WALKING IN THE FOREST OF DEAN *

WALKING IN THE FOREST OF DEAN *

25 ROUTES IN THE HISTORIC ROYAL FOREST

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Editorial:
CICERONE
Año de edición:
Materia
Trekking Oeste y Centro Europa
ISBN:
978-1-85284-689-3
Páginas:
160
Encuadernación:
Rústica
Idioma:
Inglés

The 25 walks in this guidebook range from relatively simple half-day strolls to challenging full-day excursions along parts of the three long-distance trails which thread their way through the area. With the exception of these longer routes, which will take a full day and require a good level of fitness, almost all of the routes are circular walks and generally they can comfortably be completed in half a day. The walks are described in four sections, covering the western ridges above the gorge of the River Wye; the forested ridges and valleys of central Dean; the eastern ridges together with the lowlands between the Forest and the Severn; and the long-distance trails.

Hemmed in by two major rivers, the Severn and the Wye, the Forest of Dean is truly a land apart, with a distinctive landscape and a unique cultural identity. Encircling ridges and forested slopes give the central Forest a secretive quality, while the ridges above the Wye gorge and the Severn Vale offer sensational views and easy walking.

Historically annexed as a Royal Forest since before the Norman Conquest, it remained a protected hunting ground as well as a site for coal-mining and ironworks from Roman times to the Industrial Revolution. Now, the combination of secretive forests, rolling farmland and ridges above the Wye gorge and the Severn Vale provide excellent paths and spectacular views.

The result is a guidebook that offers all the information walkers need to enjoy a wide range of walking among the rolling countryside of the Forest of Dean.

21 day walks and 4 linear routes along long-distance trails, right across the Forest
illustrated with OS map extracts
with notes of historical and natural interest along the way

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