The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Tour of Britain: A Journey Around Britain in Puzzles

by Ordnance Survey

The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book was the biggest-selling puzzle book of 2018. And now it is back, with brand new maps, and bigger and better brainteasers!

In The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Tour of Britain map your way around Britain in 40 new regional maps,with hundreds of puzzles, mind-boggling brainteasers, navigational tests, word games, code-crackers, anagrams and mathematical conundrums to keep you occupied as you go!

With maps covering the 8 areas of South-West England, South-East England, the Midlands, East England, North-West England, North-East England, Wales and Scotland, you'll put your knowledge and skills to the test and become a local - as you discover amazing facts about each region's folklore, famous historical events and the perfect day out from the OS's GetOutside Champions.

With four levels of difficulty that make this fun for all the family, The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Tour of Britain is also a celebration of the regional diversity, history and landscapes that make Great Britain so great.

Genres: Nonfiction, Travel

240 pages, Paperback

Published April 21, 2020

About the author

Ordnance Survey (OS) is Great Britain’s national mapping agency. It carries out the official surveying of GB, providing the most accurate and up-to-date geographic data, relied on by government, business and individuals.

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Surprised at the great quality of this book. Lots of maps with interesting facts and quizes for all abilities. Great book for gifting and fab price.

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this, a great puzzle book for any map lover. 92.7% success rate!

[Helen Hagon · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first I wasn’t convinced this book would be for me. The maps looked interesting, but cryptic crossword-style quiz questions aren’t really my thing. However, I ended up pleasantly surprised. I particularly liked the brief page of information before each map, and the questions were a reason to look at the map for a little longer and in more detail than I might otherwise have done. I had thought I might just read it and then pass it on to someone else, but now I want to keep it so that I can go on a real tour of Britain and visit all the places featured in the book!

[AJW · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love reading maps and so this was a great gift from a work colleague. There are 40 maps of different scales and each one had a series of questions making you search the map for the answers. The questions go from easy to fiendish. A brief history of the map area is given which I found informative. I enjoyed this puzzle book, but got a bit fed up searching for some of the difficult answers and gave up.

[Harry · Rating 1 out of 5]

Forty maps of the U.K. and 8 questions of increasing difficulty on each, all of which can be found on the maps provided. Bought for me as a Xmas present so I persevered with it but just not my thing. OK for picking up now and then but I find this sort of thing rather annoying so one star.