Navigation Skills CompassMap WorkDistance & ScaleRoute CardOS Map SymbolsCompass 4 Point Compass The basic four points of a compass give you general directions often remembered by the following N(orth)aughty E(ast)lephants S(outh)quirt W(est)ater. you wouldnt on its own use this for navigation or for routecards. 8 Point Compass An 8 point compass just adds the inbetween elements and could be used for directions but can be elaborated on further. 16 Point Compass You would use this for navigation on route cards Map WorkDistance & ScaleRoute CardOS Map Symbols Below are the Ordance Survey OS map symbols used, PDF can be downloaded here for all of the map symbols Access Land A-Road Art Gallery Bike Hire Boat Hire Boundry Stone Bracken, Heath or Grassland Bridleway Bunkhouse Bus Station Byway open to all traffic Camping & Caravan Site Castle Cathedral or Abbey Cliff Coniferous wood Contours Country Park County Boundary Craft Centre Cycle Trail Electricity Transmission Line Emergency Phone English Heritage Fishing Footbridge Footpath Garden or Aboretum Heritage Centre Historic House Historic Scotland Horse Riding Information Centre Level Crossing Lighthouse Marsh, reeds or saltings Mast Monument Motorway Mountain Bike Trail Mud Museum National Park Boundary National Trust Nature Reserve Non-coniferous wood Normal Tidal Limit Orchard Other Route with Public Access Other Tourist Feature Parking Picnic Site Place of Worship with a spire or dome Place of Worship with a Tower Place of Worship Police Station Post Office Preserved Railway Public House Public Phone Quarry Railway Station Recreational or Leisure Centre Recreational Path Restricted Byway School Scree Scrub Shingle Site of Antiquity Site of Battle Slipway Solar Farm Spoil Heap Theme Park Toilets Viewpoint 180° Visitor Centre Walk or Trail Water Activities (Board) Water Activities (Paddle) Water Activities (Powered) Water Activities (Sailing) Watersports Centre (Multi Activity) Well – Sping Welsh Heritage (CADW) Wind Turbine Windmill World Heritage Centre or Area Youth Hostel Once you have gone through each of the tabs take the Navigation Quiz