A little bit about Urban Good

Urban Good makes maps, books and useful things that help people see places differently. We’re interested in the green spaces, walking routes and everyday details that make somewhere worth exploring—and the good ideas that can make it better.

As a Community Interest Company, we put social and environmental purpose at the heart of our work. Alongside our own publications, we help councils, charities and other organisations with mapping, research, design and communications. We enjoy turning complicated information into something clear, useful and a pleasure to use.

A boy reading the London National Park City map on a woodland path. — Photo: Paul Cochrane

A person holding the Slow Ways Pocket Atlas outdoors. — Photo: Charlie Peel

People we’ve worked with

Good ideas get better when you share them. We work with charities, councils, researchers, designers and fellow map enthusiasts to make useful things and help people see places differently.

Here are some of the organisations we’ve worked with along the way.

Meet Charlie

Charlie Peel founded Urban Good in 2016. His work brings together mapping, research, design and a curiosity about how places work. He enjoys turning complicated information into useful things—and helping people find something new in familiar places.

Charlie Peel, founder of Urban Good

Charlie Peel presenting an Urban Nature Map to participants at a workshop. — Charlie Peel hosting an Urban Nature Map workshop Photo: Peter Brooks

Guidance and advice

Fresh perspectives help us do better work. The Compass, Urban Good’s independent Advisory Group, brings experience, ideas and constructive challenge to help shape our direction and keep our social and environmental purpose in focus.