The SJ8544 Square Kilometre

SJ8544 National Grid Square

Based in the West Midlands English Region.

The SJ8544 square kilometre intersects with the settlements of Newcastle-under-Lyme & Stoke-on-Trent.

SJ8544 is within the post towns of Newcastle, Staffordshire & Stoke-on-trent, Staffordshire.

The square is within City of Stoke-on-Trent & Newcastle-under-Lyme District councils.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 516.30 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for SJ8544

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 258 Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle Under Lyme	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk
Landranger 1:50,000 118 Stoke-on-Trent and Macclesfield	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 SJ8544 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the SJ8544 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 , 85 and 44

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 + 85 + 3 + 44 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of SJ853445

SJ	85		44
SJ	85	3	44	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	52.993134	-2.224965	385000	344000
South East Corner	52.993134	-2.210021	386000	344000
North West Corner	53.002150	-2.224965	385000	345000
North East Corner	53.002150	-2.210021	386000	345000