My wife and I are traveling to the UK (late April 2025), and we want to take about 10 days (give or take a day or two) in England and Scotland. For planning purposes, we are considering the Britain & Ireland Planning Map by Rick Steves. I want to know if Scotland is included in this map. Does anyone have experience with this particular product?
Posted by
Twin Cities, Minnesota
1943 posts
My Britain & Ireland map shows Scotland, but I don't know how old it is.
Posted by
London
1126 posts
Unless the map was printed before 1707, it's going to include Scotland by definition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
Not the easiest explanations to read, but hopefully that should clear it up to some extent. Others may want to contribute to the thread to expand on this question.
edited to add: I looked it up and you can see the area covered from the small map on the front cover. That maybe doesn't help much if you're not sure how it should look, but you're definitely quite safe to go ahead and buy this product for your trip.
Posted by
Cornwall
265 posts
Even before 1707 a map of Britain would have included Scotland otherwise it wouldn’t be a map of Britain.
Posted by
Los Angeles
992 posts
Shows both islands from top to bottom, in a colorful, easy-to-use format.
More Maps: The reverse side includes a colorful, detailed heart of London map, locating sights from Rick's guidebooks, plus a London Tube map, and a detailed city-center map of Edinburgh. The front includes detailed city-center maps for Dublin, York and Bath, plus a map of the Cotswolds and handy driving time/distance maps.
Scotland is at the top of the larger island, yes?
Posted by
London
1126 posts
Even before 1707 a map of Britain would have included Scotland otherwise it wouldn’t be a map of Britain.
Yes of course true! Thanks for the correction.
Scotland is at the top of the larger island, yes?
It is.