Ed’s Map Collection:
Ordnance Survey 1:126 720 ‘City Link’ Maps
Page last updated: 14 November 2009
In 1986 Ordnance Survey published a map of the M25 and London at half-inch (1:126 720) scale, enlarged from 1:250 000 Routemaster mapping. At the time, it was intended as a one-off, following the completion of the M25 orbital route. The next year, however, another sheet - ‘Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds & York’ - was published in the same style under the heading ‘City Link Map’. These were then followed in 1988 and 1989 by ‘Birmingham and the Midlands’ and ‘Edinburgh & Glasgow’ respectively. Thus was formed the ‘City Link’ series of maps - a small series, but perhaps quite useful to those who regularly used the road networks in the areas covered. After 1989, no new ‘City Link’ maps were published and the series all but disappeared after c.1992.
The aim of this collection theme is to acquire a copy of each edition of the City Link Maps published from 1986-1989.

Category Status

City Link editions known to have been published 

6
City Link editions in collection 
5

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Ordnance Survey 1:126 720 ‘City Link’ Maps (1986-1989)

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[Sheet 1] - M25 & London
A 1986 Map image PFI Good Cover slightly scuffed at edges and slightly creased. Map in good condition, with minor scuffing to folds.
Map image PFI Very Good Cover very slightly scuffed and creased at edges. Map in very good condition, with very minor scuffing to folds.
A/* 1987 Map image PFI Good Cover very slightly scuffed, creased and marked at edges. Map in very good condition with almost no wear.
B 1989 Map image PFS Good Cover slightly knocked at edges, bottom-left corner torn but repaired with sticky tape. Map in very good condition with virtually no wear.
[Sheet 2] - Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds & York
A 1987 Map image PFI Good Cover very slightly knocked on spine and slightly creased. Map in very good condition with perhaps some very minor scuffing to folds.
Sheet 3 - Birmingham and the Midlands
A 1988 Not in Collection
Sheet 4 - Edinburgh and Glasgow
A 1989 Map image PFI Very Good Cover very slightly marked at bottom edge. Map in very good condition with virtually no wear.