Plan, enjoy & share your adventures to get more from the outdoors with our health & fitness tracker. OS Maps from Ordnance Survey is your guide to get outside.
Why OS Maps is your ultimate outdoor guide:
EXPLORE HIKES, RUNS, WALKS OR RIDES
We get it - your sofa is comfy, binging is fun, & the algorithm knows you a little too well. But trust us, there’s better views outside. OS Maps is here to nudge you to get your shoes on & discover just how wild (& mildly hilly) the outdoors can be. With GPS in hand, experience outdoor adventures with trusted mapping & navigation tools from the experts at Ordnance Survey. Create your own routes or enjoy ours; planned out by outdoor experts & organisations such as Trail, Country Walking, Mountain Bike UK, BBC Countryfile & more.
RUN, WALK, CYCLE, REPEAT
Whether you’re a slow stroller, a trail-chasing runner or someone who thinks bikes are just fast legs - OS Maps is your fitness & health app. Plan your days outside with our easy-to-use route plotting tools. Snap to path, save it, share it, tweak it, rewalk it - whatever gets you moving. From a lunchtime walk to a weekend expedition with friends, you’ll have all the tools to get outdoors (& brag about it later).
P.S. We double as a walking tracker, running tracker, cycle tracker & even your unofficial hype person.
ICONIC OS MAPPING
Want all the details? Subscribe to unlock the iconic OS Explorer (1:25,000) & OS Landranger (1:50,000) maps. They’re the gold standard in “not getting lost,” & yes, they're in the app. Plus, global & topographic mapping for the USA, Australia, New Zealand - because why stop at your postcode?
CREATE YOUR OWN ADVENTURES
Best in class route planning & navigation tools mean you can get off the beaten track & explore with freedom. Whether you need a running route planner, walking app or outdoor cycle guide, OS Maps has you covered. You can even turn your hike/run/ride into a masterpiece by saving it to your activity log. That means you get to relive your glory or just prove to your mates that you did actually make it up that hill.
OFFLINE MAPS? ABSOLUTELY
No signal? No stress. Feel at ease knowing you can use our biking, running, walking app freely without signal. Download your route ahead of time & roam with confidence. OS Maps keeps working in the most off-grid, WiFi-free corners of the UK. You can even export routes to your GPS device, just in case.
UNLIMITED PRINTING
Old school is still cool. Print your maps & routes if you fancy something you can fold, scribble on or accidentally sit on during lunch.
USE ON EVERY DEVICE
Start planning on your laptop, check your route on your phone & record your ramble on your Apple Watch. OS Maps syncs across all your tech. Premium members even get fancy extras like 3D mapping, aerial layers & route fly-throughs to preview the terrain.
RECOMMENDED BY EXPERTS
Ordnance Survey is a proud partner of Mountain Rescue England & Wales. Our app doesn’t just look good, it’s recommended by experts to keep you safe & on track when outside.
SUBSCRIPTION INFO
Curious? Try OS Maps Premium free for two weeks. No pressure, just see if it sparks your sense of adventure. Subscriptions are monthly or yearly & auto-renew unless you cancel at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Prices are posted in GBP but may vary by country or when converted. Payment will be charged to Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Full T&Cs can be found at os.uk/termsosmaps.
KEEP YOUR PHONE ALIVE
Pro tip to saving battery: Download maps, switch to flight mode & your GPS still works (tech magic!). Turning your screen off when not in use also helps your battery last longer than your snack supply.
YOUR FEEDBACK = OUR FUEL
We’re always updating the app to add new features & squash the occasional bug. Got a suggestion or just a really good hiking pun? Leave a review or head to os.uk/contact.
*Some AR features need a newer device (iPhone 6s, iPhone SE, iPad 2017, iPad Pro or later). Basically, if your phone isn't vintage, you're good.
Enjoy the outdoors with OS Maps. Discover and download walking and cycling routes, or log your own paths in the app. Offering full typographical breakdowns of the whole of Great Britain – it's a must-have for your next outdoor adventure.
Used to be a good app
TonelessX99
I’m leaving a positive review as historically the app has been excellent and I don’t want to tank OS’s record - however since a recent major update it is borderline unusable. Maps take minutes to load (on an iPhone 15 pro) and usually requires closing the app and restarting even on gigabit WiFi. What this means when using the app in the field with little to no signal is that it’s unusable and wholly unfit for purpose. Downloaded maps also have this problem and often refuse to load without an internet connection - this is a joke. If it’s not fixed in the next few months I have to cancel my subscription on renewal and come back to change this review to 1 star, as befits this app in its current state. There are better map apps out there for this purpose, and while I like supporting the OS directly, there is a limit. Developers: 1. Fix load times (or have loading actually work without restarting the app) 2. Have downloads actually work offline and instantly, as they did before All the fancy new features are dumb noise when the most basic parts of a mapping app are broken. If they can’t do this in the next few weeks, OS needs fire whoever is in charge of this debacle and hire a new team who actually uses the app outdoors.
Great but bug prone
Just Tubs
By far the best way to plan/record/follow routes for walking, cycling, running and more. The annual subscription is a fair price for what you get. Even if I’m walking locally on a route I know it’s still great to have open as it can open your eyes to other routes you can take and of course it records your activity. My only issues are as follows. The app can be buggy, particularly with log ins and subscription management. I wish they had a Apple Watch app so you could record your activity if local without having to lug your phone with you. For me the biggest annoyance is since they updated the app, if I record a route purely to add it to ‘My Activities’ you used to be able to not save the route at the end but still save your activity. This is no longer the case. You either have to save both or none. Well if it’s a route i do regularly, I don’t want to keep storing the same route every time I do it but do want to save the activity. Yes I could follow the existing stored route and then save that I completed it today, but I have a habit of doing random changes on my walks like retracing steps if I notice an animal or bird and I want to store all that as I like to reflect on my week, month, yearly totals to see if I’m improving in speed and distance. Even with these minor gripes it’s still by far the best outdoors mapping app out there. Team with what three words and hopefully you’ll never get lost again.
Wheelchair/ mobility scooter mode?
Mainstay (in game)
This is a good app that works well. I love having the 1:25,000 explorer maps easily available. However, I have a suggestion for improving the app. Please could you include a couple of modes for wheelchairs and scooters alongside the most for hiking biking and so on. Many people use mobility technology and it would be really useful to be able to see roots that are accessible. That don’t have, for example, styles or narrow gates. There could be two or three levels of accessibility for modes ranging from lightweight manual wheelchairs to heavy duty off-road scooters and wheelchairs like the Tramper and the TerrainHopper. I am not sure at this point whether it would be better to have an accessibility mode that applies to the existing transport times or whether to have wheelchairs and scooters are separate modes. I think you need to consult with app users to determine the best way of doing this. A useful organisation with expertise in these matters the Disabled Ramblers Association. I do think you would need to provide guidelines on how people describe their walk and perhaps provide some kind of verification method so that people can have confidence in what’s been posted. Many people use mobility aids either full-time or part-time and to have the ability to identify accessible routes would be really useful when deciding where to go for a ‘walk’.
We’ve given your OS Maps app a fresh new look with a redesigned map selector, added a new Outdoors Map for Ireland, two new US Maps from the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service and made it easier to find the right route for your next adventure. Plus, we’ve squashed bugs and made things better behind the scenes. Update now and get exploring!
Version 5.5.7
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Provider
Ordnance Survey
Size
339.6 MB
Category
Navigation
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.6 or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Apple Watch Requires watchOS 8.0 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it is not open, which can decrease device battery life.
