Side-by-side with Ordnance Survey

Our friends at Ordnance Survey love helping people, including the RED community, to get outside and enjoy the great outdoors. They have lots of resources to help you find out more about being active outdoors, and stay inspired and motivated as the weather changes from winter to spring.

Perhaps you’re thinking about starting to venture off-road with your runs?  Or maybe you’d like to try a bit more of an adventurous walk? If, like us, you find maps a bit daunting, Ordnance Survey can help you understand the shape of the hills and how steep they’ll be, they’ll show you where any paths go and what features you might see. From the nervous to the confident map reader, Ordnance Survey have got something for everyone in their map reading guides.

 

Their OS Maps app can also help you plot out route ideas from your home or anywhere in the world, find routes others have shared, and give you confidence to know exactly where you are on a map.  There are loads of features you can access for free including OS' curated standard mapping and thousands of ready-made routes to choose from all across the UK.

If you want to get the most from from OS Maps then why not try a Premium subscription, which gives you additional features like topographic mapping, snap-to-path route plotting and maps to download and use offline. There's even a special discount for REDers using the code REDJANOS30 for 30% off your first year of an annual subscription, in their shop here, so you can keep exploring, wherever you are, all year.