Welcome! On Thursday, 11th March Google increased availability of its Street View service in Google Maps, by adding new imagery covering almost all of the UK's roads, both rural and urban. People can now view and explore 360 degree street-level imagery of places as far North as Shetland and as far South as Penzance; from Pembrokeshire in the West of Wales to Ipswich in the East of England or over the sea to Northern Ireland and many places in between. With this imagery update around 238,000 miles of public road are now available in Street View in the UK. Visit maps.google.co.uk This site contains information and resources for the media about this imagery update for the UK. Please use the left hand navigation to explore the materials on this site, which include high resolution images for use in print, useful facts about this tool and information about our UK partners. Also recently - we announced the winners of the Google Street View Awards. 11,000 people voted from 48 streets around the shortlisted by a panel of experts from the worlds of food, fashion and travel. The Shambles in York took the crown for Britain's Most Picturesque Street, Best Foodie Street went to Stockbridge High Street, Hampshire and Milson Street in Bath was voted Best Fashion Street To check out Street View out for yourself and to explore the content from our partners go to maps.google.co.uk/streetview Simply click on the pegman, drag him to your favourite spot and off you go..... If you have any questions or would like to request interviews please contact: Laura Scott laurascott@google.com or press-uk@google.com or call 0207 031 3130/ 0207 031 3049 |
Media resource site for Google Maps Street View UK |