Map Reading
Workshops are coming to a Waterstones near you!
Ordnance Survey, sponsors of British Heart
Foundation (BHF) Walks and Hikes has teamed up with Waterstones to
bring a series of FREE map reading and navigation
workshops to stores across the country. If you don’t know
your hills from your hillocks or want to know how to orientate your
map with a compass and improve your navigational skills, pop along
to one of the workshops listed below. All you need to do is turn up
on the day to participate!
Participating Waterstones stores
Manchester Deansgate
Sat 16
May, 3pm
92 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 2BW
Birmingham High
Street
Sat 30 May, 11am
& 3pm
24 - 26 High Street, Birmingham, B4 7SL
Carlisle
Thurs 28 May,
6pm
66 Scotch St, Carlisle, CA3 8PN
Glasgow Sauchiehall
St
Thurs 18 June 5.30pm
& 7pm
153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow, G2 3EW
London Gower Street
Sat
20
June, 2.30pm
82 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6EQ
Cardiff Hayes
Sat 27
June 1pm
2 The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1WB
Leeds
Sat 4
July, 1pm
93-97 Albion St, Leeds, LS1 5AP
The workshops are designed to help those with
little or no knowledge of map reading and navigation learn the
skills required to get out into the great outdoors. The workshop
lasts about 45 minutes, and there will be an opportunity to ask any
questions before you take to the hills.
To help you with your new found skills all
participants of the workshops will receive a FREE guide to
map reading booklet to take home with them, plus,
Waterstones have a 3 maps for the price of 2 offer
on in store. For more information email ordnancesurvey@bhf.org.uk
Don’t worry if you can’t make it to a workshop
– you can claim your FREE guide to map reading
booklet by emailing ordnancesurvey@bhf.org.uk
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