The HU3850 Square Kilometre

HU3850 National Grid Square

Based in the Highlands and Islands region of Scotland.

The HU3850 square kilometre intersects with the settlement of Kalliness.

HU3850 is within the post town of Shetland.

The square is within Shetland Islands council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 1,230.59 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for HU3850

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 467 Shetland - Mainland Central		Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 3 Sheltand - North Mainland	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk

This extract is taken from the Ordnance Survey six-inch to the mile series surveyed from 1888-1913. The scale is 1:10,560.

The Square overlayed over the map represents the extent of HU3850 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the HU3850 Square to get a six figure Grid Reference

A helpful reminder for calculating grid references is across the landing and up the stairs.

For example if your house was located in a square that in the fourth square across and sixth square up and you wanted to work out its six figure grid refence.

First, You would divide the four figure grid reference into three parts. HU , 38 and 50

Count across starting with zero. This would give you three. Make a note that X for Across (A Cross) = 3.

Count up starting with zero. This would give you five. Make a note that Y = 5.

So to put it together HU + 38 + 3 + 50 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of HU383505

HU	38		50
HU	38	3	50	5

A six figure grid reference would be accurate to 10 metres. To achieve a greater level of accuracy this 10 metre square would be divided into a grid 10 by 10 and the process repeated.

This would produce an 8 figure grid reference that would be accurate to a square metre!

Corner	Latitude	Longitude	Easting	Northing
South West Corner	60.232448	-1.315736	438000	1150000
South East Corner	60.232448	-1.297490	439000	1150000
North West Corner	60.241521	-1.315736	438000	1151000
North East Corner	60.241521	-1.297490	439000	1151000