Take the Slow Road: England and Wales

Forget hurrying. Forget putting your foot down and racing through sweeping bends. Forget the understeer (whatever that is). Forget the blur of a life lived too fast.
This is a look at taking life slowly. It's about taking the time to enjoy journeys and places for their own sake. It's about stopping and putting the kettle on. Stopping to take a picture. Stopping to enjoy stopping. How are you going to do it? In a camper van or a motorhome, of course.
In this book we define the best driving routes around England and Wales for camper vans and motorhomes. We show you the coolest places to stay, what to see, what to do and explain why it's special. We meander around England and Wales on the most breathtaking roads, chugging up mountain passes and pootling along the coast. We show you stuff that's fun, often free. We include the best drives for different kinds of drivers; for surfers, wildlife watchers, climbers and walkers. We include the steepest, the bendiest, those with the most interesting bridges or views or obstacles, ferries and tidal causeways. And you don't even have to own a camper van or motorhome - we'll tell you the many places you can rent one to take you on the journey.
All of this is interspersed with beautiful photos, handy maps and quirky travel writing from the king of camper vans and motorhomes, Martin Dorey. So if all you want to do is flick through it on a cold day and plan your next outing, you'll be transported (albeit slowly) to pastures, beaches, mountains and highways that make you want to turn the key and go, go, go!

Martin Dorey is a writer, surfer and serial camper van owner. In 2011 he presented the BBC2 television programme 'One Man and his Camper Van'. He is the author of Take the Slow Road: England and Wales (2019), Take the Slow Road: Ireland (2020), Take the Slow Road: France (2021), The Camper Van Bible Second Edition (2023), Take the Slow Road: Spain and Portugal (2023), The Green Camping Book (2024) and Take the Slow Road: Scotland Second Edition (2024), amongst several others.
@martindorey; www.martindorey.com

About This Book
How To Use This Book
Introducing England
Introducing Wales
How To Get To England And Wales
What To Take With You
Eating On Your Travels
Where And How To Stay In England And Wales
The South West
St Ives To Sennen
Exeter To Portland Bill
The Exmoor Coast
The Atlantic Highway
Bodmin Moor
Bristol To Yeovil
The River Dart
The South And South East
South Coast Sprawl
Dartford To Abingdon
Salisbury To Uckfield
East Anglia
Beyond Southwold
North Norfolk
The Midlands
The White Peak
Derwent And The Dark Peak
Wales
Wales Coast To Coast
West Wales
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park 225
The North West
Keswick And Borrowdale
Kirkstone Pass
Windermere And Coniston
The North
Harrogate And Wharfedale
Hexham To Barnard Castle
Gateshead To Greenhead Via Hadrian's Wall 289
The North East
York And North Yorkshire
Saltburn To Scarborough
From Teesside To Tyneside
Tynemouth To Bamburgh
Bamburgh To Rochester
Camper Van And Motorhome Hire
Index