Marvellous Maps: Our changing world in 40 amazing maps

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I love paper maps and always plan our road trips with them. These look amazing for fascinating ideas too”. End Product Details

TRAILS THROUGH TIME Get some adventure inspiration with a broch-load of historical and history-inspired routeIt will spark inspiration in any budding explorer keen to start planning trips on their doorstep" —The Beat Magazine (Ian Woolley - Editor) End Delivery Details TROUBLE & TRAGEDY Battlegrounds, plots, riots, rebellions and scenes of death, disaster, crime and punishment THINGS TO KNOW Priceless information and inspiration to help you have a great time, save money and enjoy unforgettable adventures BRITAIN’S TOP 50: Britain’s most mythical locations mapped, along with a legendary road trip that links them all up. Britain really is a brilliant place for travel, adventure and unique discoveries. Where else in the world could you find, in such a small space, so much beautiful scenery, so much cultural intrigue and oddity... and so many truly ridiculous place names?

Britain’s funny, rude and delightfully odd place names are not only bewildering, but also truly world-class. From Slap Bottom (Hampshire) to Twatt (Shetland, and there’s one in Orkney too) via Belchford (Lincolnshire) and The Devil’s Arse (Derbyshire), the Marvellous Map of Great British Place Names is a comprehensive record of Britain’s ridiculous place names, to be discovered, celebrated and chortled over. Geography at its finest. TREE-MENDOUS TRIVIA: More than 100 fresh facts about eco-warriors, protests and planet-friendly innovations to keep you entertained until the (long-horned) cows come home. Keen to give the gift of a Marvellous Map, but not sure which one? Our virtual gift card is the perfect solution! Maps aren’t typically meant to make you laugh, but ST&G’s Marvellous Map of Great British Place Names, which features over 2,000 of Britain's funniest, rudest and oddest place names, is guaranteed to cause childish giggling.. and maybe even a little dribbling.The 'Point of the Peak' is a subsidiary summit of Waun Rydd in the Brecon Beacons national park, and part of the classic horseshoe walk that takes in Pen y Fan. Disappointingly, Fan y Bîg was remeasured and downgraded from a mountain to a mere hill in 2018, but even though its technical status may have changed, it's clear the influence of this amusingly-named geographical feature is nothing less than mountainous. Close by is another legend of a hill, Lord Hereford's Knob. Pants