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The Cleveland Way is one of England's oldest and best-loved National Trails. It runs for 108 miles (174 km) around the North York Moors National Park, starting inland at Helmsley, offering panoramic views over the vales of York and Mowbray and from the Cleveland Hills. After reaching the coast at Saltburn, it heads south along the dramatic sea cliffs, with their tales of shipwrecks and smugglers, to end at Filey.The route features prehistoric burial mounds, ancient castles, abbeys and Roman remains, with more recent traces of industrial history. Vast areas of heather moorland are host to intriguing wildlife. The Cleveland Way is easily accessible by public transport and is divided into easy stages by villages of character with friendly pubs and accommodation. Above all, the walker is welcomed with warm Yorkshire hospitality.The third edition of this guidebook contains all you need to plan and enjoy your Cleveland Way walk: updated route descriptions, background on geology, pre-history and history, illustrated information about wildlife, mapping of the entire route on 20 pages at 1:40,000, information about public transport and travel. The book is lavishly illustrated, with 100 colour photos and is printed on rain-resistant paper.

Hadrians Wall Path runs for 85 miles from coast to coast along the line of the Roman Wall completed in AD122 under the Emperor Hadrian. This National Trail crosses northern England from Irish Sea to North Sea and offers many chances to look at the forts, milecastles and interpretation centres within this UNESCO World Heritage Site. This guidebook contains all you need to plan and enjoy a classic week's walking.The route is clearly waymarked and well supported by public transport. This guidebook is almost unique in giving equal priority to walking the route from west-to-east as east-to-west.  It explains clearly the pros and cons of each direction, and gives them equal space. This book provides all you need to plan and enjoy a classic week's walking in a compact package:detailed west-to-east and east-to-west route descriptions updated in mid-2025mapping at 1:50,000 on 43 pages with miles numbered for each directionhistory and anatomy of the Wall, with details of forts and visitor centreswildlife explained and illustrated for the various habitatsinformation about public transport, travel and accommodationlavishly illustrated, with over 100 colour photoson rainproof paper.