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Travels in the UK: Maps


Maps of each day's travels and sites visited. Click on a map image to load the full map in a new tab. Switch to Earth view and zoom in on a marker to see aerial views of castles, stone circles, etc., or Street view to take a virtual walk around the villages, towns, and cities. All map data and images © 2019, Google.


Day Two Map

June 21
The Longest Day of the Year

Marked sites: Manchester International Airport, Heald Green Pub, Feversham Lodge and Bay Horse Pub, York



Day Three Map

June 22
Fairytales Can Come True

Marked sites: Castle Howard, Byland Abbey, Fountains Abbey, Pateley Bridge



Day Four Map

June 23
A Room With A View

Marked sites: Merchant Adventurer's Hall, Holy Trinity Church, York Minster, Rievaulx Abbey, Ripon Cathedral, Devil's Arrows standing stones



Day Five Map

June 24
The Birds and the B's

Marked sites: Barnard Castle, Brough Castle, Brougham Castle, Bessiestown Farm Guest House



Day Six Map

June 25
The Long and Winding Road

Marked sites: Hermitage Castle, Bewcastle Runic Cross, Lanercost Priory, Naworth Castle, Birdoswald Roman Fort, Walltown crags, Vindolanda Roman Fort,Angel of the North, Durham Castle, Durham Cathedral, Segedunum (Wallsend)



Day Seven Map

June 26
A Day for a Daydream

Marked sites: Alnwick Castle, Barter Books, Warkworth Castle, Langley Castle, The Rat Inn, Castlerigg Stone Circle, Grasmere, Furness Abbey



Day Eight Map

June 27
A Castle of Kings

Marked sites: Wallace Monument, Stirling Castle, Torwood Lodge



Day Nine Map

June 28
Maybe I'm A-Mazed

Marked sites: Melrose Abbey, Galashiels, Traquair House, Rosslyn Chapel, Crichton Castle



Day Ten Map

June 29
That Old Time Religion

Marked sites: Kelso Abbey, Jedburgh Abbey, Dryburgh Abbey, William Wallace Statue, Scott's View



Day Eleven Map

June 30
Deep in the Heart of Scotland

Marked sites: Melrose Abbey, Torphichen Preceptory, Linlithgow Palace, The Topps Farm, Oaklands Bed & Breakfast



Day Twelve Map

July 1
Day of the Midges

Marked sites: Inchmahome Priory, Crieff, Fowlis Wester Stone Circle, Loch Leven, Dunfermline Abbey, Culross Abbey, Culross Palace



Day Thirteen Map

July 2
Extracurricular Activities

Marked sites: Cupar, St Andrews Castle



Day Fourteen Map

July 3
Summer in the City

Marked sites: Edinburgh: Castle Terrace Car Park, Waverley Station, Museum of Scotland, Greyfriars Bobby's, Princes Street Gardens, The Royal Mile, Deacon Brodies, Falkirk: Callendar House



Day Fifteen Map

July 4-5
Where Any Two Roads Cross

Marked sites: Oaklands Bed & Breakfast, Charnwood Bed & Breakfast, The Bear's Paw in Frodsham, Manchester International Airport


Photo credits: (Related Resources) Scan of cover os OS sheet 1, 1921. This work is an Ordnance Survey map over 50 years old, which is covered by Crown Copyright which in this case expires 50 years after publication. Any ancillary rights gained through the creation of the electronic version are granted as freely usable under any circumstances.
Related Resources

Ordnance Survey Map Sheet 1, 1921
Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain.

The origins of the Ordnance Survey lie in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745 which was finally defeated by forces loyal to the government at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Prince William, Duke of Cumberland realised that the British Army did not have a good map of the Scottish Highlands to locate Jacobite dissenters such as Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat so that they could be put on trial. In 1747, Lieutenant-Colonel David Watson proposed the compilation of a map of the Highlands to help to subjugate the clans.

In 1801 the first one-inch-to-the-mile map was published, detailing the county of Kent, with Essex following shortly afterwards. The Kent map was published privately and stopped at the county border, while the Essex maps were published by Ordnance Survey and ignore the county border, setting the trend for future Ordnance Survey maps.

Read more about the Ordnance Survey at Wikipedia