The London tube map is a design classic – famously complicated but somehow still clear.
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What the London tube map looks like without all the distortions in the official version
Don't bother getting the underground from Leicester Square to Covent Garden.
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It relies on equal spacing between the stations, so you can see where you're going without any trouble but not how far.
That is until Transport for London produced this map after a Freedom of Information request.
It's a geographically accurate map showing the distance between the stations. So now you know, it's quicker to walk the 300 metres between Covent Garden and Leicester Square stations than it is to get on the train. It just depends on whether it's raining or not. And if you're on the Victoria line but need to go to Goodge Street, don't change trains at Warren Street to get the Northern line southbound as the official map suggests. It's quicker to walk from Warren Street.
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There's also a wide-angle version for when you find yourself out in the sticks, which is ever more likely with housing prices on the up:
For context, here's a look at the standard map in any London Underground stations. It's much clearer but less accurate:
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