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==UK Map Range==
Ordnance Survey maps are available in most bookshops, generally in twoa variety of scales:
* ''Route'' (1:625,000) - Designed for long-distance road users. One double-sided map (dark blue cover) covers the whole of the [[Great Britain]].
* 1:50,000
** ''LandrangerRoad'' (1:250,000) - TheseDesigned are designed asfor road mapsusers. They have pinkgreen covers; and8 204 of themsheets cover the whole of the UKGreat Britain.
* ''Landranger'' (1:50,000) - The "general purpose" map. They have pink covers; 204 sheets cover the whole of the Great Britain and the [[Isle of Man]].
* 1:25,000
** ''Explorer'' (1:25,000) - DesignedSpecifically designed for walkers and cyclists. ThereThey arehave 351orange ofcovers; these470 mapssheets atcover the timewhole of writing,the Great Britain (but the numberIsle of Man is increasingexcluded from this series). Explorer Theymaps have orangereplaced covers.two older series of 1:25,000 map:
** ''ExplorerOutdoor OLLeisure'' - Also for walkers & cyclists. These 33 maps specifically covercovered tourist destinations. Identified by their yellow covers and often double-sided, they predate the explorer maps. They Previouslycovered knowna aslarger ''Outdoorarea Leisure''than mapsPathfinders.
** ''Pathfinder'' - Pathfinders were the predecessors to the Explorer and Explorer OL mapsseries. These maps were smaller than the new ones and generally had no overlap between adjacent sheets, meaningmaking thatthem evenless aconvenient shortto walkuse. maySome requirePathfinder threewere orphased fourout differentby mapsthe andarrival aof longOutdoor oneLeisure maymaps, rangethe overremainder evenwere more.later replaced Forby thisthe reasonnew theyExplorer have recently been gradually phased outseries.
Also produced are thevarious mappinghistorical indexand archealogical maps, and road maps of certain popular "tourist" areas, all at a variety of scales. The Ordnance Survey produce a (free) mapping index, showing which parts of the country are covered by which maps, and ''Travel'' maps.
==Cartography==
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