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Explore new places in your local area, adventure in the UK’s National Parks, or enjoy a coastal getaway with Ordnance Survey, your essential travel companion.

Known for our iconic paper maps, walking guide books, and award-winning OS Maps App, we provide inspiration for your next UK adventure here at Get Outside. From the Shetland Isles to the South West Coast Path, you’ll find plenty of ideas for your next outdoor adventure in the UK.

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Guide to spring wildflowers

Five fantastic walks with kids

March 5, 2021
8 min read

GetOutside Champions Jen & Sim Benson are massive advocates of an outdoor family lifestyle in the Great British outdoors. Their fantastic new book ‘100 Great Walks with Kids’ is packed with woodland adventures, tasty treks, trails through time, mini mountains and wildlife wanders for the whole family to enjoy!

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8 tips for getting outside with a baby

March 3, 2021
6 min read

GetOutside Champion Suzanne lives on the edge of the Peak District and has been hiking with her five- and one-year-old boys since they were babies. Here are her 8 top tips for getting outside with a baby.

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Join the getoutside challenge!

January 7, 2021
1 min read

Getting outside every day during winters will do wonders for our physical and mental wellbeing. Wrap up warm and explore from your doorstep with these ideas from the free GetOutside Challenge Calendar.

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Great british outdoor quiz

May 4, 2020
21 min read

Test your outdoor knowledge with The Great British Outdoor Quiz, in collaboration with Go Outdoors and Blacks. Set up a virtual campfire with a mug of hot chocolate and watch the sun go down. Whether you set up camp indoors or out, it’s time to get cosy and test your outdoor knowledge.

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Getoutside with great outdoor games

April 15, 2020
5 min read

Rain or shine, round up your friends and family and challenge them to an outdoor game. Whether you’re looking for something for the summer BBQ, a picnic in the park, or a day out to the countryside — we’ve got you covered.

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Free maps to colour in

April 3, 2020
2 min read

Looking for something stress-busting? These maps for colouring in are available as a free PDF download to print at home or use on a digital device app such as Procreate or Photoshop.

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Wensleydale cycling route map

Wensleydale Bike Club trip to Swaledale

September 18, 2018
4 min read

The Swale Trail is just one example of the many fabulous bridleways that span throughout Wensleydale, Swaledale and beyond making The Yorkshire Dales National Park a great place to visit for an active family holiday.

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Sutton Bank cycling route map

Wensleydale Bike Club invasion of Sutton Bank

July 5, 2018
4 min read

Helen Pollard and the Wensleydale Bike Club took a bunch of children to explore Sutton Bank – and now you can follow the adventure too!

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Cressbrook route map

Who has a walking wedding?

September 7, 2016
3 min read

#GetOutside Champion, Stef Jackson-Horner, knew that a big white wedding wasn’t for her and her fiancé; what they wanted was a walking wedding. Find out how the big day went and how you go about preparing for such an event in the British outdoors!

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