
The map has a clear overall progression and organisation as it is introduced, the main features are identified, then it clearly compares the first map with the second. This IELTS task 1 map would receive a high score.

Although the old houses remain, new ones have been built, along with a new road with two new houses beside it. Having been converted into a golf course, the farmland has now gone, while the forest park has been removed to make way for tennis courts. The cafe remains, as does the hotel, albeit with parking facilities which it did not have before. Turning to the present day map, it can be seen that the fishing facilities have all gone, being replaced by four apartments, and the shops have become restaurants. The main housing of the village was located in the north west around a main road that runs from the coastal road, with twelve houses, four of them encircled by a smaller side-street. On the other side of the road running by the sea stood a line of five shops and a hotel, while situated in the north east part of the village was farmland and a park with trees. In 1995, to the south of the village where the sea is there was previously a fishing industry, with a fishing port and quite a large fish market as well. There have been several changes, the most noticeable being the increases in accommodation, the elimination of the fishing industry, and the introduction of sports facilities.

The map shows how a village called Ryemouth has developed over the last twenty-five years.
