Maps of the Hebrides
Ordinance Survey Maps
The OS is the national mapping service and this covers the whole of Britain with a range of maps. The most popular maps used by walkers are the 1:25000 (pathfinder) and the 1:50,000 (landranger sheets). The maps are measured on a gird of square kilometres and they Outer Hebrides have six 1:50,000 landranger sheets covering them:
| No 8: | Stornoway and North Lewis |
| No 13: | West Lewis and North Harris |
| No14: | Tarbert and Loch Seaforth |
| No 18: | Sound of Harris and St Kilda |
| No 22: | Benbecula |
| No 31: | Barra and Surrounding Islands |
To view the areas these maps cover and to find out more information on Ordinance Survey, please go to www.ordsvy.gov.uk
The Western Isles Tourist Map (no 27)
This official Tourist Map is made by the Western Isles Tourist Board. It is at a scale of 1:125,000 and covers all the islands. It contains useful information such as roads, tourist attractions, beaches, mountain ranges and hill heights, walking routes
and transport links. It is bilingual and has places names in both Gaelic and English.
To purchase this map or other maps, books on the Outer Hebrides, please click here - www.witb.co.uk/general/main.htm
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