The NJ5527 Square Kilometre

NJ5527 National Grid Square

Based in the North East Scotland region of Scotland.

NJ5527 is within the post towns of Huntly, Aberdeenshire & Insch, Aberdeenshire.

The square is within Aberdeenshire council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 899.97 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for NJ5527

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 ol62 Coreen Hills & Glenlivet	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 37 Strathdon	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 NJ5527 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the NJ5527 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. NJ , 55 and 27

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 NJ + 55 + 3 + 27 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of NJ553275

NJ	55		27
NJ	55	3	27	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	57.331287	-2.749237	355000	827000
South East Corner	57.331287	-2.732447	356000	827000
North West Corner	57.340366	-2.749237	355000	828000
North East Corner	57.340366	-2.732447	356000	828000