long-distance paths (LDPs) in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland compiled by the Long Distance Walkers' Association (LDWA), covering 730 national trails, long-distance paths and anytime challenges, with regional overview maps and an index of walking guide publishers and support companies. The UK has a network of long-distance trails unrivalled anywhere in the world, currently covering 60,000 miles of footpath and growing steadily. Millions of people walk along them every year - some walking a complete route, some just walking a stretch on holiday, at weekends or even as part of their daily commute. Combining exercise, challenge and exploration with minimal impact on the environment, little cost and a real benefit to local communities, trailwalking is hard to beat. But where are all these trails and what are they like? How do you find one that suits you and matches your timescale? What maps, guidebooks or websites do you need and where can you find them? Does anyone run a ?sherpa' service? These questions and many more are answered by this eighth edition of The UK Trailwalker's Handbook giving you all the information you need to select the best route.
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The Long Distance Walkers' Association (LDWA) is an Association of 6,500 members with the common interest of walking long distances in rural, mountainous or moorland areas. With a network of 41 local groups throughout the UK, it has been recognised as the Governing Body for Long Distance Walking since 1985.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By C. Colley
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I discovered this directory of walks whilst browsing on the Long Distance Walkers Association(LDWA. Published by Cicerone Press, who publish the very best of walking guides, this book is good quality and clearly presented.
After the introduction, there is a section on the National Trails of Britain, followed by an alphabetical directory of about 720 main trails and some shorter ones. The trails in England are listed under the correct region and each one listed includes the name, a brief outline and distance of the walk, a waymark sign(if any), trail attributes and any useful websites and OS maps to use. On some of the walks listed, the picture shown is not always a waymark sign, it is often a picture of an award badge and the info must be read to avoid confusion. Most walks listed have additional and very useful information on where to buy the full guide or leaflet to complete the walk. This book is a directory and DOES NOT include a full guide for each walk.
So far, I've only really concentrated on the East Central England section and discovered plenty of walks for the future. I've ordered several guides to complete the walks and know this book will be very useful when deciding where to take a walking holiday. I'm really pleased with it and I've found it to be a very useful reference book.
After the introduction, there is a section on the National Trails of Britain, followed by an alphabetical directory of about 720 main trails and some shorter ones. The trails in England are listed under the correct region and each one listed includes the name, a brief outline and distance of the walk, a waymark sign(if any), trail attributes and any useful websites and OS maps to use. On some of the walks listed, the picture shown is not always a waymark sign, it is often a picture of an award badge and the info must be read to avoid confusion. Most walks listed have additional and very useful information on where to buy the full guide or leaflet to complete the walk. This book is a directory and DOES NOT include a full guide for each walk.
So far, I've only really concentrated on the East Central England section and discovered plenty of walks for the future. I've ordered several guides to complete the walks and know this book will be very useful when deciding where to take a walking holiday. I'm really pleased with it and I've found it to be a very useful reference book.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Much of the information in this book is already on the LDWA website which is also probably more up-to-date. If you just want information on specific walks you can also probably do better by research on-line. On the other hand if you want the convenience of a well produced book it does provide a good overview of the various trails and challenge walks. You have to make your own judgement on whether you think that is worth paying for. Personally I don't.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By sjh46
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This is a very useful book featuring a directory of hundreds of long distance walks. The book doesn't feature any maps so if you're looking for a guide book this isn't for you. Instead it gives details of walk distances along with details such as distance, terrain type, who to contact for more details, whether there is a badge/certificate for those completing the walks and so forth.
For me this was very useful as I could quickly pick out the walks offering the distances I wanted to do and take it from there. I found after reading through there were many trails and challenge walks that I had not previously known about. Although the LDWA published the book it isn't just what's on their website as there's details about other walks too such as John Merril's many tough challenge walks.
Finally, yeah, I know you can download all this info off the internet, but nothing beats reading through a book in front the fire or on the train while planning what your next great hike will be. So at the end of the day it comes down to whether you prefer to spend hours on the internet going through websites looking for new walks or having the convenience of just opening a book and being inspired.
For me this was very useful as I could quickly pick out the walks offering the distances I wanted to do and take it from there. I found after reading through there were many trails and challenge walks that I had not previously known about. Although the LDWA published the book it isn't just what's on their website as there's details about other walks too such as John Merril's many tough challenge walks.
Finally, yeah, I know you can download all this info off the internet, but nothing beats reading through a book in front the fire or on the train while planning what your next great hike will be. So at the end of the day it comes down to whether you prefer to spend hours on the internet going through websites looking for new walks or having the convenience of just opening a book and being inspired.
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UK TRAILWALKER#S HANDBOOK
I thought it had walk routes in it - not so, it just lists all the long distance walks in the UK. So, not really a lot of use to me .
Published 2 months ago by Jennyhaines
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have glanced through it and it seems to be what I was looking for - easy to use guide to long distance walks in the UK
Published 3 months ago by Caroline Kitching
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A bit mis-leading
If you are looking for a particular less well known LDP then this book may very well feature a paragraph on it, but then you can probably find out just as much about your LDP... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. Mark A. Wild
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Excellent reference source for walkers'
A welcome update of this excellent publication. The handbook provides an invaluable overview and reference source for walkers. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2009 by Mr. R. D. Morris
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