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City Map Prints for Every Corner of the UK
From Bath's Roman heritage and Edinburgh's volcanic castle to York's Viking streets and London's 230 theatres — the complete guide to Great Britain's finest cities, with a 98types street map print for every one of them. From £3, same-day dispatch.
Awe-inspiring landscapes. Mouth-watering cuisine. Show-stopping culture and history at every turn. Great Britain is one of the most diverse, culturally rich destinations in the world — and it fits entirely within reach of a domestic train ticket. This guide covers fourteen of Britain's greatest cities in depth, with a street map print for each one available from 98types Studio — printed on museum-grade 260gsm satin paper, from £3, with same-day dispatch from our Camden Market studio.
From the Roman hot springs of Bath and the volcanic drama of Edinburgh Castle to the Beatles' birthplace in Liverpool and the medieval cathedral that defines Canterbury — these are the British cities that earn their place on every travel list and every wall. Each city entry below links directly to its 98types UK city map print — a beautifully designed street map print that works as a travel memory, a housewarming gift, or simply a piece of wall art that says something true about a place you love.
"Britain has all you need to escape the everyday — landscapes immortalised in postcards and poetry for centuries, history you can touch at every turn, and stories you'll share for life."
Bath, Canterbury, and Edinburgh Old Town are all UNESCO World Heritage Sites — three cities in one small island representing thousands of years of human history.
London alone has more than 230 theatres — more than any other city in the world. The West End and the Globe Theatre represent 500 years of continuous theatrical tradition.
Liverpool gave the world The Beatles, Echo & the Bunnymen and The Lightning Seeds. Sheffield gave us Pulp, Arctic Monkeys and The Human League. Britain's cities are the world's music factory.
Every 98types UK city map print from £3. Buy 3 get 1 free — a gallery wall of four city maps for the price of three. Perfect travel gifts, housewarming presents and memories made permanent.
York from London in 2 hours. Edinburgh from Newcastle in 90 minutes. Bath from London in 90 minutes. Britain's rail network connects its greatest cities efficiently.
Order before 3pm for same-day first class dispatch. All prints arrive on 260gsm satin paper, ready to frame. Digital downloads also available for every city.
England: 12 Cities, 2,000 Years
England holds an extraordinary concentration of history within a relatively small geography — Roman baths, Norman cathedrals, Georgian architecture, Victorian industrial heritage, and modern creative culture all within a few hours of each other. The twelve English cities below represent the full breadth of that heritage, from Bath's perfectly preserved Georgian streetscapes to Sheffield's industrial reinvention and Liverpool's world-class music legacy.
- The Roman Baths are the finest example of Roman engineering in Britain — a complex built over the natural hot springs that rise at 45°C from deep in the earth, in use since 70 AD. The UNESCO heritage site receives over a million visitors per year.
- Bath's Georgian architecture is unmatched in Britain. The Royal Crescent — designed by John Wood the Younger between 1767 and 1774 — is one of the most photographed streets in England. Take a free walking tour to appreciate the full scale of the city's architectural ambition.
- Thermae Bath Spa is the only natural thermal spa in the UK, with a rooftop pool that offers spectacular views across the city's roofscape. The mineral-rich waters have been drawing visitors for two thousand years.
- If you love Jane Austen, Bath is essential — she lived here twice and set parts of Northanger Abbey and Persuasion in the city. The Jane Austen Centre on Gay Street houses exhibits, costumed interpreters and the annual Jane Austen Festival in September.
- Bath has more museums per square mile than any other English city — including No.1 Royal Crescent, the Holburne Museum, the Fashion Museum and the Roman Baths themselves.
- The University of Cambridge, founded in 1209, is one of the two oldest universities in the English-speaking world and has produced more Nobel Prize winners than any country except the US, UK as a whole, and Germany. Alumni include Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking, John Maynard Keynes and the poets Wordsworth, Byron and Tennyson.
- King's College Chapel is one of the finest examples of late Gothic architecture in the world — its fan-vaulted ceiling, completed in 1515, is an engineering miracle that has been drawing visitors for five centuries. The Christmas carol service from King's College is one of the most watched television programmes in Britain.
- Punting on the Cam is as Cambridge as it gets — a flat-bottomed boat propelled by a pole through the shallow river, under the Bridge of Sighs and past the famous Backs, where the colleges' rear gardens meet the river.
- The Fitzwilliam Museum is one of the finest art and antiquities museums in Britain, with a collection covering ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, European paintings from the 14th to 20th centuries, and an extraordinary collection of applied arts.
- Canterbury Cathedral is one of the most important Christian sites in Europe — the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Church of England, since 597 AD. It houses the shrine of Thomas Beckett, the Archbishop murdered here in 1170 on the orders of King Henry II, which made Canterbury one of the most important pilgrimage destinations of the medieval world.
- St Augustine's Abbey and St Martin's Church together with the Cathedral form a UNESCO World Heritage Site — three sites representing 1,400 years of continuous Christian presence in England.
- The Canterbury Tales attraction brings Chaucer's 14th century masterpiece to life using sights, sounds and smells — an immersive recreation of medieval England that remains one of the most entertaining heritage attractions in Britain.
- Howletts Wild Animal Park sits in 90 acres of parkland near the city, home to gorillas, lions, tigers and elephants — and one of the most important wildlife conservation programmes in Europe.
- London is one of the most visited cities in the world — drawing over 20 million international visitors per year. Its 170 museums include the British Museum, the Natural History Museum, the V&A, the National Gallery, the Tate Modern and the Science Museum — most of them free to enter.
- The city has more than 230 theatres — more than any other city on earth. The West End, centred on Shaftesbury Avenue and Covent Garden, produces some of the most celebrated theatrical productions in the world. The reconstructed Shakespeare's Globe offers tours of the playhouse and outdoor productions.
- The Royal Parks — Hyde Park, Regent's Park, St James's Park, Green Park, Kew Gardens — cover over 5,000 acres of green space in the heart of the city. London has more green space per capita than almost any other major capital.
- London is the world's foremost fashion city — from the flea markets of Portobello Road and Brick Lane to the luxury department stores of Knightsbridge and Mayfair. Camden Market (home to 98types Studio) is one of the most visited attractions in the country.
- The London Eye on the South Bank offers 360° views of the city from 135 metres — the best way to understand London's extraordinary scale and the relationship between its landmarks, the Thames, and the surrounding cityscape.
- Liverpool is the birthplace of The Beatles — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr all grew up here. The Cavern Club on Matthew Street, where the band had their residency in the early 1960s, has been reconstructed and remains a working music venue.
- Liverpool's historic waterfront — the Pier Head, the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building — is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Britain's most dramatic architectural ensembles.
- The city has two of the most storied football clubs in the world — Liverpool FC and Everton FC — whose rivalry has shaped the culture of the city as profoundly as any other institution.
- The Liverpool Biennial is the UK's largest international contemporary art festival, held every two years and using the city's buildings, docks and streets as exhibition spaces. Liverpool also has a world-class permanent art collection at the Walker Art Gallery.
- Manchester was the world's first industrial city — the city that invented the modern economy during the Industrial Revolution. The Manchester Ship Canal, opened in 1894, connected the city directly to the sea and made it the third-busiest port in Britain despite being 40 miles from the coast.
- Manchester's music heritage rivals Liverpool's: the city produced The Smiths, Joy Division, New Order, Oasis, The Stone Roses, The Charlatans, Elbow and Doves. The Madchester scene of the late 1980s made Haçienda one of the most important nightclubs in music history.
- The Manchester Art Gallery, the John Rylands Library, the Museum of Science and Industry and the Imperial War Museum North (designed by Daniel Libeskind) make Manchester one of Britain's finest cities for culture.
- Home to Manchester United and Manchester City, the city's football culture is deeply embedded in its identity — both clubs have been dominant forces in European football, and Old Trafford is one of the most visited football stadiums in the world.
- Newcastle and Gateshead face each other across the River Tyne, connected by seven bridges including the award-winning Millennium Bridge — the world's first tilting bridge, which tips like a blinking eye to allow ships to pass beneath.
- The Angel of the North, Antony Gormley's 20-metre steel sculpture overlooking the A1, is one of the most visited artworks in Britain — seen by more people per day than the Mona Lisa.
- Newcastle is the best base for exploring Hadrian's Wall — the 73-mile Roman defensive barrier completed in 128 AD, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The wall ran from Wallsend (near Newcastle) to Bowness-on-Solway on the Cumbrian coast.
- The BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, housed in a converted flour mill on the Gateshead bank of the Tyne, is one of the largest contemporary art spaces in the world outside London.
- The University of Oxford has been teaching continuously since at least 1096 — making it the English-speaking world's oldest university. The university comprises 38 colleges, each with its own architecture, gardens, chapel and dining hall. Prime Ministers, poets, scientists and 69 Nobel Prize winners have studied here.
- Oxford's Bodleian Library, founded in 1320, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe — and one of the locations used to film the Hogwarts Library in the Harry Potter films. Guided tours allow visitors to see the Divinity School (the hospital wing in the films) and Duke Humfrey's Library, unchanged since 1488.
- The Ashmolean Museum was the first purpose-built public museum in the world, opening in 1683. Its collections include Egyptian mummies, Raphael drawings, and Alfred the Great's jewel.
- Bicester Village, just outside Oxford, is Europe's most visited fashion outlet — drawing 7 million visitors per year to its 160 boutiques selling luxury brands at discount prices.
- Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is home to HMS Victory — Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, where Nelson was fatally wounded. The ship is still commissioned as a Royal Navy vessel, making it the world's oldest naval ship still in commission.
- The Mary Rose Museum houses the remains of Henry VIII's flagship, raised from the Solent seabed in 1982 after 437 years underwater. The conservation project is one of the most ambitious in marine archaeology.
- The Emirates Spinnaker Tower rises 170 metres above the harbour, offering views across Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight and up to 37 miles on a clear day — a genuinely spectacular vantage point.
- Portsmouth is the UK's only island city — almost entirely surrounded by water, accessed by road and ferry bridges. It is also the most densely populated city in England outside London.
- Sheffield earned the name "Steel City" during the Industrial Revolution, when its geographical advantage — fast-flowing rivers that powered water mills — made it the world's most productive steel manufacturing centre. At its peak, Sheffield was producing 90% of Britain's steel.
- Stainless steel was invented in Sheffield in 1913 by metallurgist Harry Brearley, who discovered that adding chromium to steel made it rust-resistant. The invention transformed food preparation, surgery and architecture worldwide.
- Sheffield's music heritage is extraordinary: The Human League, Pulp, Joe Cocker, Def Leppard and Arctic Monkeys all came from here. The city has more trees per person than any other city in Europe.
- The Crucible Theatre — Sheffield's world-famous theatre-in-the-round — has hosted the World Snooker Championship since 1977, making it one of the most recognisable sporting venues in Britain.
- York Minster is one of the largest Gothic cathedrals in Northern Europe — its Great East Window, completed in 1408, is the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. Free guided tours run daily.
- The Shambles — York's medieval street of overhanging timber-framed houses — is one of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe, dating back to the 14th century. It was listed in a Google poll as the most picturesque street in Britain.
- York was once the capital of a Viking territory — then called Jorvik. The Jorvik Viking Centre recreates a 10th century Viking street using archaeological evidence from the largest Viking excavation ever undertaken in Britain.
- The National Railway Museum in York is the world's largest railway museum — housing 100 locomotives including Mallard (the fastest steam locomotive ever built), the Japanese bullet train and Queen Victoria's royal carriage.
Scotland: Edinburgh & Glasgow
Scotland's two great cities are studies in contrasts: Edinburgh's medieval Old Town and Georgian New Town, separated by a geological fault line and dominated by a castle built on an extinct volcano; and Glasgow, Britain's most radically transformed city, which converted its industrial legacy into one of Europe's most dynamic creative and cultural destinations. Both are within an hour of each other. Together they represent some of the finest city-visiting in Britain.
- Edinburgh Castle is built on the plug of an ancient extinct volcano — Castle Rock — that rose from the surrounding land during the last ice age. The Castle has been the defining landmark of the city since King David I built a royal fortress here in the 12th century, and has been in almost continuous military occupation ever since.
- Edinburgh was the first city in the world to have its own fire service — established in 1824 under James Braidwood, who went on to found the London Fire Brigade. The city also has 112 parks and more trees per head of population than any other city in the UK.
- The Edinburgh Festival Fringe — held every August — is the world's largest arts festival, with over 3,000 shows across 300 venues. The city's population effectively doubles during August as artists, performers and audiences arrive from around the world.
- Edinburgh's Royal Mile connects Edinburgh Castle to the Palace of Holyroodhouse — the official Scottish residence of the monarch — and passes through one of the most historically dense streetscapes in Britain.
- St Margaret's Chapel within Edinburgh Castle is the oldest surviving building in the city, built in the 12th century and still used for weddings and christenings today.
- Glasgow has over 20 museums and art galleries, the majority of them free — including the magnificent Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (one of Britain's most visited museums), the Riverside Museum designed by Zaha Hadid, and the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA).
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh's architecture is everywhere in Glasgow — his Glasgow School of Art (1909), Willow Tea Rooms, Hill House and Scotland Street School are the defining aesthetic legacy of one of the most influential designers of the 20th century.
- The Finnieston district has become one of Britain's most celebrated food and drink quarters, with independent restaurants, cocktail bars and coffee shops concentrated along Argyle Street. Glasgow has more Michelin-starred restaurants per head than almost any other UK city.
- Loch Lomond, an hour's drive from Glasgow, is the centrepiece of Scotland's first National Park — a landscape of startling Highland beauty that feels worlds away from the city despite the short distance.
- Glasgow's Street Art Mural Trail covers the city centre with large-scale commissioned works — a free outdoor gallery that has transformed the city's visual character in the past decade.
Northern Ireland: Belfast Rising
Belfast has undergone one of the most dramatic transformations of any city in Europe in the past three decades. Emerging from years of political conflict to take its place among the UK's most compelling cities, Belfast now offers world-class attractions, a celebrated food and drink scene, and the kind of genuine warmth that cities twice its size rarely manage. It is also one of the most honest cities in Britain — a place that confronts its own history with clarity and openness.
- Belfast is the birthplace of the Titanic — the ship was designed and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard here between 1909 and 1911. The Titanic Belfast museum, opened in 2012, is the world's largest Titanic museum and one of the most visited tourist attractions in Ireland.
- The city's murals and peace walls tell the story of the Troubles with extraordinary directness — walking tours of the Falls Road and Shankill Road murals are one of Belfast's most powerful visitor experiences.
- Belfast Castle, built in 1870 in the Scottish Baronial style, sits on the slopes of Cave Hill — the crag whose profile is said to have inspired Jonathan Swift's sleeping giant in Gulliver's Travels.
- The Cathedral Quarter — centred on Cathedral Quarter and St Anne's Cathedral — has become Belfast's most vibrant cultural district, packed with independent restaurants, bars, art galleries and live music venues.
- Northern Ireland's landscape was used extensively for filming Game of Thrones — the Dark Hedges, the Causeway Coastal Route, Ballintoy Harbour and Castle Ward all featured prominently, and organised tours cover the filming locations.
Quick Shop — All UK City Map Prints
Every UK city map print below is confirmed in stock at 98types. Buy 3 get 1 free — build your Great Britain gallery wall. Museum-grade 260gsm satin paper, same-day dispatch before 3pm. Perfect as travel memories, housewarming gifts and personalised wall art.
🗺️ Shop All UK City Map Prints at 98types
London, Edinburgh, Bath, York, Oxford, Cambridge, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Sheffield, Portsmouth, Canterbury and Belfast — all available now. From £3 · Buy 3 get 1 free · 260gsm satin paper · Same-day dispatch before 3pm. Market Hall, Camden Lock Place, London NW1 8AL.
Why City Map Prints Make the Best Wall Art
A city map print is one of the most genuinely personal pieces of wall art you can own — more so than a landscape photograph or an abstract painting, because a map of a specific city says something specific about you. It says where you grew up, or where you lived, or where you met the person you married, or where you went to university and became the version of yourself that persists. It is a piece of geography that doubles as autobiography.
The 98types UK city map prints are designed with the same Scandinavian-inspired aesthetic that runs through the entire collection — clean lines, considered colour palettes, the cartographic data of a real street map rendered in a style that works as art rather than just as information. Each print is available from A6 (perfect for a shelf) to A3 (statement wall piece), and all are printed on 260gsm museum-grade satin paper with archive pigment inks.
As gifts, city map prints have a specificity that most wall art lacks. A print of Bath for someone who moved away. A London map for someone who's just arrived. An Edinburgh print for a student who spent three of the best years of their life there. A York map for the couple who got married in the Minster. The 98types buy 3 get 1 free offer means a set of four city maps — enough to tell the story of someone's life in cities — costs the price of three, from just £9.
Frequently Asked Questions — UK City Map Prints
What UK city map prints does 98types stock?
Confirmed 98types UK city map prints include: London, Edinburgh, Bath, York, Oxford, Cambridge, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Sheffield, Portsmouth, Canterbury and Belfast. Browse the full UK Maps collection for all available cities.
How much do UK city map prints cost at 98types?
All UK city map prints at 98types start from £3. Sizes range from A6 (small, card-sized) to A3 (large statement piece). The buy 3 get 1 free offer means 4 city map prints cost the price of 3 — a Great Britain gallery wall from just £9.
Are UK city map prints a good housewarming gift?
Yes — a city map print of someone's hometown, university city or the city they've just moved to is one of the most personal and meaningful housewarming gifts you can give. It's specific, it's useful as wall art, and it connects a home to the places that matter. All 98types prints arrive on museum-grade 260gsm paper, ready to frame, with same-day dispatch before 3pm for last-minute gifts.
What size city map print should I buy?
For a single statement piece: A3 (30x40cm). For a gallery wall of multiple cities: A4 (20x30cm) for each print, with consistent frames. For a desk or shelf display: A5 (15x20cm). All 98types UK city map prints are available in A6, A5, A4 and A3, with a framed 20x25cm option also available for select cities.
Which UK cities are UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
Three cities in this guide have UNESCO World Heritage Site status: Bath (the entire city, for its Roman baths and Georgian architecture), Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey and St Martin's Church), and Edinburgh (Old and New Town). Each city has a 98types street map print available from £3.
How fast is delivery for UK city map prints?
Order before 3pm for same-day first class dispatch from our Camden Market studio in London NW1. Royal Mail First Class typically delivers the next working day to mainland UK addresses. Digital download versions are also available for all city map prints — instant access to print at home or at any print shop.
Do you have European city map prints as well?
Yes — 98types has an extensive European city maps collection covering Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Prague, Lisbon, Vienna, Madrid, Dubrovnik and many more. The same museum-grade print quality and buy 3 get 1 free offer applies.
What is the best UK city to visit in 2026?
Every city in this guide merits a visit — but for first-time UK visitors, the unmissable combination is London + Edinburgh + Bath. Together they represent Roman, Georgian and medieval Britain, plus two of the world's greatest capital cities, all reachable by rail. For the culturally adventurous: Liverpool + Manchester + Sheffield form the northern England music and culture triangle. For those who love nature and history: York + Newcastle + Edinburgh via the east coast main line covers 2,000 years of British history from Viking to Roman to Georgian.
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