EXPLORING A BATTLEFIELD

The 1:25,000 Ordnance Survey Explorer series are the ideal maps to use when walking a battlefield as they provide all the public rights of way, contour information, field boundaries and much more. This detail makes it far easier to navigate, especially on paths that lack waymark signs. For each of the featured battlefields an extract from the relevant Ordnance Survey Explorer map, with probable initial troop deployments superimposed, can be obtained from the download area on the relevant battle page on this website. 

FINDING A BATTLEFIELD

To work out your best driving route to the battlefield you can use the free online mapping from Multimap. Ready made links are provided in the Visiting pages for each featured battlefield on this website. For other battlefields just type in the name in the Quick Search box on the Multimap site.
To go to the Multimap site CLICK HERE

FOLLOWING THE CAMPAIGN

To place the battle within its wider modern context, to follow the campaign marches and to find the various associated sites, the best choice of mapping is the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger maps. The relevant Ordnance Survey Explorer and Landranger map sheet numbers are given in our Key Facts list on the home page for each of the featured battles.

Free online map extracts from the Ordnance Survey
If you want the 1:25,000 scale Explorer mapping unencumbered by battle information then you can locate and print 2*2 km extracts, and for the 1:50,00 scale Landranger mapping 4*4 km extracts from the OS website. On the OS Getamap search page just enter the grid reference of the centre of the battlefield (from our Key Facts list on the relevant battle home page) and choose the highest zoom setting
For free OS mapping CLICK HERE

For further information about any OS mapping visit the Map Shop pages on the Ordnance Survey website: CLICK HERE