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JACKSON, A. A. 2008. Bedrock Geology UK South. An explanation of the bedrock geology map of England and Wales. 1:625 000, 5th ed. 84 pp.

+ map in folder. Keyworth: British Geological Survey. Price for book and map pack £15.00. ISBN 9780 85272 605 1.

STONE, P. 2008. Bedrock Geology UK North. An explanation of the bedrock geology map of Scotland, northern England, Isle of Man and Northern Ireland. 1:625 000, 5th ed. 88 pp. + map in folder. Keyworth: British Geological Survey. Price for book and map pack £15.00. ISBN 9780 85272 605 1.

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In these days of satellite navigation devices, I hope that I am not alone in my need to carry both topographic and geological maps on travels in the UK. Research trips can involve a bundle of each type. For a ‘holiday’ the bare minimum is a detailed road atlas and the ‘ten-mile’ geological map. This 1:625 000 scale yields two UK sheets detailed enough to be useful on car and train journeys yet compact enough not to be a burden. My copies of the third edition (1979) are falling apart at the seams due to my reluctance to buy the fourth edition (2001), which was topographically . . . [Full Text of this Article]