GB Overview Maps
Here you will find all documentation for the GB Overview Maps product.
Ordnance Survey's GB Overview Maps product provides two overview maps of Great Britain at 1:5 000 000 scale.
Our simplest maps of the British Isles
The GB Overview Maps product is free to view, download and use for commercial, educational, and personal purposes.
🆕 Improved cartography
The GB Overview Maps product was refreshed in January 2025 with a new look and closer affiliation with other contextual mapping products.
🆕 National Parks, towns and cities shown
This product now includes shaded National Park areas in addition to cities and towns throughout England, Wales and Scotland.
Provide context to your message
The maps are great for hand-outs, desktop publishing and classroom use.
Initial maps for GIS
These are ideal as initial maps for your GIS. They highlight Great Britain while showing neighbouring European countries.
Access: Download
Data theme: Contextual
Data structure: Raster
Coverage: Great Britain
Scale: 1:5 000 000
Format: GeoTIFF
Ordering area: All of Great Britain
Publication month: January
Colour options
Palette of 256 colours.
Customisation options
While you can’t change the look of the map itself, you can open it in image editing or desktop publishing software and make annotations.
How to get this product
Access to this OS OpenData product is free through the OS Data Hub.
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