Dear Richard, How about your local legal deposit library, just 64 miles down the road? Your reader would be very welcome here in Oxford. Whether we are sufficiently within easy reach is down to your reader's enthusiasm for travel! All the best, Nick _____________________________________________________ Nick Millea Map Librarian, Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG Tel: 01865 287119 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/ _____________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: A forum for issues related to map & spatial data librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Abbott Sent: 19 December 2012 19:42 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: O.S. Explorer maps Please disregard my email of 5 minutes ago - sent in error. As Birmingham Central Library moves towards an 8 month closure period (for maps at any rate), until our re-opening as the Library of Birmingham next September, can anyone suggest where, within easy reach of Birmingham, one of our regular readers can have access to a complete set of O.S. Explorer maps of Great Britain? Richard Abbott Archives and Heritage Central Library Chamberlain Square Birmingham B3 3HQ tel 0121 303 4549 fax 0121 464 1176 e-mail [log in to unmask] *********************************************************************** *********************************************************************** The information contained within this e-mail (and any attachment) sent by Birmingham City Council is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the named recipient or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies and notify the sender immediately. Unauthorised access, use, disclosure, storage or copying is not permitted and may be unlawful. Any e-mail including its content may be monitored and used by Birmingham City Council for reasons of security and for monitoring internal compliance with the office policy on staff use. E-mail blocking software may also be used. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the originator and do not necessarily represent those of Birmingham City Council. We cannot guarantee that this message or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted and amended. ***********************************************************************