Great Western Railway Map 1950 – Pre-Beeching GWR Network urban design Look closely and you'll find

Look closely and you'll find Derwentwater

making it an exceptional addition to any historical or nautical collection

created by the master Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu in his workshop in Amsterdam

and burgeoning coastal settlements of the era

Long before postcards or holiday photographs

Great Western Railway Map 1950 – Pre-Beeching GWR Network urban design Look closely and you'll findThis is a striking map of the Great Western Railway network as it stood in 1950, showing just how extensive the British rail system was before the Beeching cuts of the 1960s reduced it dramatically. Detailed inset maps show the rail lines around South Wales, Birmingham, and the approach into Paddington station in London. Locations across the network include Cornwall, Somerset, Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire, London, Southampton, Cardiff, Pembroke, St Ives,