Above you will see price and availability details for AA Street by Street London and the South East by from the leading UK book stores.
To allow you to quickly compare prices, the stores are arranged in order of delivered price, cheapest first. Click on a store name to buy this book or to view further details.
Book Details / Review - supplied by Amazon UK
Soft back A4 size, base scale 3.94 inches to 1 mile (1:25,000) Prominent landmarks and detail for motorists Easy to read street names Up to date, well designed and clever use of colour ensures it can be read under street lighting Every named street in Lon
Books Related to AA Street by Street London and the South East - ISBN: 0749544880
Great Layout - Rated
I particularly like the colouring of these maps, much nicer than the A-Z. Comprehensive coverage of all streets in a huge area. I'll be keeping this in my car!
Note that there are some ommisions, particularly as some maps have the congestion charging area boundary shaded whilst the adjacent map has it missing - obviously an editorial oversight that will hopefully be fixed in future editions.
Comprehensize Coverage of the South-East & London in 'Yellow Pages-sized' book - Rated
I live in Surrey and spend a lot of my time criss-crossing the south-east, so an 'all in one' map of this region down to street-level seemed like a godsend. I don't have GPS in my car and I liked the idea of a 'hardcopy' atlas.
First impressions - this book is big and heavy ! It's standard A4 in size, just under 2.2kg in weight and 4.3cm deep. Imagine a mid-sized Yellow Pages and you get the idea in terms of bulk.
I can just about squeeze it in my car door pocket but I don't fancy carrying it around for too many long walks !!!
On to the content. It covers an impressive area of the South East - including London, most of the home counties and goes as far out as Southampton (SW), Oxford (NW), Ipswich (NE) and of course all of Kent (SE).
At the start of the atlas there is a 2 page 'routeplanner' which doubles as a key to map pages. Actually the fact that this 'routeplanner' is only 2 pages is my major gripe about this atlas and hence giving it a 4 star-rating rather than 5 (more on this later).
After the routeplanner and key to map symbols there are 132 pages of 'enlarged map pages', mostly town and city centres at 6.3 inches to 1 mile. These are excellent and cover most of the major centres in the South East. The main section of the atlas is 775 pages at 2.5 inches to the mile - which is very readable. The maps themselves are very clear and well annotated, with useful information such as one-way streets, Parking, Places of interest and AA inspected hotels.
The mapping section is completed by a 1-page 'M25 orbital motorway' and 'London Transport connections' map, both of which are useful.
The index is very comprehensive and has separate listings for Towns & Villages, streets and featured places.
Back to my major gripe regarding this atlas - the routeplanner (a map showing the area covered by the atlas/mapping) is only 2 pages. This means there is a major gap between the 'big picture' routeplanner and the street-level maps. If only the AA supplemented the 2-page routeplanner map with say 8-12 pages of mid-scale mapping covering the SE region, listing more detail (and train lines for example which are not on the 2-pager). Without this 'mid-scale map' routeplanning is more difficult that it should be. For this reason in everyday practical terms I have to supplement this guide with my general UK Atlas for routeplanning in the South East, which is a real pity.
So all in all, a big and heavy atlas and excellent value considering the scope of the mapping. Put a more comprehensive 'routeplanner' in the next version (rather than the 2-pager) and you'll have a 5-star 'all in one' product.
