Pennine Way Companion: A Pictorial Guide

The Pennine Way – England’s first continuous long-distance path for walkers – stretches for 270 miles along the length of the Pennines. Inaugurated in 1965, it has become one of the most popular long-distance footpaths in Britain. From those starting in the south, it runs from Edale in Derbyshire through the old West and North Ridings of Yorkshire, Westmorland and Cumberland (now Cumbria) and Northumberland before reaching its northern terminus at Kirk Yetholm, just over the Scottish border.

Wainwright’s handwritten guide to the route, Pennine Way Companion, with its magnificent, detailed maps and, occasionally, tongue-in-cheek text, was first published in 1968.

This new edition has been brilliantly revised  and updated by Chris Jesty to meet the goal Wainwright set for the original edition: ‘to enable walkers to follow the Pennine Way without putting a foot wrong; or, if this aim is too wildly ambitious, at leat to ensure that they do not go too seriously astray, or trespass, or lose valuable time on false trails.’