Knopf MapGuides: London: The City in Section-by-Section Maps

by Alfred A. Knopf Publishing

This opening fold-out contains a general map of London to help you visualize the 8 large districts discussed in this guide, and 4 pages of valuable information, handy tips and useful addresses.

Discover London through 8 districts and 8 maps

Westminster/ Whitehall
Covent Garden/ Soho/ Bloomsbury
City/ St Paul’s
Southwark/ Tower Bridge
Southbank/ Waterloo
Mayfair/ Marylebone
Chelsea/ South Kensington/ Belgravia
Kensington/ Notting Hill

For each district there is a double-page of addresses (restaurants — listed in ascending order of price — cafés, bars, tearooms, music venues and stores) followed by a fold-out map for the relevant area with the essential places to see (indicated on the map by a star *). These places are by no means all that London has to offer but to us they are unmissable. The grid-referencing system ( A B2) makes it easy for you to pinpoint addresses quickly on the map.

Transportation and hotels in London
The last fold-out consists of a transportation map and 4 pages of practical information that include a selection of hotels.

A thematic index lists all the sites and addresses featured in this guide.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, London, Reference

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. is an American publishing house that was founded by Blanche Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr. in 1915.

From the start, Knopf focused on European translations and high-brow works of literature. During World War I these books were cheap to obtain and helped establish Knopf as an American firm publishing European works.

In 1960, Random House acquired the Alfred A. Knopf publishing house. Knopf published textbooks until 1988, when Random House's schools and colleges division was sold to McGraw Hill.

Reviews

[Alison · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection of maps was perfect for the trip I just took to London with my Mom. It's small and lightweight, with fairly sturdy covers. The contents are printed on heavy paper and are a good size - small enough that they are easy to handle, but not so small that you can't read the street names & etc. The tube map was good, but it was difficult to navigate sometimes -- it was printed over two pages that fold out, away from one another, and as a result the middle portion of the map was printed twice, with dividing lines to show you were the middle was. It took me a minute to figure out what was going on, but I felt it was worth it to have all the maps in a single book. I definitely recommend picking this up.

[Jean-Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic guidebook with just two issues:

First, although my hotel, the Holiday Inn Old Street, was by no means outside the vortex of central London, it was considerably off the Knopf area map.

In addition, Knopf would do well to send its researchers a little further into each neighborhood. Jamie Oliver's fantastic "15" restaurant was a five minute walk from my hotel, but I never would have discovered it had it not been for in-the-know brother and sister in law. Around the corner from the Holiday Inn there were also a string of vintage shops and nice cafés that never got a pass, either.

These quibbles aside, Knopf is the best guide: It is light; fairly rainproof, and the typeset on the fold-out area maps is easy on the eyes.

[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this series of guides. With any travel book by the time it's been released several of the restaurants or bars have closed. The museums and city sights, however, are why I buy travel guides. This series looks like a book but it's really fold-out mini maps. It's organized by the major neighborhoods of London. You fold out each section and see the highlights of that area.

My only beef with the book is that I need a magnifying glass to read the Tube map at the back. Too damn tiny! That one should fold out to four pages instead of two.

[Vic · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an amazingly informed and detailed guide, chock full of images, maps, and historical information. In fact I hesitated bringing the book with me on my last trip to London. I just didn't want to lose it or get it dirty.

[Neverdust · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book is pretty much the only reason I had any clue where I was at any given moment. It is a MUST - even if you don't pay attention to their suggestions, the fold-out maps are absolute life-savers.

[Dixie · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite and most-used guide to London.

[Jessica Murphy · Rating 3 out of 5]

1st book in a series preparing me for summer vacation.

[Jan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good information but limited.