Create your adventures your way & let OS Maps guide you on stunning routes across the UK & beyond. Get more from the outdoors, with more freedom to explore, more confidence to tackle that next challenge & more adventures along the way. OS Maps is the official app by Ordnance Survey & your guide in the great outdoors.
Why you’ll love using OS Maps:
EXPLORE & PLAN HIKES, RUNS OR RIDES
Whether you are planning a walk, hike, run or ride; OS Maps lets you create outdoor adventures with trusted mapping & navigation tools from the experts at Ordnance Survey, Britain’s national mapping service.
DISCOVER THOUSANDS OF READY-MADE ROUTES
Get outside with curated routes from outdoor experts & organisations such as Trail, Country Walking, Mountain Bike UK, BBC Countryfile & more.
ICONIC OS MAPPING
Subscribe to unlock the detail & accuracy of OS leisure maps including OS Explorer 1:25,000 & OS Landranger 1:50,000 & now with global mapping & topographic mapping for USA, Australia & New Zealand to keep you exploring all over the world.
CREATE YOUR OWN ADVENTURES
Best in class route planning & navigation tools mean you can get off the beaten track & explore with more freedom. Plan routes with quick & easy snap-to-path route plotting, then save & share with your friends to plan that next epic day in the outdoors.
NO SIGNAL? NO PROBLEM
Download maps & routes to your phone to view offline, so they’re ready, whenever & wherever you need them. View any part of GB even without signal & export to your GPS device.
UNLIMITED PRINTING
Print copies of all your routes & maps to take with you, so you always have a backup to hand.
USE ON EVERY DEVICE
Sync your activities between across devices, on desktop, mobile & Apple Watch. On desktop, premium users can use our 3D Aerial Layer & route fly-throughs to see the landscape, terrain & explore in stunning 3D.
TRACK & RECORD ACTIVITIES
Use the activity recording feature to keep a log of your activity history. Follow along, save your activity, review it & turn it into a new route to share & follow again later.
RECOMMENDED BY THE EXPERTS
Ordnance Survey is proud to partner with Mountain Rescue England & Wales, with OS Maps as their recommended app to help you keep on track, & keep safe when heading outside.
TABLETOP 3D
Preview a route before you tackle it, ensure it’s suitable for your level of fitness & avoid any surprises. Our 3D model feature lets you check out your routes from the comfort of your home.
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
OS Maps premium is available through a 1 month or 1 year subscription. Prices are posted in GBP but may vary by country or when converted to local currency. Subscriptions will auto-renew. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, & identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user & auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
Terms & Conditions at os.uk/termsosmaps
USEFUL INFORMATION
Battery life while using the app can be extended downloading maps offline prior to use, operating in Flight Mode (the GPS will still work) & turning off the screen when not in use. We release updates to all of our apps on an ongoing basis to improve stability & add extra features. Topographic mapping is available for UK (including Northern Ireland), USA, Australia & New Zealand. Your feedback & comments about this app are important to us. Leave a review or use os.uk/contact to get in touch.
*This feature uses Apple's ARKit which requires an iPhone 6s, iPhone SE, iPad 2017, iPad Pro or any later device.
I paid for my local maps. They are all downloaded. EVERYTIME I go for a walk : black screen + “you are offline, failed to change layer” WHAT IMBECILE coded this? Get him to test it once before releasing it????? It says the developer gave a response: “they were improving map loading speeds?” This is unrelated. The current failure is easy to replicate or test: Do the OS maps load when phone is in “airplane mode”? Or do the maps fail to display “topographic” maps and instead display the yellow error “failed to change layer” and display only black. For a map (used in the countryside), working without internet connectivity is essential.
Love this app
Great value for money
Access denied!
Paid subscription via apple account - attempting to login and app says I have no account. No obvious way to contact os to rectify. Terrible service!!
A rip off now
Far too expensive after the recent price hike, I have therefore stopped my subscription.
Also you can’t download paper maps without a paid subscription, you should be able to if you’ve bought the paper map. Disgusting.
I can’t even download paper maps I have downloaded in the past when I was paying the subscription.
It’s just another example of rip off Britain and a govt agency screwing us.
Best app I own
My Dad got me a subscription to OS maps for a birthday present and I have renewed it each year since. It is the best app on my phone and iPad. I record my walks then study them later at home, I plan new routes, I use it everyday. Highly recommend for anyone who likes walking, cycling, or driving.
Great mapping and routing but long load times
Clear view of OS maps
Good routing: “snap to path” will snap to paths not shown on map but which clearly exist when you get there. This is very helpful indeed.
Spoilt by VERY LONG LOAD TIMES
Spend a lot of time just looking at a white screen even if you have downloaded the map or are in great Wi-Fi. I have in iPhone 15pro so it’s not the processor. Very poor when using on the hill in poor conditions standing there for 2 minutes waiting for your map to appear
Frustrating
The reason for 3 star rating is mainly due to
Using the Record Activity function. It’s far to easy to accidentally pause, thus completely ruining the records I really want to save. Instead of the simple easy to hit button, if possible changing it to a swipe to pause would eliminate accidental pauses. The original navigation app I purchased years ago was Viewranger. This app would display the hight above sea level of your current position and or the position of the cursor. This is something else I’d love to see implemented on the os maps app. Apart from that, all good thanks.
Not as responsive as previous versions
Have used os app for a number of years . Latest version does not open as smoothly as previous versions and often sits with a blank screen. This is particularly unnerving when out walking as is relied upon for supporting navigation .
Brilliant, but could easily be better!
The curser size needs to be enlargeable on a mobile devices
When planning a new route the software still refuses obvious and desired paths for irrelevant and useless detours
It would be useful to be able to show National Trails superimposed similar to the National Cycle Network
More difficult, but ultra useful, would be an indication of a safe walking path alongside busy roadways
Os maps review
Brilliant app for plotting routes. Would highly recommend
