The NS4196 Square Kilometre

NS4196 National Grid Square

Based in the Mid Scotland and Fife region of Scotland.

NS4196 is within the post town of Glasgow, Lanarkshire.

The square is within Stirling council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 736.54 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for NS4196

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 ol39 Loch Lomond North	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 ol46 The Trossachs	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 56 Loch Lomond & Inveraray		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 NS4196 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the NS4196 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. NS , 41 and 96

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 NS + 41 + 3 + 96 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of NS413965

NS	41		96
NS	41	3	96	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	56.130148	-4.560408	241000	696000
South East Corner	56.130148	-4.543740	242000	696000
North West Corner	56.139456	-4.560408	241000	697000
North East Corner	56.139456	-4.543740	242000	697000