Slow Ways Pocket Atlas
An atlas of walking routes connecting all of Britain's towns, cities and national landscapes.
Urban Good author Slow Ways CIC author Engelkamp author Raven-Ellison author Peel illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Urban Good
Published:24th Oct '24
Should be back in stock very soon
Discover a network of over 9,000 walking routes connecting all of Britain's towns, cities and national landscapes.
This bright and beautiful new collection of maps shows every Slow Way route in Great Britain, which between them join up 2,500 settlements via 130,000km of existing paths, lanes and trails.
Use the pocket atlas to dream of journeys. Colour in where you've been or where you'd like to go. This pocket atlas has been made thanks to thousands of people. Contributors have volunteered hundreds of thousands of hours plotting, walking, wheeling, testing and reviewing the routes.
This book accompanies the Slow Ways website which includes more routes and over 1.5 million words of route-specific guidance from people who have already walked or wheeled them. In this atlas you can find out more about the Slow Ways movement, how it is changing what we think is possible, and creating a network of connection and joy!
"A must-have for people who already walk and for those who want to walk more, for everyone who's environmentally conscious and wants to tread more lightly, for map fans, history buffs and geographers, and for people curious about what the future could and should look like."
Mary-Ann Ochota, broadcaster and author
"The central idea is really large-scale infrastructural: to create a network of 'slow ways' between towns, villages and cities - tested, timed, shareable and usable - that can offer significant, practical and frequent sustainable alternatives to vehicle transport."
Robert Macfarlane, writer on landscape and people
"Every week on Ramblings I meet people who understand deeply the value of walking. Slow Ways is making it possible for more people to walk further and for more purposes, which is a great thing for the whole country and a legacy for future generations."
Clare Balding, presenter of the BBC's Ramblings
"A brilliant way to squeeze nature, wildness and adventure around the busy margins of modern life. For everyone, everywhere."
Alastair Humphreys, author and adventurer
ISBN: 9781914432163
Dimensions: 170mm x 115mm x 12mm
Weight: unknown
160 pages