Street View is available as part of Google Maps, the company's mapping service. It will work on any computer, and many high-end mobile phones such as the iPhone.


Street View is only available in 25 British cities. You will know it works if you type in an address and a picture of the street appears with a link that says “Street View”.

Alternatively, at the top left of the screen, a small outline of man can be seen. If the man is grey, Street view is unavailable. If it goes yellow, it is.


Clicking on the man will highlight all the streets on the map where Street View is available in blue. You can drag the yellow man on to the map, and Street View will appear.


Once in Street View you can get a 360-degree view of the road you are on. Clicking the image of the street will drag the camera left and right, up and down. Arrows will appear on the street, which you can click on to take you further down the road you are looking at.

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