The NG5132 Square Kilometre

NG5132 National Grid Square

Based in the Highlands and Islands region of Scotland.

NG5132 is within the post towns of Isle Of Skye, Inverness-shire & Portree, Isle Of Skye.

The square is within Highland council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 845.59 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for NG5132

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 410 Skye - Portree and Bracadale		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 NG5132 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the NG5132 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 , 51 and 32

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 + 51 + 3 + 32 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of NG513325

NG	51		32
NG	51	3	32	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	57.310387	-6.137398	151000	832000
South East Corner	57.310387	-6.119833	152000	832000
North West Corner	57.319891	-6.137398	151000	833000
North East Corner	57.319891	-6.119833	152000	833000