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Fake Britain Map

Started by GoGilesGo, 23 June, 2022, 12:42:44 PM

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GoGilesGo

This just popped up in my socials feed today. A map of fictional places in Great Britain. Trumptonshire, Fulchester and HMP Slade of course but a few Dreddverse locations too.




related article with an updated map here
https://londonist.com/london/maps/fake-britain-map-fictional-locations-england-scotland-wales

JayzusB.Christ

#1
I fecking love it.  Being a man of little culture, I don't recognise most of them, but will be googling for the next hour.   I'm inevitably reminded of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - I seem to remember a world Atlas of this type in one of the books, but my mind could be playing tricks on me.

EDIT - On the downside, I've just googled 'Horny Boy location' and it's now in my search history.  And I still don't know what work of fiction it comes from.
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AlexF

The updated one is just teeming with locations! A true labour of love.

The Enigmatic Dr X

#3
Think that's good?

Here's the whole grud-damn world, in a beautiful book.

The Meg is on the cover!
Lock up your spoons!

IndigoPrime

Yep. I found that book earlier and duly added it to my wish-list. Birthday is coming up! :D

Colin YNWA

You could spend hours in that thing.

Definitely Not Mister Pops

I had always assumed Melchester was  much further north and the Rovers all sounded like they were out of Corrie
You may quote me on that.

Jim_Campbell

Although it's nice to John Allison get a look-in here, I think Tackleford is both too far west and little far south...
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Leigh S

Wheres the Birmingham Gap and Milton Keynes Mutatn Ghetto?

sheridan

Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 23 June, 2022, 02:55:40 PM
I fecking love it.  Being a man of little culture, I don't recognise most of them, but will be googling for the next hour.   I'm inevitably reminded of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - I seem to remember a world Atlas of this type in one of the books, but my mind could be playing tricks on me.

I don't know about reprints, but the original two series of League (Fu Manchu and the Martians) had a gazeteer at the back of each issue.

sheridan

Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 23 June, 2022, 02:55:40 PM
EDIT - On the downside, I've just googled 'Horny Boy location' and it's now in my search history.  And I still don't know what work of fiction it comes from.

Shoulda looked at the google sheet (which was linked in the article). here you go