The SO6980 Square Kilometre

SO6980 National Grid Square

Based in the West Midlands English Region.

SO6980 is within the post town of Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

The square is within Shropshire council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 463.21 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for SO6980

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 218 Kidderminster and Wyre Forest
Landranger 1:50,000 138 Kidderminster & Wyre Forest	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 SO6980 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the SO6980 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. SO , 69 and 80

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 SO + 69 + 3 + 80 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of SO693805

SO	69		80
SO	69	3	80	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	52.417123	-2.457316	369000	280000
South East Corner	52.417123	-2.442520	370000	280000
North West Corner	52.426169	-2.457316	369000	281000
North East Corner	52.426169	-2.442520	370000	281000