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North Downs Way Map Booklet

ISBN

9781852849559

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Published

7 Jul 2017

Reprinted

2 Sept 2024

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First

Pages

Size

17.20 x 11.60 x .60cm

Weight

110g

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Map of the 130 mile (208km) North Downs Way National Trail, between Farnham and Dover, including an optional visit to Canterbury. This booklet is included with the Cicerone guidebook to the trail and shows the full route on OS 1:25,000 maps. One of the easier National Trails, it can be comfortably walked in 11-12 days.

Seasons

The North Downs Way can be walked at any time of the year, but is seen at its best between April and October

Centres

Beginning in Farnham, the North Downs Way passes close to or through Guildford, Otford, Wrotham, Detling, Charing, Wye, Chilham, Canterbury and Patrixbourne and ends in Dover

Difficulty

Despite some reasonably short steep ascents and descents, the North Downs Way is one of the more gentle of National Trails and is suitable for first-time long-distance walkers.

Must See

Passing through the Surrey and Kent Downs Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the North Downs Way crosses Box Hill, visits Neolithic sites like the Coldrum Stones and Kits Coty House, passes below the remains of Thurnham Castle, visits Canterbury Cathedral and Dover Castle, and wanders across Shakespeare Cliff, one of the White Cliffs of Dover.

ISBN

9781852849559

Availability

Published

7 Jul 2017

Reprinted

2 Sept 2024

Edition

First

Pages

Size

17.20 x 11.60 x .60cm

Weight

110g

Delivery & Returns

Overview

A booklet of all the mapping needed to complete the North Downs Way National Trail between the high downland of Farnham, Hampshire and Dover on the Kent coast. Covering 208km (130 miles), this gentle trail takes around 11 days to walk and is an ideal first long-distance hike for beginners.

The full route line is shown on 1:25,000 OS maps
The map booklet can be used to walk the trail in either direction
Sized to easily fit in a jacket pocket
The relevant extract from the OS Explorer map legend is included
3-stage route detour via Canterbury is also provided
An accompanying Cicerone guidebook – Walking the North Downs Way – is also available, which includes a copy of this map booklet

Table of Contents

CONTENTS
This booklet of Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer maps has been designed for convenient use on the trail and includes:

a key to map pages showing where to find the maps for each stage.
the full and up-to-date line of the National Trail
an extract from the OS Explorer map legend.

In addition, the North Downs Way guidebook describes the full route from west to east and contains all you need to plan a successful trip.

THE NORTH DOWNS WAY
Stage 1 Farnham to Guildford
Stage 2 Guildford to the Mole Valley
Stage 3 Mole Valley to Merstham
Stage 4 Merstham to Westerham Hill
Stage 5 Westerham Hill to Wrotham
Stage 6 Wrotham to the Medway
Stage 7 The Medway to Detling
Stage 8 Detling to Harrietsham
Stage 9 Harrietsham to Boughton Lees
DIRECT ROUTE TO DOVER VIA WYE
Stage 10 Boughton Lees to Etchinghill
Stage 11 Etchinghill to Dover
THE CANTERBURY LOOP
Stage 10a Boughton Lees to Canterbury
Stage 11a Canterbury to Shepherdswell
Stage 12a Shepherdswell to Dover

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By Kev Reynolds

Kev Reynolds was a freelance writer, photojournalist and lecturer. A prolific compiler of guidebooks, his first title for Cicerone Press (Walks & Climbs in the Pyrenees) appeared in 1978; he later produced many more titles for the same publisher. A member of the Outdoor Writers' Guild, the Alpine Club and Austrian Alpine Club, his passion for mountains and the countryside inspired a lifetime's activity, and he regularly travelled throughout Britain to share that enthusiasm through his lectures. Sadly, Kev passed away in 2021. He will be remembered fondly by all who knew him and by many more he inspired through his writing and talks.

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