OS symbols basic quiz 2 - what is by the roadside

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This is a quiz to help the navigator of a vehicle on a road tell the driver what will be seen, where to stop. Each map is an extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 scale map, and the blue circle on each map is over a map symbol. (If you use the mouse to move the pointer over the blue circle, it disappears, making it easier to see the symbol.)
What is the symbol? What would you see? To see the answer to a question, select from one brace { to the next } - so {answer} becomes {answer}.

The Ordnance Survey symbols article has links to the OS list of symbols, and also to Geograph photos showing examples of what the symbols depict.

Answer:{Golf course }
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Answer:{A church (or other religious building) with tower }
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Symbol is red line of short dashes south of road. What is it, and what would you expect to see at the roadside? {Symbol is for public footpath, there is often a sign where the path leaves the road.}
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Answer: {Road bridge over river}
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Answer: {railway over road}
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What does the line of dashes both sides of the yellow road show? {Unfenced road}
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What does the arrowhead across the road show? {steep hill}
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What is the symbol? And where is the item located?{phone box at the road junction - there is a line from the phone symbol to the road junction.}
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What is the green area on both sides of the road?{coniferous wood.}
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What are the red diamond symbols? Do they mean it is a motorable road?{Long distance path - may or may not be on a motorable road}
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What do the dotted lines under the blue circle show? {The dual carriageway road goes into a tunnel}
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What might you see as you drive along this road?{The letters LC stand for Level Crossing - so you might see flashing lights, level crossing gates, and then a train on the level crossing}
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What do the blue dotted areas both sides of the road show? {Orchards.}
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What is the rectangle with cross hatching inside?{A glass structure - usually a greenhouse. }
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The symbol by the road junction is a thin triangle with a stepped line across the top. What is it? {A mast - usually a radio or TV mast.}
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And this symbol is a vertical line with an X on top. What is it? {A wind pump. A similar but larger symbol is a wind generator.}
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What is this symbol? {A windmill.}
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What is this symbol? {A lighthouse}
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What do the symbols both sides at the top of the road show? {The road is in a cutting. }
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What does the letter P stand for?{Post Office.}
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There is a line of alternate dots and dashes. What is it? And what might you see driving along the road{County boundary, and a county boundary sign. ).}
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What is the grey shaded area? {Parkland}
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A black line with Vs beside it crosses the road. What would you see along the line? And at a V symbol? {A power line, with pylons - but the Vs are conventionally spaced, there may not be a pylon at a "V".}
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There is a line across the road in the blue circle. What is it? {A gate - or possibly a cattle grid - across the road.}
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What is the red circle? {Railway station}
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