cw42

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In preparation for the smacs tour of britain, I have been trying to find a decent map with a good border of each county on it, to no avail.
I work for Royal Mail for gods sake! and I still can't find a good map.
So, does anyone have a good link to somewhere on the net I could get one, or know of a good atlas that has one in I could buy?
The plan is over this year, visit, in convoy, every county in england. I live in Stockport, Cheshire, so theres one for a start
Here's my list:
Cheshire
Lancashire
Derbyshire
Yorkshire
Nottinghamshire
Cumbria
Northumberland tyne and wear (2?)
Humberside
Lincolnshire
Staffordshire
Midlands?
Cambridgeshire
Oxfordshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
Herefordshire
Northamptonshire
Gloustershire
Buckinghamshire
Berkshire
Kent
Sussex
Surrey
Essex
London?
Dorset
Hampshire
Devon
Cornwall
Once I have a definate list, I only need to plan a route through the lot!!
Maybe not in one day though

cheers,
chris

andymar00

Try this link might help a bit

andymar00

Try this link might help a bit http://www.picturesofengland.com/mapofengland/counties-map.html

CharlieWhiskey

A-Z 2004 Great Britain Road Atlas

http://www.a-zmaps.co.uk/asp/details...t1&lstpostage=

County boundaries highlighed in pink

missyc

List of all 86

http://www.abcounties.co.uk/counties/list.htm

CharlieWhiskey

CharlieWhiskey

Good luck, you will need it

You will have to do all the different bits of Yorkshire too


[Edited by CharlieWhiskey - 1/1/2004 9:32:01 PM]

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

And don't forget that the two biggest counties are now split into North, South, East and West Yorkshire, and North East Licolnshire, and North Lincolnshire as well as Lincolnshire proper.

Alcazar

Andy S.

Happy new year Chris, hope you had a good one just got in from work (Racecars). Still burning the midnight oil.
Just one point there is no such a county as Humberside any moore(thank God). It is East Yorkshire for north of the humber and Lincolnshire for south of the river.
So when do we start on our tour?

CharlieWhiskey

Orkney & Shetland may be difficult in convoy

Are you sticking strictly to 'Counties'?

If not it gets even more complicated

http://www.abcounties.co.uk/newgaz/map2.htm

ThrustSSC

Just a warning, that map's a bit out of date! Cumbria was formed in, I think, 1975! I remember it, but was too small to remember the exact date! Rutland now exists again, but Yorkshire is divided. I think the Welsh counties have changed too.

cw42

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thanks very much one and all for an excellent response
Now I have the info I need, I only need to plan a few routes out.
The smacs will have to have a sit down, and decide how long this should take us andy, could we do this in a week do you think?
and make it a scooby tour of britain, meeting up in different counties each evening?

I can see this growing much like the NBO did for Lordharding

chris

[Edited by cw42 - 1/1/2004 10:11:24 PM]

sparkykev

Half of warwickshire on that map is now West midlands, not sure if that is a county or not.

CharlieWhiskey

Have a look at the link above for the 'administrative areas' which are not 'counties' as such

dnb

The Isle of Wight is a county too - not part of Hampsire any more

cw42

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just as I thought, a little bit harder to sus out than you think!
chris

CharlieWhiskey

You need some criteria for each county to qualify, do you need to just drive through it or stop and get a pic of the sign or what?

CharlieWhiskey

I have put one of each of the towns from the English counties into autoroute and set it to optimize a route...

























Results some time tomorrow

cw42

iTrader: (1)

nice one charlie, cheers. may try the same with aa autoroute, and see what that comes up with
you up for joining us on any of the legs of the route then?

chris

Steve vRS

Cumberland, westmorland and that bit of Lancs is now Cumbria!

Steve

johnfelstead

Greater Manchester is a county now too, Manchester is no longer part of Lancashire, hasnt been since the mid 70's.

Mungo

You need to read all that gumph in The Gazeteer. That map shown is what they call "historic counties". The UK government seems to keep re-arranging the administrative areas (hence Greater Manchester, Greater London, Cumbria, West Yorkshire etc). The last such re-arrangement was under the Lieutenancies Act 1997, so you need that list for Administrative areas. Whether each of those has a county council I do not know!! London doesn't (unless you include the GLA)....

CharlieWhiskey

Yep, you are right there, the map is the historic 'County' map which ignores the administrative areas such as Greater Manchester etc. See the Gazeteer for all the info you need, and a fair bit more!

Chris, yep, I/We would be up for some of it for sure

You need to define exactly what you want to visit, is it each county, or each admininstrative area? Are you gonna do it as a sponsored event for 'charity' in one go? Or do you wanna plan a series of interesting routes which take in the best roads in each county?

Have a think and let us know

[Edited by CharlieWhiskey - 1/2/2004 12:35:07 PM]

blitzboy1

Well chris, u sure av got big plans for us smacs boy's aint ya lol.

Blitz.

Beefy

lol tony I was just thinking the same thing, look what happens when we leave Chris alone without a meet for a few weeks!

cw42

iTrader: (1)

just thinking about this guys, and its turning into a many headed monster!
this will be quite an undertaking this year, but I deffo want to do it.
I think the format should be "a bit at a time" rather than "all in one go", as I simply dont have the time or holidays to do it all in one big rush.
I want to stick the the "countys" of england for now, although it would be possible to do wales in a day!
As for charity, I'm not sure, I've always been of the opinion that as soon as you start asking people for money to do something you enjoy, there is a bit of resentment involved, + the hassle of collecting any money owed. So, I think I will keep it personal, and just enjoy it.
Certainly the northern part of the run could be done on my trip up to see the cumbrian scoobs in a few weeks, taking in: manchester, lancs, cumbria, northumberland, durham and even lincs and some of the yorkshires, and finally derbyshire, staffs and cheshire.
Then it would leave the midlands, the south east, and by far the hardest part, the south west, cornwall and devon.
I think it would be nice to meet up with local groups in each area, plan a great route taking in some of the best roads in that county, and driving into the next county. That was my original vision, driving through all the countys on the best roads that it has to offer.

Right, time to plan the first leg of my journey!!!!!

chris

lordharding

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CW42
A Fantastic <vision> and all the cumbrian/Tyne tees scoobs will be assisting you in the run

in fact as you do the route you can recruit for the


NIDC

I think its going to be a great year for the scoobys

lancashire cumbrian and yorkshire tour for April !!

CharlieWhiskey

Sounds good to me

How about going to some of the places that locals up and down the country meet? Like the Wiggin Tree, Gunthorpe, Sharlow etc? and get in touch with all the regional 'routemiesters' to find out the best roads and arrange to meet up

If you want any help with Wales, Derbys, Notts & North Yorkshire I have a 'few' prepared already

Having done it numerous times (Wales Camping Trip 1,2,3,4,5 & Muppet Camp II), it takes at least 2 days to do the whole of Wales There are some cracking roads though

[Edited by CharlieWhiskey - 1/2/2004 6:31:58 PM]

cw42

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cheers for all the info guys, and charliewhiskey, good idea!

heres to the tour of britain!

chris

CharlieWhiskey

I saw it

But I dont think most regions are as organised as you lot and the Cumbrian boys. Even the Midlands lot dont have a 'regional organizer' Steve777 does a bit, the Coventry lot do a bit more, as do the Worcester lot. Shouldnt take too much to sort out who are the main players

Perhaps post summat in the appropriate regional forums when you are planning each bit.

The South West is not too daunting, if you allow a weekend for it.

Did you mean to put 'Counties of Britain' not 'England'?

Wales: well there WILL be Wales Camping Trip 6 this year