OS Maps: Walk, Hike, Run, Bike

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About this app

Navigation and route planning that’s always there for you.

Explore the outdoors with confidence.
Plot walking routes, plan hikes, runs, and bike rides with ease.

However you move, and wherever you are, the OS Maps app is your ideal GPS navigation companion, trusted by hikers, walkers, runners and riders across the UK and beyond.

Navigation for any route, anytime, anywhere:
Rely on accurate footpaths, detailed hiking maps and dependable route planning with Britain’s gold-standard national map service. Plan walking routes to explore, curate training runs, and use it as a cycle tracker to scope out bike rides across every accessible road, footpath and landscape in the country.

Stay on course when you’re offline:
Worried about getting lost without mobile signal in a remote location? Worry no more. Every one of our comprehensive maps (covering the whole of Great Britain) and all of your hiking trails can be downloaded to the app for offline use and can also be printed onto paper for a reliable hard-copy backup.

Sync to your devices with ease:
Make your route planning work the way you want to travel, by synchronising your activities across mobile, desktop, devices and Wear OS. Every route you create in the app can be converted into a GPX file and exported into your choice of navigation device and platform, with compatibility for Garmin, Strava, MapMyWalk and more.

Track your goals:
OS Maps can be your dependable one-stop stop for outdoor fitness and wellbeing tracking. Log every walk, hike, ride and run you do, build up a journal of all your key achievements, and follow and share with your family and friends.

Know the path ahead:
Unlock the unrivalled retail and accuracy of OS Explorer maps at 1:25,000 scale, and the OS Landrangers series at 1:50,000, with a subscription. You’ll also gain desktop access to our 3D Aerial Layer fly-throughs, allowing you to explore landscape and terrain in stunning 3D.

Go global:
Explore and exercise with confidence all over the world, with full global mapping, and topographic mapping for the United States, Australia and New Zealand, as well as the UK.

Saving you stress - and saving your battery:
Regular app updates mean that we’re constantly improving the effectiveness and user-friendliness of the OS Maps app, while also limiting the impact that regular GPS use can have on your mobile device’s battery life. That way, you can explore with confidence for longer than ever before.

Tried and trusted by the experts:
OS Maps is the recommended app of Mountain Rescue England & Wales, making it a dependable way to keep safe when exploring new areas. We’ve also got thousands of ready-made, expert-designed routes to explore from Trail, Country Walking, Mountain Bike UK, BBC Countryfile, and more. It’s why OS Maps has been voted the Great Outdoor App of the Year seven years running, and is also an award-winner with Yahoo Sports Technology, Singletrack, and the Outdoor Industry Awards.

OS Maps premium is available through a 1 month or 1 year subscription. Prices are posted in GBP but may vary by country or when converted to local currency. Payment will be charged to your Google Play account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is cancelled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user & auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.

Your feedback and comments about the OS Maps app are really important to us. Leave a review or use os.uk/contact to get in touch. Terms and conditions at os.uk/termsosmaps.
Plan walking routes, runs, and bike rides with reliable maps and GPS navigation
Updated on
Oct 19, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    App activity and App info and performance
  • This app may collect these data types
    Location, Health and fitness and 2 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

37.3K reviews
Evelyn Storrie
September 13, 2026
This was a really useful app. They have now decided to remove functionality to pressure people into subscribing. I have a subscription. My husband has bought hundreds of maps, so just wants to use them, but they have moved the map layout behind a pay wall, making a nonsense of the "Free Digital Download" label on paper maps. I suggest they put more effort into improving the tool and less into blackmailing paying customers into subscribing.
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Ordnance Survey Ltd
September 15, 2026
Hi Evelyn, this doesn't sound right. Maps downloaded from paper maps are still available without a subscription. Please get in touch with us at os.uk/contact so we can get this sorted for you.
Kim Caermikhael
September 12, 2026
Just 3 stars because the resolution is too low, and theres no ability to draw on or to buy higher resolution maps. The whole appeal of Ordnance Survey is the level of detail only they can provide. Also, theres no ability to compare the past with the present . OS is the only company with such history, let us access it. Again, I'm happy to pay, just let me buy these things. 6 inch mile, 25 inch mile. zone boundaries etc Walk paths are free on googlemaps/ googleearth. Give me mapping precision.
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Mono Micky
August 17, 2026
tried twice over the years on a free trial, ended up subscribing to an alternative. biggest and only downfall on this app for me is that it will not lock into "North Up" mode when navigating. every time you swith phone off or navigate to another app and come back to your route, even if left in "North Up" mode, it's spinning round and trying to show "direction up" fix this and I would subscribe over and over but without it, way to annoying, a game changer.... get it sorted!
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What’s new

"Now with multi-stage routes - split big adventures into manageable stages and navigate every step with confidence.
Looking for inspiration in a specific spot? Our new 'Routes via point' feature lets you find a trail passing through your favourite destination.
Go on, get out there, we’ll see you on the hills! 🥾"