Google earth Folly Maps

After a long period with only three area maps on here and no further contributions, we now have a new countrywide map thanks to the sterling work of Paul Brooker. This is not complete, and Paul intends to continue adding to it, but its the best we have so far - not only has he listed 500 follies, but he's added photos to around 350 of them. Many of these photos are taken from the Flickr and Geograph websites, so in this day and age, it is possible to compile this kind of map without actually stepping out into the undergrowth. Have a look belowand I'm sure you'll find at least some you haven't heard of before.

Please help further this project by sending any photos you are happy to add to the map, or any new follies (with name, brief description and map reference), to me, and I will pass them on to Paul.

To whet your appetite here are a few I'd not seen before:

Egerton Park, Bexhill, Sussex
by Nigel Stickells
Tyes Place, Staplefield, Sussex
by Andy Potter
Broadwoods Folly, Westhumble, Surrey
by Martyn Davies
Piddletrenthide Tower, Dorset
by Marilyn Peddle
Lynford Arboretum Folly, Ickburgh, Norfolk
by Keith Evans
Park House Folly, Bevington, Gloucs
by Sharon Loxton

The map below shows the first 200 sites - to see the rest, go down to the bottom of the map and click on the link to 'view Follies in a larger map', then scroll down to the bottom of the list and you'll be able to choose pages two and three. Each red marker indicates a folly with a photograph, the blue ones those without pictures.


View Follies in a larger map 

I'll leave the links to these older maps here for those who want them:

Gwyn Headley
Gwyn Headley
Alan Terrill