The HY4409 Square Kilometre

HY4409 National Grid Square

Based in the Highlands and Islands region of Scotland.

The HY4409 square kilometre intersects with the settlement of Kirkwall.

HY4409 is within the post town of Kirkwall, Orkney.

The square is within Orkney Islands council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 1,066.03 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for HY4409

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 462 Orkney - Hoy, South Walls and Flotta		Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 461 Orkney - East Mainland		Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 463 Orkney - West Mainland		Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 6 Orkney - Mainland	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk
Landranger 1:50,000 7 Orkney - Southern Isles	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 HY4409 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the HY4409 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. HY , 44 and 09

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 HY + 44 + 3 + 09 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of HY443095

HY	44		09
HY	44	3	09	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	58.964494	-2.975706	344000	1009000
South East Corner	58.964494	-2.958067	345000	1009000
North West Corner	58.973604	-2.975706	344000	1010000
North East Corner	58.973604	-2.958067	345000	1010000