OS Map Symbols Quiz

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This quiz is based on Ordnance Survey Great Britain 1:25 000 map symbols. You can access a complete reference to the symbols from the OS website. Why don’t you open the legend in another window and take yourself through the quiz using it as a guide first of all. Then, restart the quiz and try to see how many you can answer without it! You will; be able to see what you get right, and what you get wrong, but won’t be able to change your answers. Every quiz is different, you will get a different question set each time and your answers will be muddled up differently (so it’s not really cheating by doing it again!)

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OS Map Symbols

A test on your knowledge of Ordnance Survey map symbols. All images are 2016 Copyright Ordnance Survey and reproduced individually for the purposes of teaching.

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On the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 map series what does the above symbol represent?

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Which of the following 1:25000 map symbols indicates a road?

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Which of the following 1:25000 map symbols indicates a youth hostel?

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Can you identify the navigation aide in this image?

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On the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 map series what does the above symbol represent?

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How would you describe the foliage of Maley’s Plantation?

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What do the parallel dotted lines running across this map indicate?

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Which of the following symbols represents a place of worship?

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What man made feature has been erected on the big ground north of Clifodan?

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Which of the following 1:25000 map symbols indicates a footpath?

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Which of the following symbols represents multi-activity watersports?

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What man-made features are recorded in this grid square?

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On the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 map series what does the above symbol represent?

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Which of the following symbols represents a mountain bike trail?

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On the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 map series what does the above symbol represent?

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On the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 map series what does the above symbol represent?

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There are two different types of water source indicated on this map. Can you identify them both?

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What recreational feature is co-located with the footpath to the north east of Crowlink?

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What type of mill is recorded at the end of Mill Lane?

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On the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 map series what does the above symbol represent?

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