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"Continuing your journey" maps
Does anyone know if the above maps can be found online? I mean the very detailed street maps rather than the bus stop maps. |
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"Continuing your journey" maps
John Rowland wrote:
Does anyone know if the above maps can be found online? I mean the very detailed street maps rather than the bus stop maps. Some seem to be accessible from the Interactive Map at: http://www.journeyplanner.org/im/SI-T.html Click on certain stations and you'll get a Local Area Map option. They have a simplified bus stop map on the first page and a detailed walking map on the second. For example: http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/Dow...ngton_spdr.pdf -- Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London |
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Dave Arquati wrote: John Rowland wrote: Does anyone know if the above maps can be found online? I mean the very detailed street maps rather than the bus stop maps. Some seem to be accessible from the Interactive Map at: http://www.journeyplanner.org/im/SI-T.html Click on certain stations and you'll get a Local Area Map option. They have a simplified bus stop map on the first page and a detailed walking map on the second. For example: http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/Dow...ngton_spdr.pdf -- Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London Thanks for that link - all very useful. Although, on the Chancery Lane map alone, there are so many mistakes as to be quite amusing! Lincoln's Inn Garden is curiously called "Newman's Row Park and Garden" - I have had my chambers there for almost 20 years and never heard it called that before! Also, Atkin Building in Gray's Inn has acquired the curious name "Atlins Building". At its Southern end, Bell Yard seems to have acquired a pedestrian path Eastwards into Chancery Lane which does not exist in real life. Star Yard is shown as a road leading into Bishop's Court, whereas the latter is a footpath, without any vehicular access. The Eastern pedestrian access from Lincoln's Inn New Square to Carey Street is shown but not the Western access path, nor is the footpath from Chancery Lane into Stone Buildings shown. One of the most important public buildings in the area, the Principal Registry of the High Court (Family Division) at corner of Brownlow Street and High Holborn is not shown at all. Nor is the High Court (Technology Court) in Fetter Lane. The main vehicular access from Holborn into Gray's Inn is shown as a footpath. The taxi rank in High Holborn is shown, but not the one at the gateway to Lincoln's Inn. At the very foot, near Prince Henry's Room, what is a pedestrian gateway only into Inner Temple is shown as a road. Most curiously, Holborn seems to have acquired a new road into Whetstone Place called Holborn Place! There is no vehicular access South of High Holborn of any description between Chancery Lane and Kingsway! Nice try, though. Marc. |
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John Rowland wrote: wrote: Dave Arquati wrote: John Rowland wrote: Does anyone know if the above maps can be found online? I mean the very detailed street maps rather than the bus stop maps. Some seem to be accessible from the Interactive Map at: http://www.journeyplanner.org/im/SI-T.html A huge thanks, Dave! I didn't get your message itself, so thanks also to Marc for quoting it. Thanks for that link - all very useful. Although, on the Chancery Lane map alone, there are so many mistakes as to be quite amusing! If you want a real laugh, ask the TfL Journey Planner for a walking route from the middle of Brownlow Street to the middle of Plumtree Court. I told them months ago, but they never seem to fix anything. The main vehicular access from Holborn into Gray's Inn is shown as a footpath. obligatory nitpick of nitpicker Anyone who has worked there for twenty years should know the boundary between Holborn and High Holborn is Grays Inn Road! ;-) Nice one, John, but: even more obligatory nitpick of nitpicker's nitpicker Grays [sic] Inn Road?? The taxi rank in High Holborn is shown, but not the one at the gateway to Lincoln's Inn. On the TfL multimodal map, ranks are only shown if there is a decent chance of finding a cab there most of the time..... does that apply here? Oh yes, at ALL times except when I actually need a cab! Most curiously, Holborn seems to have acquired a new road into Whetstone Place called Holborn Place! There is no vehicular access South of High Holborn of any description between Chancery Lane and Kingsway! Holborn Place is the drive of the Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel, and it does lead from High Holborn to Whetstone Park, but is probably a private road. Then again, many of the roads shown in this area, such as Grays Inn Square, are probably private also, so it is reasonable that they would show it, especially since this is basically a walking map, and I think anyone can walk through Holborn Place. Well, one lives and learns. I have seen what I took just to be a service entrance to what was the old Pearl Assurance (?) builiding, now the hotel you mentioned, but have never been through it, and had no idea that one could access Whetstone Park through it but, as you say, it is most likely pedestrian access only. Thanks again! (I will one day die a lingering death of pedantry.....) Marc. |
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John Rowland wrote: obligatory nitpick of nitpicker Anyone who has worked there for twenty years should know the boundary between Holborn and High Holborn is Grays Inn Road! ;-) Nice one, John, but: even more obligatory nitpick of nitpicker's nitpicker Grays [sic] Inn Road?? Yes. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19961078_en_1.htm He kind of owns the thing, I think, so if he says there's no apostrophe, he's right. Holborn Place is the drive of the Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel, and it does lead from High Holborn to Whetstone Park, but is probably a private road. Then again, many of the roads shown in this area, such as Grays Inn Square, are probably private also, so it is reasonable that they would show it, especially since this is basically a walking map, and I think anyone can walk through Holborn Place. Well, one lives and learns. I have seen what I took just to be a service entrance to what was the old Pearl Assurance (?) builiding, now the hotel you mentioned, but have never been through it, and had no idea that one could access Whetstone Park through it but, as you say, it is most likely pedestrian access only. I said no such thing.... ISTR I've been through it in my car, but commissionaire bod wasn't too impressed. Taxis serving the hotel drive in from High Holborn, and they must exit into Whetstone Park, I think, BICBW. |
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