Shape your route

The route builder is map-first: a full-screen satellite map with one floating panel. The panel's Route tab is for shaping the drive; the Points tab is for points of interest.

Adding waypoints

With the Route tab active, click anywhere on the map to add a waypoint - or search an address in the panel. The route recalculates automatically, snapped to real roads, with distance and drive time updating in the panel.

Editing the line

• Drag a numbered marker to move that waypoint; the route re-snaps as you go.
• Drag the route line itself to add a stop partway - hover the line, grab the + handle that appears, and pull it where you want. The new waypoint slots into the right position in the order.
• Reorder waypoints by dragging them in the panel list.
• Delete a waypoint from its row in the panel. Waypoints can't be renamed or nudged from the list - to change a stop, delete it and place a new one.
• Undo (the button, or Ctrl+Z) steps back your last change.

Route alternatives

An A to B route with exactly two points can show alternatives - a few different sensible paths drawn as faded lines on the map. Click one to make it your route.

Staying on the road network

The map is bounded to Great Britain and Ireland (that's what the routing engine covers), and rough tracks are always avoided - routes stick to proper roads. If a point won't route, it's usually in water, on private land or too far from a road; drag it closer to tarmac.

Nothing is public until you say so - see Publish and share a route.