Books & Maps

Otherwise titled The Telegraph Book of the Countryside, this 300-page volume brings together a wide selection of writing from a century of the newspaper’s archives. Contributors include Richard Mabey, JHB Peel, Joanna Trollope and John Humphrys, all of them giving their take on aspects of the ever-changing British countryside.

This neat, pocket-sized guide to 20 classic circular walks in the Peak first appeared in 2005 and has now been completely revised…

Billed as Scotland’s longest walking route, the new 470-mile Gore-Tex Scottish National Trail runs from Kirk Yetholm in the Borders all the way to Cape Wrath…

In her entertaining first book, travel writer and self-confessed shoe addict Tanya Oliver combines practical information for walking in the Lake District with her own personal experience of trying to mix glamour with the outdoors…

Through clear photos and succinct text, the whole taxonomy of the outdoors is beautifully laid out and explained in chapters exploring landscape, flora, fauna, weather, archaeology and rights of way…

The latest and fully revised edition of the official guide to the South Downs Way National Trail…

The penultimate of Mark’s eight walking guides to the Lake District’s fells…

An updated and extended third edition of Kevin Langan’s popular guide, describing an 82-mile walking route between Fort William and Aviemore…

Two attractive colour booklets produced by the local authority that describe various local walks…

Acclaimed outdoor writer, journalist and climber Jim Perrin tells the story of this famous mountain that he first ascended as a child…