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• Nature

British Wildflowers to Spot on Your Next Countryside Walk

British Wildflowers – 10 common varieties of wildflower you will find when walking in the UK.

• Beginner’s guides
• Hiking

Hiking for Beginners – A Complete Guide

Hiking for beginners, a complete guide to hiking safety, hiking fitness and the best UK Routes for beginners

• Family activities
• Nature
• Sustainability

Breeding Bird Surveys – Mapping the story of birds

Bird Breeding Survey and Methodology – OS Analyst Nichaphat Sukontason writes about running a Breeding Bird Survey around Ordnance Survey HQ and shows you how you can get involved.

• Hiking
• Safety
• Walking

Mountain Safety in the Summer

Mountain Safety: Ordnance Survey, Mountain Rescue England and Wales and the Met Office join forces to offer some great advice on summer safety in the mountains.

• Cycling

Tour of Britain Cycling Challenges

Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Women is in June. OS and British Cycling have picked out four Mountain climbs for you and your friends to challenge yourselves.

• Map Reading

National Map Reading Week 2024 Quiz

Test your skills with this map reading and outdoor activity quiz, as part of National Map Reading Week

• Places to go

Britain’s weirdest local nicknames

Britain is treasure-trove of the weird, wonderful and occasionally rude place name, so we thought we’d pick out a few of our favourite of the weirdest local nicknames.

• Places to go

The North Highland Way

The North Highland Way will be a walking, horse riding and cycling route across the north of Scotland, connecting John O’Groats in the east to Durness in the west, a route of unimaginable beauty, wildlife, big skies and even bigger landscapes.

Tracy Purnell

Meet OS Champion Tracy Purnell – dog lover, trail runner and Brecon Beacons National Park Ambassador.