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13 Bridges Challenge

Posted on Tuesday 20 June 2023 by Oliver O’Brien

The 13 Bridges Challenge, organised by SSAFA (the Armed Forces charity) is taking place on Saturday 24 June (this Saturday) and participants will be walking

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South of the River

Posted on Tuesday 2 July 2019 by Oliver O’Brien

We featured a map showing London’s North Bank earlier in the summer – just in time for the peak holiday season, the rivals across the Thames now have a new map of their own! “South of the River” aims to map everything of tourist…

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Landmarks of London

Posted on Wednesday 20 September 2017 by Oliver O’Brien

We featured Bridges of London earlier this week. However, the public realm relating to the Thames is more than the river itself and the bridges crossing it. One of London’s defining features, in recent times, as the Thames has cleaned and the spaces beside it have become less-traffic choked, is its riverside frontage. This lovely […]

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Bridges of London

Posted on Monday 18 September 2017 by Oliver O’Brien

The River Thames is London’s defining geographical feature and its inclusion is almost mandatory on any map attempting to cover the whole of the capital. Bridges are most Londoners’ visible contact with the river, with over 30 spanning the river in London, including elevated crossing by the so-called “Underground”. As such, illustrated maps of the […]

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River Services Map

Posted on Wednesday 19 April 2017 by Oliver O’Brien

Londoners will be very familiar with the crowded London Underground services and their famous diagrammatic Tube Map, but might be less familiar with another public transport network – boats on the River Thames. Yes, you can commute to work by catamaran – as long as you live and work close to the river. London’s river […]

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The Map in the Shard

Posted on Monday 4 April 2016 by Oliver O’Brien

The Shard, London’s tallest building, has a viewing platform at the top, the The View from the Shard. To access the platform, you use two lifts, the first from the 1st to the 33rd floor and then a second lift from the 33rd to 68th floor. The viewing galleries are then on the 69th floor […]

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The Map in the Shard

Posted on Monday 4 April 2016 by Oliver O’Brien

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10×10 London: Land Water Land

Posted on Tuesday 1 December 2015 by Oliver O’Brien

Every year, for the last few years, Mapping London editors Oliver and James have been invited to create and submit an artwork for 10×10 London, a charity art auction organised by Article 25, the architectural development charity (originally called Architects for Aid). Being neither artists or architects, it is very flattering that we have been […]