A stylish collection of beautifully designed maps of each individual London borough paired
with quirky and fascinating facts about what you'll find there. Cartographer and illustrator
Mike Hall is renowned for his retro-themed print collection of boldly coloured highly detailed
maps of every London borough inspired by classic 1960s graphic design. Published to coincide
with the 60th anniversary of the boroughs' establishment The Boroughs of London brings
together all of Mike's London maps in one elegant volume to pore over. But that's not all:
alongside the maps is a wealth of authoritative but chatty commentary on each borough from Matt
Brown author of many Batsford books and acknowledged London expert. Packed with interesting
facts anecdotes and trivia the book provides an introduction to each borough and its
constituent neighbourhoods as well as coverage of ten key places of interest per borough
including historic buildings monuments squares parks and street markets accompanied by
quirky illustrations. It all adds up to a fascinating snapshot of the borough's rich history
and present-day diversity and culture. From well-known much-visited central London boroughs
like Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to less famous further-flung
suburban areas such as Bexley and Hillingdon this book provides endless revelations about one
of the greatest cities of the world borough by borough. It's the perfect book for
London-dwellers London visitors and London obsessives history fans cartophiles and graphic
design aficionados. Readers will want to visit every borough!
