England (Country Guide)
by David Else
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Author: David ElseEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-01
ISBN: 1741045673
Number of pages: 822
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Book Reviews of England (Country Guide)
Book Review: Horrible for the South, Southwest (Cornwall, Devon)
Summary: 1 Stars
Guidebooks tend to be hit or miss, and Lonely Planet's tend to be especially inconsistent.
I have used the Lonely Planet guides during my trips to Morocco, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand and found those to be excellent. So when I recently went on a two-week trip to England, I picked up this guide and figured it'd be very handy.
For London, it is very useful; It lists the major sites with phone numbers and hours, has a reasonable guide to accomodation, and the maps are very well-done.
For anywhere outside London, I found this book to be less than useful. I went out to explore the New Forest and drive around Cornwall, and actually found the AA Road Atlas more useful for finding popular sites and information about them. Many items listed in the AA Road Atlas had side-note paragraphs in the Lonely Planet guide, but these were not indexed so were nearly impossible to find.
Also, most of the smaller towns that are interesting were not even listed in the Lonely Planet book. RE: New Forest, the only town listed was Lyndhurst and the listing was very weak; Brockenhurst was recommended to me by some British friends, and I ended up staying there, but this book didn't even list the town (though it did mention it in passing, and that mention was not in the Index). Towns like Land's End were listed, but it didn't mention that it's a horrible tourist trap, whereas the listing for Lizard didn't mention it was actually a nice idyllic little town and the activities around it. We nearly skipped Lizard in favor of Land's End, which would have been a horrible mistake!
Overall this was a very disappointing guide for anywhere outside London.
Summary of England (Country Guide)
Discover EnglandEnjoy the heavenly view of London from the Golden Gallery of St. Paul's Cathedral.
Find a cosy nook for a well-earned drink in Ye Old Trip to Jersalem, one of the oldest pubs in the country.
Join the locals queuing outside the Magpie Cafe in Whitby for superior fish and chips.
Tube ride a Cornish wave in Newquay, the capital of English surfing.
Learn shin-kicking techniques at the Cotswolds Olimpicks.
In This Guide
Seven authors, 2500 hours of research, 156 maps.
Dozens of inspiring photos of England's heritage, people, culture and more.
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