The TQ4901 Square Kilometre

TQ4901 National Grid Square

Based in the South East English Region.

TQ4901 is within the post towns of Polegate, Sussex & Seaford, Sussex.

The square is within Lewes District & Wealden District councils.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 558.21 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for TQ4901

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 ol25 Eastbourne & Beachy Head	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 198 Brighton & Lewes	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk
Landranger 1:50,000 199 Eastbourne & Hastings	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 TQ4901 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the TQ4901 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. TQ , 49 and 01

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 TQ + 49 + 3 + 01 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of TQ493015

TQ	49		01
TQ	49	3	01	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	50.789164	0.112568	549000	101000
South East Corner	50.789164	0.127152	550000	101000
North West Corner	50.798408	0.112568	549000	102000
North East Corner	50.798408	0.127152	550000	102000