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London National Park City Map

Posted on Thursday 19 October 2017 by Oliver O’Brien

Urban Good, a new community interest company created by Charlie Peel, have this month published the first edition of their London National Park City Map. This huge, folded paper map covering the whole of London, was created through a crowdfunding campaign, and is available from Urban Good’s web store for just a payment of a […]

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Graphic Watercolour Map

Posted on Wednesday 2 March 2016 by Oliver O’Brien

Here’s a lovely looking artistic map of London. Created by Ben Grib in a “watercolour” style and produced as a print on “natural” textured art paper with plenty of grain, the Graphic Watercolour Map shows the spaces between streets with a characteristic painted look, the tones varying from block to block. The remaining white space […]

Art, Ben Grib, blue, brushstrokes, grain, GreatLittlePlace, orange, paintbrush, watercolour

The London Blue Plaque Guide

Posted on Friday 2 October 2015 by Oliver O’Brien

London has a lot of history, of course, and a lot of blue plaques have been erected by English Heritage over the years to mark the locations of its famous people and deeds from times past. Local history societies and borough councils have also added their own plaques, of various colours, so that some parts […]

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Barclays Cycle Superhighway Line Maps

Posted on Monday 28 February 2011 by Oliver O’Brien

A series of blue cycle lanes, branded signs, junction reprofiles and street furniture changes are gradually being built, creating a “hub and spoke” type network of fast cycle routes from…

Barclays Cycle Superhighway, bikes, blue, cycling, lanes, line map, Transport