The NG5829 Square Kilometre

NG5829 National Grid Square

Based in the Highlands and Islands region of Scotland.

NG5829 is within the post town of Isle Of Skye, Inverness-shire.

The square is within Highland council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 843.92 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for NG5829

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 412 Skye - Sleat		Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 409 Raasay, Rona and Scalpay		Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 411 Skye - Cuillin Hills - Soay
Landranger 1:50,000 24 Raasay & Loch Torridon	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk
Landranger 1:50,000 32 South Skye	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 NG5829 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the NG5829 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. NG , 58 and 29

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 NG + 58 + 3 + 29 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of NG583295

NG	58		29
NG	58	3	29	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	57.287270	-6.018525	158000	829000
South East Corner	57.287270	-6.000998	159000	829000
North West Corner	57.296759	-6.018525	158000	830000
North East Corner	57.296759	-6.000998	159000	830000