At 2011BankHolidays.co.uk, we try to offer our readers information that is useful and relevant to their travel needs during a holiday or extended break. The UK's national mapping agency, Ordnance Survey Maps
The OS's range of maps cater to a variety of travellers. You could be a bike-rider or a trekker, a family on a day's picnic, or a group spending a vacation outdoors. Each end-user has a wide choice in paper and digital maps, mechanical and electronic navigation aids, atlases and guide books. Each product is meant to ensure that you are well-equipped for your bank holiday outing or UK break. You can easily make your selection from the entire range and make your purchase online. The agency even offers 477 historical maps among all these travel accessories.
OS Travel Map - Tour
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The maps in this series are meant for tourists planning a holiday or a day out. The OS Travel Map - Tour include roads, rail links and cycle routes, coastal paths, National Trails, and Long Distance Routes, besides important tourist information and town plans. These maps will help you plan your visit and how to reach your destinations most efficiently.
OS Landranger Maps
Ordnance Survey Landranger Map series is recommended for short breaks, day trips, bike rides and hikes. Each of the 204 detailed OS Landranger maps provides the necessary information for you to familiarise yourself with the area of interest to you. Tourist-specific information is included, as well as listings and locations of places of interest, picnic and camping sites, besides annotations on England and Wales rights of way.
OS Explorer Maps
OS Explorer maps have been prepared to such a detailed scale (4cm to 1km / 2? inches to 1 mile) that they show every landmark, building, natural feature, and relevant traveller information. Adventurers, trekkers, cyclists, horse riders, climbers and water sports enthusiasts will find these maps very useful, more so because national trails, recreational paths, picnic areas, viewpoints and selected places of interest are all indicated. As many as 403 maps are available that cover the whole of the UK.
OS Explorer - Active and OS Landranger - Active Maps
The entire series of both Ordnance Survey Explorer Active maps and Landranger - Active maps are available in laminated versions, and are thus more rugged, and all-weather proof. These durable products offer the added advantage of enabling you to mark on them with washable ink as and when needed, and wipe clean later.
OS Select Maps
OS Select Map is a special mapping service from Ordnance Survey that allows you to pinpoint where you want the centre of your map. Once you decide on this hub, you can easily place your order for the customised map, and even have it tastefully personalised.