Add your street to OpenStreetMap
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OpenStreetMap is a free map of the world made by a community of mappers, and anyone can edit it. You need only a computer, an internet connection and some time to gather local detail, and the default editor has a built-in guide that explains the basics.
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How to start
- Read the OpenStreetMap Beginners' guide and create a free account.
- Walk your street and note what the map is missing or has wrong, such as a building, a postbox or a footpath.
- Zoom to your street on the map, click edit, follow the editor's built-in guide and save your changes.
Where to go
We opened these links on 8 October 2026 and found them to be what we say. Dates, places and prices are on the official page, where they stay up to date.
Plan this
Pick a day, or a month, and we will set out how to get ready, step by step, with a date and a reason for each. Projects run over months and stall without a rhythm, so the plan sets milestones you can see.
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