Day Walks on the South Downs: 20 Circular Routes in Hampshire & Sussex

"Day Walks on the South Downs" is the fifth title in Vertebrate Publishing's series of compact and portable hill walking guidebooks. This book showcases 20 circular routes, between 6 and 14 miles (9km and 22km) in length, suitable for hill walkers of all abilities. The routes are split into three geographical areas - Hampshire, West Sussex and East Sussex - and include walks to the most historic and beautiful areas of the Downs, including Winchester Hill Fort, Black Down, Chanctonbury Ring, Devil's Dyke, Ditchling Beacon and Beachy Head. The author of this guidebook, Deirdre Huston, is a South Downs local and keen hill walker. This is Deirdre's third book with Vertebrate Publishing, following the successful and popular Cycling in Sussex, and the recently released Cycling Days Out South East England. Each route in this guide is described with easy-to-follow directions and details of distance, navigation information, refreshment stops and is plotted on clear and easy to use Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 mapping. Also included is a detailed Appendix. Vertebrate Publishing is one of a new breed of independent publishers, dedicated to producing the very best outdoor leisure titles.We have critically acclaimed and bestselling titles covering a range of leisure activities, including; mountain biking, cycling, rock climbing, hill walking and others. We are best known for our own titles such as "Lake District Mountain Biking", "Dark Peak Mountain Biking" and "Revelations", the award-winning autobiography of rock climber Jerry Moffatt. For more information about Vertebrate Publishing please visit our website.

A Boot Up West Sussex Pubs: 10 Pub Walks of Discovery

West Sussex is renowned for its stately homes and castles such as Arundel and Bramber. Over half of the county is protected countryside, which offers good walking cycling and other recreational opportunities. The county also has a large number of lovely country pubs and this book features 27 of them over ten walks. The pubs are located in all sorts of locations with many of them having lovely views or nearby historic landmarks or sites of interest. Many of the pubs are in picturesque villages and the vast majority serve excellent locally-sourced fresh food. This book aims to combine two or three of these pubs on each walk that are conveniently reached via footpaths. The walks range from 2.75 miles to 9 miles and have been carefully selected so that they give a day out with plenty to see and do. The routes are also designed to include as many other areas of interest as possible, making the walks an enjoyable day out for everyone - families, groups of friends or individuals looking for a gentle stroll or a longer walk. The ten walks are centred on East Wittering, West Itchenor and West Wittering; Chidham and Nutbourne; Charlton and Singleton; Tillington and Petworth; Burpham, Arundel and Offham; Wisborough Green and Newpound Common; Barns Green, Two Mile Ash and Southwater; Partridge Green and Littleworth; Rusper and Lambs Green; and West Hoathly and Ardingly. Halsgrove's new-format guidebook, containing maps, photographs and useful information will ensure a great walking experience. Packed with colour, the book is an ideal reminder of a visit to West Sussex and its hostelries.

100 Walks in West Sussex

Part of a series for the keen walker, this book features 100 route descriptions of circular walks ranging from 3-12 miles in West Sussex. Each walk has a map, points of interest and places to eat and drink en route, plus suggestions for easy car parking. This is the companion volume to "100 Walks in East Sussex". This book provides a wide variety of walks across downlands and through woods. From the historic landscapes around Chicester and Arundel, from St Leonards forest in the East of the county to the South Downs which run across the its entire width, all walkers should find something of interest, whatever the season.

South Downs Way: National Trail Guide (National Trail Guides)

The South Downs Way runs for 100 miles (160 km) over the chalk downland of Sussex and Hampshire, from Eastbourne to Winchester. It is one of only two National Trails that can be used not only by walkers but also by cyclists and horse-riders for its entire length This is the complete, official guide for the long-distance walker or the weekend stroller. All you need is this one book. National Trail Guides are the official guidebooks to the fifteen National Trails in England and Wales and are published in association with Natural England, the official body charged with developing and maintaining the Trails.

East Sussex Year Round Walks

The twenty circular walks in this volume vary in length from 4 to 6 and three quarter miles and are enjoyable all the year round. The author has divided the routes into seasons to show each at its very best. There are also notes on what can be seen along the way from castles to timber-framed houses and from butterflies and moths to dog roses in the hedgerow. These walks also offer the chance to visit Ashdown Forest and the Airman's Grave, Robertsbridge with its unusual clock-tower memorial, Firle Beacon one of the highest points on the South Downs and Rye harbour and its nature reserve.