The NS5840 Square Kilometre

NS5840 National Grid Square

Based in the South Scotland region of Scotland.

NS5840 is within the post town of Darvel, Ayrshire.

The square is within East Ayrshire council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 690.05 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for NS5840

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 334 East Kilbride, Galston and Darvel		Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 71 Lanark & Uper Nithsdale	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 NS5840 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the NS5840 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 , 58 and 40

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 + 58 + 3 + 40 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of NS583405

NS	58		40
NS	58	3	40	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	55.632761	-4.257683	258000	640000
South East Corner	55.632761	-4.241296	259000	640000
North West Corner	55.642031	-4.257683	258000	641000
North East Corner	55.642031	-4.241296	259000	641000