The SJ1700 Square Kilometre

SJ1700 National Grid Square

Based in the Mid and West Wales region of Scotland.

SJ1700 is within the post town of Welshpool, Montgomeryshire.

The square is within Powys - Powys council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 436.45 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for SJ1700

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 215 Newtown, Llanfair Caereinion
Explorer 1:25,000 216 Welshpool and Montgomery		Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 136 Newtown & Llanidloes	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 SJ1700 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the SJ1700 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. SJ , 17 and 00

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 SJ + 17 + 3 + 00 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of SJ173005

SJ	17		00
SJ	17	3	00	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	52.591452	-3.226908	317000	300000
South East Corner	52.591452	-3.211899	318000	300000
North West Corner	52.600592	-3.226908	317000	301000
North East Corner	52.600592	-3.211899	318000	301000