diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9d14cb216f..6632aa3f84 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ gem "govuk_personalisation"
 gem "govuk_publishing_components"
 gem "govuk_web_banners"
 gem "htmlentities"
+gem "importmap-rails", "~> 2.2"
 gem "plek"
 gem "rack-utf8_sanitizer"
 gem "rails-i18n"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 890bb9dbe4..6e2c989d94 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ GEM
       rainbow (>= 2.2.2, < 4.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.8, >= 1.8.1)
       terminal-table (>= 1.5.1)
+    importmap-rails (2.2.3)
+      actionpack (>= 6.0.0)
+      activesupport (>= 6.0.0)
+      railties (>= 6.0.0)
     io-console (0.9.2)
     irb (1.18.0)
       pp (>= 0.6.0)
@@ -796,6 +800,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   govuk_web_banners
   htmlentities
   i18n-coverage
+  importmap-rails (~> 2.2)
   listen
   pact (~> 1.67)
   pact_broker-client
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/map.js b/app/assets/javascripts/components/map.js
index 44ad076924..fb2bc816f5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/map.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/map.js
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 window.GOVUK = window.GOVUK || {}
 window.GOVUK.Modules = window.GOVUK.Modules || {};
 
+import InteractiveMap from '@defra/interactive-map'
+import maplibreProvider from '@defra/interactive-map/providers/maplibre'
+
 (function (Modules) {
   class Map {
     constructor ($module) {
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ window.GOVUK.Modules = window.GOVUK.Modules || {};
       })
 
       const config = {
-        mapProvider: defra.maplibreProvider({ workerUrl: cspWorker }),
+        mapProvider: maplibreProvider({ workerUrl: cspWorker }),
         behaviour: 'inline',
         mapStyle: {
           url: window.GOVUK.mapComponentStyles,
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ window.GOVUK.Modules = window.GOVUK.Modules || {};
       this.map_element.setAttribute('id', id)
       this.map_element.classList.add('app-c-map--enabled')
 
-      this.map = new defra.InteractiveMap(this.map_id, this.config)
+      this.map = new InteractiveMap(this.map_id, this.config)
 
       /* istanbul ignore next */
       this.map.on('map:ready', () => {
diff --git a/app/javascript/application.js b/app/javascript/application.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..beff742ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/application.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// Configure your import map in config/importmap.rb. Read more: https://github.com/rails/importmap-rails
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/map/asyncToGenerator.js b/app/javascript/components/map/asyncToGenerator.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bce197e5ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/components/map/asyncToGenerator.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+//= require @babel/runtime-corejs3/helpers/esm/asyncToGenerator.js
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/map/defineProperty.js b/app/javascript/components/map/defineProperty.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b161eb8823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/components/map/defineProperty.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+//= require @babel/runtime/helpers/defineProperty.js
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/map/im-core.js b/app/javascript/components/map/im-core.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccb1043ad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/components/map/im-core.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+//= require @defra/interactive-map/dist/esm/im-core.js
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/map/im-shell.js b/app/javascript/components/map/im-shell.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db9ad7afa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/components/map/im-shell.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+//= require @defra/interactive-map/dist/esm/im-shell.js
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/map/index.js b/app/javascript/components/map/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..085dc92e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/components/map/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+//= require @defra/interactive-map/dist/esm/index.js
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/map/map.js b/app/javascript/components/map/map.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fcd0d309c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/components/map/map.js
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+/* global defra */
+window.GOVUK = window.GOVUK || {}
+window.GOVUK.Modules = window.GOVUK.Modules || {};
+
+import InteractiveMap from '@defra/interactive-map'
+import maplibreProvider from '@defra/interactive-map/providers/maplibre'
+
+(function (Modules) {
+  class Map {
+    constructor ($module) {
+      console.log('constructor')
+      this.$module = $module
+      this.map_element = this.$module.querySelector('.app-c-map')
+      this.map_id = this.$module.getAttribute('id')
+      const cspWorker = this.$module.getAttribute('data-csp-worker')
+
+      this.interactPlugin = defra.interactPlugin({
+        deselectOnClickOutside: true
+      })
+
+      const config = {
+        mapProvider: maplibreProvider({ workerUrl: cspWorker }),
+        behaviour: 'inline',
+        mapStyle: {
+          url: window.GOVUK.mapComponentStyles,
+          backgroundColor: '#f5f5f0'
+        },
+        plugins: [this.interactPlugin],
+        urlPosition: 'none',
+        minZoom: 4,
+        maxZoom: 16,
+        center: [-0.09, 51.505],
+        containerHeight: '500px'
+      }
+      const passedConfig = JSON.parse(this.$module.getAttribute('data-config')) || {}
+      this.config = Object.assign(config, passedConfig)
+
+      this.markers = JSON.parse(this.$module.getAttribute('data-markers')) || []
+      this.geoJsonUrl = this.$module.getAttribute('data-geojson')
+      if (this.geoJsonUrl && !this.geoJsonUrl.startsWith('/')) {
+        console.error(`Error: external URLs for geoJSON are not allowed: ${this.geoJsonUrl}`)
+        this.geoJsonUrl = false
+      }
+      this.headingLevel = parseInt(this.$module.getAttribute('data-heading-level')) || 2
+
+      this.markerOptions = {
+        symbol: 'circle',
+        backgroundColor: '#1d70b8',
+        foregroundColor: '#FFFFFF',
+        haloWidth: 3,
+        selectedWidth: 8
+      }
+    }
+
+    init () {
+      const id = this.$module.getAttribute('id')
+      this.$module.setAttribute('id', '')
+      this.map_element.setAttribute('id', id)
+      this.map_element.classList.add('app-c-map--enabled')
+
+      this.map = new InteractiveMap(this.map_id, this.config)
+
+      /* istanbul ignore next */
+      this.map.on('map:ready', () => {
+        this.addAllMarkers()
+      })
+
+      /* istanbul ignore next */
+      this.map.on('interact:selectionchange', (e) => {
+        if (e.selectedMarkers.length > 0) {
+          let marker = parseInt(e.selectedMarkers[0].replace('marker-', ''))
+          marker = this.markers[marker]
+          this.map.addPanel('the-panel', {
+            focus: false,
+            label: marker.name,
+            html: this.createPopupContent(marker),
+            mobile: { slot: 'drawer', dismissible: true },
+            tablet: { slot: 'left-top', dismissible: true, width: '280px' },
+            desktop: { slot: 'left-top', dismissible: true, width: '280px' }
+          })
+        } else {
+          this.map.hidePanel('the-panel')
+        }
+      })
+
+      /* istanbul ignore next */
+      this.map.on('app:panelclosed', (e) => {
+        this.interactPlugin.clear()
+      })
+    }
+
+    createPopupContent (feature) {
+      const heading = `h${this.headingLevel}`
+      let popupContent = `<${heading} class="govuk-heading-s govuk-!-margin-bottom-2">${feature.properties.name}</${heading}>`
+      if (feature.properties.description) {
+        popupContent = `${popupContent} ${feature.properties.description}`
+      }
+      popupContent = this.removeScript(popupContent)
+      return popupContent
+    }
+
+    removeScript (input) {
+      do {
+        input = input.replace(/<[\s]*script/g, '')
+      } while (input.includes('<script'))
+      return input
+    }
+
+    async addAllMarkers () {
+      if (this.geoJsonUrl) {
+        try {
+          const response = await fetch(this.geoJsonUrl)
+          if (!response.ok) {
+            throw new Error(`Response status: ${response.status}`)
+          }
+          const result = await response.json()
+          if (this.markers) {
+            this.markers = this.markers.concat(result.features)
+          }
+        } catch (error) {
+          console.error(`${error}, with geojson at ${this.geoJsonUrl}`)
+        }
+      }
+      this.markers.sort((a, b) => {
+        const nameA = a.properties.name.toUpperCase()
+        const nameB = b.properties.name.toUpperCase()
+        if (nameA < nameB) {
+          return -1
+        }
+        if (nameA > nameB) {
+          return 1
+        }
+        return 0 // names are equal
+      })
+      this.addMarkers()
+
+      // only fit to bounds if there are more than one markers
+      if (this.markers.length > 0 && !this.config.bounds) {
+        this.map.fitToBounds({
+          type: 'FeatureCollection',
+          features: this.markers
+        })
+      }
+      if (this.markers.length > 0) {
+        this.interactPlugin.enable()
+        this.addPopupsList()
+      }
+    }
+
+    addMarkers () {
+      const allowedColours = {
+        blue: '#1d70b8',
+        green: '#0f7a52',
+        orange: '#f47738',
+        red: '#ca3535'
+      }
+      const allowedSymbols = ['circle', 'pin', 'square']
+      this.markers.forEach((marker, index) => {
+        if (marker.marker) {
+          const colour = marker.marker.colour || false
+          if (colour) {
+            if (allowedColours[colour]) {
+              marker.marker.backgroundColor = allowedColours[colour]
+            }
+            delete marker.marker.colour
+          }
+          const symbol = marker.marker.symbol || false
+          if (!(symbol && allowedSymbols.includes(symbol))) {
+            delete marker.marker.symbol
+          }
+        }
+        const options = Object.assign(Object.assign({}, this.markerOptions), marker.marker || {})
+        this.map.addMarker(`marker-${index}`, marker.geometry.coordinates, options)
+      })
+    }
+
+    addPopupsList () {
+      const popupsListWrapper = this.$module.querySelector('.app-c-map__markers-list')
+      const popupsListEl = this.$module.querySelector('.js-list-markers ol')
+
+      if (popupsListWrapper && popupsListEl) {
+        popupsListWrapper.classList.add('app-c-map__markers-list--visible')
+        const popupsList = []
+        this.markers.forEach(marker => {
+          popupsList.push(this.createPopupContent(marker))
+        })
+        popupsList.forEach(popup => {
+          const listItem = document.createElement('li')
+          listItem.innerHTML = popup
+          popupsListEl.appendChild(listItem)
+        })
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  Modules.Map = Map
+})(window.GOVUK.Modules)
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/map/maplibre.js b/app/javascript/components/map/maplibre.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54434292c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/components/map/maplibre.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+//= require @defra/interactive-map/providers/maplibre/dist/esm/index.js
+// im-maplibre-provider.js
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/map/objectWithoutProperties.js b/app/javascript/components/map/objectWithoutProperties.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78139782f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/components/map/objectWithoutProperties.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+//= require @babel/runtime/helpers/objectWithoutProperties.js
diff --git a/app/views/components/_map.html.erb b/app/views/components/_map.html.erb
index 0e3b1afc13..60d27a7d65 100644
--- a/app/views/components/_map.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/components/_map.html.erb
@@ -64,9 +64,8 @@
   <% end %>
 
   <% unless @include_script[:script_included] %>
-    <%= javascript_include_tag "components/map/defra-map.js", integrity: false %>
-    <%= javascript_include_tag "components/map.js", integrity: false, type: "module" %>
-    <%= javascript_include_tag "components/map/map-style-liberty.js", integrity: false %>
+    <%= javascript_importmap_tags %>
+    <%= javascript_import_module_tag "components/map/map" %>
     <% @include_script[:script_included] = true %>
   <% end %>
 
diff --git a/bin/importmap b/bin/importmap
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..36502ab16c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/importmap
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require_relative "../config/application"
+require "importmap/commands"
diff --git a/config/importmap.rb b/config/importmap.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b779bb4255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/importmap.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Pin npm packages by running ./bin/importmap
+
+# Pin the default entry point required by javascript_importmap_tags
+pin "application", preload: true
+pin "components/map/map", preload: true
+pin "components/map/index", preload: true
+pin "components/map/im-core", preload: true
+pin "components/map/im-shell", preload: true
+pin "components/map/maplibre", preload: true
+
+pin "@defra/interactive-map", to: "components/map/index.js"
+pin "@defra/interactive-map/providers/maplibre", to: "components/map/maplibre.js"
+# pin "@defra/interactive-map/plugins/interact", to: "./node_modules/@defra/interactive-map/plugins/interact/dist/esm/index.js"
+
+pin "components/map/asyncToGenerator", preload: true
+pin "components/map/defineProperty", preload: true
+pin "components/map/objectWithoutProperties", preload: true
+
+# try to avoid errors relating to babel, which is referenced by the defra ESM code
+pin "@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator", to: "components/map/asyncToGenerator.js"
+pin "@babel/runtime/helpers/defineProperty", to: "components/map/defineProperty.js"
+pin "@babel/runtime/helpers/objectWithoutProperties", to: "components/map/objectWithoutProperties.js"
diff --git a/config/initializers/assets.rb b/config/initializers/assets.rb
index ded865c00f..4f4a787441 100644
--- a/config/initializers/assets.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/assets.rb
@@ -6,3 +6,15 @@
 # Add additional assets to the asset load path.
 # Add Yarn node_modules folder to the asset load path.
 Rails.application.config.assets.paths << Rails.root.join("node_modules")
+
+# Precompile map.js independently so it can be fetched directly by the importmap
+Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( components/map/map.js )
+
+Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( components/map/index.js )
+Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( components/map/im-core.js )
+Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( components/map/im-shell.js )
+Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( components/map/maplibre.js )
+
+Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( components/map/asyncToGenerator.js )
+Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( components/map/defineProperty.js )
+Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( components/map/objectWithoutProperties.js )
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 86aea1d972..a980fcdf2d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   },
   "packageManager": "yarn@4.18.0",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@babel/runtime-corejs3": "^8.0.5",
     "@defra/interactive-map": "0.0.30-alpha",
     "leaflet": "^1.9.4",
     "maplibre-gl": "5.24.0"
diff --git a/vendor/javascript/.keep b/vendor/javascript/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 532c40027f..d8fbd48c07 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -169,6 +169,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@babel/runtime-corejs3@npm:^8.0.5":
+  version: 8.0.5
+  resolution: "@babel/runtime-corejs3@npm:8.0.5"
+  dependencies:
+    core-js-pure: "npm:^3.48.0"
+  checksum: 10/5f8e90a52a45ce386a34af2b788aefd76ba34d12c5fa5e345c0ac3b71ab60d1d844b0a9634c38f7114a8530e15a096c133d633fbdd946e335bc9d775a51b9442
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@babel/runtime@npm:^7.28.6":
   version: 7.29.2
   resolution: "@babel/runtime@npm:7.29.2"
@@ -1643,6 +1652,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"core-js-pure@npm:^3.48.0":
+  version: 3.50.0
+  resolution: "core-js-pure@npm:3.50.0"
+  checksum: 10/4009d549c955dbd4274b58a6c36c7afce8a8f468a631bacb06708873bf503b1c91cbf5baa88c8605c2fff2ccc481fb337e9358c16c029c701d0fffa074e1706e
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "core-util-is@npm:~1.0.0":
   version: 1.0.3
   resolution: "core-util-is@npm:1.0.3"
@@ -2595,6 +2611,7 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "frontend@workspace:."
   dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime-corejs3": "npm:^8.0.5"
     "@defra/interactive-map": "npm:0.0.30-alpha"
     jasmine-browser-runner: "npm:^5.0.0"
     jasmine-core: "npm:^7.0.2"