Marvellous Maps: Our changing world in 40 amazing maps

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FESTIVALS & EVENTS: Lark it up at 30 of Britain’s bloomin’ brilliant wildlife and environment-themed festivals and events. FOOD, FESTIVALS & EVENTS Britain’s top sports, music and other festivals and events, with a side helping of great destination pubs / cafes and favourite local dishes Very pleased with mine - good quality maps and very entertaining. Good prompt and courteous service” 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

ECO ATTRACTIONS: Over 150 clean green days out, from nature-nurturing wildlife and conservation centres to museums and family attractions. What isn’t great about a map that features every rude and silly place name in Britain? Nothing, that’s what.” — Stylist Magazine End Product Details GHOSTLY GOINGS-ON: A spooky selection of more than 500 haunted spots, all guaranteed to give you goosebumps. Awfully, spifflingly British. These folks take those many things that make Britain, British; our ludicrously mis named villages, our Quirky quirks, our amusing byways and sideways view of the world, and put them onto maps. Such an amusing present or a fun poster for your library (...)” SUSTAINABLE SAFARIS: Plan your own Great British migration with 20 nature trails and eco-friendly expeditions.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. Go to Marvellous Maps. Satisfaction guaranteed!” — Barry Glendenning, Guardian Football Weekly Podcast Keen to give the gift of a Marvellous Map, but not sure which one? Our virtual gift card is the perfect solution! 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.

The Eagerly Beavered Great British Wildlife & Environment Map is a full-colour, two-sided map folding out to 100 cm x 89 cm, featuring: The Marvellous Map of Great British Place Names could be the perfect Christmas present sure to keep the family entertained and merry.” — The Daily Mail From crumbling castles and smugglers’ caves to waterfalls, welly walks and seriously wild wildlife, Britain is brimming with wondrous things for the whole family to see and do. If only there was a ginormous map to help guide you around this country-sized adventure playground. Oh, wait a minute… A visit to Dylan Thomas's “ugly lovely town” should take in his childhood home (now a museum) and the Kardomah Cafe (relocated), where Swansea's most famous son and his pals met to talk about "music and poetry and painting and politics, Einstein and Epstein, Stravinsky and Greta Garbo, death and religion, Picasso and girls." Swansea also gave us Amy Dillwyn, whose novel The Rebecca Rioter was inspired by the true story of Welsh protesters dressed as women in the 1840s, and Joe Dunthorne, whose debut novel Submarine is set in Swansea. His second, Wild Abandon, is set in the beautiful Gower peninsula, where Thomas once got stranded overnight, on the Worm's Head. Eek. Stratford-upon-avon THINGS TO KNOW Priceless information and inspiration to help you have a great time, save money and enjoy unforgettable adventuresFLORA & FAUNA: 500 places to spot the mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, minibeasts, fish, crustaceans and plants that call Britain home. LONG-DISTANCE ROUTES Epic adventures along the finest famous and not-so-famous long-distance walking, cycling, train and road routes

MYSTERIES & MAGIC: Over 300 places wreathed in tales of witchcraft, devilry, superstition and ancient mystery.It will spark inspiration in any budding explorer keen to start planning trips on their doorstep" —The Beat Magazine (Ian Woolley - Editor) End Delivery Details OUTDOORS & ADVENTURE The very best wild and beautiful places, mountains, beaches, islands, rivers, lakes and family-friendly adventures I love paper maps and always plan our road trips with them. These look amazing for fascinating ideas too”. End Product Details The gift card is virtual - there’s no unnecessary plastic or need to wait for a physical gift card to arrive in the post, it’s instant so it’s perfect for last minute giving Gwynedd and its surrounds have some of the best examples of medieval military architecture in Europe - and it’s all down to Edward I. Keen to rid the Welsh of the frankly ridiculous idea that they should rule their own country, he built castles as though his life depended on it (and it probably did). Harlech, Caernarfon, Beaumaris on Anglesey and Conwy’s eponymous fortress all went up during Edward’s reign. He also put up fortified towns at Caernarfon and Conwy. When you’re not collecting castles, visit the area’s historic slate mines and let off steam at the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum. York