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.

Clutter-free maps

Your message will stand out as there is no clutter on these maps. The maps are great for hand-outs, desktop publishing and classroom use.

Zoom in from here

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 LZW compressed 254 dpi

• Ordering area: All of Great Britain

• Publication month: January

• OS Data Hub plan: OS OpenData Plan (FREE), Premium Plan, Public Sector Plan, Energy & Infrastructure Plan

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.