The SP4010 Square Kilometre

SP4010 National Grid Square

Based in the South East English Region.

SP4010 is within the post town of Witney, Oxfordshire.

The square is within West Oxfordshire District council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 487.54 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for SP4010

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 180 Oxford, Witney and Woodstock	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk
Landranger 1:50,000 164 Oxford	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 SP4010 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the SP4010 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 , 40 and 10

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 + 40 + 3 + 10 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of SP403105

SP	40		10
SP	40	3	10	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	51.787168	-1.421485	440000	210000
South East Corner	51.787168	-1.406870	441000	210000
North West Corner	51.796231	-1.421485	440000	211000
North East Corner	51.796231	-1.406870	441000	211000