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London’s Canals Derek Pratt £5.99 978 0 7478 0601 6, (Album 432) about 56 pp, colour and b/w ills This book is for people who want to discover the canals of London on foot or by boat. There are about 60 miles of waterways in London waiting to be explored by visitors who want to look further than the obvious tourist attractions. Popular stretches of London’s canals are now busy with walkers, joggers and people who just want to sit and watch the boats go by. Derek Pratt is a professional photographer with a special interest in inland waterways. His Waterways Photo Library is a result of many years of wandering around Britain’s canals and rivers with a camera. Other titles for Shire by this author: |
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Discovering Off-Beat Walks in London John Wittich and Ron Phillips. £4.99 978 0 7478 0263 1, 80 pp, 37 b/w ills and 8 maps. Here is a book both for Londoners who think they know their city and for visitors who want to find those attractions of the capital that are omitted from the standard tour or inaccessible from an open-topped bus. These eight walks through the most historic parts of London lead the reader down city byways, past unsuspected treasures, to hidden places and exciting discoveries. There are detailed instructions, clear maps, and photographs of points of interest en route. John Wittich has lectured on London and architecture for many years. A guide-lecturer of the London Tourist Board, he holds Fellowships of the Royal Society of Arts and the Ancient Monuments Society. He is a Freeman of the City of London and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Woolmen, and a Member of the Court of the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks. His other Shire books are Other titles for Shire by this author are: Discovering London's Inns and Taverns The late Ron Phillips used to be a London guide.
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Howard Clarke and Vera Burden £ 978 0 7478 0534 2 (Db 211) approx 80 pp, many b/w pics The Ridgeway path is an officially designated 85 mile national trail for walkers along the Wessex downs and Chiltern Hills. Running from near Avebury in Wiltshire to Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire, the path for much of its route follows ancient trackways that formed a major highway long before the Romans came to Britain. But where the old track has become a modern motor road the Ridgeway is diverted to field and woodland footpaths. Illustrated with easy-to-follow maps and with photographs of places on the way, this guide also includes a chapter by A. C. Fraser on the natural history of the Ridgeway, and another chapter, by James Dyer, describes the archaeology of the Ridgeway. |
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