NEW LFA MAP & GUIDE
Charnwood Forest
This map is based upon Ordnance Survey open data, with careful selection of information available omitting details of little relevance to walkers. The addition of material locally surveyed by Roy Denney, our Editor shows pubs, tearooms and permissive footpaths many of which are not on the OS map, as well as open access areas. The result is an easy-to-read, uncluttered map showing only what walkers need to see.
We first published a map
and guide to the area in 1904 but Roy instigated a new map a few years ago getting a professional firm to do the underlying cartography. That work was done by Mary Spence who was awarded an MBE for services to cartographic design. The first modern edition won a number of international awards.
This, the third edition of the modem map, has again been updated with Mary’s help. Substantial lottery funding has enabled local infrastructure…