Landranger or Explorer

Brandy House Farm

for one centre holidays

Testimonials

Finally catching up with my emails since getting back from wales! Thank you for sending these photos - they are a great reminder of our exciting first moments of our expedition!! Thank you once again for organising our wonderful holiday - it really was the best time I have spent with my horse Rocky and we cant wait to embark on another riding holiday!! We also met some lovely people along the way I will be recommending you trans-wales trip to every horsey person I meet and encourage them to give the self guided route a go as it was truly brilliant and gave a real sense of achievement in making it to each overnight stop along the way!!

Thank you again..............Sarah and Rocky

Landranger or Explorer?

Be sure to get the map that is 'fit for purpose' with the level of detail you need!

There are different types of mapping in the UK, Ordnance survey being the most widely used:

Landrangers (Pink) or 1:50000

Explorers (Orange) 1:25000

The scale tells you how much the land has been scaled down to fit on the paper. If it is 1:50000 then everything on the map will be 50000 times smaller than it is in reality.

Explorer maps consequently have much more detail (such as fence boundaries) than the landrangers ... perfect if you are counting boundaries before your next change in direction on an un-waymarked route!

The key symbols differ between the different map scales: for example a public right of way on an Explorer is green and on a Landranger it is red!

It important to note that footpaths marked in black are not necessarily public rights of way!

We always ride with 1:25000 mapping and would not recommend anyone rode with anything less detailed. For our self-guided riders we provide you with 1:25000 marked routes.