T 319/1842

London Motorway Box: network of primary roads planned by Greater London Council

Date range	1968-1973
Location	National Archives (see all files stored here)
Catalogue	See entry
File base	Series T, subseries T 319

Context

The Greater London Council had a huge, colourful map for showing off the centrepiece of its motorway plans - an A1 sheet with a pale rendition of an Ordnance Survey map of Greater London, upon which were superimposed the line of Ringway 1, the Balham Loop and a number of radial motorways. They are colour-coded (as are most GLC documents) with the lines in orange for ground level roads, red for below ground and purple for above ground. Junctions, alternative routes and railways are also marked.

This file's only contents is a full sheet version of this map, which crops up from time to time in all sorts of Ringway files at the National Archives. This appears to be its spiritual home, though, as the only place where it has a file reference of its own.

People with camera copies

None known. Chris Marshall has a high-resolution scan of this map, which he has had printed and framed and hung above his desk, and it looks super, thank you.