September 2013 will be known as Maptember in the UK - there are so many things going on here, widespread mappiness is expected.

So if you're thinking of visiting the UK in September 2013 for the State of the Map on the 6-8 September, you could combine your trip with these other geo-events happening not far away:

• The Society of Cartographers annual conference will be in Stoke-on-Trent on the 2-4 September 2013 (45 miles from Birmingham)
• The British Cartography Society is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Its annual symposium "Mapping 2013: Today, Tomorrow and Beyond" is in Leicestershire on the 4-6 September 2013 (40 miles from Birmingham)
• FOSS4G, the conference on Free and Open Source geospatial Software will be held this year in Nottingham on the 17-21 September (50 Miles from Birmingham)

More events on the Maptember website.