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London Bensons MapGuides Street Map
London Street Map – with the most detailed mapping, highly recommended for exploring London on foot – from Bensons MapGuides in their range of street plans of central London. On one side is the publishers’ standard mapping, presented here at 1:9,700 approx, plus a bus map and an index of places of interest with grading. Coverage extends, roughly, from Earl’s Court to The Tower and north/south from London Zoo and St Pancras International Eurostar terminal to the southern bank of the Thames between the Vauxhall and the Tower bridges, including the Imperial War Museum.On the reverse the West End and the City, in a continuous coverage from Hyde Park and Harrods to the Tower and north/south from the British Museum to the Houses of Parliament and the South Bank complex, are presented on two panels enlarged and in excellent greater detail, with more names of small passages, etc.Additional panels provide a street index with separate lists of cinemas, theatres and concert halls, an index of hotels marked on the plan, a shopping guide, information on public transport, plus a diagram of the underground network. Current edition of this title was published in 2013. About Bensons range of street plans of central London:The plans offer the clearest, most accurate and most informative street mapping of the capital, particularly for those who wish to explore London on foot. The same style of presentation of the street network is used in different titles with varying degree of detail. Excellent placing of names and the use of colours or symbols enable the publishers to provide a wealth of information whilst retaining the clarity of small detail: streets with bus services, Underground/railway stations and riverboat piers, prime shopping areas, places of entertainment and main services, selected hotels and pubs, etc. The capital’s main sights are prominently highlighted and other important buildings are named. For drivers the maps indicate main traffic routes and show entry restrictions for motorized traffic and car parks. One way streets are not marked.For those exploring London on foot the Bensons plans offer information not often found on other street maps: small passages, steps or stairways, foot access onto bridges from streets below them, etc.Additional panels, varying from title to title, provide more information: enlargements of the West End and the City, bus routes, places of entertainment, descriptions of sights, sightseeing walks, a shopping guide, etc.For more information please see the individual description. The most detailed coverage is offered by the London Street Map.