Map for way of the roses

[taximan]

I am trying to find out which paper maps I need for the 'Way of the Roses'. I have tried the O/S website without much success.and sustrans own publication is ok to outline the route but I would like something with a little more detail. Can anyone advise me which maps I should buy

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

There's links on the info site:

http://wayoftheroses.info/route/

 

[Globalti]

The Sustrans maps are what you need for all the C2C routes. They give sufficient detail combined with the little blue signs along the route but keep your wits about you and your eyes open because the signs are not perfect.

You could buy the OS 1:50,000 maps but they are bulky and awkward to keep opening and won't really help you much. Better to use a combination of Sustrans map with blue signs and some common sense.

 

[Pale Rider]

I wasn't sure from the Sustrans website what their maps are like.

Bear in mind the leaflets and graphics on the site are not what you get when you pay for a map.

I've used the Coast and Castles paper map and liked it.

I also take a small compass on long rides.

 

[Spinney]

Do you use any kind of GPS? I've got a Garmin Edge 200 (not sure if they are still available). It does not have maps in it, but it does have the facility to put a route in and it gives you a 'breadcrumb trail' - the screen shows you upcoming turns etc. It cost £60 last year. You could put in each day's route and use it to double check the sustrans maps - cheaper than buying OS maps for the whole route.

If you're worried about losing the route, you can just use your smartphone (if you've got one) to relocate back onto the route.

I've used sustrans maps for other routes and they are great - clear, and with notes about dangerous crossings, which bits are not on tarmac etc (not sure if this applies to the WotR), esp when there are a couple of options for part of the route.

 

[Globalti]

GPS is all very well until the battery runs out and fine if you want to read your map down a cardboard tube, in other words seeing only the route and nothing of the surrounding topography and attractions.

 

[Spinney]

I was thinking of it as backup rather than the main nav. tool. I've done rides following a route I've put into the Garmin, but I've always taken a paper map as backup. For this, the type of road map that covers half the country is usually adequate, or even the relevant pages from a road atlas.

 

[Globalti]

I buy my road atlases every ten years from a discount book store for £1.99, they are cheap because they are printers' rejects, meaning that some pages are upside-down or in the wrong order or just missing. However as long as I don't need that bit of the country, they are good value.

 

[taximan]

Sorry about the delay in answering your input guys. I already have the sustrans publication and as I said at the beginning, its fine for an outline of the route but I often make side excursions and have even been known to get lost on occasions and for that I would like some sort of map with more detail. Weight and bulk are not a problem as we will be riding in a group with camping gear and could spread out the paperwork. I don't have a satnav or smartphone so that avenue is out. what I really would like to know are the numbers of the relevant O/S maps. I have been on their site but without much success

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

https://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Way+of+the+Roses

Bottom of the page has the required maps. It'll be cheaper to buy a Garmin.

 

[ufkacbln]

Don't confuse the on line maps for Sustrans and their route maps

The route maps are quite good and although they show a narrow corridor, it is usually sufficient for most purposes

 

[Ajax Bay]

@just_fixed has given you the LDWA link.
OS Landranger
96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 105, 106, 107
Though you could certainly manage without 96 and at a push without 100, 101. Annoyingly (from a map coverage PoV) the route goes right along the OS 50,000 map divide (96-101, and 102-107). But I agree with @Cunobelin : the Sustrans map at 1:100,000 is easily better given this is for cycling, not walking.