The NZ8908 Square Kilometre

NZ8908 National Grid Square

Based in the Yorkshire and the Humber English Region.

The NZ8908 square kilometre intersects with the settlement of Ruswarp.

NZ8908 is within the post town of Whitby, Yorkshire.

The square is within Scarborough District council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 705.11 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for NZ8908

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 ol27 North York Moors - Eastern area	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 94 Whitby	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 NZ8908 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the NZ8908 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. NZ , 89 and 08

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 NZ + 89 + 3 + 08 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of NZ893085

NZ	89		08
NZ	89	3	08	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	54.459432	-0.628605	489000	508000
South East Corner	54.459432	-0.612881	490000	508000
North West Corner	54.468592	-0.628605	489000	509000
North East Corner	54.468592	-0.612881	490000	509000