OS Explorer 1:25 000
Scale
OTHER PUBLIC ACCESS The country boundary is
Communications shown as a black dash which is
National Trail broken up with dots in-between.
The national trail is ROADS
shown AND PATHS
as two purple, spaced out Heights and Natural
Road under construction
diamonds. Features
This key
Surfaced Cycle Route
represents aWaterroad under
A surfaced cycleconstruction.
route It will Water
usuallyonbe
a map is shown
will be represented with represented
a few as long purple section this
as a blue outlined
green circles in a row. dashes on the will
map.be the same for rivers and
Dual carriageway lakes.
General Information
Mud A Dual
VEGETATION
carriageway will be Mud shown on shown on a
is rarely
Non-Coniferous Trees this map as one straight purple
map but it can be used in marsh
line with the road
landnumber
areas. above
Non- coniferousit.trees
are shown differently to
RAILWAYS
SELECTED TOURIST
coniferous trees. They are green
round/ bush-like trees. AND LEISURE
Cutting; Tunnel; Embankment
INFORMATION
Coniferous Trees
The shaded
Public Convenience
areas signify an area which is
These trees are different
to non-coniferous theydownhill are on a railwayThetrack.
public toilets is shown
represented as green, tall, thin as PC in blue writing on the OS
Multiple Track; Standard Gauge
Christmas trees. map.
A multiple track will
GENERAL FEATURES Horse Riding
be shown as a black, single,
Place of Worship straight line. Horse riding is also shown
in blue as a horseshoe, they will
This symbol is a church PUBLIC
with RIGHTS OF WAY
be easy to spot on a map.
a tower it has a square base and
Footpath
a cross on top, it is always black.
The public footpath
Wind Pump/ Turbine
is often shown as pink dashes
A wind turbine is shown on aas map. The lines are usually
a large cross and a smaller very short and there are more of
cross on a stand. them.
BOUNDRIES Bridleway
Country Boundary The bridleway
looks very similar to the footpath
with pink dashes.
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