Recommendation for a map?

[npsmama]

we're fed yp of maps that fall apart after one journey or that aren't clear to start off with.

can anyone recommend a good map of the UK please?

thanks

[daveyjp]

Depends what you want to use it for.

For a road atlas the Phillips range is excellent - about A3 sized and a couple of inches thick with excellent mapping - in my past life I was a cartographer so know a good map from a bad one. Mine is 10 years old and has yet to fall apart.

The ones you pick up in service stations or discount book shops for a couple of quid are generally poor as they remove a lot of detail to get the price down and the bindings are no more than a couple of staples.

Any fold out map of the whole of the UK is only any good for main routes.

[vikingaero]

I second Phillips Navigator Maps.

Sometimes you can pick them up in The Works Bookshops cheaply.