Store Locations

Stanfords is the UK's leading specialist retailer of maps, travel books and other travel accessories, having been established in 1853 by Edward Stanford. Our flagship store in Covent Garden, London, first opened its doors in January 1901 and can justly claim to offer the world's largest stock of maps and travel books under one roof. It has been an essential first port of call for adventure and armchair travellers alike for more than a century. Our roll call of customers past and present includes such famous names as David Livingstone, Scott of the Antarctic, Ernest Shackleton, Florence Nightingale, Ranulph Fiennes, Bill Bryson, Michael Palin, and even Sherlock Holmes...

Stanfords in Covent Garden, London, is Stanfords' flagship store. It is conveniently situated on Long Acre, just a few minutes' walk from both Covent Garden and Leicester Square tube stations...

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The Stanfords store in Bristol was our first branch to launch outside of London and the doors were opened 10 years ago by the great travel writer Eric Newby. Located at 29 Corn Street near to the Floating Harbour, the branch is in the heart of Bristol's market centre...

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Stanfords is sorry to announce that our Manchester store at 39 Spring Gardens closed for business as from Friday 1st June 2007.

As part of our continued expansion of our B2B service our National Service Centre has relocated to new professional offices in Manchester city centre:

Stanfords Business Services (Suite 340)
Triangle Business Centre, Fennel Street
Exchange Square
Manchester M4 3TR

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Stanfords Business Mapping is the country'€™s leading supplier of Ordnance Survey large-scale map data. These products are predominantly designed to support planning applications, architectural drawings, plans for surveys, property development feasibility studies, house building projects, traffic and highway management, telecoms, environmental planning and conveyancing.

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