The SP3991 Square Kilometre

SP3991 National Grid Square

Based in the West Midlands English Region.

SP3991 is within the post towns of Hinckley, Leicestershire & Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

The square is within Nuneaton and Bedworth District & Rugby District councils.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 526.69 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for SP3991

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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
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 SP3991 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the SP3991 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 , 39 and 91

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 + 39 + 3 + 91 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of SP393915

SP	39		91
SP	39	3	91	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	52.515442	-1.426716	439000	291000
South East Corner	52.515442	-1.411860	440000	291000
North West Corner	52.524504	-1.426716	439000	292000
North East Corner	52.524504	-1.411860	440000	292000