Emma Kingston is an outdoor adventurer, writer, teacher and self-confessed map geek, who lives in Bristol – the UK’s first designated ‘cycling city’. She has ridden, walked, climbed and camped in the South West for over 20 years and her knowledge of the area is enviable. Specialising in mountain biking, she has travelled extensively around the rest of the UK, Europe and further afield in search of ever more flowing singletrack. Emma took up bikepacking when she realised it meant that she could stay out and ride her bike for longer, take the time to explore interesting places off route and eat an outrageous amount of ice cream. Bikepacking England is her first book.

• IntroductionAcknowledgementsBikepackingThe routesPlanning your bikepacking tripWild campingHow to use this bookSafetySection 1: South West England01 Dartmoor National Park02 Exmoor National Park03 Bridport and the Jurassic Coast04 Isle of Purbeck05 Mendip Hills and Weston-super-Mare06 Bristol and ClevedonSection 2: South East England07 Isle of Wight08 Winchester and the South Downs09 The Ridgeway and Chilterns10 Surrey HillsSection 3: The Midlands11 Cotswolds12 Long Mynd and the Stiperstones13 Dark Peak14 White Peak and the Eastern MoorsSection 4: Northern England15 Isle of Man16 Windermere, Lake District17 Yorkshire Three Peaks, Yorkshire Dales18 Swaledale and Wensleydale, Yorkshire Dales19 North York Moors20 Northumberland and the Cheviot Hills

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