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Here you'll find a list of walking-related books. This includes books reviewed in recent Striders as well as background on navigation, first aid, hillwalking and other topics of interest to long distance walkers and peakbaggers.

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Bernese Alps Western Touring Route Cordee Ltd 2005
Camino De Santiago Cordee Ltd  
Central Fells Cicerone Press 2008
Central Highlands: Six Long Distance Walks Cicerone Press  
Companion to Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells Michael Joseph 1992
Complete Lakeland Fells Books Cumbria 1994
Day Walks in the Peak District No Producer  
Dingle Way Rucksack Readers 2004
Echoes or Eckoes? John Eckersley 2000
Essex Coast Walk Matador  
Feet in the Clouds: A Story of Fell Running & Obsession Aurum Press 2005
GR20 – Corsica The High Level Route Cicerone Press 2006
GR5 Trail: Through the French Alps: Geneva to Nice Cicerone Press 2008
Granite and Grit Frances Lincoln 2009
Great Views - walkbritain: 50 Walking Routes to Britain's Most Spectacular Views RA Central Office - London 2009
Guide to Public Rights of Way and Access to the Countryside - Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Environment & Heritage Service 2006
Haute Route Chamonix-Zermatt Cordee Ltd 2006
Hewitts and Marilyns of England TACit Press 1997
Hewitts and Marilyns of Ireland TACit Press 1998
Hewitts and Marilyns of Wales TACit Press 1997
Hill Walking: The Official Handbook of the Mountain Leader and Walking Group Leader Schemes Mountain Leader Training England 2003
Hillwalker's Guide to Mountaineering Cicerone Press 2003
Hillwalker's Manual Cicerone Press 2004
Irish Coast to Coast: Dublin to Bray Head Cicerone Press 2005
Joss Naylor - Iron Man (DVD) Striding Edge Limited 2009
Joss Naylor MBE Was Here Rathbones of Keswick  
Kerry Way Rucksack Readers 2005
Lycian Way Cordee Ltd  
Macc & the Art of Long Distance Walking Millrace Books 2007
Map and Compass: The Art of Navigation Cicerone Press 2008
Map of European Long Distance Paths Freytag & Berndt Maps  
Memory-Map Navigation Workshop DVD Memory-Map Europe  
Mid Western Fells Cicerone Press 2009
Monro's Tables Scottish Mountaineering Trust 1997
Mountain Tables Constable and Robinson Ltd 1995
Mountains of England and Wales Vol 1 Cicerone Press 2003
Mountains of England and Wales Vol 2 Cicerone Press 2008
Mountains of Ireland Cicerone Press 1993
Munros: Scottish Mountaineering Club Hillwalkers' Guide Scottish Mountaineering Trust 2006
Navigating with a GPS Cicerone Press 2008
Navigation: Techniques & Skills for Walkers Cicerone Press 2008
Near Eastern Fells Cicerone Press 2008
Out On Your Feet: The Hallucinatory World of Hundred-Mile Walking Aurum Press 2009
Outlying Fells of Lakeland Frances Lincoln  
Pocket First Aid & Wilderness Medicine Cicerone Press 2007
Relative Hills of Britain Cicerone Press 1992
Ridges of England, Wales and Ireland Cicerone Press 2009
Scottish Hill Tracks Scottish Rights of Way and Access Society 2004
Southern Fells Cicerone Press 2009
Story Through Time - Formation of the Scenic Landscapes of Ireland - North Landscapes from Stone 1999
UK Trailwalker's Handbook Cicerone Press 2009
Ultimate Hillwalking Skills Handbook David & Charles 2006
Wainwright - Milltown to Mountain Great Northern Books 2009
Wainwright Boxed Set Pictorial Guides to the Fells 1-7 Frances Lincoln 2007
Walk Northern Ireland Countryside Access and Activities Network 2009
Walking - A Beginner's Guide No Producer  
Walking in Britain Lonely Planet 2007
Walking in Scotland Lonely Planet 2007
Walking the Triangulation Points of Sussex S B Publications August 2009
Walking the Wainrights: With Stuart Marshall Sigma Leisure 2009
Walking with Wordsworth Frances Lincoln 2010
Walks in the Kennet Valley and Beyond West Berkshire Ramblers 2010
Walks on MOD Lands Defence Estates 2001
White Peak Walks - The Northern Dales Cicerone Press 2009
White Peak Walks - The Southern Dales Cicerone Press 2009
Wicklow Way Rucksack Readers 2008
Wild Places Granta Books 2007
Yorkshire Dales: North and East Cicerone Press 2009