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KNOW YOUR SYMBOLS

What are map symbols? Why do we have them? Why should we try to remember them? If we can’t remember, where can we find help?

On the following slides, you’ll get a common map symbol The next slide will give you a description and picture example See if you can identify the symbol before the answer appears...

BUS STATION

CAMPSITE

PLACE OF WORSHIP WITH SPIRE MINARET OR DOME

GOLF COURSE

TRIG POINT

TRANSMITTER

CARAVAN PARK

CAR PARK

RIVER

WINDMILL

YOUTH HOSTEL

VIEW-POINT

PLACE OF WORSHIP WITH TOWER

RAILWAY STATION

PICNIC SITE

PUBLIC PHONE

PLACE OF WORSHIP

RAILWAY LINE

MOTORWAY

A ROAD

B ROAD

MINOR ROAD

TRACK

LAKE

CONIFEROUS FOREST

OPEN LAND

DECIDUOUS FOREST

ORCHARD

PARK OR GARDENS

BUILDINGS

Marsh or salting Lake Canal, lock and towpath Canal (dry) Aqueduct Footbridge Bridge Lighthouse (in use and disused) Beacon Slopes Cliff Flat Rock Low water mark High water mark Mud Sand Dunes Shingle

So there you are. If you know the meanings of the symbols on a map, you can read the map just like you can read a book.