Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19367 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 424 pages

Customer Reviews

the best mapping bar none
I would like to add a ringing endorsement for this product, which I have owned for the last ten years (and am finally getting a new up-to-date one!).

The mapping is clear and easy on the eye (so many other map publishers use too many garish colours). A roads are orange, B roads are yellow, the rest are white. Simple. Even the new colour coded system for buildings (public, educational, hospital, government etc) doesn't detract from the quality of the mapping.

Unlike some other map manufacturers, the A-Z from its start has always marked EVERY SINGLE street in London - no matter how tiny the street, or how abbreviated the name has to be to fit in, it will always be named. This is a crucial point and gives A-Z maps the edge over all the others, some of which show small roads but do not mark or index their names.

As pointed out, the level of detail is amazing, with even small pavilions and bandstands in cricket fields/parks etc. marked.

Absolutely the best for any professional driver
None better. I've worked throughout the M25 area, as Private Hire driver, Chauffeur, HGV driver. I've used every type of map going. This is way ahead of any other for rapidly finding an address and navigating to it. The book covers the entire M25 zone, plus a bit of fringe. The coverage area has one single zoning structure (from 1 to 100 North to South, and from A to FE East to West). Each page forms part of that, so if you're at 32L and you're heading for 42Z it's immediately obvious you need to go South and East. Landmarks are abundant - railway lines, post offices, fire and police stations, libraries, churches, schools, hospitals. Even tells you which side of the road is even/odd numbered, and which way the numbers run, and what the postcode area is. And it survives being thrown about, dropped, generally battered around in a truck cab.

Every Londoner should own one
If you need to get around London, this is what you need. It is the best map bar none and I have been using these A-Z's for 20 years without complaint.

Good detail of a large area of London, goes up to the M25 and slightly beyond in some places. Everything a driver would need is in this map.

and Amazon has the best deal yet again.