Curated journeys

The Trails & Overlays

Themed overlays that redraw the whole map at a stroke, and ordered trails you can walk or drive in a day — each one a story told in places. Free for registered explorers of the Marquis's map.

Overlay · 14 placesLGBT Heritage Britain

Molly houses to Gentleman Jack: the map of queer love across four centuries.

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Overlay · 11 placesRoyal Mistresses & Court Scandal

Nell Gwyn's garden wall to the abdication desk — where crowns met desire.

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Overlay · 21 placesLiterary Lovers of Britain

The real places behind the passions on the page.

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Overlay · 12 placesPagan & Fertility Britain

Chalk giants, holed stones and Beltane fires — the old rites, honestly labelled.

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Overlay · 5 placesGeorgian Vice & Pleasure Gardens

Dark walks, chalk caverns and do-what-thou-wilt.

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Overlay · 6 placesThe Swinging Sixties

From the Profumo pool to the Redlands rug.

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Overlay · 9 placesScandalous Stately Homes

Below stairs and behind the state rooms.

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Overlay · 20 placesCeltic Nations Passions

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland's own map of desire.

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London · walking · 2.5 milesThe Royal Mistresses Walk

St James's to Whitehall in the footsteps of the women who ruled the rulers.

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London · walking · 3 milesThe Queer London Walk

Covent Garden basements to Chelsea drawing rooms.

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Yorkshire · driving · 70 milesThe Brontë & Gentleman Jack Drive

Moorland passion and coded diaries.

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Sussex · driving · 45 milesThe Sussex Scandal Drive

Bloomsbury's farmhouse to the Redlands rug.

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Thames Valley · driving · 40 milesThe Georgian Vice Trail

Vauxhall's dark walks to the Hellfire Caves.

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Cornwall · driving · 60 milesThe Cornwall Legends Trail

Holed stones, hobby horses and Manderley.

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Scotland · driving · 120 milesThe Scottish Romance Drive

Over the anvil and on to the Beltane fires.

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Wales · driving · 150 milesThe Welsh Passions Drive

The Ladies of Llangollen to Dylan's boathouse.

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