The NS8578 Square Kilometre

NS8578 National Grid Square

Based in the Central Scotland region of Scotland.

NS8578 is within the post town of Falkirk, Stirlingshire.

The square is within Falkirk council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 735.47 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for NS8578

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 349 Falkirk, Cumbernauld and Livingstone	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk
Landranger 1:50,000 65 Falkirk & Linlithgow	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	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 NS8578 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the NS8578 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 , 85 and 78

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 + 85 + 3 + 78 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of NS853785

NS	85		78
NS	85	3	78	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	55.981151	-3.845065	285000	678000
South East Corner	55.981151	-3.828620	286000	678000
North West Corner	55.990369	-3.845065	285000	679000
North East Corner	55.990369	-3.828620	286000	679000