(Keywords: Sightseeing, Bars - England)
English Pubs
Turn
your GPS into a pub detector! This free GPS Map of pubs in and around
London, England includes nearly 500 waypoints to some of Britain's best
pints of beer. Very convenient for auto-routing car navigation units.
Just select a "pub-point" and head in the direction of the arrow.
Photo at right: Running Horses (Pub #347) in Mickleham between Leatherhead and Dorking and just a stumble from (Pub#480) William IV.
Click on the binoculars to see a demonstration of Fugawi displaying the locations of pubs near London. pubs_fugawi.jpg (Approx. 70 KB) opens in a new window.
GPS Map
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Download the free GPS Map in GPS eXchange (.gpx) file format, which can be read and transferred to your GPS using free software. (The .gpx file will appear in a new window where you can File > Save as... on your computer)
GPS Map File Details
File Name: pubs.wpt (80 KB), pubs.gpx (96 KB)
Revised: 11 January 2003
Datum: WGS84
Number of Waypoints: 498
Class B2 Data
Adventure Travel Tip
The usual precautions apply. Don't drink and navigate. Keep your eyes on the road and let someone else do the navigating. Use a vehicle mounting bracket* for safe and convenient use of your GPS while driving. For more common sense, check out my tutorial "Navigating between the Ditches" in the newsletter archives.
References
Waypoints were determined by converting postal codes to geographic coordinates. The postal codes for the pubs were found using The Automobile Association's Where to Eat Restaurant and Pub Directory:
http://www.theaa.com/getaway/restaurants/restaurant_home.jsp
Special thanks to Matthew Shard for inventing the "pub detector" and contributing this extensive list of waypoints to Travel by GPS.
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