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Twelve Trips is a graphic document exploring twelve journeys traveled up and down the UK over the Easter period of 2013.

This section of the book takes a look at the twelve journeys from an infographic aproach. Exploring different kinds of data and facts concerened with each journey.

Introduction

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a. Edinburghb. Yorkc. Leedsd. Liverpoole. Glossopf. Sheffieldg. Grimsbyh. Nottinghami. Great Yarmouthj. Wolverhamptonk. Coventryl. Rugbym. Leamingtonn. Daventryo. Northamptonp. Cambridgeq. Bristolr. Kingstons. Trurot. Exeteru. Portsmouthv. Brighton

Place Index

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01. Leeds - Bristol..................................02. Rugby - Glossop..................................03. Portsmouth - Edinburgh................04. Leamington - Great Yarmouth.....05. Grimsby - Brighton...........................06. Wolverhampton - Truro....................07. Bristol - Coventry...........................08. Daventry - Nottingham..................09. Northampton - Exeter......................10. Leeds - York.........................................11. Sheffield - Kingston.......................12. Liverpool - Cambridge.....................

Journey Index

p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.

EXETER

BRISTOL

WOLVERHAMPTON

GRIMSBY

SHEFFIELD

YORK

ENIDBURGH

LEEDS

LIVERPOOLGLOSSOP

PORTSMOUTH

CORNWALL

BRIGHTON

KINGSTON

NORTHAMPTONDAVENTRY

LEAMINGTONCOVENTRY

NOTTINGHAM

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GRIMSBY

BRIGHTON

KINGSTON

NORTHAMPTONCAMBRIDGE

RUGBY

NOTTINGHAM

GREAT YARMOUTH

M1

The journey from Leeds to Bristol utilities 75 miles of the M1, Britains first and most legendary motorway.

The southern section of the M1 from St Albans to Birmingham was opened in 1959.

In the early days there was no speed limit, no central reserva-tion, no crash barriers and no motorway lighting.

More importantly, a mere 13,000 vehicles were estimated to use the M1 on a daily basis in 1959 compared with today’s figure of just over 88,000.

Pioneering engineering

The 72 miles of the southern section of the road was built by a labour force of 5,000 in just 19 months.

This works out on average at one mile every eight days.

The southern section of the M1 was completed in 19 months at a cost of £16.5 million.20 million tonnes of earth, gravel, rock and chalk were excavat-ed to make way for the M1.

The 5,000 labour force who worked on the M1 were brought to work on double-decker buses. Canteens were needed every 2.5 miles along the motorway.The cost of the whole M1 was £50 million (the cost today would approximately be £1.5 billion).The average daily traffic flow on the whole of the M1 is 88,000 vehicles per day.The M1 is monitored 24 hours a day by eight different police control offices.The heaviest traffic flow is between junction 7-10.

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Date:Miles Traveled:

23.03.13209

Leeds to Bristol

Contours

LEFT: Two contour sections from the UK’s national Ordnance Survey data-base.

The UK is split up into a grid system, appropriately named the ‘Naitonal Grid System’. This in order to efficiently locate and categorise any and every location nationwide.

TOP:BOTTOM:

RugbyGlossop

Rugby to Glossop

Date:Miles Traveled:

01.04.13113

= 4500m

Shipping?

The Mary Rose is a famous ship permanently docked in Portsmouth. At 45m long, it would take 15,950 of them end to end in order to reach to Edinburgh.

Portsmouth to Edinburgh

Date:Miles Traveled:

29.03.13446

Signage

A selection of road signs found on the route to Great Yarmouth

In the early 60’s a whole new set of signage was introduced to UK roads. A custom typeface called ‘Transport’ was designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert, to specifically increase legibility while driving.

Leamington to Great Yarmouth

Date:Miles Traveled:

29.03.13171

Road Data

Miles traveled on lengths of certain road starting from the A16 at Grimsby to the A23, Bristol.

01.0M

00.6M

18.5M

01.7M

12.0M

08.4M

08.9M

00.2M

46.8M

12.5M

42.0M

00.2M

16.9M

03.3M

12.0M

00.6M

11.4M

00.7M

13.8M

15.9M

01.1M

02.3M

00.4M

00.6M

00.4M

00.2M

A16:

A46:

A46:

A46:

A46:

A46:

A46:

A1:

A1:

A1:

M11:

M25:

M25:

A282:

M25:

M26:

M25:

M23:

M23:

A23:

MILL RD:

DYKE.RD AV:

A2010:

A2010:

A259:

A23:

Grimsby to Brighton

Date:Miles Traveled:

05.04.13248

Wolverhampton

Plymouth

Location areas not to scale

Region...........Area................Population..• Density......Postcode......Area Code....Ethnicity.....

OS Grid Reference

Region...........Area................Population..• Density......Postcode......Area Code....Ethnicity.....

OS Grid Reference

West Midlands69.4 km2 (26.8 sq mi)249,9003,407/km2 (8,820/sq mi)WV0190264.5% White British17.5% South African6.9% Black2.5% Chinese5.1% Mixed RaceSO915985

South West 79.3 km2 (30.61 sq mi)258,7003,188/km2 (8,261/sq mi)PL0175298.4% White British1.6% otherSX4750051499

Stats

Wolverhampton to Cornwall

Date:Miles Traveled:

29.03.13253

Car Pool

The route from Bristol to Coventry shares a 64.6 mile strip of the M5 with three other journeys in the book. None of which occured on the same date.

Bristol to Coventry

Date:Miles Traveled:

26.03.13108

Daventry to Nottingham

Date:Miles Traveled:

28.03.1355

Road Names

a. Herbert St.

b. St. Andrews St.

e. M1

g. M42

f. M5

h. M5

k. Western Way (A3015)

j. Topsham Rd. (A3015)

i. A379

c. Gafton St. (A428)

d. Weedon Rd. (A4500)

A breakdown of the roads used to reach Exeter from Northampton. The thinner the line, the longer the road.

Northampton to Exeter

Date:Miles Traveled:

13.04.13212

Leeds to York

Date:Miles Traveled:

30.03.1326

Travel Stats

As the crow flies, the apx. distance in miles from Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames is 144.

BY ROAD: If you were in a road vehicle maintaining an average speed of 40mph, it would take you approximately 4.39 hours to travel from Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames for an estimated driving distance of 175.68 miles

Overall Estimated Drive time

4 hours 22 min. 3 hours 10 min2 hours 30 min

Average Speed

40 mph 55 mph 70 mph

BY TRAIN: If you were in a train that averaged 100mph (160.9 kmh) travelling non stop with no connections or changes it would take you around 1.4 hours to travel from Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames

BY AIR: If you were in a plane and maintained an average airspeed of 450 mph (724.1 kmh), your travelling time would be approximately 0.8 hours for Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames. (includes 30 mins ascent and descent time)

Sheffield to Kingston

Date:Miles Traveled:

05.04.13175

Take the next...

These days we take left and right for granted. But little do we take into account how many times we make the decision to take a certain direction on any given journey. Sometimes it’s obvious, sometimes not so much.

Liverpool to Cambridge

Date:Miles Traveled:

26.03.13194