The Boroughs of London by Mike Hall and Matt Brown

NOW AVAILABLE TO PREORDER

Mike’s debut book The Boroughs of London, based on his series of Retro London Borough map prints, will be published by Batsford Books this October.

Featuring the brilliant writing of London expert Matt Brown, editor of the popular website Londonist, the book is filled with fascinating facts, anecdotes and trivia.

Offering an engaging introduction to all 32 of London's boroughs, it highlights a number of key locations within each that encapsulate its history, culture, and diversity.

The book also tells the story of London’s evolving governance from Roman times up until today, taking in the medieval system of counties and hundreds, 19th-century reforms, the rise and fall of successive local councils, the creation of the boroughs in the 1960s, and finally the establishment of today's Greater London Authority. It's a rich, surprising story of constant change.

Illustrated throughout with colourful maps and detailed drawings, it’s the perfect book for London-dwellers, London visitors and London obsessives, history fans, cartophiles and graphic design aficionados. Readers will want to visit every borough!

Illustrated throughout with detailed, colour maps

The book provides an introduction to every borough, focussing on 10-12 key locations both famous and not-so famous

Discover the fascinating history of London's administrative development, from ancient times to the present day

See how the boroughs compare and learn all kinds of interesting facts and statistics about each one

Featuring nearly 200 illustrations of landmarks, objects, characters and more

 

🛒 PREORDER NOW

The Boroughs of London is now available to preorder online from Batsford Books* or other retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, Target and Waterstones.

* Ships to UK addresses only.