The Country Living Guide to Rural England - The Heart of England

Third edition. By Peter Long (Travel Publishing Ltd, £10.99)

This is the third edition of one of 10 rural guides published in conjunction with Country Living Magazine, which cover the whole of Britain & Ireland. The Country Living Guide to Rural England - The Heart of England is full of information on the traditional English countryside in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and the West Midlands.

The guide will definitely appeal to people with a real interest in the beauty, tranquillity and traditional values of the countryside, who are looking for high standards in places to stay, eat and drink and quality craftsmanship in any products purchased. The book also describes places of interest to visit and carefully selected walks as well as details of National Trust and English Heritage properties. The attractive cover design incorporates a photograph of the Cotswolds in Worcestershire.

The writer
Peter is an Oxford Classics graduate who dabbled briefly in financial planning before deciding that words are more appealing than numbers. He subsequently spent many years as an inspector and writer with Egon Ronay’s Hotels & Restaurants Guides before joining the Travel Publishing editorial team in 1998. He has written Travel Publishing guides covering the West Country, Yorkshire, the North West of England, the Heart of England, the Lake District & Cumbria, the South East, Cornwall, the South of England, Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk and Wales.

Comments on previous edition:
“Exploring the Heart of England has been made easy by Country Living Magazine’s Guide to Rural England” - Tamworth Times
“This book makes the ideal travelling companion” - Daventry Express
“The essential guide” - Belper Today
“Most informative and yet concise” - Leicestershire Tourist Information

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