The Forest of Bowland by Helen Shaw and Andrew Stachulski, £14.99
THE Forest of Bowland is perhaps too close to the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales for its own good.
Being adjacent to such renowned national parks, this area of north Lancashire can often be overlooked or at the very least underestimated.
This book with its stunning photographic depiction should go a fair way towards a rectifying this situation.
Designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Forest of Bowland is defined by a triangle with Lancaster, Preston and Skipton at its points. It covers around 300 square miles and its streams drain into the Lune, Wyre and Ribble valleys.
The pictures, which reveal many secret landscape gems, were taken by award-winning photographer Helen Shaw, who lives and works in the Forest of Bowland.
Co-author Dr Andrew Stachulski - a senior research fellow at Liverpool University - is a keen walker who has written for many walking publications.
The book is divided into nine chapters covering a variety of topics such as 'high places', the estates, industry and land use, the people and the gateway towns.
That wonderfully evocative landmark, Pendle, has a deserving chapter all of its own.
Published by Merlin Unwin Books.
ALLAN TUNNINGLEY
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