Free geography and mapping resources for education from Ordnance Survey

All of these resources are provided free by Ordnance Survey. Some of these are online, some are printed. Not all are designed specifically with education in mind but have been found to be useful by teachers.

Map Work

Range of maps All of these resources are based around the use of Ordnance Survey maps, and were devised by educational experts. Some of these resources originally appeared in previous editions of Mapping news

Map work>>>

Copyright for education

Clink the link below for a guide for each educational establishment on how they can obtain a licence to reproduce Ordnance Survey mapping.

Election maps

Ordnance Survey Election maps – designed to help the understanding of the electoral geography of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Users can see the extent of electoral constituencies by selecting and overlaying administrative and electoral boundaries onto various scales of mapping background.

Election maps web site >>> | Election map resources >>>

National Grid

This is our interactive version. We also provide colour leaflets for use in schools and these are available free on request from our Customer Service Centre.

Order a leaflet >>> | View the interactive version

GB Coastline and Administrative Areas map

Outline maps

We know that teachers find lots of uses for this free outline map of Great Britain. Print it out from the pdf version to provide a useful, and up-to-date, resource for class work.

Find out more about Outline maps>>>