The NS5944 Square Kilometre

NS5944 National Grid Square

Based in the South Scotland region of Scotland.

NS5944 is within the post towns of Darvel, Ayrshire & Strathaven, Lanarkshire.

The square is within East Ayrshire & South Lanarkshire councils.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 694.13 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for NS5944

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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 64 Glasgow Motherwell & Airdrie	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	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 NS5944 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the NS5944 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 , 59 and 44

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 + 59 + 3 + 44 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of NS593445

NS	59		44
NS	59	3	44	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	55.668965	-4.243863	259000	644000
South East Corner	55.668965	-4.227463	260000	644000
North West Corner	55.678232	-4.243863	259000	645000
North East Corner	55.678232	-4.227463	260000	645000