Why can't I find the area I am interested in, using the aerial photographs?
If you are finding it difficult to locate your house or street or the area of land you are interested in, try using the scale buttons to zoom in and out of the image to find a familiar local landmark.
If you think you have found the area you are interested in, but would like a closer look, you can click on the button 'Zoom and Centre Map'. This will show the area you are interested in, in more detail and at the centre of the map.
Alternatively, try out our overlay map/aerial photograph feature, which enables you to overlay a map or an aerial image on top of the image you are currently looking at. To access this, when viewing either a map or an aerial photograph simply click on the 'both' button. For example, this will bring up a map image over the aerial photograph to help you work out where you are by also revealing the road names and other features, and vice versa.
You will then be able to navigate around the image by pressing the buttons: 'North', 'East', 'South' and 'West'.
I downloaded the title register and title plan from the results revealed with the aerial photograph, but it does not cover the land I want.
It may be that either we have been unable to electronically match the property details given with our records, or that the land is unregistered. A large proportion of land in England and Wales is registered and this percentage is steadily increasing. To be certain whether or not the land is registered please click on the following underlined text and complete and post to us a form for a search of the index map. Usually there are no more than ten registered titles revealed and if this is not the case we will contact you to check how you wish to proceed.
If the land you're interested in has no property address please attach a plan, ideally drawn to scale and based on the latest edition of the Ordnance Survey map at 1/1250 or 1/2500 scale. Please show the scale and north point on the plan, and the extent of the property by suitable colouring and its position in relation to nearby roads and other features. Plans of flats or maisonettes should also indicate the floor level.
Please note that we are unable to give a refund for any copies of title registers, title plans, or documents you have chosen to download.
I can see the property or land on the photograph but there's no information to download.
It may be that either we have been unable to electronically match the property details given with our records, or that the land is unregistered. A large proportion of land in England and Wales is registered and this percentage is steadily increasing. To be certain whether or not land is registered please click on the following underlined text and complete and post to us a form for a search of the index map. Usually there is no charge for this service, fees are only charged if more than ten registered titles are revealed and if this is the case we will contact you to check if you wish to proceed.
If the land you're interested in has no property address please attach a plan, ideally drawn to scale and based on the latest edition of the Ordnance Survey map at 1/1250 or 1/2500 scale. Please show the scale and north point on the plan, and the extent of the property by suitable colouring and its position in relation to nearby roads and other features. Plans of flats or maisonettes should also indicate the floor level.
Please note that we are unable to give a refund for any copies of title registers, title plans, or documents you have chosen to download.
The aerial photograph shows more or different detail to that shown on the Land Registry title plan downloaded.
The Land Registry title plan shows, usually by red edging, the general extent of the property registered under the title number shown. Title plans are based on the latest edition of the Ordnance Survey map available at the time of registration, usually at either 1/1250 or 1/2500 scale, and are not updated as a matter of course. The Ordnance Survey map may depict features such as fences and hedges as a single or double line and may not show outbuildings below a certain size, or temporary structures. Whereas the Aerial Imagery shows more detail than this. Any changes to buildings or boundaries which have taken place since the date of registration, and which are evident on a more recent aerial photograph, may not be shown on the title plan.
The aerial photograph shows less or different detail to when I last visited the area.
Although the aerial photographs are updated as often and as quickly as possible, there will be situations where, for example, you have seen some recently built houses that do not show up on the aerial photographs.
We may have property information on the area; it is just that you cannot see the changes on the aerial imagery, because this area has not been updated yet. Therefore you can use the map to make a search.
Alternatively, please click on the following underlined text and complete and post to us a form for a search of the index map. Usually there is no charge for this service, fees are only charged if more than ten registered titles are revealed and if this is the case we will contact you to check if you wish to proceed.
If the land you're interested in has no property address please attach a plan, ideally drawn to scale and based on the latest edition of the Ordnance Survey map at 1/1250 or 1/2500 scale. Please show the scale and north point on the plan, and the extent of the property by suitable colouring and its position in relation to nearby roads and other features. Plans of flats or maisonettes should also indicate the floor level.
Can I copy or download an aerial photograph?
Unfortunately, due to copyright restrictions, it is illegal to copy or download any of the aerial images on our website.
How old are the aerial photographs?
All photographs are undated and have been taken since Spring 1999 but as our data provider is constantly reflying, some areas may be as recent as a few months old. They concentrate first on more highly populated areas where the demand is higher.
