Street Maps Of British Towns

Towns are complex and sophisticated creations. Mapping towns stretched cartographers' ingenuity to new heights of both artistic beauty and scientific exactitude as they strove to represent and communicate the physical patterns of streets, buildings, and spaces; the "above ground" and the "below ground;" the built structures and the economy; the lives of those who live or work there; and the unseen realities of land ownership, administration, religion, and politics.These maps served a variety of purposes, from guiding travelers, assisting with administration and government, raising taxes, planning the built environment, organizing its defense--and much, much more. Some of the maps in this book are well known, others have languished in obscurity, deep in archives, until revealed by the 10 years' work of a British Academy research project on which this book is founded. Lavishly illustrated in color, it tells the story of the mapping of urban Britain from the late middle ages until modern times. The text is accompanied by a comprehensive index of town maps which have been cataloged on an open-access electronic resource.

This A-Z map of Great Britain is a full colour, double-sided fold-out road map featuring: -Motorways, motorway service areas, primary routes and primary route destinations, 'A' roads, selected other roads and hill shading-Larger scale inset road maps of the main conurbations of London, Birmingham, Manchester & Liverpool, Glasgow & Edinburgh, Newcastle & Middlesbrough, Leeds & Bradford, Sheffield, Southampton & Portsmouth and Bristol & Cardiff-Listings of limited interchange motorway junction details-A mileage chartThe index to cities, towns, villages, hamlets and locations is contained in a booklet attached to the cover.

Fully updated road mapping covers the whole of Britain, with each scale of mapping color-coded for ease of use The ultimate 3.2 miles to 1-inch scale, large-format road atlas for the year 2012 features Collins' popular and well-established road mapping, designed for exceptional clarity. It includes 21 urban-area maps at a 1 mile to 1 inch ratio, showing the best routes through the busiest areas, plus 56 town-center street plans, now with speed limits shown at speed camera locations. The smallest scale maps are great for long-distance route planning and the street plans help you locate your final destination. It includes a route-planning section including maps (16 miles to 1 inch), motorway services information, and a handy distance calculator. It also includes a national rail map, more than 30 categories of places of interest including castles, theme parks, sports venues, universities, mountain bike trails, and surfing beaches, and full post codes for the top 1,000 places of interest—ideal for use alongside satellite navigation systems.