The SK3008 Square Kilometre

SK3008 National Grid Square

Based in the East Midlands English Region & West Midlands English Region.

The SK3008 square kilometre intersects with the settlement of Appleby Parva.

SK3008 is within the post towns of Atherstone, Warwickshire, Swadlincote, Derbyshire & Tamworth, Staffordshire.

The square is within North Warwickshire District & North West Leicestershire District councils.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 528.93 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for SK3008

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 232 Nuneaton and Tamworth	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 245 National Forest
Landranger 1:50,000 128 Derby & Burton upon Trent	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 140 Leicester Coventry & Rugby	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 SK3008 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the SK3008 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. SK , 30 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 SK + 30 + 3 + 08 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of SK303085

SK	30		08
SK	30	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	52.668847	-1.557803	430000	308000
South East Corner	52.668847	-1.542923	431000	308000
North West Corner	52.677893	-1.557803	430000	309000
North East Corner	52.677893	-1.542923	431000	309000