Note on Places and Map Sites

You'll notice on some of my posts map references usually of the form AB12341234. These are Landranger Series Ordnance Survey references and are a handy way of finding a place on my preferred mapping site which is Streetmap. It has decent maps on all scales - ones that give useful information, unlike Google maps for the UK.

Once you've got a map on Streetmap there is a handy little link hidden away at the bottom of the page marked "Click here to convert coordinates" That gives a window with all sorts of co-ordinate schemes. The nearest postcode one is what to use if you want to use Google Maps.