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OS Wallpaper Download: Map Reading Week 2021

As part of Map Reading Week, we've created this new free wallpaper download of the very first Ordnance Survey map - 'An Entirely New & Accurate Survey Of The County Of Kent, With Part Of The County Of Essex', by Captain William Mudge

OS Wallpaper Download: July 2021

Lose yourself in this field of meadow buttercups in this beautiful summer photo taken near Nettleton Mill, Castle Combe, Wiltshire by Simon Tye. Downloads for desktop, mobile, Zoom and Teams

OS Wallpaper Download: June 2021

To celebrate the release of the new edition OS Explorer maps for the Lake District, this months' free wallpaper download is of Castlerigg Stone Circle, near Keswick.

OS Wallpaper: May 2021

If you are lucky enough to live near one of Britain's ancient woodlands, at this time of the year you may find a carpet of bluebells covering the ground between the trees. This photo by OS team member Liz Beverly was taken this week in Hampshire.

OS Wallpaper: April 2021

For most of the country, spring has sprung, and if you are exploring many parts of the country you'll find lambs playing in newly lush fields. This photo by Lewis Clarke was taken in April 2014.

OS Wallpaper: March 2021

It's the first day of meteorological spring (you have to wait until 20 March for astronomical spring). This picture by Norma Sartoretto of Crummock Water in the Lake District shows green shoots on the lowest areas, while the cooler hills are still held fast by winter.

OS Wallpaper: February 2021

We asked on Social Media for your best winter snow images and the response was amazing! This photo by Jermaine Reid captures a dramatic sunrise over Parkhouse Hill and Chrome Hill in the Peak District

OS Wallpaper: January 2021

The light fails on a tranquil winter’s evening over the River Test near Mottisfont in this photo submitted by Ordnance Survey's own Tim Newman, taken just a couple of weeks ago.

OS Wallpaper: 2020 roundup

Pick your favourite free wallpaper download from the last 12 months.

OS Wallpaper: December 2020

Low light and frost-covered landscape combine to give Lichfield Cathedral an ethereal quality in this photo submitted by Tim Wayne all the way back in 2015.