The NB5155 Square Kilometre

NB5155 National Grid Square

Based in the Highlands and Islands region of Scotland.

NB5155 is within the post town of Isle Of Lewis, Ross-shire.

The square is within Na h-Eileanan an Iar council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 966.86 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for NB5155

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 460 North Lewis/Ceann a Tuath Leodhais
Landranger 1:50,000 8 Stornoway & North Lewis	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey

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 NB5155 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the NB5155 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. NB , 51 and 55

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 NB + 51 + 3 + 55 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of NB513555

NB	51		55
NB	51	3	55	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	58.412200	-6.266081	151000	955000
South East Corner	58.412200	-6.247928	152000	955000
North West Corner	58.421725	-6.266081	151000	956000
North East Corner	58.421725	-6.247928	152000	956000