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Updated 5th August 2026

FREE TO A GOOD HOME, MORE FLAT OS MAPS. (added 5th August 2026) 

We have some more flat maps (that are folded) that are available free to a good home, with only the cost of postage required to secure.

The collection comprises mainly large-scale OS sheets dating from the early 1900s through to the 1960s, with a particular focus on Bristol, Bath, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. It includes a mixture of 1:1250 and 1:10,560 (6-inch), including a number of railway and urban sheets. 

The maps can be: individually viewed here and an inventory to cross-check can be viewed from here.

If you are interest in any of the maps, please contact Beverley Orr-Ewing by email to arrange postage & postage costs. A major request is that the minimum amount of maps to be taken by a member needs to be around 10, this to avoid too much administration by Beverley. 

BOOKS FOR SALE (added 27th July 2026).

A member has a small list of books on maps for sale. He also has a trance of 1:25,000 maps 1st and 2nd series'. The books are listed below:

1. Longitude by Dava Sobel.
2. The Island of Lost Maps by Miles Harvey.
3. Maps of my Life by Guy Browning.
4. A Map Maker's Dream by James Cowan.
5. Maps and the 20th Centuary by British Library & Tom Harper.
6. Talking Maps by Jerry Brotton & Nick Millea.

If you are interested in any of the books or any 1:25,000 maps, please contact Alan Fair on 01730 267991 directly to discuss prices.

MAPPING BOOKS FOR SALE (updated 17th June 2026)

For sale as one bundle £50 plus postage.

• Map of the Nation by Rachel Hewitt, 2010.
• A History of the Ordnance Survey edited by W A Seymour, 1980.
• OS Map Makers of Britain since 1791, 1992.
• OS a descriptive Manual by J B Harley, 1975. 
• A description of Small scale maps, 1947.
• A description of Medium scale maps, 1949.
• A description of Large scale plans, 1947. 

If you are interested in any of these items please contact John Wilks by email. 

BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, INDEXES & MAPS FOR SALE (added 30th April 2026)

A member has some books, pamphlets, indexes and maps for sale, please see the full list here.

The main aim is that items will go to a good home, rather than re-cycling. Best offer received by 30th June 2026 will secure items. Postage will be charged at cost. After 30th June, any remaining items will be available until 30th July for cost of postage only. 

Earlier expressions of interest encouraged. For more information or to make an offer contact David Forrest.

RARE OS MAP COVER WANTED (added 11th February 2026)

1:1,000,000 International Local Aeronautical Map(s). Any example from the list below:

• N.M.30 London (1939)
• N.N.30 Edinburgh (1939)
• N.N.31 Amsterdam (1937)

These are folded into H.19.2 green octagon covers, see image to the right.

Cash purchase preferred but many interesting exchanges possible. Contact Peter S. Gibson by email if you have a copy and would be willing to sell or exchange. 

COMPLETE MAP SERIES' FOR SALE. (updated 15th January 2026)

A member has some complete map series for sale, details are below, prices do not include postage. Collection from Bridgwater Somerset is welcomed if practical, otherwise it's the Royal Mail.

1.		All 11 sheets of the England & Wales post WWII 4th edition Quarter inch maps in the blue H96 covers. Six maps on cloth, five on paper all in card covers. All in good condition with the odd tear to a cover. £20 ex postage.
2.		All 17 sheets of the quarter inch 1:250,000 5th series maps in early blue/white/cream H99.3 benderfold covers. Some maps on cloth, others on paper, all in good condition. £15 ex postage.
3.		All 17 sheets of the quarter inch 1:250,000 5th series maps in late all blue H132.2 benderfold covers. All on paper, all in good condition. £15 ex postage.
4.		All 9 Tourist maps from the late 50s and early 60s in red & black line landscape H100 covers. These include the 8 one inch maps and one quarter inch of Wales and the Marches in blue (H100.2). There are two copies of North York Moors, one landscape and one portrait. All maps in good condition. £15 ex postage.
5.		This set is of 15 Tourist/District/Special maps from the middle 60s. These cover maps H109 to H126, minus H112, H113 and H115. Isles of Scilly (H109) is 1:25,000, Wales and the Marches (H111) is quarter-inch, Snowdonia (H118) is half-inch, Guernsey (H119) is 1:21,120, the rest are one-inch. All on paper in good condition, The Cambridge map (H114) cover has a tear to the cover. £15 ex postage.
6.		All 11 Tourist maps from the early 80s in H405 covers. Snowdonia is at half-inch to the mile, The Broads at 1:50,000, all the rest are at one-inch. All on paper with benderfold covers in good condition. £10 ex postage.
7.		All 8 sheets of the quarter inch 1:250,000 Road maps in green H442.5 covers, circa 2009. All in good condition. £10 ex postage.

If you are interested in any of the sets or have any questions, please Ashley Lawrence by email and to gain a postage cost or arrange pick-up.