What you need to know:
General Topographical Skills
• You need to be able to read and understand basic written English – instructions
for one task will be provided in writing only to test this.
• You need to be able to look-up and locate streets, stations,
and hospitals within the Greater London A-Z Map Book.
• You need to be able to identify stations, post towns, districts,
hospitals, stations, and postal districts from a map book.
• You need to know the 4 primary compass points – N,S,E, & W.
• You need to know the names of the counties bordering London – e.g.
Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Berkshire, Surrey etc.
• You need to know the motorways that radiate from the M25 – e.g.
M20, M1, M11, M4 etc.
• You need to be able to specify the direction from London of a
major town – for example you may be asked which direction
from London is Brighton? You will need to answer South in this
example.
• You need to know which motorway you would use to reach a major
town – for example you may be asked which motorway to reach
Brighton? You will need to answer M23 in this example.
Route Planning Tasks:
• You need to be able to plan a local route between two points
in the Greater London A-Z Map.
• You need to be able to plan a route between 5 and 30 miles between
two points in the Greater London A-Z Map.
• You need to be able to plan a route that is over 30 miles from
Central London, using the Greater London A-Z Map, A UK Street
Map, and a local map of the destination area (all maps will be provided)
using a motorway where appropriate.
• You need to be able to plan a route that is over 30 miles from
Central London, using the Greater London A-Z Map, A UK Street
Map, and a local map of the destination area (all maps will be provided)
avoiding all motorways.
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