A small family business. A love of adventure.
We’re Aaron and Helen, the husband-and-wife team behind TrailMaps. Based in Staffordshire, we bring together our love of design and the outdoors to create artwork with a personal connection.
Getting outside is a big part of our family life. We ride, trail run, enter races and hike with our young children. Whenever we can, we head off around Europe in our campervan, exploring new places and finding adventures along the way.
We know a route can mean much more than a line on a map. It might be your favourite local ride, a race you worked towards or a family trip you still talk about years later. TrailMaps is about bringing those memories home.
How it all started
The idea began with a university design project in 2009, when Aaron combined his interest in maps with his passion for mountain biking. In 2017, that idea became TrailMaps.
Since then, we’ve grown from a collection of trail-inspired designs into a way for people to turn their own adventures into artwork. Our personalised map builder lets you choose the route, style and details that make a print yours.
Alongside it, you’ll still find our original art prints celebrating the sports and places we love.
Meet Aaron - Designer, map enthusiast and usually planning the next ride.
Aaron creates the artwork and looks after the website and map builder. With a background in graphic design and a love of cycling and the outdoors, he cares just as much about how a print looks on your wall as the adventure behind it.
Meet Helen - The person keeping everything moving.
With a background in crafts, Helen brings a practical eye and plenty of care to TrailMaps. She looks after orders, works closely with our suppliers and helps customers along the way.
Personal artwork. Carefully made.
A meaningful design deserves a beautiful finish. We’ve put care into choosing the papers, printing processes and frame options that bring our artwork to life, with crisp detail, rich colour and a finish we’re proud to offer.
We’ve also worked hard on how your print gets to you, choosing reliable production and delivery arrangements to help it arrive safely and in good time, wherever you call home.
From choosing your design to opening the parcel, we want the whole experience to feel as good as the finished print.
Thanks for being part of it
Every order supports our small family business and gives us the chance to keep creating things we care about.
If you have a question, need a hand with your map or want to share a photo of your print at home, we’d love to hear from you.
Thanks for supporting TrailMaps.
Aaron & Helen
