Walk Activity: Map Reading - Western Heights. Kent Downs Landscape Education Project.

The Kent Downs Landscape Education Project is part funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, Kent County Council, Natural England and the European Regional Development Fund’s Interreg IVA

France (Manche Channel) England Programme.

Map Reading - Western Heights

Identifying landscape features

Locate on the map a wood and label it ‘woodland’.

Locate on the map a footpath and label it ‘footpath’.

Identifying landscape features2

Name

Learning where north is on a map

Label the four main compass points: north, south, east and west on the compass on the map. If you can, add the four points in between. Use your compass to help.

Learning where north is on a map

Label the four main compass points: north,

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The Compass

Road

Minor Road

Footpath

Bridle Way

Church

Contours

Wood

Orchard

Nature Reserve

Telephone

Parking

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6075

Key

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Reading the key and recognising landscape features on the map

Write below two features seen in the key that you cannot � nd on the map.

Reading the key and recognising landscape

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