The 37-year-old has drawn maps of 40 English counties, asking locals for their ideas each time. He said he hoped to one day create an entire "Tolkien-esque style" atlas. Mr Birse spent one month ...

A fan of fantasy fiction has recreated the map of Nottinghamshire in homage to the Lord of the Rings creator JRR Tolkien. Enthusiast Chris Birse's reimagining of the county includes current ...

Dan Bell has created a Tolkien-style map of the Yorkshire Dales A map of the Yorkshire Dales has been "re-imagined" in the style of author J.R.R. Tolkien. Dan Bell, 25, hopes to draw each of the ...

One of the fun knock-on effects about setting a story in a completely invented fantasy world is that you get to create, if ...

Chris, a former retail manager turned fantasy cartographer, has mapped Greater London in the distinctive cartographic style used by JRR Tolkien in the Lord of the Rings novels. The map is packed ...