North Downs Way: National Trail Guide

by Colin Saunders

The North Downs Way is the National Trail that follows Natural England' s acorn waymarks from Farnham to the coast at Dover. This picturesque Trail takes in chalk ridges, river valleys and sections of the Pilgrims' Way. At the eastern end you can either walk via Canterbury (a total distance of 130 miles, 208 km) or follow the southern route (123 miles, 197 km). This is the complete, fully updated, 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.

Genres: Travel

192 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

Colin is the author of guides to some of the finest walking routes in London and South East England: the Capital Ring, the London Loop, the North Downs Way national trail, the Pymmes Brook Trail and the Vanguard Way. And together with Slovak mountain guide Renáta Nárožná, their guide to the High Tatras range of Poland and Slovakia is regarded as the definitive guide to these beautiful mountains.

Colin has also written some fascinating historical accounts about walking phenomena: Rambling Away From ‘The Smoke’ (ramblers’ excursions from London), The Strollerthon Story (a fabulous fundraising event for children’s charities), and The Waymark Story (a wonderful little operator of walking and cross-country skiing holidays).