Book Description
All National Trail Guides contain: Ordnance Survey 1:25 000 maps covering the entire route. A detailed description of the route and sites of interest that lie along it. Background information on landscape, archaeology, wildlife and local history. Full colour photographs. Information on public transport, accommodation, facilities and useful services and organizations.
Within easy reach of London, the North Downs Way runs from Farnham in Surrey along the Downs to Wye in Kent, and then offers the walker a choice of two routes to the coast at Dover, a total distance of 130 or 123 miles (208 or 197 km).
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Synopsis
The North Downs Way is the National Trail that follows the Countryside Agency's acorn waymarks from Farnham to the coast at Dover. You can walk along this trail following chalk ridges, river valleys and sections of the Pilgrims' Way. At the eastern end you can either walk via Canterbury (130 miles, 208km) or follow the southern route via Folkestone (123 miles, 197km). This is the complete, official guide for the long distance walker or the weekend stroller. All you need is this one book. It contains: - the entire route split into convenient sections - 1:25 000 Ordnance Survey maps for each section, marked with points of special interest - circular routes off the trail for shorter walks, enabling the walker to explore the local area - route information on each section, with colour photographs and notes on nearby features - background information on local history, wildlife, archaeology, geology, industry and land use - details of public transport, villages on or near the route with facilities for walkers, useful organisations and sources of further information on accommodation - the Countryside Access Charter on your rights and responsibilities when out in the countryside
