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This page lists walker's guides for the London area published by Laird Press.

The guides are arranged by publication date with the most recent at the top.

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West Surrey: Walks Into History

David McDowall

2013

"What was the landscape like before modern road and rail transformed it? This book calls eyewitnesses from history to show both walkers and armchair readers West Surrey's most beautiful terrain and how people in the past made a living from Weald, downland, greensand hills and heathland."

The Walker's Guide: Windsor Great Park

David McDowall

2007

"This illustrated guide contains six walks designed to reveal the story of the landscape, and also descriptions of what you can find in the Savill and Valley Gardens, and the significance of various flora. The walks cover virtually all of the publicly accessible parts of the Great Park, each with directions and sketch map. In addition there are short accounts of Windsor Forest, deer parks as part of the royal estate, and also the ecological and economic significance of the landscape over the centuries."

The Walker's Guide: Hampstead Heath

David McDowall & Deborah Wolton

2nd edition

2006

"This book contains ten thematic walks, which take you to every corner of the Heath, including parts you may never have visited before: the Geology; the trees and woodlands; the Heath; the medieval manor of Tottenhall; the medieval manor of Hampstead; the hedgerows; houses and landscapes of the Northern Heights: Fitzroy Park to the Elms; houses and gardens of the Northern Heights: Golders Hill to Jack Straw's; the Heath saved; and the Heath Extension."

The Walker's Guide: Richmond Park

David McDowall

2nd edition

2006

"Eleven walks are arranged as an historical progression. They are also designed to take you to most parts of the Park: prehistoric and ancient sites; the medieval park: the northeast part of the Park; the medieval park: the south west part of the Park; the seventeenth century; buildings of the eighteenth century; the fight for public access: walking the perimeter of the Park; the nineteenth century: a short walk; the nineteenth century: a long walk; the twentieth century; Richmond Parish boundary; and the Isabella plantation."

The Walker's Guide: The Thames: Richmond to Putney Bridge

David McDowall

2005

The Walker's Guide: The Thames: Hampton to Richmond Bridge

David McDowall

2002

"The Thames riverbank below Hampton has been the scene of some of Britain's most outstanding palaces and great houses. It was also the cradle of the English landscape movement of the eighteenth century. The idea of 'the pleasure Thames' has been in competition with 'the working Thames' until the twentieth century. It has an extraordinarily rich history."

The Walker's Guide: Hampstead Heath

David McDowall & Deborah Wolton

1998

"This illustrated guide contains ten walks. The authors show how geology has determined the ecology of Hampstead Heath and how both in turn have influenced the Heath's history since the days when it was part of three separate medieval castles."