The SN7801 Square Kilometre

SN7801 National Grid Square

Based in the South Wales West region of Scotland.

SN7801 is within the post town of Neath, Glamorgan.

The square is within Castell-nedd Port Talbot - Neath Port Talbot council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 343.05 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for SN7801

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 165 Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk
Landranger 1:50,000 170 Vale of Glamorgan & Rhondda	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 SN7801 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the SN7801 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. SN , 78 and 01

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 SN + 78 + 3 + 01 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of SN783015

SN	78		01
SN	78	3	01	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	51.694456	-3.766901	278000	201000
South East Corner	51.694456	-3.752090	279000	201000
North West Corner	51.703660	-3.766901	278000	202000
North East Corner	51.703660	-3.752090	279000	202000