The SU8040 Square Kilometre

SU8040 National Grid Square

Based in the South East English Region.

The SU8040 square kilometre intersects with the settlement of Frithend.

SU8040 is within the post towns of Alton, Hampshire, Bordon, Hampshire & Farnham, Surrey.

The square is within East Hampshire District council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 500.00 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for SU8040

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 144 Basingstoke, Alton and Whitchurch	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 145 Guildford and Farnham	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 186 Aldershot & Guildford	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 SU8040 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the SU8040 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. SU , 80 and 40

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 SU + 80 + 3 + 40 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of SU803405

SU	80		40
SU	80	3	40	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	51.153531	-0.857502	480000	140000
South East Corner	51.153531	-0.842982	481000	140000
North West Corner	51.162662	-0.857502	480000	141000
North East Corner	51.162662	-0.842982	481000	141000