'Good balance between detail and clarity with excellent town maps' What Car?
PHILIP'S is No. 1 in the UK for clear maps. The latest 2026 Philip's Big Road Atlas of Britain and Ireland, in a supersize large format, has fully updated maps from the Philip's digital database alongside all the detail and information needed for successful travel.

* Low Emission and Ultra Low Emission Zones clearly marked on town plans
* Top driving tips for safety and skill including parallel parking
* The best scenic routes, natural features and landscape highlighted for enhanced travelling
* Practical 'more to view per page' A3 size
* Main scale of maps: 3 miles to 1 inch = 1:200,000 for ease of use
* Route-planning section for the easiest navigation
* 64 fully indexed town and city plans
* City approach maps with named roads for the best access
* Clear road map showing all of Ireland


2026 Philip's Big Road Atlas of Britain and Ireland contains 96 pages of road maps covering Britain at 3 miles to 1 inch (Scottish Highlands and Western Isles at 4 miles to 1 inch, Orkney and Shetland at 5.25 miles to 1 inch). The maps clearly mark service areas, roundabouts and multi-level junctions for easy navigation, and in rural areas distinguish between roads over and under 4 metres wide, to help wide vehicles. There are extra-detailed town plans for easy navigation with all counties marked for clarity. The atlas also includes a 2-page road map of Ireland, route-planning maps, a distance table, and 12 large-scale city approach maps with named arterial roads and the expanded ULEZ clearly outlined for London.

Wherever you are driving in Britain or Ireland, this is the ultimate road companion.