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Rucksack Readers Guides

Rucksack Readers is an award-winning publisher and a specialist in guidebooks for long-distance walkers in the UK. A superb series of guides that are waterproof, lightweight, an open-flat format with built-in mapping

Annandale Way

The Annandale Way is a charming long walk in a little-known, but very accessible, part of southern Scotland.

Price: £12.99

Arran Coastal Way - Rucsack Readers

Arran Coastal Way - Rucsack...

This 3rd edition of the Arran Coastal Way is perhaps Scotland's finest circular long-distance trail, running 65 miles (105 km) around the Isle of Arran in a memorable week-long hike from Brodick.

Price: £13.99 ~~RRP: £15.99~~

Borders Abbeys Way

Borders Abbeys Way

The Borders Abbeys Way is one of Scotland’s Great Trails, a fascinating
circuit that takes in the historic ruined abbeys of Melrose, Dryburgh,
Kelso and Jedburgh.

Price: £14.95

Cateran Trail

Our third edition was fully revised in 2024 with details of six route changes, updated mapping and many new photos. It is lighter and more pocketable than before, with perfect binding (glued and sewn).

Price: £13.99 ~~RRP: £15.99~~

Cleveland Way

The Cleveland Way is one of England's oldest and best-loved National Trails. It runs for 108 miles (174 km) around the North York Moors National Park, starting inland at Helmsley, offering panoramic views over the vales of York and Mowbray and from the Cleveland Hills.

Price: £14.99 ~~RRP: £16.99~~

Coast to Coast - St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay

Coast to Coast - St Bees to...

This challenging walk of 184 miles (296 km) crosses the north of England from St Bees on the Cumbria coast to Robin Hood’s Bay on the North Sea.

New 2018 edition.

Price: £14.99

Cumbria Way

The Cumbria Way begins at Ulverston and heads north for 73 miles (123 km) through unspoiled dales, passing the stone-built farms of the Lake District, going around charming lakes and running beneath rugged fells. NEW 3rd Edition.

Price: £13.99 ~~RRP: £15.99~~

Dales Way

This charming walk runs for 79 miles (127 km) from Ilkley in the Yorkshire Dales to Bowness in the Lake District. NEW 2nd edition.

Price: £15.99

Fife Coastal Path

Fife Coastal Path

The Fife Coastal Path runs around the coastline of eastern Scotland for 117 miles (187 km) from Kincardine on the Forth to Newburgh on the Tay.

Price: £13.99 ~~RRP: £15.99~~

Forth to Farne Way - North Berwick to Lindisfarne

Forth to Farne Way - North...

This 72-page guidebook contains all you need to plan and enjoy the Forth to Farne Way and includes route detail in sections, with distance, terrain, refreshments and accommodation.

Price: £10.99 ~~RRP: £12.99~~

Friends Way 1 - George Fox's Journey

Friends Way 1 - George...

The Friends Way is a grand walk that starts in Barley, Lancashire, passing over the summit of Pendle Hill to and through some of the finest parts of the Yorkshire Dales to end at Sedbergh.

Price: £13.99

Friends Way 2

The Friends Way route will appeal not only to all Quakers who enjoy walking, but also to those walkers who don’t yet know the remarkable story George Fox’s 1652 walk and its pivotal role in founding Quakerism. This sequel volume takes up the route from Sedbergh to Swarthmoor Hall near Ulverston.

Price: £12.99 ~~RRP: £14.99~~

Great Glen Way - Rucksack Readers 6th Edition

Great Glen Way - Rucksack...

The Great Glen Way is one of Scotland’s Great Trails and runs for 77 miles (124 km) along Scotland’s Great Glen between Fort William and Inverness. This new edition of our popular guidebook has been fully revised in 2019-20 after extensive fieldwork.

Price: £11.99 ~~RRP: £13.99~~

Hadrian’s Wall Path (2nd ed)

Hadrian’s Wall Path (2nd ed)

Hadrian's Wall Path runs for 85 miles (137 km) between Bowness-on-Solway and Wallsend (Newcastle) along the line of the Roman Wall completed in AD122 under the Emperor Hadrian. New 2nd edition.

Price: £14.99 ~~RRP: £16.99~~

Heart of the Cotswolds

Heart of the Cotswolds

The Cotswolds is quintessentially English, with its rich cultural history, medieval ‘wool’ churches and charming domestic architecture of stone, slate and thatch.

NEW second edition published May 1st.

Price: £14.99 ~~RRP: £16.99~~

John Muir Way - A Scottish Coast to Coast Route

John Muir Way - A Scottish...

The John Muir Way is one of Scotland’s Great Trails. It runs for 134 miles (215 km) coast-to-coast across central Scotland, from Helensburgh on the Clyde to Dunbar on the North Sea.

Price: £14.99 ~~RRP: £16.99~~

Kintyre Way

The Kintyre Way is a fully waymarked trail that criss-crosses the Kintyre peninsula for 100 miles (161 km). Starting from Tarbert in the north, it visits coastal villages and inland lochs, passing through Campbeltown via Southend to its new terminus of Machrihanish.

Price: £12.99

Loch Lomond & Cowal Way with Isle of Bute

Loch Lomond & Cowal Way...

The Loch Lomond & Cowal Way runs for 57 miles (91 km) across the Cowal peninsula, which lies west of Glasgow and is easily reached by public transport, road and ferry.

Price: £12.99

Moray Coast Trail with Dava Way and Moray Way

Moray Coast Trail with Dava...

This new (2023) edition covers in detail two contrasting routes in north-east Scotland: the Moray Coast Trail from Forres to Cullen, and the Dava Way, an inland route from Grantown to Forres.

Price: £14.99

Nidderdale Way - Rucksack Readers

Nidderdale Way - Rucksack...

The 54-mile waymarked Nidderdale Way starts and ends in the market town of Pateley Bridge, and can be walked comfortably over four to six days.

** NEW 2023 EDITION DUE JULY **

Price: £12.99

River Tay Way - Hike or bike across Tayside

River Tay Way - Hike or...

This new, flexible trail appeals to both walkers and cyclists. Walk 50 miles from Loch Tay to Perth, or cycle 65 miles from Loch Tay to Dundee or mix and match.

Price: £14.99 ~~RRP: £16.99~~

Rob Roy Way Walk or cycle from Drymen to Pitlochry (5th ed)

Rob Roy Way Walk or cycle...

The Rob Roy Way is one of Scotland’s Great Trails and is very popular with both walkers and cyclists. It runs through many places linked with Scotland’s most famous outlaw, Rob Roy MacGregor (1671-1734). NEW Edition May 1st 2026

Price: £14.99 ~~RRP: £16.99~~

Snowdonia Slate Trail

Snowdonia Slate Trail

The Snowdonia Slate Trail is a waymarked trail that runs for 83 miles (134 km) from Bangor on the North Wales coast, making a circuit through the heart of Snowdonia.

Price: £12.99

Speyside Way - Rucksack Readers

Speyside Way - Rucksack...

The Speyside Way is one of Scotland’s Great Trails. Its main spine runs for 85 miles (136 km) from the fishing port of Buckie to Newtonmore in the Cairngorms National Park, with an optional 16-mile spur to Tomintoul via Glenlivet.

Price: £14.99

St Cuthbert's Way - from Melrose to Lindisfarne

St Cuthbert's Way -...

Follow the footsteps of St Cuthbert in this easy-going walk of 62 miles (100 km) from Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne in the North Sea.

Price: £11.99

St Magnus Way - Walk or cycle Orkney Mainland

St Magnus Way - Walk or...

Orkney is Scotland’s best-kept secret: a supreme outdoor destination that isaccessible by ferry or plane – easier than you think. It offers world-class prehistory, approachable wildlife and welcoming Orcadian hospitality.

Price: £12.99 ~~RRP: £14.99~~

The Ridgeway

The Ridgeway is a National Trail that runs for 87 miles (139 km) across England’s beautiful North Wessex Downs and on through the Chilterns.

Price: £11.99

West Highland Way - Rucksack Readers

West Highland Way -...

This sixth edition of our popular rucksack-friendly guidebook has been revised for 2024 with various updates. It has more pages, fresh photos and mapping at 1:42,500 on 15 pages, yet thanks to robust perfect binding (glued and sewn) it’s lightweight, pocketable and rainproof.

Price: £13.99 ~~RRP: £15.99~~

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