I asked the Ordnance Survey about the purple border they place around National Trust properties and got an interesting answer, most of which I didn't know before. Below is my summary of it.
In recent years NT, Forestry Commission, Woodland Trust and some local authority lands have all had a purple border marked around their lands on Explorer and Landranger maps, as these were places the owners had allowed the public open access to. As a result of the Countryside and Rights of Way (CROW) Act 2000, the OS have decided to end the purple border on Explorer maps and replace it with the all-purpose orange/yellow border for all areas, as seen on the new 1:25000 Explorer maps. The purple borders will remain on 1:50000 Landranger maps as these will not show all the Open Access lands. The National Trust houses/gardens etc open to the public will now be treated the same as English Heritage, CADW, Historic Scotland etc. i.e. shown by a blue tourist symbol with no property boundary to the surounding park land.
The National Trust houses/gardens etc open to the public will now be treated the same as English Heritage, CADW, Historic Scotland etc. i.e. shown by a blue tourist symbol with no property boundary to the surounding park land.
"Nick Pedley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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I asked the Ordnance Survey about the purple border they place around National Trust properties and got an interesting answer, most of which I didn't know before. Below is my summary of it.
Yes, I now what you mean, but that article is over 6 years old and I think it is possible to see through the purple now and read the contours. I was looking at Tracklogs Dark Peak yeaterday. No purple in sight :-) Hopefully, in the not too distant future, the Tourist Information layer will be something discerning walkers can discard.
