Bookshelf Best Sellers

Here are our best selling books and guides over the past few months. These are the books that are consistently in high demand.

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The Outdoor Swimmers' Handbook The Outdoor Swimmers' Handbook

The Outdoor Swimmers' Handbook

Kate Rew's joyful and comprehensive guide to outdoor swimming
$34.99

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Wild Swim

River, lake, lido and sea: the best places to swim outdoors in Britain
$22.49

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Waymaking

An Anthology of Womens Adventure Writing, Poetry and Art
$24.99

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The Ray-Way Essential Tarp Book

Everything you need to know when looking into a tarp and how to use one
$0.00

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Traffic-Free Cycle Trails Traffic-Free Cycle Trails

Traffic-Free Cycle Trails

The essential guide to over 400 traffic-free cycling trails around Great Britain
$27.49

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Microadventures Microadventures

Microadventures

This beautifully illustrated guide to uprooting the mundane in your life, written by Mr Microadventure himself
$0.00

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Feed Zone Portables

A modern way of thinking to design and produce food that you want to eat whilst out on an extended adventure
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Bikepacking On The Wild Trails Of Britain

Laurence McJannet details all the basics required to get started with bikepacking or to make the leap to longer journeys
$24.99

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GuyRope Gourmet - A Camping Cookbook

Josh Sutton's guide to campsite cookery, and proof that campsite cookery can be more than just beans and pasta!
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The Scottish Bothy Bible

Geoff Allan navigates you across burns and bogs, from Viking longhouses to highland homesteads, to reveal Scotland's unique and hidden network of bothies.
$22.49

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Wild Swimming; Hidden Beaches Wild Swimming; Hidden Beaches

Wild Swimming; Hidden Beaches

Britain’s most beautiful secret beaches
$24.99

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Wild Swimming

River, lake, lido and sea: the best places to swim outdoors in Britain
$24.99

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Sidetracked Magazine

Unique journal of spine-tingling and awe-inspiring adventures, expeditions and discoveries
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Fantastic Female Adventurers Fantastic Female Adventurers

Fantastic Female Adventurers

Truly amazing tales of women exploring the world
$19.99

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Peak District Walks

20 classic Peak District walks on durable, weatherproof walking cards.
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Wild Guide: Lakes And Dales Wild Guide: Lakes And Dales

Wild Guide: Lakes And Dales

Guiding you to 750 secret places and wild adventures
$22.49

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Swimming Wild in the Lake District Swimming Wild in the Lake District

Swimming Wild in the Lake District

The most beautiful wild swimming spots in the larger lakes
$27.49

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Sidetracked Magazine - Vol 5

Unique journal presenting a series of breathtaking adventures, expeditions and discoveries
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How To Read Water How To Read Water

How To Read Water

Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea
$14.99

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The Book of Bivvy

Whether you're wondering why to bivvy, how to bivvy, or where to bivvy, let The Book of Bivvy show you the way!
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Where There’s A Will: Hope, Grief And Endurance In A Cycle Race Across A Continent Where There’s A Will: Hope, Grief And Endurance In A Cycle Race Across A Continent

Where There’s A Will: Hope, Grief And Endurance In A Cycle Race Across A Continent

Emily Chappell's story of pushing the limits of her endurance
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Alone on the Wall

The Ultimate Limits of Adventure
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The Unremembered Places: Exploring Scotland’s Wild Histories The Unremembered Places: Exploring Scotland’s Wild Histories

The Unremembered Places: Exploring Scotland’s Wild Histories

Exploring the hidden relics across Scotland's landscape
$14.99

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Lost Lanes Wales

Jack Thurston takes to his bike and explores Wales and the border counties
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Wild Guide: Wales Wild Guide: Wales

Wild Guide: Wales

Guiding you to over 1000 secret places and wild adventures
$24.99

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Peak District Trail Running Peak District Trail Running

Peak District Trail Running

22 off-road routes for trail and fell runners from 5 km to 28 km
$19.99

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Wild Guide: Central England Wild Guide: Central England

Wild Guide: Central England

With 1050 places covering the Peak District, Cotswolds, Midlands, Welsh Borders and Lincolnshire coast.
$24.99

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Wild Running Wild Running

Wild Running

150 great adventures on the trail and fells of Britain
$22.49

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Ultimate Navigation Manual

Covers every navigation technique you will ever need. Techniques used by special forces and search and rescue teams from around the world.
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Book of the Bothy

Celebrating bothies nationwide
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1001 Climbing Tips

An irregular instruction manual for anyone who hangs off stuff or just hangs around in the mountains
$34.99

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Bothy Tales Bothy Tales

Bothy Tales

Footsteps in the Scottish Hills
$14.99

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Boulder Britain

180 venues, 3,200 problems. A comprehensive guide to all the brilliant bouldering in Britain. Broad scope with stunning photography
$49.99

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Wild Guide: Scotland Wild Guide: Scotland

Wild Guide: Scotland

Over 700 secret adventures, hidden places and wild escapes.
$0.00

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Wilderness Magazine Volume 2

Volume 2 of Wilderness, a new US high quality publication we've specially imported dedicated to exploration, character and grit
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The Natural Navigator

An introduction into navigation by nature; combining natural science, folklore and the history of travel
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Peak Bouldering

In this comprehensive 2014 guide Adrian Berry and Alan James compile a list of all the bouldering problems within the Peak District
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Lost Lanes

Jack takes us on a journey of 36 Glorious bike rides in Southern England
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Cold Wars

Kirkpatrick's wry sarcasm and the often ridiculous situations of big-wall climbing give this book many laugh-out-loud moments yet honest and insightful
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Lost Lanes North Lost Lanes North

Lost Lanes North

36 Glorious bike rides in Northern England
$22.49

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Outdoor First Aid

Comprehensive guide to first aid in the outdoors
$0.00

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Harvey Mountain Map: Lake District Harvey Mountain Map: Lake District

Harvey Mountain Map: Lake District

1:40,000 scale waterproof map for hillwalkers, climbers and mountaineers
$27.49

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Canoe Camping Canoe Camping

Canoe Camping

Tim Gent, contributor Canoe and Kayak UK, shares his enthusiasm for and experience of travelling...
$19.99

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Bouldering Essentials

The complete guide to bouldering, from beginner to expert there is something for everyone
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Last Hillwalker Last Hillwalker

Last Hillwalker

A sideways look at forty years in Britain's mountains
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Two Trees Make A Forest: On Memory, Migration And Taiwan Two Trees Make A Forest: On Memory, Migration And Taiwan

Two Trees Make A Forest: On Memory, Migration And Taiwan

a gorgeously written meditation on the natural and familial environments that shape us
$14.99

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Eat Sleep Cycle

Eat, Sleep, Cycle follows Anna's 4000-mile solo ride around the coast of the UK.
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Don't Forget The Duct Tape

Tips and tricks for repairing and maintaining outdoor and travel gear. Give your gear a chance of new life or simply hack it into the gear of your dreams
$9,999.00

Bookshelf Best Sellers

Mountain journal

Grab a brew, kick back and relax with in-depth features, tales of derring-do and Go Nice Place Do Good Things.

Waymaking: an anthology of women’s adventure writing and art

Waymaking: an anthology of women’s adventure writing and art

We love a good read at Alpkit! Our book shelf is crammed tales of derring-do and inspirational stories, and we’ve...

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Where to Climb in the Peak District

Whether you're inching your way up a featureless gritstone arête, jamming your way up a perfect crack line, or crimping...

  • Reading time 6 minutes

How to Hike-a-Bike: A Lake District Guide

Why on earth would you want to carry a bike, up a mountain, on your shoulders? This is a common...

  • Reading time 7 minutes

Build your own Go Box

There's an incredible sense of freedom that comes with knowing you have what you need to go pretty much anywhere...

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Wild Swimming Guide: everything you need to know

Wild swimming is one of our favourite ways to be brave, get in touch with nature and reset. If you...

  • Reading time 9 minutes