K - GUIDE BOOKS, MAPS, and RIGHTS-OF-WAY
(A) Issued by public and voluntary organisations, and listed in chronological order:
(see also Section G and notes therein)
| Author | Date | Title | Publisher | ISBN |
| Kille, C | 1904 | Mate’s Illustrated Minehead | MUDC | |
| __ | 1966-74 | Waymarked Walks, Car Trips, Nature Trails, Infomation Sheets, etc | EP | |
| Bradbeer, JR | 1968 | The Western Exmoor Region | Pp | |
| __ | since 1969 | Walks and Bridleways Maps, Leaflets on National Trust properties on Exmoor | NT | |
| Coleman-Cooke, J (ed) | 1970 | Exmoor National Park | HMSO | |
| __ | 1970-74 | Walks, including definitive rights-of-way | DCC | |
| __ | since 1974 | Information Sheets. Walks in and around towns and villages. Way-marked Walks, Woodland and Nature Trails, Map Booklets, etc. | ENPA | |
| Rowett, H | 1976 | Two Moors Way | Devon Ramblers | |
| __ | 1977 | The Old Series Ordnance Survey (Reproduction Vol II) | Margary | |
| Gunnell, C | 1981 | Somerset and North Devon Coast Path | HMSO | |
| __ | 1983 | Exploring Exmoor. A Guide for Youth Groups | ES/EDC | |
| __ | 1983 | Local Information Directory | CCS | |
| __ | 1985 | Enjoying Exmoor | ENPA | |
| Hesp, P | 1985 | Secret Exmoor | ENPA | |
Court, Dr G | 1987 | Exmoor National Park | CC/W&B/ Michael Joseph | |
| Hunt, P & Wills, M (compilers) | 1988 | Devon Town Trails: North Devon | DB | |
| __ | 1988 | Leisure Guide: Devon and Exmoor | OS/AA | |
| Tarr, R | 1990 | South West Coast Path: Minehead to Padstow | Aurum Press | |
| __ | 1991 | The South West Way | SWWAssoc | |
| __ | Various dates | Leisure Map, Best of, and other series | Several publishers | |
| __ | Various dates | Pathfinder, Landranger, Explorer and Outdoor Leisure Map Series, etc. Also Tourist Map of Exmoor | OS | |
| __ | Various dates | Angling Guide | SWWA | |
| __ | Various dates | Youth Hostels Handbook | YHA | |
| Davies, OW | nd | Porlock, West Somerset | Pp |
(Note: Numerous official guides have also been issued by local authorities, publicity organisations, and similar bodies over the past hundred years, and at repeated intervals.)
(B) Issued by commercial publishers: guides to places and areas:
(see also Section N)
| Author | Date | Title | Publisher | ISBN |
| Anon | 1959 | Lynton and Lynmouth | RT Reeves | |
| Allen, NV | 1972 | The Exmoor Handbook and Gazetteer | EP | |
| Allen, NV & Giddens, CJ | 1982 | Exmoor Locations | AB | |
| Beer, T | 1977 | Exmoor | Pike | |
| Belsey, V. | 1998 | The Green Lanes of England | Green Books | |
| Billing, M | 1857 | Directory and Gazetteer of the County of Devon | Billing, Birmingham | |
| Binding, H (ed) | 1980 | West Somerset Handbook | Cox | |
| Binding, H | 1990 | Discovering Dunster | EP | |
| Brown, M | 1989 | Somerset (Shire County Guide) | Shire | |
| Burton, SH | 1972 | The West Country | Hale | |
| Burton, SH | 1973 | Devon Villages | Hale | |
| Burton, SH & Elliott-Cannon, A | 1968 | The Exmoor Companion | CRP | |
| Cooper, TH | c1853 | Guide, with Historical Sketch of Lynton, etc (first mention in print of the Doones) | Russell Smith | |
| Crisford, J | 1982 | Quick Guide to Winsford on Exmoor | NH | |
| Date, J | 1867 | Handbook of Watchet | Baldwin | |
| Delderfield, ER | 1953 | Visitor’s Brief Guide to Exmoor | ERD | |
| Duncan, R | 1977 | About Exmoor and North Devon | BoB | |
| Elliott-Cannon, A | 1979 | The Golden Coast | Quest | |
| Fraser, M | 1947 | Companion into Somerset | Methuen | |
| Gardner, B | 1990 | Lorna Doone’s Exmoor | EP | |
| Grigson, G | 1951 | West Country | Collins | |
| Jellicoe, A & Mayne, R | 1975 | Devon | Faber | |
| Larter, CE | 1902 | Minehead, Porlock and Dunster | Cox | |
| Lovett Turner, M | 1949 | Somerset | Hale | |
| Maxwell, D | 1927 | Unknown Somerset | Bodley Head | |
| Metcalf, G & Thomas, AR | c1980 | Dunster Water Mill | ? | |
| Murray, J (ed) | 1851 | Handbook for Travellers in Devon and Cornwall | Murray | |
| Pepin, D | 1976 | Pilgrim’s Guide to the South-West | Mowbray | |
| Quennell, CHB & P | 1936 | Somerset | Faber | |
| Richardson, A | 1928 | In Red Deer Land | Cox | |
| Riddell, W | 1885 | Guide to Lynton and Lynmouth | Twiss | |
| Shears, WS (ed) | 1939 | Somerset Pocket Guide | Hutchinson | |
| Theed, WAC | nd | Combe Sydenham | Pp | |
| Titchmarsh, PA | 1972 | Best of Exmoor | Jarrold | |
| Titchmarsh, PA | nd | Best of North Devon | Jarrold | |
| Toulson, S | 1995 | Somerset (with Bath & Bristol) | Pimlico County History Guide | |
| Tugwell, Rev G | 1857 | North Devon Handbook | SM | |
| Turner, WH (ed) | 1890 | Picnic: Illustrated Guide to Ilfracombe and North Devon | Smith, Bristol | |
| Uttley, D & D | 1973 | Discovering Somerset | Shire | |
| Wade, GW & JH | 1907 | Somerset (Little Guide) | Methuen | |
| Wakeman, J | 1975 | Somerset County Guide | J&B | |
| Ward, CS | 1904 | North Devon (with West Somerset) and North Cornwall | Dulau | |
| Worth, RN | 1879 | Tourist’s Guide to North Devon and Exmoor District | Stanford | |
| Worth, RN | 1881 | Tourist’s Guide to Somersetshire | Stanford | |
| __ | 1865 | Murray’s Handbook | ? | |
| __ | 1904 | Handbook to Minehead and Neighbourhood (ferns listed) | Cox | |
| __ | 1929 | Bell’s Pocket Guide to Devon | London | |
| __ | 1989 | Hidden Places of Devon and Cornwall | Maps Marketing | |
| __ | 1989 | Hidden Places of Somerset, Avon and Dorset | Maps Marketing | |
| __ | Various dates | Exmoor. A Comprehensive Guide | WSFP | |
| __ | nd | Exmoor, North Devon and West Somerset Guide | APS |
(Note: Numerous official guides have also been issued by local authorities
(Note: A number of commercial publishers have issued maps of Exmoor.)
(C) Issued by commercial publishers: walks, drives, rights-of-way and related subjects
(see also Section D)
| Author | Date | Title | Publisher | ISBN |
| Abbott, T | 1972 | Exmoor Walks | CRP | |
| Abbott, T | 1973 | Exmoor Coastal Walks | CRP | |
| Abbott, T | 1978 | Exmoor Riverside Walks | Quest | |
| Abbott, T | 1978 | Where to go on Exmoor | Quest | |
| Abbott, T | 1979 | Where to go on the Exmoor Coast | Quest | |
| Allen, N & Giddens, C | 1994 | Exploring the Quantock Hills | Alan Sutton | |
| Barrett, CRB | 1894 | Somersetshire Highways, Byways and Waterways | Bliss, Sands & Oster | |
| Beazley, D | 1979 | Walks for Motorists | Warne | |
| Caswell, J | 1991 | Family Walks on Exmoor and the Quantocks | Scarthin, Derby | |
| Chapman, C et al | 1992 | Secrets of the Moor (A Walker’s Guide) | EB | |
| Collings, AG | 1985 | Along the South-West Way (1. Minehead to Bude) | Tabb House | |
| Collins, M | 1991 | The South West Way (1. Minehead to Penzance) | Cicerone Press | |
| Corner, CD | 1984 | Dennis’s Dozen. 13 Suggested Walks from Porlock | Pp | |
| Elliott, FC | 1947 | Exmoor Border from Minehead (footpaths) | STC | |
| Elliott, FC | 1947 | Exmoor (footpaths) | STC | |
| Forde, N | 1972 | Exmoor Drives | CRP | |
| Forde, N | 1981 | West Country Picnics | Breakaway | |
| Freethy, R & M | 1992 | Discovering Exmoor & North Devon | John Donald | |
| Green, C | 1973 | Walks on Exmoor | CP | |
| Lauder, RA | 1991 | A Walker’s Guide to North Devon | BB | |
| Marriott, M | 1970 | The South-West Peninsula Path | Queen Anne | |
| Quinton, J | 1921 | The Footpath Way around Minehead, etc | R&C | |
| Tarr, R | 1990 | South West Coast Path: Minehead to Padstow | Aurum Press | |
| Titchmarsh, PA | 1971 | Exmoor Country by Car | Jarrold | |
| Titchmarsh, PA | 1977 | North Devon by Car | Jarrold | |
| ‘Viator’ | ? | Selection of Fifteen Beautiful Walks: Minehead, Dunster, Porlock Districts | Dallard | |
| Vowles, A | 1923 | Rambler’s Guide to the Minehead District | Geographia | |
| Vowles, A | 1927 | Eleven Charming Walks near Lynton and Lynmouth | Cox | |
| Vowles, A | 1927 | Twelve Beautiful Walks near Minehead | Cox | |
| Vowles, A | 1928 | Sixteen Beautiful Walks near Minehead | Cox | |
| Warburg, J & Lorant, J | 1985 | The Grockle’s Guide | Thorn | |
| Ward, K & Mason, JHN | 1980 | The South West Peninsula Coastal Path | Letts | |
| Weir, J & le Messurier, B | 1988 | Great Walks Series: Dartmoor and Exmoor | Ward Lock | |
| Westacott, HD | 1983 | The Somerset and North Devon Coast Path | Penguin | |
| Williamson, R | 1992 | The Tarka Trail: A Walker’s Guide | DB |
(Note: Numerous official guides have also been issued by local authorities
(D) Issued by commercial publishers: series guides to places and areas,
| Author | Date | Title | Publisher | ISBN |
1905 1907 c1904 1900 1902 1903 ? ? nd | Homeland Guides: No 3North Devon with West Somerset No 4Watchet, Williton and Washford No 9Lynton, Lynmouth with their Surroundings No 12Dulverton and District No 18Minehead, Porlock and Dunster No 37Lynton, Lynmouth and the Lorna Doone Country No 77Barnstaple and the Beauties of North Devon No ? Minehead, Porlock, Dunster and Exmoor No ? Minehead and Exmoor | Warne | ||
Hammond, R (ed) Lowther, K & Hammond, R _ _ _ _ - | 1972 1982 c1900 1920-1 ? ? ? | Red Guides: Complete West Country North Devon and Exmoor Minehead and Exmoor etc Lynton, Lynmouth and Exmoor Exmoor and the Doone Country Lynton, Lynmouth, Exmoor, Minehead | Ward Lock | |
| Moncrieff, ARH | 1902 | Black’s Guide to Devonshire | Black | |
| Moncrieff, ARH | 1904 | Black’s Guide to Somerset | Black | |
| Morris, JE | 1926 | Black’s Guide to Devon, Part 2 North and East | Black | |
| Muirhead, LR (ed) | 1939 | Penguin Guide to Devon | Penguin | |
| Muirhead, LR (ed) | 1939 | Penguin Guide to Somerset | Penguin | |
| _ | since 1856/1861 | Directories for Devon/Somerset | Kelly | |
| _ | ? | Ramblers’ Guide to Ilfracombe | Geographia | |
| _ | ? | Ramblers’ Guide to Lynton and Lynmouth | Geographia | |
| _ | nd | Tourists’ Guide to Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks | RP |