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Walking in the Forest of Dean

Mike Dunn’™s Cicerone guide to Walking in the Forest of Dean illustrates 25 walks in the historic royal forest, featuring detailed instructions, OS map extracts and colour photographs.An introduction presents the history, geology and landscape, plants and wildlife of the forest, area of outstanding natural beauty that borders England and South Wales across the three counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire. Additional sections provide advice on when to go, getting there and around, where to stay, equipment and maps, and tips on navigation and staying safe in the outdoors.It then organises the 25 walks in four different areas, the western ridges above the gorge of the River Wye, the forested ridges and valley of central Dean, the eastern ridges together with the lowlands between the Forest and Severn, and the long distance trails. It features walks ranging 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.For each walk, detailed route descriptions cross-referenced to the OS map extract are provided along with information about the distance, ascent, difficulty grading, approximate timing of the walk; and features of historical or natural interest are highlighted. Details of parking, public transport links, and useful contacts are also included.