Apple Watch workout map missing

Agreed exact same problem I am having, done every single suggestion. On my "Fitness" app it has a thumbnail at the bottom of the workout and if you click it, it just has the starting point of the activity, not the route that I have ran or walked - so frustrating !!

I tried unpairing/repairing, rebooting watch and phone and nothing work. However, when I backed iPhone to iCloud and reset the iPhone to new and reinstalled from my backup all the routing maps appeared. Even the ones I thought I had lost. My entire route history was there! Apparently resetting the iPhone can fix other problems as well but this was a huge fix for me.

Whilst I appreciate being told that the fix is to back up the phone, restore it from backup and re-pair watch again, as someone who in the past has had an absolute nightmare restoring a phone, which took several hours to sort on a call with Apple, I am just not prepared to do this again. There’s enough stress in our house going back into lockdown without me being stressed out by this. So, it’s not ideal but I’ll just have to live without the maps until Apple fix the problem

Read my reply to karenwh above.

Did you setup the watch as new and not from a backup?.

Yes if you want it to work again.

It was a complete pain in the neck, but backing up the phone and watch and then restoring worked for me. Make sure you set aside a couple of hours and work carefully.