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The West Highland Way

Jacquetta Megarry

The West Highland Way is the first and most famous of Scotland's long-distance walks. It stretches for 95 miles (152 km) of superb scenery, from the outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, through its first National Park, along the shores of its largest loch, ending in Fort William, at the foot of Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain.

This 2008 edition of our popular guidebook was fully revised after a further end-to-end walk in August 2007, with updated content, more photographs and revised Fort William town plan. It contains all you need to plan and enjoy your holiday:

For more information, click to Look inside its pages, read Reviews, view a Gallery or see a Map.

Please visit our West Highland Way forum and the Way's official website.

The ultimate gift for West Highland walkersThe West Highland Way giftpack

Price: £24.99 (post-free UK)

Here's the ultimate giftpack: our book, the Footprint map (see below) plus the DVD from Grindelwald (2 hours, in 5 parts). Total value £32, offer price £24.99 (saving 22%).

 

Perfect partner: Footprint West Highland Way map The West Highland Way Map£3.99

Large-scale (1:47,500) waterproof map from Footprint at 20% discount. Click on its image to see a sample part of one of its panels.

 

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“This was my choice to take with me on my recent walk ... I had also read the Official Guide but left that at home.”

Margaret Watkiss, Cheshire

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