Before roads & rail, the industrial hubs of Great Britain were linked to the ports by a network of manmade waterways. These canals fell into disuse in the early part of the twentieth century, but in the last fifty years they have undergone a complete revival. These newly transformed waterways have become attractive destinations, & for newcomers to a city, walking its waterways will unlock famous highlights as well as hidden delights. & that is just what this book does too. With the lavish colour photography for which he is renowned, Britain`s `biographer photographer` Derek Pratt explores all the major cities & towns linked by waterways, bringing to life the canals & their environs with images that are stunning, stylish & beautiful. Through interesting, informative & typically quirky text, Derek also reveals a whole treasure trove of fascinating things most people don`t know about these industrial landscapes, whilst also explaining the commercial history of the waterways, their subsequent decline & recent revitalisation. Towns & cities covered include: London, Oxford, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Stoke on Trent & the Potteries, Leeds, Gloucester, Reading, Birmingham & the Black Country, Rugby, Worcester, Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham & Bath. ...

Hunched exhausted at his computer one ordinary Monday morning, world-class workaholic Nick Thorpe has reached the end of his tether. Fearing for his health & family life, he knows something has to change. But where to start when trying too hard is part of the problem? Nick makes a bold resolution: he will spend a year learning to let go. Beginning with a plunge off a Cornish cliff, he soon graduates to wing-walking on a bi-plane, city-centre clowning & a revealing weekend at a naturist convention. But the more he tries to relax, the bigger the questions: can you be happy if you`re not in control? Is true contentment all in the mind? & what does his small, brown dog know that Nick doesn`t? From a school where pupils make the rules, to meditation & rafting in Sweden; from the chaos of a Durban street shelter to a silent monastery in New Mexico, URBAN WORRIER charts a humorous & often moving quest for the ultimate modern grail: how to find balance & fulfilment in today`s high-speed world. ...

Urbasa & Andía Natural Park in Navarra Province west of Pamplona / Iruña, on a contoured & GPS compatible map at 1:35, 000 from IGN/CNIG using cartography of their civilian topographic survey of Spain. Contours are 10m intervals, with coloring to show different types of vegetation. The map shows the network of local roads, country tracks & footpaths but without special overprint for waymarked routes. Symbols mark landmarks & selected places of interest including campsites. The map has a 1km UTM grid & margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1’ intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only. PLEASE NOTE: current edition of this title was published in 1998. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Urbión, Viniegras & Sierra de Castejón area at 1:25, 000 in a series of GPS compatible maps from Editorial Piolet with cartography based on Spain’s civilian topographic survey overprinted with hiking routes & other tourist information. The overprint highlights 10 recommended hiking and/or mountain bike circuits. The map extends further north the coverage provided by the publishers’ map “ La Laguna Negra – Picos de Urbión” (No. 24 on our grid). Hiking maps in the Editorial Piolet series, unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, have contours at 10m intervals, enhanced by relief shading and/or altitude colouring, & provide very detailed presentation of the terrain & local road network. An overprint highlights hiking routes, distinguishing between short local routes, longer PR paths & long-distance GR routes. Symbols mark campsites & mountain huts or refuges, various places of interest, climbing or other recreational areas, etc. Each title has a UTM grid. Map legend

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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:25, 000 published by the Centro Nacional de Información Geograficá, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic maps at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.PLEASE NOTE: our grid for the whole of Spain is in preparation
- in the meantime, for areas other than those shown on the attached grid please use CNIG’s topographic survey at 1:50, 000 by searching for ‘SI00000832’. Each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 50K map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter & IV = SE quarter. CNIG maps in the Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 survey & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K or 25K title in more detail. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series grid
- for map numbers not yet listed on our website please contact us by email.

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Topographic survey of Catalonia at 1:50, 000 from the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, with vivid presentation of the terrain & an overprint for long-distance GR hiking trails. The series provides an excellent alternative to the much smaller sheets in the civilian or military surveys produced for the whole of Spain. The Catalan 50K series has not only a much larger area per sheet (each map covers one comarca, an administrative division of a province) than the maps from the national surveys, but also has more colourful, elegant & clear cartography with contours at 20m intervals, hill shading & fine graphics to portray the relief, vegetation types & landmarks. Most maps also have more tourist-related information, with an overprint highlighting long-distance GR trails & the Via Verde routes. Mountain refuges are marked & a range symbols indicate various places of interest including historical monuments, sport & recreational facilities, etc. Four different types of interesting locations are highlighted: picturesque towns or villages, individual isolated building or monuments, natural sites, & hydrographic features such as waterfalls. The maps have a 5km UTM grid, with latitude & longitude values shown for the map corners. Map legend is in Catalan only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Urho Kekkonen National Park area at 1:100, 000 on a double-sided map in a series of beautiful & informative maps covering Finland’s most popular outdoor leisure areas with cartography from Karttakeskus, the country’s topographic survey. Maps in this series have excellent use of colours, shading & symbols to provide a very detailed picture of the terrain & vegetation. Extensive overprint highlights routes for hiking, and/or other outdoor pursuits, a wide variety of accommodation, from hotels & holiday villages to Lapland tepees, food & fuel supplies, etc. The maps have a UTM grid & margin ticks for latitude & longitude. Map legends include English. ...

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- Andermatt area at 1:50, 000 in a series of waterproof & tear-resistant, contoured mountain biking maps from Hallwag, each
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Urmston in 1926 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: the map covers Urmston & the area eastward to Shawe Town, extending as far as Whitelake Avenue. Features include Shawe Hall, Cheshire Lines Railway with Urmston station, Urmston Hall, St Clement's church, cemetery, Flixton Cotton Mill, Acregate Farm, Shawe House, numerous allotment gardens, & the streets of Urmston shown neatly with individual houses delineated. On the reverse is a selection of street directory entries, incl Chassen Road, Flixton Road, Gloucester Road, Higher Road, Princess Road, Railway Road. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Urmston in 1926 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers Urmston & the area eastward to Shawe Town, extending as far as Whitelake Avenue. Features include Shawe Hall, Cheshire Lines Railway with Urmston station, Urmston Hall, St Clement`s church, cemetery, Flixton Cotton Mill, Acregate Farm, Shawe House, numerous allotment gardens, etc. On the reverse is a selection of street directory entries, incl Chassen Road, Flixton Road, Gloucester Road, Higher Road, Princess Road & Railway Road. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...