Maps: January 2012 Archives

The Knowledge of London

Michael Overs blogs about his efforts to learn the streets of London well enough to earn the green badge of the London cabbie.

The London cabbie's "Knowledge" - downloadable for £24.99

To get a London taxi license, a cabbie has to master "The Knowledge" --memorize 320 runs and 20,000 points within five miles of Charing Cross. This is a set of study materials. "This complete pack contains a full set of runs, Points (over 30,000), Blank Maps (over 30), a list of London Embassies, Restaurants (over 4,000), Police Stations and Police memorials, Blue Plaques, London Museums, Theatres, Squares and Statues."