Footprint England

by Godfrey-Faussett, Charlie

• ISBN13: 9781903471692
• ISBN10: 1903471699
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Footprint Handbooks

Summary

Complete coverage of one of Europe's most accessible and exciting nations

Table of Contents

Introducing
Introducing England	9	(1)
Highlights	10	(8)
Essentials
Planning your trip	18	(6)
Where to go	18	(1)
When to go	19	(1)
Tours and tour operators	20	(1)
Finding out more	21	(1)
Language	21	(1)
Disabled travellers	22	(1)
Gay and lesbian travellers	22	(1)
Student travellers	22	(1)
Travel with children	23	(1)
Women travellers	23	(1)
Working in England	24	(1)
Before you travel	24	(2)
Getting in	24	(2)
What to take	26	(1)
Money	26	(1)
Getting there	27	(5)
Air	27	(4)
Rail	31	(1)
Road	31	(1)
Sea	31	(1)
Touching down	32	(5)
Airport information	32	(2)
The Channel Tunnel and Channel Ports	34	(1)
Tourist information	35	(1)
Local customs and laws	35	(1)
Responsible tourism	36	(1)
Safety	36	(1)
Where to stay	37	(1)
Getting around	38	(3)
Keeping in touch	41	(2)
Communications	41	(1)
Media	42	(1)
Food and drink	43	(1)
Shopping	44	(1)
Entertainment and nightlife	45	(1)
Festivals and events	45	(4)
Sport and special interest	49	(5)
Health	54	(4)
Guide
London
Ins and outs	58	(4)
Sights	62	(42)
Central London	62	(32)
East London	94	(3)
North London	97	(3)
West London	100	(3)
South London	103	(1)
Essentials	104	(42)
Sleeping	104	(12)
Eating	116	(8)
Pubs and bars	124	(3)
Entertainment	127	(6)
Shopping	133	(4)
Sport	137	(1)
Tours	138	(1)
Transport	139	(2)
Directory	141	(5)
The Southeast
North Kent Coast	146	(18)
Rochester and Chatham	146	(3)
Isle of Sheppey	149	(3)
Canterbury	152	(7)
Isle of Thanet	159	(5)
East Kent Coast	164	(15)
Dover	164	(3)
Coast North of Dover	167	(2)
Coast South of Dover	169	(3)
Rye	172	(7)
North Downs and The Weald	179	(10)
Royal Tunbridge Wells and around	182	(7)
The South Downs	189	(29)
Eastbourne to Brighton	189	(9)
Brighton and Hove	198	(12)
Brighton to Arundel	210	(4)
Chichester	214	(4)
Surrey	218	(6)
Guildford	218	(6)
East Anglia
Essex	224	(10)
Saffron Walden, Thaxted and around	224	(4)
Colchester, Constable Country and around	228	(3)
Essex Coast: Southend to Harwich	231	(3)
Suffolk	234	(14)
Bury St Edmunds	234	(4)
Around Bury St Edmunds	238	(2)
Suffolk Coast: Ipswich to Southwold	240	(8)
Norfolk	248	(23)
Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth and around	249	(3)
The Broads	252	(4)
Swaffham and Breckland	256	(2)
Norwich	258	(7)
North Coast: Cromer to King's Lynn	265	(6)
Cambridgeshire	271	(17)
Cambridge and around	271	(11)
Ely and the Fens	282	(6)
The South
Oxfordshire	288	(24)
Oxford	288	(14)
North of Oxford	302	(4)
West of Oxford	306	(6)
River Thames	312	(19)
Vale of the White Horse to Goring Gap	312	(8)
Reading to Maidenhead	320	(6)
Windsor and Eton	326	(5)
Chilterns and St Albans	331	(11)
Chiltern Hundreds	332	(3)
Hundreds of Aylesbury and around	335	(2)
St Albans	337	(5)
West Berkshire and Wiltshire	342	(13)
Newbury and the Berkshire Downs	342	(3)
Marlborough and around	345	(3)
Salisbury	348	(7)
Hampshire	355	(19)
Winchester	355	(8)
New Forest	363	(6)
Portsmouth	369	(3)
Southampton	372	(2)
Isle of Wight	374	(14)
Northwest Wight	375	(3)
Northeast Wight	378	(2)
Southeast Wight	380	(2)
South and West Wight	382	(6)
The Southwest
Gloucestershire	388	(14)
North Cotswolds	389	(4)
Cheltenham and Gloucester	393	(5)
South Cotswolds	398	(4)
Bath, Bristol and Somerset	402	(42)
Bath	402	(13)
Bristol	415	(10)
Around Bath and Bristol	425	(3)
Wells and the Mendips	428	(3)
Glastonbury	431	(5)
Somerset Levels, Taunton and the Quantocks	436	(2)
Exmoor	438	(6)
Dorset	444	(16)
Shaftesbury and Sherborne	444	(3)
Dorset Downs	447	(4)
Bournemouth and Poole	451	(4)
Isle of Purbeck	455	(3)
Weymouth to Lyme Regis	458	(2)
Devon	460	(28)
South Devon Coast	461	(4)
Exeter	465	(5)
Torbay	470	(2)
South Hams	472	(2)
Plymouth	474	(4)
Dartmoor	478	(5)
North Devon Coast	483	(5)
Cornwall	488	(32)
North Cornish Coast	488	(7)
South Cornish Coast	495	(4)
Falmouth and The Lizard	499	(3)
Penwith Peninsula	502	(6)
Isles of Scilly	508	(12)
East Midlands
Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire	520	(6)
Bedfordshire	520	(3)
Northampton and around	523	(3)
Leicestershire	526	(8)
Leicester	526	(6)
Rutland	532	(2)
Nottinghamshire	534	(11)
Nottingham	534	(7)
Derby and around	541	(4)
Lincolnshire	545	(15)
Lincoln	546	(6)
The Wolds and around	552	(8)
West Midlands
Birmingham	560	(26)
Stratford-upon-Avon	571	(7)
Around Stratford	578	(5)
Coventry	583	(3)
Herefordshire and Worcestershire	586	(21)
Worcester, the Malverns and the Vale of Evesham	587	(8)
Hereford and around	595	(8)
The Wye Valley and Forest of Dean	603	(4)
Shropshire	607	(8)
Shrewsbury	608	(7)
Staffordshire	615	(7)
The Potteries	615	(7)
The Northwest
Manchester	622	(17)
The Peak District	639	(14)
Buxton	642	(4)
The Hope Valley	646	(7)
Cheshire	653	(9)
Chester	654	(8)
Liverpool	662	(12)
Lancashire	674	(9)
Blackpool	675	(6)
The Ribble Valley	681	(2)
The Isle of Man	683	(13)
Yorkshire
York and Central Yorkshire	696	(15)
York	697	(11)
Around York	708	(3)
North York Moors	711	(9)
North York Moors National Park (West)	711	(4)
North York Moors National Park (East)	715	(5)
Coastal Yorkshire	720	(15)
The Coast to Whitby	720	(1)
Whitby	721	(4)
Whitby to Scarborough	725	(2)
Scarborough	727	(4)
Scarborough to Hull	731	(1)
Hull	732	(2)
Beverley	734	(1)
South and West Yorkshire	735	(16)
Sheffield	736	(4)
Leeds	740	(5)
Around Leeds	745	(2)
Bradford	747	(1)
Saltaire	748	(1)
Haworth	748	(1)
Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall	749	(1)
Halifax	750	(1)
The Yorkshire Dales	751	(19)
South Dales	752	(5)
Around the Three Peaks	757	(1)
East Dales	758	(1)
Harrogate	759	(2)
Around Harrogate	761	(1)
North of Harrogate	761	(2)
Northeast Dales	763	(1)
Richmond	764	(6)
The North
Cumbria and the Lake District	770	(28)
Kendal and around	776	(2)
Windermere and Bowness-on-Windermere	778	(2)
Ambleside	780	(3)
Grasmere	783	(2)
Hawkshead and Coniston	785	(1)
Keswick and around	786	(3)
Ullswater	789	(1)
The Lune and Eden Valleys	789	(4)
The Cumbrian Coast: Grange-over-Sands to Cockermouth	793	(5)
Hadrian's Wall	798	(12)
Newcastle and Gateshead	803	(7)
County Durham	810	(7)
Durham	811	(6)
Northumberland	817	(11)
Alnwick and the coast	817	(6)
Central Northumberland	823	(5)
Background
History	828	(18)
Culture	846
Architecture	846
Literature	849
Theatre	853
Music	855
Film	858
Books	859
Footnotes
Index	862
Shorts index	871
Map index	872
Map symbols	873
Credits	874
Acknowledgements	875
Complete title listings	876
Footprint feedback	878