Bacon's Larger-Print Map of London and Suburbs, issued by G. W. Bacon in 1910, is an Edwardian city portrait engineered for absolute clarity. Marked “1 mile” and styled with enlarged lettering, it invites swift orientation across the metropolis and its burgeoning outskirts, with the Thames threaded boldly through the center. Bacon’s hallmark practicality meets elegant color-work to separate districts, parks, and arterial roads at a glance—an urban navigator’s dream at the height of London’s pre-war expansion. Notably, the sheet pushes west to Richmond, a rare breadth for maps of this scale, capturing the frontier where suburbia met river meadows. As a city map, it is compelling for its simultaneity: the historic core, the modern transport age, and the leafier edge of a capital on the move.

The West End unfurls in confident detail: Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly, and Shaftesbury Avenue stitch together the theater district around Leicester Square and Drury Lane, while Charing Cross Road and the Strand stream to Trafalgar Square and the government heartland beyond. The Victoria Embankment formalizes the riverfront; the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey stand just upstream, with St James’s Park, Green Park, Hyde Park, and Kensington Gardens forming a green hinge behind. Museums and market districts sit within easy reach—Tottenham Court Road and High Holborn signal the scholarly and commercial quarter around the British Museum, while King’s Road and Abingdon Road open toward fashionable Kensington and Chelsea. Bridges and thoroughfares are plotted with lucid intent, making the city’s civic and cultural grammar instantly legible.

North of the West End, Bacon’s clarity pays particular dividends. Baker Street, Edgware Road, and Euston Road define the great northern arc, with Albany Street skirting Regent’s Park and its zoological gardens. Camden High Street climbs toward the railway viaducts and markets, then splits into the arteries of Holloway Road and Barnsbury Road—Islington’s terrace-lined avenues where Edwardian growth pressed outward. The map’s larger-print labels tame the famously intricate street pattern, while inset panels outline principal public transport routes, situating tramways and Underground interchanges within the broader fabric. This is city mapping as a working instrument, but it also captures a social topography: residential squares near Marylebone, commercial corridors converging on Euston Road, and the steady beat of stations feeding a metropolis in motion.

To the east, the City’s tight weave gives way to Shoreditch High Street and Whitechapel Road, the great market and manufacturing corridors leading toward the docks. South of the river—the historic South Bank—a skein of wharves and rail depots lines the Thames, while inland arteries like Wandsworth Road, Brixton Road, and Clapham Road chart the Victorian and Edwardian suburbs that powered London’s daily commute. Chelsea Bridge Road leaps the river to the Chelsea embankment; Fulham Road and Hammersmith Road carry the westward tide through terraces and football grounds toward the upper Thames. The map’s color and labelling bring this industrial-commercial ecology to life, showing how the river, the streets, and the transport lines knit neighborhoods into a single, functioning organism.

Most distinctive is the sweep to Richmond, where Richmond Road threads toward river bends, towpaths, and parkland. This westward extension—uncommon at this scale—encompasses the botanical marvel of Kew Gardens, the royal expanses of Richmond Park, and the leafy interstices of Barnes and Putney, revealing how green space softens the city’s edge. Here the Thames broadens and meanders, and the suburban ideal takes form in villas, commons, and rail-linked hamlets. For historians and connoisseurs of London, this broader skyline is the map’s signature flourish: it pairs the dense intelligence of central streets with the restorative fringe of parks and riverside, a testament to Bacon’s mastery of clear, beautiful, supremely useful city cartography.

Streets and roads on this map

• Abingdon Road
• Albany Street
• Baker Street
• Barnsbury Road
• Brixton Road
• Camden High Street
• Charing Cross Road
• Chelsea Bridge Road
• Clapham Road
• Drury Lane
• Edgware Road
• Euston Road
• Fulham Road
• Hammersmith Road
• High Holborn
• Holloway Road
• King's Road
• Leicester Square
• Oxford Street
• Piccadilly
• Regent Street
• Richmond Road
• Shaftesbury Avenue
• Shoreditch High Street
• Southbank
• Strand
• Tottenham Court Road
• Victoria Embankment
• Wandsworth Road
• Whitechapel Road

Notable Features & Landmarks

• Thames River
• Various parks and open spaces
• Major street layouts
• Inset areas for public transport routes (if visible)
• Landmarks (if identifiable)

Historical and design context

• Year of creation: 1910
• Designed with enlarged, easy-to-read lettering for practical reference.
• Noted as “1 mile,” featuring London and surrounding suburban districts.
• Offers an Edwardian-era view of the metropolis and the Thames.
• Notably extends out to Richmond, unlike many maps of this scale.
• Publisher context: G. W. Bacon was known for producing high-quality maps in the early 20th century, focusing on clarity and practicality for users.
• Design/style context: The map employs vibrant colors and large font styles, enhancing legibility; typical of the early 20th century mapping style.
• Historical significance: Offers insight into early 20th-century London, reflecting urban development and the expansion of suburbia during the Edwardian period.

Please double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.

This map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details.

This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 70in (180cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.

Please note: the labels on this map are hard to read if you order a map that is 20in (50cm) or smaller. The map is still very attractive, but if you would like to read the map easily, please buy a larger size.

The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.

The fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.

If you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the best old maps to see if something else catches your eye.

Please contact me to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.

This would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.

This map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.

This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.

For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.

Many of our maps and art prints are chosen as thoughtful gifts for homes, offices, studies and meaningful places.

Choose a framed option for the easiest ready-to-hang gift, or choose an unframed print if the recipient may prefer to select their own frame.

We make orders locally in 23 countries around the world, so gifts can often be produced close to the recipient. This helps them arrive faster, travel more safely, and avoid customs or import duty surprises.

• We can deliver directly to the recipient
• Framed pieces arrive ready to hang
• Unframed prints are carefully packed in a strong protective tube
• Almost every order is made locally, for faster, safer gifting
• 90-day returns give the recipient time to decide

If you are not sure what to choose, please contact us. We can help you pick the right map, size, finish or delivery option.

Most orders are made locally and delivered in around 2–3 working days, depending on the product, size and destination.

We print and frame maps and artwork in 23 countries around the world, so your order is usually made close to you or your recipient. That means faster delivery, less time in transit, and no customs or import duty surprises.

Personalised and customised pieces usually take an extra 1–2 working days, because we prepare your design and send it to you for approval before printing.

Very large framed orders can take a little longer, as they need extra care in production and delivery.

Every order is carefully packaged: unframed prints are sent in a strong protective tube, while framed pieces are securely packed with protective materials around the frame.

If you need your order by a particular date, please contact us before ordering. We’ll check the best production route and delivery option for your location.

Express delivery is available at checkout for most countries. Next-day delivery is available in the UK, US, Singapore and the UAE.

Your order is covered by our 90-day returns policy and 5-year guarantee.

Read our full delivery and local production guide

My standard frame is a gallery style black ash hardwood frame. It is simple and quite modern looking. My standard frame is around 20mm (0.8in) wide.

I use super-clear acrylic (perspex/acrylite) for the frame glass. It's lighter and safer than glass - and it looks better, as the reflectivity is lower.

Six standard frame colours are available for free (black, dark brown, dark grey, oak, white and antique gold). Custom framing and mounting/matting is available if you're looking for something else.

Most maps, art and illustrations are also available as a framed canvas. We use matte (not shiny) cotton canvas, stretch it over a sustainably sourced box wood frame, and then 'float' the piece within a wood frame. The end result is quite beautiful, and there's no glazing to get in the way.

All frames are provided "ready to hang", with either a string or brackets on the back. Very large frames will have heavy duty hanging plates and/or a mounting baton. If you have any questions, please get in touch.

See some examples of my framed maps and framed canvas maps.

Alternatively, I can also supply old maps and artwork on canvas, foam board, cotton rag and other materials.

If you want to frame your map or artwork yourself, please read my size guide first.

My maps are extremely high quality reproductions of original maps.

I source original, rare maps from libraries, auction houses and private collections around the world, restore them at my London workshop, and then use specialist giclée inks and printers to create beautiful maps that look even better than the original.

My maps are printed on acid-free archival matte (not glossy) paper that feels very high quality and almost like card. In technical terms the paper weight/thickness is 10mil/200gsm. It's perfect for framing.

I print with Epson ultrachrome giclée UV fade resistant pigment inks - some of the best inks you can find.

I can also make maps on canvas, cotton rag and other exotic materials.

Learn more about The Unique Maps Co.

Map personalisation

If you're looking for the perfect anniversary or housewarming gift, I can personalise your map to make it truly unique. For example, I can add a short message, or highlight an important location, or add your family's coat of arms.

The options are almost infinite. Please see my map personalisation page for some wonderful examples of what's possible.

To order a personalised map, select "personalise your map" before adding it to your basket.

Get in touch if you're looking for more complex customisations and personalisations.

Map ageing

I have been asked hundreds of times over the years by customers if they could buy a map that looks even older.

Well, now you can, by selecting Aged before you add a map to your basket.

All the product photos you see on this page show the map in its Original form. This is what the map looks like today.

If you select Aged, I will age your map by hand, using a special and unique process developed through years of studying old maps, talking to researchers to understand the chemistry of aging paper, and of course... lots of practice!

If you're unsure, stick to the Original colour of the map. If you want something a bit darker and older looking, go for Aged.

See some amazing examples of Aged maps.

If you are not happy with your order for any reason, contact me and I'll get it fixed ASAP, free of charge. Please see my returns and refund policy for more information.

I am very confident you will like your restored map or art print. I have been doing this since 1984. I'm a 5-star Etsy seller. I have sold tens of thousands of maps and art prints and have over 5,000 real 5-star reviews. My work has been featured in interior design magazines, on the BBC, and on the walls of dozens of 5-star hotels.

I use a unique process to restore maps and artwork that is massively time consuming and labour intensive. Hunting down the original maps and illustrations can take months. I use state of the art and eye-wateringly expensive technology to scan and restore them. As a result, I guarantee my maps and art prints are a cut above the rest. I stand by my products and will always make sure you're 100% happy with what you receive.

Almost all of my maps and art prints look amazing at large sizes (200cm, 6.5ft+) and I can frame and deliver them to you as well, via special oversized courier. Contact me to discuss your specific needs.