The SK8196 Square Kilometre

SK8196 National Grid Square

Based in the East Midlands English Region.

SK8196 is within the post town of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

The square is within West Lindsey District council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 623.04 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for SK8196

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 280 Isle of Axholme, Scunthorpe and Gainsborough	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk
Landranger 1:50,000 112 Scunthorpe	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 SK8196 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the SK8196 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 , 81 and 96

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 + 81 + 3 + 96 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of SK813965

SK	81		96
SK	81	3	96	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	53.454405	-0.781664	481000	396000
South East Corner	53.454405	-0.766348	482000	396000
North West Corner	53.463546	-0.781664	481000	397000
North East Corner	53.463546	-0.766348	482000	397000