A Walker's Guide to The Isle of Wight

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Reprinted

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Paperback - Laminated

Published

7 Jul 2009

Edition

First

ISBN

9781852842215

ISBN (10)

1852842210

Size

17.2 x 11.6 x 1.3cm

Weight

260g

Pages

208

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No. Photos

Originally Published

1 Jan 1996

A Walker's Guide to the Isle of Wight

by Martin Collins

The selection of walks in this guidebook explore the Isle of Wight's beautiful coastlines. The island is small (13 by 23 miles) but there is a great deal of excellent coastline and plentiful walking, plus good sea air. Includes the Coastal Path, Vectis 8 trail and 12 shorter walks. Half and full-day walks. More...

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Seasons

All year.

Centres

Cowes, Sandown, Shanklin, Newport, Ventnor, Freshwater, Yarmouth, plus many villages and hamlets.

Difficulty

Walks of varying length around and across the island. Nothing hard and excellent cliff walking.

Must See

The Coastal Path, overlooking the Needles, Carisbrooke Castle, Cowes and its yachts.

Introduction

Chapter 1: Ten of the Best Island Walks
1.      Exploring South-West Wight - St Catherine’s Point to Godshill via the
         Coast and Downs
2.      Newport, Cowes and the River Medina
3.      From Shorwell Village to Freshwater Bay
4.      A Circular Hike around Shanklin
5.      Exploring North-East Wight - from Wootton to Brading
6.      Shanklin to Brading via Culver Cliff and Bembridge
7.      Coast to Coast from Ryde to Shanklin
8.      Cross-country from Carisbrooke to Shanklin
9.    A Circuit of Wight’s Westernmost Tip - The Ancient Isle of Freshwater
10.    A Circular Hike from Whale Chine on the Island’s West Coast

Chapter 2: The Official Trails
11.    The Freshwater Way
12.    The Nunwell Trail
13.    The Hamstead Trail
14.    The Shepherds Trail
15.    The Stenbury Trail
16.    The Bembridge Trail
17.    The Tennyson Trail
18.    The Worsley Trail

Chapter 3: The Coastal Path
19. The Coastal Path

Chapter 4: The Vectis 8 Trail
20. The Vectis 8 Trail

Chapter 5: Short Walks
21.    Carisbrooke Castle and the Bowcombe Valley
22.    Exploring around Godshill
23.    Exploring around Newtown
24.    Exploring around Calbourne
25.    Exploring around Brading
26.    Shorwell and Limerstone Down
27.    Arreton and Haseley Manors and Arreton Down
28.    Exploring around St Helens
29.    Yarmouth and Fort Victoria
30.    Tennyson Down and The Needles
31.    Blackgang and St Catherine’s Hill
32.    Havenstreet Station and Firestone Copse