The TM1537 Square Kilometre

TM1537 National Grid Square

Based in the Eastern English Region.

TM1537 is within the post town of Ipswich, Suffolk.

The square is within Babergh District council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 659.09 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for TM1537

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 197 Ipswich, Felixstowe and Harwich	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 169 Ipswich & The Naze	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 TM1537 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the TM1537 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. TM , 15 and 37

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 TM + 15 + 3 + 37 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of TM153375

TM	15		37
TM	15	3	37	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	51.989443	1.129996	615000	237000
South East Corner	51.989443	1.145166	616000	237000
North West Corner	51.998808	1.129996	615000	238000
North East Corner	51.998808	1.145166	616000	238000