1:250 000 Scale Colour Raster

A small-scale, digital raster mapping product giving a regional view, similar in content and appearance to a typical road atlas.

This product is updated every three months

View documentationFree to use for everyone
Data access
  • Download
Data structure
  • Raster
Scale/resolution
1:250 000
Format
  • TIFF

What 1:250 000 Scale Colour Raster provides you with

Backdrop mapping

A regional backdrop map, containing motorways, main roads and country lanes.

Places of interest

Clearly identify places of interest, including camping and caravan sites.

Free to use

Free to view, download and use for commercial, education and personal purposes.

Use cases

  • Intended for strategic planning and long-distance navigation.  
  • Contains tourist hotspots, driving tourism in your area with a recognised map for visitors to plan their days out.
  • Available in various colour options with a palette of 256 colours. 

A small-scale, digital raster mapping product giving a regional view, similar in content and appearance to a typical road atlas.

This product is updated every three months

View documentationFree to use for everyone
Data access
  • Download
Data structure
  • Raster
Scale/resolution
1:250 000
Format
  • TIFF

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