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Truelove found at the heart of a mapLove is in the air at national map-makers, Ordnance Survey, for its cartographers have ensured romance is mapped out all over Britain in time for Valentine's Day.The agency has been updating scores of its most popular maps for the year 2000 - and in doing so, has pinpointed numerous locations where the place names seem to offer the perfect spot for Cupid's Arrow to strike. Valentines will find Truelove in Devon and their Heart's Delight in Kent. They can search for a Lover (Wiltshire) at Valentines Park in Greater London - or be hit with an Arrow (Warwickshire) on Cupid's Hill in Gwent! And there's more activity in the countryside than you might think, with places like Red Rose Farm (Essex) and Valentine's Farm (Hertfordshire) named on Ordnance Survey's (appropriately) pink-covered Landranger maps. "Our maps seem to prove that this country is full of hopeless romantics," says Ordnance Survey cartographer, Dave Birkett (pictured). "I'm amazed by some of the place names we've come across whilst updating them. "Kent even has a place called Heart in Hand - and valentines can send their loved ones Letters (Highland) and Red Roses (Dyfed) and then, if they're lucky, they can say they Kista in Shetland!" adds David, who found fame as 'April' when he appeared as a calendar boy in Ordnance Survey's infamous fund-raising 'Full-Monty' style calendar last year. There are 204 maps in the pink-covered Landranger series, covering every corner of England, Scotland and Wales - so no Lover's Lane has been left unmarked. "There are so many romantic places for couples to visit on February 14 - but lets hope none of them end up on North Yorkshire's Sorrowful Hill! But Landranger maps are not just useful for Valentine's Day. Landranger maps are all-purpose at a scale of 1:50,000, which means two centimetres on the map is equivalent to 1 kilometre on the ground (1¼ inches to 1 mile). Each covers an area 40 km by 40 km (25 miles by 25 miles). As well as important details such as the routes of roads and railways and the locations of towns and villages, each map pinpoints a wide range of attractions like stately homes, great viewpoints, country parks and steam railways. The maps also show leisure facilities such as camping and caravan sites, picnic areas and tourist information centres. Philip Round Ordnance Survey Senior Press Officer E-mail pround@ordsvy.gov.uk Phone: 01703 792635 Paula Good Ordnance Survey Press Officer E-mail pgood@ordsvy.gov.uk Phone: 01703 792568 www.ordsvy.gov.uk
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