Ordnance Survey Map Skills

From the centre of Stutton village, which direction would you need to walk in to find the nearest public telephone?

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You want to plan a 5-km walk. Using your Landranger® map, where 2 cm are equal to 1 km, how far will this be on the map?

On a 1: 250 000 scale map you could quite easily...

The map scale is 1: 50 000. There is a distance of 30 km between two towns. How far will this be in cm on your map?

What type of woodland would you find at grid reference 787 629?

What is the 6-figure grid reference for the spring to the south?

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What is the 4-figure grid reference for the milestone?

What scale are Ordnance Survey Landranger® maps drawn to?

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From Windsor Castle, you head into town, to the Information Centre. In which general direction will you be travelling?

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On a 1: 250 000 scale map you could quite easily...

What is the 6-figure grid reference for the camp site?

In which square would you find Waytown Farm?

You leave St Newlyn East. In which direction are you travelling if you pass a cemetery and a disused quarry on the way?

You miss a train at Riverside Station but can catch another at Central Station. Which direction do you walk to catch it?

One of the reasons that maps use scale is...