The SP2880 Square Kilometre

SP2880 National Grid Square

Based in the West Midlands English Region.

The SP2880 square kilometre intersects with the settlement of Coventry.

SP2880 is within the post town of Coventry, Warwickshire.

The square is within Coventry District council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 511.45 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for SP2880

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 221 Coventry and Warwick, Royal Leamington Spa and Kenilworth	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk
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 SP2880 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the SP2880 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. SP , 28 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 SP + 28 + 3 + 80 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of SP283805

SP	28		80
SP	28	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	52.417248	-1.589727	428000	280000
South East Corner	52.417248	-1.574937	429000	280000
North West Corner	52.426289	-1.589727	428000	281000
North East Corner	52.426289	-1.574937	429000	281000