diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 37bb769..eaaefd2 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ tasks:
       - test -d frontend/public/assets/fonts
       - test -d frontend/public/assets/twemoji
     cmds:
-      - uv run python scripts/download_map_assets.py
+      - uv run python -m pipeline.download.map_assets --output frontend/public/assets
 
   test:
     desc: Run all tests (Python and Rust)
diff --git a/pipeline/download/map_assets.py b/pipeline/download/map_assets.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec47c8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipeline/download/map_assets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import argparse
+import sys
+import urllib.request
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from pipeline.transform.transform_poi import NAPTAN_EMOJIS, _CATEGORIES
+
+GLYPHS_BASE = "https://protomaps.github.io/basemaps-assets/fonts"
+TWEMOJI_BASE = "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@14.0.2/assets/72x72"
+
+# Font stacks used by @protomaps/basemaps with lang='en'
+FONT_STACKS = ["Noto Sans Regular", "Noto Sans Italic", "Noto Sans Medium"]
+
+# Fallback emoji not in any category
+_FALLBACK_EMOJIS = ["📍"]
+
+
+def collect_twemoji_codes() -> list[str]:
+    """Derive twemoji hex codes from transform_poi categories.
+
+    Matches the frontend's emojiToTwemojiUrl() which does
+    emoji.codePointAt(0).toString(16).
+    """
+    emojis: set[str] = set()
+
+    for _group, _name, emoji, _osm_keys in _CATEGORIES:
+        emojis.add(emoji)
+
+    for emoji in NAPTAN_EMOJIS.values():
+        emojis.add(emoji)
+
+    for emoji in _FALLBACK_EMOJIS:
+        emojis.add(emoji)
+
+    # First codepoint hex, matching frontend logic
+    return sorted({f"{ord(e[0]):x}" for e in emojis})
+
+
+def download_file(url: str, dest: Path) -> tuple[bool, str]:
+    """Download a single file. Returns (success, url)."""
+    dest.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    try:
+        urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, dest)
+        return True, url
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        print(f"  {e.code} {url}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return False, url
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"  ERROR {url}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return False, url
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output",
+        type=Path,
+        required=True,
+        help="Output directory",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    out: Path = args.output
+
+    twemoji_codes = collect_twemoji_codes()
+
+    # Build download list
+    tasks: list[tuple[str, Path]] = []
+
+    # Font glyphs: 256 range files per font stack
+    for font in FONT_STACKS:
+        font_encoded = font.replace(" ", "%20")
+        font_dir = out / "fonts" / font
+        for start in range(0, 65536, 256):
+            end = start + 255
+            name = f"{start}-{end}.pbf"
+            url = f"{GLYPHS_BASE}/{font_encoded}/{name}"
+            tasks.append((url, font_dir / name))
+
+    # Twemoji PNGs
+    twemoji_dir = out / "twemoji"
+    for code in twemoji_codes:
+        url = f"{TWEMOJI_BASE}/{code}.png"
+        tasks.append((url, twemoji_dir / f"{code}.png"))
+
+    # Skip already-downloaded files
+    remaining = [(url, dest) for url, dest in tasks]
+
+    print(f"Downloading {len(remaining)} assets")
+
+    ok = 0
+    fail = 0
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=20) as pool:
+        futures = {
+            pool.submit(download_file, url, dest): url for url, dest in remaining
+        }
+        for future in as_completed(futures):
+            success, url = future.result()
+            if success:
+                ok += 1
+            else:
+                fail += 1
+
+    print(f"Done: {ok} downloaded, {fail} failed")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()