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If you really want explore our amazing British Isles
There is only one organisation you will need - Ordnance Survey
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Discover your next UK hiking guide*, trail run*, or cycling route* with your own OS inspiring route guides. Each route guide includes downloadable GPX files for easy navigation with OS Maps. You’ll find step-by-step instructions, parking tips, and top recommendations to enhance your experience.

Discover our nation of nations
Challenge Yourself on Walks across England, Scotland and Wales
Walks: England, Scotland, Wales
There are 100 walking gems from across the country in this collection.
With inspiration for a wide range of walking experience and abilities, whether for those new to country walking or seasoned ramblers. It includes easy-paces short walks, half day rambles, and more energetic and challenging full-day excursions for a total of 625 miles or richly rewarding routes.
In addition, all the routes can also be found in OS Maps online, allowing you to follow them on your mobile device or print a copy of the map to take with you. As well as details of the routes, you will also find compelling background information of each of the regions, along with beautiful photography.
This book includes six months of OS Maps premium, giving access to all 607 Leisure maps. You can also use it to find thousands of other routes created by other walkers or even plan your own. You can activate this by using the unique code printed inside the back cover of the book - look for the instructions on the inside flap.
Epic: England, Scotland, & Wales
OS Epic British Walks is an inspiring introduction to distance walking.
With thirty-eight amazing trails of immense diversity, each graded by difficulty, with routes for first time hikers as well as for the super-fit, seasoned multi-day rambler.
Covering the length and breadth of Britain, immerse yourself in 5,000 miles of pathways through National Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, National Scenic Areas, along Heritage Coastline, and to UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The perfect book for planning a walking adventure, hiking holiday or weekend ramble, discover insightful introductions to each route, suggested itineraries, the must-see highlights to take in along the way and, of course, the list of Ordnance Survey sheet maps for completing the walks. Thirty-eight EPIC long distance walks across England, Scotland, and Wales. 5000 miles of inspirational walking in National parks, AONBs, UNESCO sites and more. Routes for first time hikers, the super-fit, and seasoned ramblers. Stunning and inspiring photography revealing the character of each walk. Showcasing fabulous National Trails and regional long-distance paths
Outstanding Walks in Scotland
A treasure trove of walks and days out, Outstanding Walks Scotland.
Brings together a carefully curated selection of 60 walks, 48 ‘don’t miss’ sites and 42 picture essay locations, in total including more than 300 inspirational features of interest for you to visit.
Enjoy this lavishly-illustrated volume in the comfort of your own home, using its balance of inspiring and practical content to plan your own Scottish adventures, and then redeem the OS Maps digital subscription that comes free with this book to undertake the walks and visits presented within its pages.
There are 25 short walks; 23 half-day rambles; and 11 full-day hikes, including the ascent of five Munros. Across Scotland, from Eshaness in Shetland in the far north to Mull of Galloway, at the nation’s most southerly point, and from westerly Barra in the Outer Hebrides to the Sands of Forvie on the Aberdeenshire coast in the east, this fabulous compendium of carefully selected locations contains a wealth of walking ideas, catering for all tastes and abilities.
From 10,000 feet OS are mapping 20,000 changes every day
Each change finds its way onto every Ordnance Survey Map, keeping your route planning fresh and fully updated
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Looking for maps, guide books or walks across and around our 15 National Parks in England, Scotland and Wales
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