Walking Publications

The Category Walking Publications is a subset of Walking Services in the UK.

''Have published the official walking guides to all of Britain’s National Trails. Aurum Press is part of the Quarto Group ... Frances Lincoln is also now part of Quarto's UK publishing unit, the Aurum Publishing Group.

'Publishers of over 320 award-winning guidebooks for walking, trekking, climbing and mountaineering, cycle touring and hill and mountain skills. We provide inspiration, and excellent information for you to enjoy your next adventure!'

'Walking Scotland is a series of books published by Clan Books and written by Mary Welsh. Christine Isherwood, artist and walking enthusiast now helps with the research and creates the detailed maps and illustrations.'

'Cordee's selection of books, maps and guides .... for all outdoor active pursuits is comprehensive. We're sourcing our books from all over the world. Using our contacts and experience we don't have to rely on other book retailers to provide our stockholding, in fact we hold more than 1,250,000 items in stock at any one time.'

'We publish books of regional interest, usually based on English counties, plus a range of compatible national titles ... Approximately 10 new book titles are published each year and at any one time a nucleus of around 590 books are available from the backlist.'

'Small independent publisher based in Gloucestershire near the historic town of Tewkesbury. We publish descriptions of long walks having strong local connotations and a depth of feeling for the old footpath ways through the countryside.'

'Welcome to Culm Valley Publishing. Based in the heart of the West Country, CVP specialises in walking guidebooks for Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset. Our spectacular coastlines, historic towns and, of course, Exmoor, Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor are included, together with the Quantocks, the Mendips, the Blackdown Hills and many other areas of outstanding natural beauty. All the walks in our books are circular.'

ALERT  'In order to concentrate on the freelance writing that I do for regional and national magazines, I have decided to retire the books. They are still available from many retail outlets and I have a few stashed away, but once these have gone they will no longer be reprinted by CVP. In due course, Tor Mark, a Cornwall-based publisher, will take over the Licence to reprint them.' [17 September 2020]

'Publishes a variety of books and guides, principally of local interest, relating to the city of York and its surrounds.'

About a score of Guides for a variety of areas around and about the UK: 'Full colour pages throughout including latest OS mapping and colour photos. Fully detailed walk description for every route. Every route includes Walk Summary; ratings for Effort, Time, Distance, Ascents & Descents and Refreshments; OS map with walking route overlaid and gps waypoints; colour photos illustrating the route.'

'Our company was founded by Frances Lincoln in 1977. We published our first books two years later, and we have been creating illustrated books of the highest quality ever since, with special emphasis on gardening, walking and the outdoors, art, architecture, design and landscape.'

'A small publishing company that specialises in mountain guide books and other outdoor titles. We produced our first guidebook, Bowland and the South Pennines by John Gillham and Phil Iddon in 1990 and have been slowly adding to our list since then.'

'The guides cover most of Scotland and selected areas in the North, South and South-West of England.'

Extensive list including the 'Boot Up Walks' series, each usually containing 10 Leisure or Pub 'Walks of Discovery'.

'Here for the first time are of all my walk guides that I have written. Walking is my way of and hope my guides bring you to places, exploring Mother Earth, while getting some exercise ...'

'Walking books with real maps ... Mountains are beautiful so hiking books should be too ...We were tired of getting lost using the sketch maps in walking books: a waste of our precious vacation time. And we hate having to buy both a book and a map! We want you to be able to actually navigate using our books. That is why all our books contain REAL 1:25,000 or 1:50,000 scale maps for each route. We licence these maps from the official mapping agencies. This makes more work for us but we think it is worth it.'

'Millrace is a small independent publishing company, based at the edge of the English Peak District. You won't find books quite like ours anywhere else ... We specialise in hill walking and climbing, and travel-history - but occasionally stray into other areas when we come across something irresistible. Our print runs are short, usually no more than 1,000 copies.'

'Award-winning, modern walking guide books for England, Scotland and Wales.'

'Pathfinder Walking Guides are published by Crimson Publishing. For 25 years Pathfinder Guides have been the definitive companion to the highways, byways, hills, moors and coastline of Britain. With over 70 titles in the series they offer essential information for walkers throughout the country.'

Crimson Publishing

'We're pleased to be able to show you the walking guides our local groups have researched, written and published ...'

'Guidebooks to some of the finest long-distance walks in the world. With 60-80 colour photographs each, they make great souvenirs. Because they are field-tested and updated regularly, they are reliable companions.'

'An independent publisher of regional walking and cycling guides and local interest books ... We publish approximately 40 new books each year and have around 140 books available from the backlist.'

'Specialises in landscape interpretation guides within South-west England; (Cornwall, Devon, Jurassic coast, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Cotswolds and Oxfordshire). Landscape themes include: geology, ecology, historical landscapes (urban & rural), architecture, geography and archaeology.'

'Trail Guides Written By Explorers For Explorers.'

Matthew Arnold

'For the last 21 years we've been publishing a select list of practical guidebooks written by travellers for travellers. Trailblazer authors have a voice and these books are opinionated. They tell it like it is – bad as well as good ...'

Adventure Books by Vertebrate Publishing: 'At Vertebrate Publishing we publish books to inspire adventure. It’s our rule that the only books we publish are those that we’d want to read or use ourselves. We endeavour to bring you beautiful books that stand the test of time and that you’ll be proud to have on your bookshelf for years to come ... As well as publishing award-winning new books, we’re working to make available many out-of-print classics in both print and digital formats. These are stories that we believe are unique and significant; we want to make sure that they continue to be shared and enjoyed'.

'A small independent publisher of quality UK walking guides and an online retailer of a huge range of maps, guides & outdoor books from the best publishers the book trade has to offer.'