The TL1636 Square Kilometre

TL1636 National Grid Square

Based in the Eastern English Region.

The TL1636 square kilometre intersects with the settlement of Lower Stondon.

TL1636 is within the post towns of Henlow, Bedfordshire & Shefford, Bedfordshire.

The square is within Central Bedfordshire council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 567.41 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for TL1636

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 193 Luton and Stevenage	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 153 Bedford & Huntingdon	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 TL1636 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the TL1636 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. TL , 16 and 36

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 TL + 16 + 3 + 36 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of TL163365

TL	16		36
TL	16	3	36	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	52.010118	-0.311270	516000	236000
South East Corner	52.010118	-0.296366	517000	236000
North West Corner	52.019315	-0.311270	516000	237000
North East Corner	52.019315	-0.296366	517000	237000