Map of Cumbria and the Lake District

The Ordnance Survey Outdoor Leisure series of 1:25000 scale (approx two and a half inches to the mile) maps (yellow) cover 45 of the popular tourist areas of Britain. Since 2001 the Explorer series (orange) have been issued, which cover at the same scale, the rest of England.

The green areas represent the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks. A small part of the Yorkshire Dales National park is now in Cumbria - Dentdale and Garsdale, and the towns/villages - Sedbergh, Dent and Garsdale.

The above map is a composite of the small maps on the back of these OS maps that cover Cumbria.

Ordnance Survey Maps for Cumbria and the Lake District :

Grid references are used for the locations of many places other than within towns. Each grid reference consists of a two letter code representing a 100 km square area, and two sets of 3 figure numbers. The first 3 figures relate to numbers across the top and bottom of the map, and the second set to numbers down the sides, which show one kilometre squares. The three figure numbers give a position to an accuracy of one tenth of a kilometre.

The Ordnance Survey Landranger series of 1:50000 scale (approx one inch to the mile) maps (purple) cover the whole country, and the following cover the county of Cumbria.

85	Carlisle and The Solway Firth
86	Haltwhistle and Brampton, Bewcastle and Alston
87	Hexham, Haltwhistle and surrounding area
89	West Cumbria
90	Penrith, Keswick and Ambleside area
91	Appleby-in-Westmorland area
96	Barrow-in-Furness and South Lakeland area
97	Kendal to Morecambe
98	Wensleydale and Upper Wharfedale
79	Hawick and Eskdale
80	Cheviot Hills & Kielder Forest

The three maps highlighted in bold cover the Lake District

The Touring Map and Guide no 3 covers the Lake District at a scale of one inch to the mile, and also contains much useful tourist information, including a Wordsworth trail.

The Ordnance Survey Outdoor Leisure series of 1:25000 scale (approx two and a half inches to the mile) maps (yellow) cover 45 of the popular tourist areas of Britain. The following cover the county of Cumbria. The latest versions are now double sided, covering twice the area of the previous issues. The following cover parts of Cumbria.

4	The English Lakes North Western area, Keswick, Cockermouth and Wigton
5	The English Lakes North Eastern area, Penrith, Patterdale and Caldbeck
6	The English Lakes South Western area, Coniston, Ulverston and Barrow
7	The English Lakes South Eastern area, Windermere, Kendal and Silverdale
19	The Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley
2	The Yorkshire Dales Southern and Western area
31	North Pennines, Teasdale and Weardale
33	St Bees Head to Keld - Coast to Coast Walk

There is a Historical Map and Guide at the scale of two and a half inches to the mile of 'Hadrian's Wall'.

The Ordnance Survey Explorer series of 1:25000 scale (approx two and a half inches to the mile) maps (orange) introduced during 2001 cover the rest of Britain not covered by Outdoor Leisure maps. The following cover the county of Cumbria.

303	Whitehaven and Workington
314	Solway Firth, Wigton and Silloth
315	Carlisle, Brampton, Longtown and Gretna Green
324	Liddersdale & Kershope Forest for the very top of Cumbria - Bewcastle etc