The NY3728 Square Kilometre

NY3728 National Grid Square

Based in the North West English Region.

NY3728 is within the post town of Penrith, Cumberland.

The square is within Eden District council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 626.38 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for NY3728

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 ol5 The English Lakes - North-Eastern Area	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk
Landranger 1:50,000 90 Penrith Keswick & Ambleside	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 NY3728 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the NY3728 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. NY , 37 and 28

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 NY + 37 + 3 + 28 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of NY373285

NY	37		28
NY	37	3	28	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	54.643167	-2.977938	337000	528000
South East Corner	54.643167	-2.962229	338000	528000
North West Corner	54.652276	-2.977938	337000	529000
North East Corner	54.652276	-2.962229	338000	529000