Welcome to the Sherpa Van UK shopping mall here you will find links to useful services,  information and products related to walking, cycle and the trails we serve that you can buy on line from our partner merchants
Travel Advice

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Get up to date information on the country you plan to travel to. All the latest Foreign Office advice.
www.fco.gov.uk
Currency Conversion

Get up to date exchange rates before you leave for the country you are visiting - rates are updated once every minute!
www.xe.net/currency/

Providing a fast, efficient and secure way to order your travel money over the internet, we can cut the cost of arranging your currency and travellers cheques.
www.holidayextras.co.uk/travelmoney
Air Travel Information

Airlines of the Web - covers worldwide air travel and includes a search to help you find the best deal.
www.itn.net/airlines
Information on Britain's major airports, including how to reach them.
www.baa.co.uk/
Flypark - competitive off airport parking at all major UK airports
www.flypark.co.uk
Railway Information

British Railway Timetables - Just key in the date, time, point of departure, and point of arrival for the train timings you need.
www.railtrack.co.uk
French Rail Timetables
www.sncf.fr/indexe.htm
Swiss Railway Timetables
www.sbb.ch
Italian Railway Timetables
www.fs-on-line.com
Eurostar Train times and fares via the Channel Tunnel.
www.eurostar.com

German Railway Site
This is a particularly good site, as you can obtain train timetables for the whole of Europe. www.bahn.de

Book UK Rail Tickets on Line
Qjump is the impartial rail ticketing website from the National Express Group PLC providing the faster way to buy train tickets online.
www.Qjump.co.uk
Coach Information

Coach services throughout the U.K.
www.nationalexpress.co.uk

    Dalebus

Provides information on public transport in the Yorkshire Dales
website.lineone.net/~travelinfo/dales/intro.html
Car Hire

 

CAR HIRE- book on line. Holiday autos is the world’s largest online car rental broker with fully inclusive car rental in over 4000 locations UK and worldwide.
Tourist Information

Explore Yorkshire with the Yorkshire Tourist Board Website - accommodation, attractions and events. www.ytb.org.uk

Cumbria Tourist Board

Cumbria Tourist Board  
Local information and maps.
www.cumbria-the-lake-district.co.uk

St Bees Community website
Everything you need to know about the village where Wainwrights coast to coast walk begins.
www.stbees.org.uk

Northumbria Tourist Board
Where to stay, what to see and do etc.
www.ntb.org.uk

Britain Express
Britain Express is your UK travel and heritage guide, featuring UK accommodation, attractions, English history and culture, and much more... welcome to anglophile heaven!
www.britainexpress.com
UK Grand Tour
This site provides information for visitors and travellers in Britain.
www.uk-grand-tour.co.uk
Destination-Iceland
A great website full of information and pictures of this fascinating country.
www.destination-iceland.com
Corsica
An English language website about the Mediterranean island of Corsica.
www.corsica-isula.com
Tibet Information Network
If you are planning on travelling to Tibet, you can find all the latest information here.
www.tibetinfo.net
Equipment and Clothing

 
Páramo - outdoor clothing with a difference. Unique directional fabrics combined with intelligent functional designs born in the mountains, to keep you drier and more comfortable than ever before. www.paramo.co.uk
 

Hawkshead  brings you a great range of outdoor clothing and accessories. We aim to deliver within 7 days.

  Welcome to Cotswold Outdoor, part of the A.S.Adventure Group (Europe) and one of the leading outdoor retailers in the UK, with 13 ideal store locations, spanning the length and breadth of the county

Field & Trek is one of the UK’s leading technical retailers of outdoor clothing and equipment, supplying everything you would need for walking trips, camping holidays, backpacking & trekking expeditions, mountaineering & climbing, adventure racing and travel. F&T (Field & Trek) has won awards for its quality delivery service
Expedition Equipment
For quality equipment & gear at affordable prices visit
www.expeditionequipment.co.uk
Mountain Warehouse - The UK's Best Value Outdoor Stores MOUNTAIN WAREHOUSE
The UKs best value outdoor stores.
www.mountainwarehouse.co.uk/

Craghoppers Outdoor Clothing 
Whether you need outdoor clothing or clothing for your adventures.
Outdoor clothing provides you with the protection you need.
www.craghoppers.com
Books, Maps and Videos
James Herriot's Yorkshire 
One of the most successful travel videos about the English Countryside
www.guerilla.u-net.com/jhy.htm
AQUA3 All Weather Maps
Europe's No.1 publisher of weather proof leisure maps.
www.aqua3.co.uk

Ordnance Survey Maps
1:25000 scale ( 4cm to 1 KIlometre or 2.5 inches to 1 mile) Every part of England, Scotland and Wales - however remote - is covered by 403 maps specially designed for walkers, off-road cyclists, horse riders and all involved in outdoor activities
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps
National Map Centre - maps of every country in the world.
www.mapstore.co.uk
The Inn Way 
A series of award-winning guidebooks by Mark Reid offer a new and unique approach to discovering the wonderful countryside of England’s North Country, as well as its wealth of hidden and unspoilt pubs. www.innway.co.uk

HARVEY has 25 years experience of making award winning maps.
Harvey maps are compiled from original aerial surveys and field checked by our experienced surveyors, themselves hill-walkers.
Harvey maps are clear and easy to use. They are a manageable size and waterproof.
Harvey maps contain safety and services information with important telephone numbers
www.harveymaps.co.uk

In Association with Amazon.co.uk

Books and Trail Guides in association with Amazon.co.uk
To assist you in the planning of your walk and to accompany you along the way, we recommend a selection of guidebooks that you can comfortably carry in a rucksack pocket or walking jacket.Select a Trail from the list below for maps & guides:
The Cumbria Way The Coast to Coast
The Dales Way The Pennine Way Yorkshire Dales Cycle Way
Hadrian's Wall St Cuthbert's Way Sea to Sea Cycle Way
Cleveland Way Herriot Way
West Highland Way Cotswolds Way
Photography

Jessops on Line store is Europe’s leading specialist photographic retailer. Our comprehensive range of nearly 20,000 products includes cameras, camcorders, digital cameras, binoculars, and accessories.
Cycling Sites

The C2C Guide is designed to act as a resource and advice centre for the C2C cycle route which runs across the north of England from Whitehaven to Sunderland.
www.c2c-guide.co.uk
Walking Sites
Walking Britain
Walking Britain is a site dedicated to walking the footpaths of Britain with the emphasis on the high ground.  Over 50 detailed walks and hundreds of photos.
www.walkingbritain.co.uk
With over 3000 pages of information, "Walking Britain" is dedicated to the footpaths that cross the landscape. The National Parks feature strongly including the Lake District, the Peak District and Snowdonia, not to mention the Yorkshire Dales. Also detailed are the Brecon Beacons and Pennines. Coverage of Scotland and Ireland will be improved with more emphasis on these areas in future. www.walking-routes.co.uk
Other Useful Sites
Greenstop.net
Through its marketing GreenStop.net will raise the profile of initiatives being taken in global industry, research and commerce, leading to increased trade, profits and innovation combined with good environmental practice and social responsibility.  This will help leisure travellers to make an informed choice of holiday and travel and weigh up the consequences.
www.greenstop.net
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