Ordnance Survey maps

[bspahh]

Isn't there a travelogue writer out there who has written an article about that very same square kilometre of not very much in North Lincolnshire?

It was mentioned in episode 4 of the first series of QI

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[Mcr Warrior]

That pre-dates Tim Moore's book by several years.

 

[Bald Rick]

Isn't there a travelogue writer out there who has written an article about that very same square kilometre of not very much in North Lincolnshire?

Yep. It's Tim Moore in "You are Awful (but I like you)" and the grid square is SE830220.

Indeed. Great book and a brilliant writer.

 

[John Webb]

Indeed - this one, albeit the transmission line just nibbles the corner. Looks like OS have deliberately moved the name of Ousefleet to spoil the fun!

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Remarkably this square has 11 photos on the Geograph website; here is one of them (click on photo to go to the larger original):
Officially the dullest Geograph square in the UK.

© Copyright Robin Hall and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

 

[Bald Rick]

Remarkably this square has 11 photos on the Geograph website; here is one of them (click on photo to go to the larger original):
Officially the dullest Geograph square in the UK.

© Copyright Robin Hall and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

It’s a dull featureless landscape out there ...

 

[etr221]

I did once come across on the web a scanned French 1:50000 topographic map sheet of part of the Sahara which had no title - there was no feature on that sheet with a name...

And for featureless landscape - going across western North Dakota and eastern Montana by Amtrak the scenery was grey and flat and bare and endless (I forget which state's tree is the telegraph pole...) ... my comment was that the middle of the Atlantic would be more interesting, it went up and down

 

[apk55]

As a regular walker one of the bigest problems I have found with maps is where on a double sided map there is no overlap between the two haves. This makes both planning a route difficult and when out walking having to refold a map. One particular example I come across regularly is the White Peak OL24 map. However most of the other double sided maps I use do have a decent amount of overlap between the the sides.

 

[S&CLER]

It’s a dull featureless landscape out there ...

It seems to have got even more featureless since the last 1 inch series (1960s), which showed a track in that square which has disappeared from the 1:50,000 map.

 

[Busaholic]

As a regular walker one of the bigest problems I have found with maps is where on a double sided map there is no overlap between the two haves. This makes both planning a route difficult and when out walking having to refold a map. One particular example I come across regularly is the White Peak OL24 map. However most of the other double sided maps I use do have a decent amount of overlap between the the sides.

With the old Landranger maps, the Lizard, a long thin shape, was sliced in two down the middle so any serious walker would need both maps and try to marry them up!

 

[DerekC]

Everyone knows that Murphy's Law as applied to OS maps is that wherever you are going on holiday is always on the border of two maps. Of course the OS Maps app overcomes that problem!

 

[edwin_m]

Everyone knows that Murphy's Law as applied to OS maps is that wherever you are going on holiday is always on the border of two maps. Of course the OS Maps app overcomes that problem!

Usually on the meeting point of four.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Usually on the meeting point of four.

1:25000 scale "Explorer" maps in the Cental Lake District being a case in point.

Or 1:50000 scale "Landranger" maps in the Whaley Bridge area, as already mentioned upthread.

 

[philjo]

A Linear Lake District walk I did from Langdale via Stake Pass to Borrowdale required the use of 3 maps and it was on the corner of each sheet! Though I think the AA central lakes map now covers the entire route on one sheet.

 

[Bald Rick]

The ‘border’ issue can be resolved by making use of the OS ‘Custom Map’ service where they will do a Landranger or Explorer centred on any point you wish. It’s about twice the price of a normal map, but then if it saves you having to buy two...

 

[apk55]

It is not uncommon for me to need 3 maps on a day walk. Even from my own house (Altrincham) I can need 3 maps. Another place I can think of is Ramsbottom and of course Whaley brige is another

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

Just wondering if anyone has any opinions on the best places to order OS maps from, for fairly reasonable prices?

I have a few I'd like to pick up from somewhere (I say 'pick up', I really mean order online) but I've not bought any for ages and I thought some fellow "outdoorsy" people on here might know some of the best places to buy them from.

I was in Barter Books in Alnwick a few weeks ago and noticed they had some. Look them up on Google and or give them a call.

 

[John Griffiths]

Barter Books is not cheap.