Fancy creating your own routecards? Guidebook writer Andrew McCloy asks fellow authors and route developers for their tips, and uncovers the Ramblers’ new web project, which allows anyone to plot and share their favourite walks…

Known as the Natural Navigator, Tristan Gooley has spent years learning to read the landscape for orientation, and has written and taught extensively on the subject…

The ongoing London Mapping Festival is an initiative open to everyone who shares an interest in mapping within the Capital and beyond…

This comprehensive and richly illustrated guide has everything you could ever wish to know about navigation…

Want to brush up on your navigation skills in time for a summer of hiking? Cotswold Outdoor have once again teamed up with Ordnance Survey to stage a series of free workshops around Britain on how to confidently use a map and compass out in the field…

The tiny but conspicuous constellation Lyra is easy to locate at this time of year, and points the way to one of the sky’s most beautiful pairings…

The best-selling walks author and regular walk columnist revels in the variety of Britain’s place names and landscapes in his writing…

Ever wondered what kinds of creatures live in rockpools, or what exactly deer get up to at night? All will be revealed this month at Exmoor National Park, with a series of un-missable events to end the month…

Confused about compasses? Worried about routing? Nervous about navigation? A beautifully-designed new website is here to help…

Navigation is an art in itself, but in the case of artist Jeremy Wood it’s doubly true. Over the past decade, this self-declared ‘GPS artist’ has pioneered the act of drawing and mapping with satellite navigation technology – by treating himself as a moving pencil!