It’s a lovely sunny day in London today, with temperatures up to the mid-20s, and what better way to spend a day like this (assuming
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The Evolution of London’s Streets
This animation shows how the roads in the London area formed, from Roman times through the industrial revolution and to the modern day. London’s boundary
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The Character of a Coffee House
This attractive hand-drawn map, by Adam Dant, is of the coffee houses of the City of London in the 1700s. Adam uses the gradual separation
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Canalology
Canalology is a short “festival of contemporary art of the hidden arteries of our city” which is organised by POST and takes place on Saturday
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A Food Tour Map for East London
We were sent this lovely looking bespoke map by Adam Groffman, who runs regular eating tours in East London. Participants receive a paper copy of
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The London Marathon Medal
Maps of London appear in all sorts of unexpected places and on all kinds of objects. This year’s London Marathon finishers’ medal had an expected
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Mapping the Census for London
Neal Hudson, housing market analyst at Savills, has been crunching, mapping and graphing interesting results from the 2011 census, since the data started to be
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The King George III Map Collection
We were pleased to recently receive a number of hi-resolution scans of some very old and beautiful London maps, courtesy of the British Library, which
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Greater London National Park
A website calling for a Greater London National Park launched today (1 April) although it’s keen to point out that it’s not actually an April
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Colourblind Tube Map
The iconic tube map has featured on many Mapping London posts but not everyone sees the familiar colours in the same way. The official map
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City of Westminster – A Hand-Drawn Map Print
City of Westminster is the first in a series of hand-made maps of London Boroughs that Lovely Jojo has drawn. The black-and-white, text-heavy style, full
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The Great Inflow – Where the Commuters Go
This data map, from UCL CASA‘s own Ed Manley, shows the top destination station, for each starting station, in and around London. The graphic is
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