SplashMaps News

SplashMaps are for babies!

After 18 months of pursuing a roughty-toughty image for our indestructible maps it turns out there’s an untapped market! What makes these maps great for sports women and men makes them ideal for smaller…

Festival, Europe and British Cartographers

Festivals, Europe and British Cartographers I was stopped for pulling more than my fair share of “Silly” beers from the Eurostar lounge. I love the Belgian stuff but I really needed the bottles for…

North Downs OS 1:25 000 series launched

SplashMaps celebrate the Surrey Cyclefest with maps of Guildford, Woking and Reigate We love to make an entrance.  So this year when David Williams of Slick Events invited us to take part in the…

Bespoke maps for soldiers and cyclists

June’s Bespoke maps for soldiers and cyclists include Military maps of Crete, a 4 map series for the Tour de France, a map of a race through old London Town and the second handsomest…

A day for Heroes

Today is a day we remember those heroes who fought for our future and our liberty. I found myself way more patriotic than usual.  I whizzed my Scott commute bike through the well ordered…

Interviewed by the Yorkshire Post

On Friday I was interviewed by the Yorkshire Post as I headed toward Cornwall with my family.  I got a call on the way. “Are you David from SplashMaps?  It’s Jonathan Brown from the…

Le Tour & L’Eroica

Sizzling about this season!  2 fantastic international cycling events are visiting 2 of our favorite places. L’Eroica is a retro bike race where “how you look” is almost as important as how you perform! …

Interviewed by Bike Biz

I was interviewed by Bike Biz! What a privilege. How much of a privilege? Last week I had a meeting with the buyer from a big bike store chain.  I always try to get…

Happy Trails

Happy Trails can be found at Swinley Forest and Queen Elizabeth Country Park.  These are our nearest trail centres in Berkshire and Hampshire respectively. Yesterday’s trip to the QECP was partly business and partly…

Top 2 consumer cycling magazines?

I love going to my newsagent and picking up cycling magazines these days. There’s something about the smell of the pages (I’m told it comes down to Kaolin content). I thought all these magazines…