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What do these symbols mean on Ordnance Survey Map
loveka
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We have a row of trees (sycamore) on our boundary in our newly bought house. They are hideously overgrown, as they overhang the lane and block a lot of light.
We were in the process of getting a quote to have them topped, but looking at the map, I wonder if these trees are perhaps on the highway?
I can't work out what the symbol means though!
Would be grateful for any advice! Thanks.
I have just tried to post my photograph with no luck. The symbols are a row of rectangles.
We were in the process of getting a quote to have them topped, but looking at the map, I wonder if these trees are perhaps on the highway?
I can't work out what the symbol means though!
Would be grateful for any advice! Thanks.
I have just tried to post my photograph with no luck. The symbols are a row of rectangles.
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Have you looked at the map legends at https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/resources/?0
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what scale of map are you looking at?I have just tried to post my photograph with no luck. The symbols are a row of rectangles.
"rectangles" could simply be individual houses
without the photo your question is likely to get nowhere.
have you thought to google ordnance survey map symbol?
here is an example result:
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/legends/25k-raster-legend.pdf0 -
Check with the council if there is a tree preservation order on them.0
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If your boundary is with the public highway and they're in the hedgerow, it's normal for that hedgerow and what grows in it to be your responsibility.We have a row of trees (sycamore) on our boundary in our newly bought house. They are hideously overgrown, as they overhang the lane and block a lot of light.
We were in the process of getting a quote to have them topped, but looking at the map, I wonder if these trees are perhaps on the highway?
If they're growing in a wider verge, that might be the council's or yours. Does the title plan not shed any light?0 -
What colour rectangles. Red or green could mean footpath or bridleway but that doesn't mean it's "highway".0
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The rectangles are black, and close together, forming a line between our boundary and the lane.
On the ground, this is a sloping area with the trees growing in it.
So the map is showing something between my boundary and the lane.
I have looked at all the symbols from the links! The symbol on my plan isn't shown.
It looks like this
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn0 -
Didn't you notice them when you bought the house?0
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Search for your postcode on http://streetmap.co.uk/ and zoom out once - you get 1:25,000 OS mapping. Zoom out a second time for 1:50,000.
If you don't want to share the URL - and thereby your location - publicly, I'm happy to receive it by PM and either explain or post an anonymised screenshot here if it's got me baffled...0 -
The rectangles are black, and close together, forming a line between our boundary and the lane.
On the ground, this is a sloping area with the trees growing in it.
So the map is showing something between my boundary and the lane.
I have looked at all the symbols from the links! The symbol on my plan isn't shown.
It looks like this
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Isn't that the symbol for a slope?0 -
Could be a cliff face. "Slopes" would normally be contour lines.Isn't that the symbol for a slope?
OP - the key to 1:25,000 maps is here:
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/legends/25k-raster-legend.pdf0
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