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OS 1:250 000 Scale Colour Raster is a raster format map that provides a broad overview of Great Britain. It displays landscape features in a regional view similar to a typical road atlas with towns, cities, motorways, A- and B-class roads, places of interest, railways, rivers, and some woodlands.

OS 1:250 000 Scale Colour Raster is intended for use as a standalone map or regional backdrop map for route planning and navigation, tourism and outdoor recreation, education and for strategic/policy planning.

OS 1:250 000 Scale Colour Raster is aligned to British National Grid (EPSG:27700) with a recommended viewing range between 1:150 000-1:250 000 (nominally1:200 000).