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Walking London

What better way to get a real feel of the city and its different areas than to simply wander the streets? Places are closer to each other in London than the tube would have you think. There are myriad books to take you on a guided stroll round particular sights, or more vigorous treks across the city and its parks. Here are just a few ideas...

Bibendum - the 'Michelin Man' revealed

Following a recent store promotion involving prominent map and book publishers {error}, and the antics of a certain member of staff who (rather enthusiastically) volunteered to brave the streets of London dressed as the ‘Michelin man’ (or ‘Bibendum’ as he is known in his native France), we at Stanfords decided to look into the story behind this iconic character…and came across some surprising facts in the process!

How to bus it in London

Give London buses a go – they’re cheaper than the tube, and actually much easier to navigate the city with. Best of all, you get to see all the sights of London, especially if you ride on the top deck!

How to do London for free

Although London is often thought of as one of the most expensive cities in the world, it is more than possible to visit the city and spend barely a penny. You can see famous paintings, ancient artefacts, fascinating buildings, rare wildlife and even films and plays for free.

Travellers’ Tales Festival

It never ceases to amaze me how many people are still crazy enough to want to be a travel writer, despite the many warnings that you will hear at festivals such as this about how difficult it is to get published, let alone make a living at it...

Stanfords: a life in maps

People often ask the staff at Stanfords what it’s like to work in a map shop. Since it’s an unusual job to discuss when half-inebriated at a party, I’ll give you a hint as to the type of questions we have been asked...

Stanfords stories

Established in 1853, Stanfords has since made and supplied maps to royalty, the military, and famous adventurers, explorers, writers, and even dolls, for over 150 years. Here we’ll be sharing some of the many fascinating stories in our rich history, as we discover more.

There may be a riot goin’ on

It may not be May Day, but with the government – a Labour government understandably, even if not a socialist government – having nationalised much of the banking system, it’s entirely appropriate that...

London, the New Jerusalem

Have you ever considered why some of London’s oldest and most important buildings are located so? Perhaps their setting is random. After all, why should there be any pattern to the location of buildings. Surely there is no master plan to the positioning of the city’s long-standing structures?

Creation or calculation? There is no conflict

There has been much discussion recently about the supposed conflict between those who advocate Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in explaining the creation of the universe and those who take a Biblical approach. Apparently...

England - The Thames Path

Our guide was very changeable, even capricious, taking us in one direction and then another. Our guide was the River Thames and led us from the docklands of east London to the leafy settlements of Buckinghamshire...

Stanfords employee abseils down world's tallest hospital building

Our Stanfords branch supply officer, Martyn Bearfoot, completed an amazing feat against vertigo when he abseiled down the side of the world's tallest hospital building.

Stanfords' maps to be used in Mongol Rally

Two police officers are making good use of Stanfords maps and atlases on one of the most infamous car races in the world – the Mongol Rally. Jonathan Stevens and Ben Farquett, both 29, came to our store to plan their intrepid journey with the help of our famed maps and atlases, and we quizzed them further on their plans...

Stanfords helps decide London as ‘capital of the world’

Stanfords was used as a point of research in “The Independent Traveller” survey that resulted in London being named the capital of the world. Researchers used the criteria of the number of individual guidebooks that appeared on our shelves to...

The Simon Calder Interview

Simon Calder is one of the UK’s most well-known travellers, having edited The Independent Traveller for 13 years and presented several BBC travel shows. Known as 'the man who pays his way', Simon's travels have taken him from Crawley to Mount Kenya, and always in the 'cheap seat'...

007's car drives from Tokyo to London with help from Stanfords

Two adventurous British men have returned from a record-breaking epic charity drive from Tokyo to London in James Bond’s favourite car. The length of the Asian Highway and across Europe was driven by...

The John Simpson Interview

John Simpson, the renowned BBC world affairs editor,visited Stanfords in London to discuss his new book - Not Quite World’s End. John has graced our screens for 40 years in a career that has seen him reporting from the front line in various war-torn parts of the world...

Stanfords restores glory to flagship store

Stanfords is looking forward to the highlight of our 150th anniversary year: the 2003 re-launch of our flagship store on Long Acre, Covent Garden, at the end of our £1 million-pound refurbishment programme...

Now we are 150

2003 has been, it seems, the year of exploration and travel anniversaries: celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Everest, the 100th of the first powered flight, the 80th...

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