First catch your dream
Being there
Logistics
Countries of the world
The traveller's directory

Book and map sources


CONTENTS
Book and map sources
Web-only booksellers


Book and map sources

AA Publishing
Forum House
Priestly Road
Basingstoke
Hants RG21 2EA, UK
Tel: 01256 491538
www.theaa.co.uk
Guide and map publishers and distributors including the Baedeker guides.


A & C Black
35 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4JH
Tel: 020 7242 0946, UK
www.acblack.co.uk
postmaster@acblack.co.uk
Publishes the Blue Guides.


John Bartholomew/ Times
77-85 Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8JB, UK
Tel: 020 8741 7070
www.fireandwater.com
Tourist, road, topographic and general maps, atlases and guides.


B.T.Batsford Ltd
9 Blenheim Court
Brewery Rd
London N7 9NT, UK
Tel: 020 77007611
btbatsford@crysalisbooks.co.uk
Guides and topographical publications.


BBC Worldwide
80 Wood Lane
London W12 0TT, UK
Tel: 020 8576 2000
www.bbbcworldwide.com
Publishes books mainly related to TV and radio series. Also publishes language learning books and materials.


BFP Books
Focus House
497 Green Lanes
London N13 4BP, UK
Tel: 020 8882 3315
www.thebfp.com
info@thebfp.com
Publishers of the industry guide, The Freelance Photographer's Market Handbook .


Blackwell Map & Travel Bookshop
50 Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BU, UK
Tel: 01865 792792
www.bookshop.blackwells.co.uk
Excellent selection of books and knowledgeable staff.


The Booksellers' Association
Minster House
272-4 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London SW1W 1BA, UK
Tel: 020 7834 5477
100437.2261@compuserve.com
www.booksellers.org.uk
Publishes an annual directory of members detailing information on bookshops nationwide.


Books Etc.
26 James St
Covent Garden
London WC2E 8PA, UK
Tel: 020 7379 6947
Central branch of a mainly London-based chain, with good travel sections.


Bradt Publications
Travel Guides
19 High Street
Chalfont St Peter
Bucks SL9 9QE, UK
Tel: 01494 873478
info@bradt-travelguides.com
Travel guides for the adventurous traveller.


The British Cartographic Society
Hon Membership Secretary
JK Atherton
12 Elworthy Drive
Wellington
Somerset TA21 9AT, UK
Tel: 01823 663 965


Cadogan Guides
West End House
11 Hills Place
London W1R 1AG, UK
Tel: 020 7287 6555
cadoganguides@morrispub.co.uk
Travel guide series.


Century
Random House
20 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London SW1V 2SA, UK
Tel: 020 7840 8400
www.randomhouse.co.uk
Publishes travel narratives.


Chatto & Windus Ltd
Random House
20 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London SW1V 2SA, UK
Tel: 020 7840 8400
www.randomhouse.co.uk
Includes archaeology and travel books.


Cicerone Press
2 Police Square
Milnthorpe
Cumbria LA7 7PY, UK
Tel: 01539 562069
www.cicerone.co.uk
info@cicerone.demon.co.uk
Outdoor books.


Columbus Travel Guides
Jordan House
47 Brunswick Place London N1 6EB, UK
Tel: 020 7608 6666
020 7608 6569 Website booksales@columbus-group.co.uk
Publish The World Travel Guide , the travel agents' bible. Also atlases.


The Crowood Press
The Stable Block
Crowood Lane
Ramsbury
Marlborough
Wilts SN8 2HR, UK
Tel: 01672 520320
www.crowood.com
enquiries@crowood.com
Mountaineering and climbing books.


Daunt Books
83 Marylebone High Street
London W1M 3DE, UK
Tel: 020 7224 2295
orders@dauntbooks.com
Comprehensive travel bookshop plus much else. Mail order service.


Department of Defense and Mapping Agency
Hydrographic Center
Washington, DC 20315
USA
Publishes charts of oceans and coasts of all areas of the world, and pilot charts.


Footprint Handbooks
6 Riverside Court
Lower Bristol Road
Bath BA2 3DZ, UK
Tel: 01225 469141
www.footprintbooks.co.uk
handbooks@footprint.cix.co.uk
High-quality guidebooks for independent travellers, including the famous South American Handbook.


Foyles
Travel Department
Ground Floor
119 Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 0EB, UK
Tel: 020 7437 5660
sales@foyles.co.uk
Famous English bookshop. Mail order available.


Fodors
20 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London SW1V 2SA
Tel: 020 7840 8400
020 233 6058www.fodors.com
Guidebook publisher. The website can be used to generate itineraries based on destination and budget.


Frommers
909 3rd Avenue
21st Floor New York, NY 10022, USA
www.frommers.com
Leading publisher of guidebooks. Website features, specialist travel sections and message boards.


Globe Pequot Press
PO Box 480, Guilford
CT 06347-0480, USA
Tel: 203 4584582
info@globe-pequot.com
www.globe-pequot.com
Good travel-only publisher, especially on USA/Canada.


The Good Book Guide
24 Seward Street
London EC1V 3PB, UK
Tel: 020 7490 0900
www.thegoodbookguide.com
enquiries@gbgdirect.com
World-wide mail order service based on Good Book Guide catalogue.


Hatchards
187 Piccadilly
London W1V 0LE, UK
Tel: 020 7439 9921
www.hatchards.co.uk
books@hatchards.co.uk
Classic English bookshop.


Heffers
20 Trinity Street
Cambridge CB2 1TY, UK
Tel: 01223 568400
www.heffers.co.uk
enquiries@heffers.co.uk
Very good selection of travel guides and books.


Hippocrene Books
171 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016, USA
Tel: 718 454 2366
www.hippocrene.com
orders@hippocrene.com
Publishers of travel guides, international literature and dictionaries.


Hodder Headline
338 Euston Road
London NW1 3BH
Tel: 020 7873 6000
www.hodder.co.uk
Publish mountaineering and climbing narratives plus Which? travel guides.


Hydrographic Dept UK Ministry of Defence (Navy)
Admiralty Way
Taunton
Somerset TA1 2DN, UK
Tel: 01823 337900
Publishes a global series of Admiralty Charts and hydrographic publications used by the British Navy. Available from appointed Admiralty Chart Agencies.


Itchy Feet
4 Bartlett St
Bath BA1 2Q2, UK
Tel: 01225 337987
www.itchyfeet
online.com
Good range of guides, maps and gear.


Insight Guides
Geocenter international
The Viables Centre
Harrow Way
Basingstoke
Hants RG22 4BJ, UK
Tel: 01256 817987


Institut Géographique National
107 Rue la Boétie
75008 Paris, France
Tel: 1 43 98 80 00
Publish and sell maps of France and many former French possessions. Mail order also available.


James Thin Ltd
53-59 South Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1YS, UK
Tel: 0131 5566743
www.jthin.co.uk
orders@jthin.co.uk
The largest of a UK bookshop chain with good travel sections.


Kummerly und Frey Ltd
Alpenstrasse 58
3052 Zollekofen
Switzerland
Tel: 31 915 2211
www.swissmaps.ch
Publish charts and political, topographic, road and other maps.


Latitude
34 The Broadway
Darkes Lane, Potters Bar
Herts EN6 2HW, UK
Tel: 01707 663090
www.latitudemapsandglobes.co.uk
enquiries@latitudemaps.demon.co.uk
Map and globe specialist which also produces a mail order catalogue.


Lonely Planet Publications
10A Spring Place
London NW5 3BH, UK
Tel: 020 7428 4800
www.lonelyplanet.com
go@lonelyplanet.co.uk
Possibly the world's largest guidebook publisher. Extensive selection of off-beat guidebooks, plus health and food guides. The website allows you to swap tips at "The Thorn Tree'.


Mapblast website
www.mapblast.com
World wide maps and driving directions.


Map Marketing
92-104 Carnwath Road
London SW6 3HW, UK
Tel: 020 7526 2322
www.mapmarketing.com
sales@mapmarketing.com
Over 400 laminated maps, framed or unframed, including world maps, country maps and over 300 section maps of the UK.


Mapquest website
www.mapquest.com
Print out maps of most major cities in the world.


The Map Shop
15 High Street
Upton-upon-Severn
Worcs WR8 OHJ, UK
Tel: 01684 593146
www.themapshop.co.uk
themappshop@btinternet.com
Agent for Ordnance Survey, stocks large-scale maps and guides worldwide. Send for free catalogue by area.


Mapsworldwide website
www.mapsworldwide.co.uk
Cut-price maps.


Michelin Maps & Guides
Edward Hyde Building
38 Clarendon Road
Watford WD1 1SX, UK
Tel: 01923 415000
www.michelin.co.uk
webinfo@uk.michelin.com
Publish excellent maps and the Red and Green Guides.


John Murray
50 Albermarle Street
London W1S 4BD, UK
Tel: 020 7493 4361
genmark@dial.pipex.com
Publishes the Literary Companion series and excellent travel literature.


Moon Publications
PO Box 3040, Chico CA95927-3040, USA
Tel: 191 634 55473
www.moon.com
Travel handbook publishers, excerpted on their webiste.


National Geographic Society
1145 17th St, NW
Washington
DC 20036-4688, USA
Tel: 202 857 7000
www.nationalgeographic.com
Publish maps to accompany National Geographic magazine. Also sell atlases and globes, magazines and books.


The National Map Centre
22-24 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0QU, UK
Tel: 020 7222 2466
www.mapstore.co.uk
info@mapsnmc.com
Main agent for Ordnance Survey maps, and retailers for all major publishers.


The National Ocean Service
NOAA Distribution Branch N/CG33
6501 Lafayette Ave
Riverdale
Maryland 20737, USA
Tel: 301 436 6990
distribution@noaa.gov
Publishes arial charts of the USA and sells charts of foreign areas published by the Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center.


Nomad
781 Fulham Road
London SW6 5HA, UK
Tel: 020 7736 4000
nomadbooks@yahoo.co.uk
Travel book basement.


OAG
Church Street
Dunstable
Beds LU5 4HB, UK
Tel: 01582-600111
central@oag.co.uk
Publishes a comprehensive range of guides geared towards the professional travel planner.


Ordnance Survey
Romsey Road, Maybush
Southampton SO16 4GU UK
Tel: 02380 792416
Official mapping agency for the UK. The Overseas Surveys Directorate at the same address publishes maps of former and current British possessions.


Pallas Athene Publications
59 Linden Gardens
London W2 4HJ, UK
Tel: 020 7229 2798
Historical and cultural guides to European cities.


Dick Phillips
Whitehall House
Nenthead, Alston
Cumbria CA9 3PS, UK
Tel: 01434 381440
Specialises in books and maps of Iceland and Faroe.


George Philip & Son Ltd
2-4 Heron Quay
London E14 4JP, UK
Tel: 020 75318400
www.philips-maps.co.uk
george.philip@philips-maps.co.uk
Publish a wide range of topographical and thematic maps, atlases and charts.


Nigel Press Associates Crockham Park
Edenbridge
Kent TN8 6SR, UK
Tel: 01732 865023
www.npagroup.com
info@npagroup.com
Offers free satellite images to bona fide expeditions. Large archive covers most of the world.


RAC Publishing
RAC House
PO Box 100
Bartlett Street
South Croydon
Surrey CR2 6XW, UK
Tel: 020 8686 0088
Publishers of guides, handbooks and maps for motorists and travellers in the UK and the Continent.


Rallymaps of West Wellow
PO Box 11. Romsey
Hampshire S051 8XX, UK
Tel: 01794 515444
www.rallymap.demon.co.uk
mike@rallymap.demon.co.uk
Mail order specialists for Ordnance Survey.


Rand McNally & Co
8255 North Central Park Ave, Skokie
Illinois 60076, USA
Tel: 847 329 8100
www.randmcnally.com
Large publisher of maps, atlases, guides and globes.


Roger Lascelles
47 York Road
Brentford
Middlesex TW8 0QP, UK
Tel: 020 8847 0935
Guide and map publisher and distributor.


Rough Guides
1 Mercer Street
London WC2H 9QJ, UK
Tel: 020 7379 3329
email mail@roughguides.co.uk
www.roughguides.com
Excellent travel guide series for independent travellers, also specialist in world music guides and CDs. Website includes 3,500 places and an e-zine of articles and travel tips.


Royal Geographical Society
Publications Dept
1 Kensington Gore
London SW7 2AR, UK
Tel: 020 7589 5466
maps@rgs.org
Sells maps from the Geographical Journal , also maps published separately by the Society.


Stanfords
12-14 Long Acre
London WC2 9LP, UK
Tel: 020 7836 1321
sales@stanfords.co.uk
The largest map seller in the world, stocking a wide range of maps, guides, globes, charts and atlases. Also in Bristol.


Thames and Hudson
181a High Holborn
London WC1V 7QX, UK
Tel: 020 7845 5000
www.thameshudson.co.uk
Publisher of high-quality illustrated books on world cultures, usually of academic standard, with lavish photographs.


Time Out
Universal House
251 Tottenham Court Road
London W1P OAB
Tel: 020 7813 3000
020 7813 6001www.timeout.com
London-based listings magazine with growing list of international guidebooks. Website is updated monthly


Trailfinders Travel Centre
194 Kensington High St
London W8 7RG, UK
Tel: 020 7938 3999
Stocks guides and maps as well as travel equipment.


The Travel Bookshop
13 Blenheim Crescent
London W11 2EE
Tel: 020 7229 5260
www.thetravelbookshop.co.uk
post@thetravelbookshop.co.uk
Long-established and dedicated travel bookshop. Provides a "complete literary package' for the traveller, including regional guides, histories, cookery books, relevant fiction and so on. Also stocks old and new maps and topographical prints.


Ulysses Travel Publications
4176 St. Denis
Montréal
Quebec H2W 2M5
Canada
Tel: 514 843 9882
info@ulysses.ca
www.ulyssesguides.com
Guidebooks for independent travellers. Bookstores in Montréal and Toronto.


US Department of the Interior
Geological Survey
Earth Science Information Center (ESIC)
507 National Center
Reston, VA 20192, USA
Tel: 703 648 5577
www.usgs.gov
Information about maps and related data for US.


Vacation Work Publications
9 Park End Street
Oxford OX1 1HJ, UK
Tel: 01865 241 978
www.vacationwork.co.uk
Publishers of books for budget travellers and for anyone wanting to work or study abroad.


Waterstones
82 Gower Street
London WC1E 6EQ, UK
Tel: 020 7636 1577
www.waterstones.co.uk
enquiries@gowerst.waterstones.co.uk
Has a good travel section in the basement. Branches throughout the UK.


Wilderness Press
2440 Bancroft Way
Berkeley CA 94704, USA
Tel: 415 843 8080
Natural history, adventure travel guides and maps of North America.


YHA Bookshops
14 Southampton Street
London WC2E 7HY, UK
Tel: 020 7836 8541
www.yhaadventure.co.uk
Books, maps, guides and gear for backpackers, hostellers, adventure sportsmen and budget travellers.




Web-only booksellers

Amazon
www.amazon.co.uk
Pioneering website with huge range of books on all subjects.


The internet bookshop
www.bookshop.co.uk


Alphabet Street
www.alphabetstreet.infront.co.uk


 
To top of pageBack to index