The NS8879 Square Kilometre

NS8879 National Grid Square

Based in the Central Scotland region of Scotland.

The NS8879 square kilometre intersects with the settlement of Falkirk.

NS8879 is within the post town of Falkirk, Stirlingshire.

The square is within Falkirk council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 737.55 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for NS8879

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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 NS8879 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the NS8879 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 , 88 and 79

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 + 88 + 3 + 79 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of NS883795

NS	88		79
NS	88	3	79	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	55.990841	-3.797419	288000	679000
South East Corner	55.990841	-3.780979	289000	679000
North West Corner	56.000054	-3.797419	288000	680000
North East Corner	56.000054	-3.780979	289000	680000