The North Downs Way. Kev Reynolds

The North Downs Way

THE NORTH DOWNS WAY

Kev Reynolds

2 POLICE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA LA7 7PY

www.cicerone.co.uk

About the Author

Kev Reynolds is a prolific compiler of guidebooks whose first title for Cicerone Press (Walks and Climbs in the Pyrenees) appeared in 1978 and is still in print. He has written and illustrated more than 50 books, including numerous guides to the Alps, a series on Himalayan trekking, various books on the Pyrenées, and guides to three major National Trails – the North Downs Way, South Downs Way and the Cotswold Way – as well as guides to day walks in Kent, Sussex and the South Downs National Park. A member of the Alpine Club, Austrian Alpine Club and Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild, Kev lives below the greensand hills of Kent – the centre of his spiritual universe. His passion for the countryside began almost before he could walk and remains undiminished after a lifetime of activity, and he regularly travels throughout Britain to share that enthusiasm through his lectures. Check him out on www.kevreynolds.co.uk

Other Cicerone guides by the author

Abode of the Gods

A Walk in the Clouds

The South Downs Way

The Cotswold Way

Walking in Sussex

Walking in Kent

Walks in the South Downs National Park

Walking in the Alps

Trekking in the Alps

Trekking in the Himalaya

Trekking in the Silvretta and Rätikon Alps

100 Hut Walks in the Alps

Tour of the Oisans: GR54

Tour of the Vanoise

Tour of Mont Blanc

Tour of the Jungfrau Region

Alpine Pass Route

Chamonix to Zermatt: The Walker's Haute Route

Écrins National Park

Walking in Austria

Walks in the Engadine

Walking in the Valais

The Bernese Alps

Ticino – Switzerland

Central Switzerland

Walks and Climbs in the Pyrenees

The Pyrenees

Langtang, Helambu & Gosainkund: a Trekker's Guide

Kangchenjunga: a Trekker's Guide

Manaslu: a Trekker's Guide

Third edition 2017

ISBN: 978 1 85284 861 3

Second edition 2011

First edition 2001

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Printed in China on behalf of Latitude Press Ltd

All photographs by the author

This product includes mapping data licenses from Ordnance Survey® with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. © Crown copyright 2017. All rights reserved. Licence number PU100012932.

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CONTENTS

Waymarking and accessibility

When to go

Getting there – and back