Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Today's Locations: Cambridge and Adjacent Locations

The area

This graticule covers the part of the United Kingdom (UK) from 52° to 53° latitude, and from 0° to 1° longitude. It contains the city of Cambridge, and several smaller towns including King's Lynn, Wisbech, Thetford, Ely, Newmarket and Haverhill.

Cambridge has enjoyed several spikes of activity over the last few years, and until Sheffield and then Norwich overtook it in 2011 (although we have since re-overtaken Sheffield), it was the UK's most active graticule. Although most of the early activity was based around the city, we are now fortunate enough to have active geohashers to the north and east as well, and new hashers and meetups in any part of the graticule are most definitely welcome. Meetups are always good!

The Cambridge graticule covers not only the county of Cambridgeshire, but also parts of Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Lincolnshire. Geohashers reaching points in all these counties can claim a reverse regional achievement for this graticule. Most of the graticule is land, but the Norfolk coastline falls just inside its northern edge and, further west, it includes The Wash in Lincolnshire. Much of the terrain is quite flat, with some hillier land in the south, and much of it is farmland. As Cambridge itself is arguably the "cycling capital of England", the graticule offers excellent opportunities for bicycle geohashing.

Due to the symmetry of coordinates about the prime meridian, the neighbouring Northampton graticule, to the west, will never provide a closer hashpoint than our own graticule, no matter how close to the border you are. However, if the day's coordinates fall close to the meridian, then the hashpoints in the two graticules will be quite close together, offering a good opportunity for a Double geohash. Indeed, at this latitude, it even becomes possible to be in the uncertainty circle of both hashpoints simultaneously if the longitude is less than +/- 0.000100° -- this can be expected about once every 25 years.

Expeditions and Plans

Expeditions in this graticule are listed below in reverse date order. Here is a complete list of expeditions in Cambridge (52, 0) without descriptive details.

2015

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• 7 December 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer failed to reach the danger area of a golf driving range, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.

• 30 November 2015 (Mon): PaintedJaguar visited the ruins of St James Church, on the outskirts of King's Lynn.
• 27 November 2015 (Fri): Sourcerer visited a field close to the A1141 between Cockfield and Button's Green, Suffolk, UK.
• 25 November 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited a field between Cavenham and the A14, Suffolk, UK.
• 24 November 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer failed to reach a field east of the A11 and north of Eccles, Norfolk, UK.
• 23 November 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer visited a gravel lane off the B1066 between Brockley and Hartest, Suffolk, UK.
• 14 November 2015 (Sat): PaintedJaguar failed to reach the hashpoint in a field near the village of Lolworth, just off the A14 outside Cambridge.
• 12 November 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer and MagicIan independently visited a road hashpoint south of the A47 near Wendling, Norfolk, UK.
• 5 November 2015 (Thu): Several people visited a small lawn just inside the grounds of Homerton College, Cambridge.
• 4 November 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited a field, close to a public footpath, north of Hopton, Suffolk, UK.
• 2 November 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer visited woodland just south of the A11 and 1000 metres west of Elveden War Memorial, Suffolk, UK.

• 29 October 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer visited a field south of Wells next the Sea, Norfolk, UK.
• 27 October 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer visited a field west of Market Weston, Suffolk, UK. This is under 100 metres from and in line of sight to the Mill Inn so it was a pub geohash.
• 22 October 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer visited a field north of the A14 between Woolpit and Elmswell, Suffolk, UK.
• 21 October 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited the point south of a wind farm south east of Swaffham, Norfolk, UK.
• 17 October 2015 (Sat): PaintedJaguar visited the middle of Snettisham Common, near the coast of The Wash.
• 16 October 2015 (Fri): Sourcerer (independently), and Benjw and Tongs (who met up), visited a road hashpoint between Oakington and Girton, Cambridgeshire, UK.
• 15 October 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer visited a field south of Stretham, Cambridgeshire, UK.
• 14 October 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited the sand flats west of Wells life boat station, Holkham Bay, Norfolk, UK. Low tide is at midnight - perfect.

The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement for the month of September 2015 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 10 successful expeditions.

• 30 September 2015 (Wed): Two Tongs visited a field just outside Ely. Benjw considered an afternoon bus ride.
• 29 September 2015 (Tue): Benjw cycled, The Tongs drove, and PaintedJaguar caught the train, in three separate expeditions to a footpath alongside a field between Foxton and Newton.
• 27 September 2015 (Sun): The Tongs visited a field between the villages of Haddenham and Wilburton.
• 26 September 2015 (Sat): Sourcerer visited a field with public footpaths close by, north of Hadfield, Suffolk, UK. wings.recruiter.discussed
• 21 September 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer visited a field perimeter south of Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk, UK.
• 20 September 2015 (Sun): Sourcerer visited a field perimeter close to Little Snoring, Norfolk, UK.
• 19 September 2015 (Sat): PaintedJaguar visited a track on the Icknield Way long distance trail, somewhere near Honington Airfield, in the middle of nowhere between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds.
• 15 September 2015 (Tue): SpiritofMaurice visited a field just outside the North Norfolk Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; more specifically, just south of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, UK.
• 13 September 2015 (Sun): Sourcerer visited a front drive at Battisford Tye, Suffolk, UK - hindering.bronzer.printout.
• 12 September 2015 (Sat): Sourcerer visited a field perimeter point north of Lavenham, Suffolk, UK - telephone.scraper.question.

The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement for the month of August 2015 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 12 successful expeditions.

• 30 August 2015 (Sun): The Tongs visited Oxbrough Hall in Oxborough, Norfolk.
• 26 August 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited Brett Vale Golf Club - with a public footpath close to the woodland clearing hashpoint, Suffolk, UK.
• 25 August 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer visited a field, a few yards off a public footpath, north of the A14 and west of Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk UK.
• 24 August 2015 (Mon): A field near Stradishall, Suffolk. Benjw visited in the rain, mid-afternoon.
• 23 August 2015 (Sun): A field northeast of Littleport, Cambs. Benjw made a lunchtime trip by car, but was thwarted by "private property" signs.
• 22 August 2015 (Sat): A gateway in Swaffham, Norfolk. Benjw visited at 9:30pm having already been to the London East hashpoint that afternoon.
• 21 August 2015 (Fri): A field perimeter hashpoint north of Golden Gates, Holkham Hall, Norfolk, UK. Sourcerer dropped by at 10:15pm.
• 20 August 2015 (Thu): A field in Ickleton, near a public footpath. Benjw made a quick visit on his lunch break.
• 9 August 2015 (Sun): Sourcerer visited a wood south of Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk, UK.
• 8 August 2015 (Sat): Just off a dirt road in Fulbourn, near Cambridge. Benjw, Sourcerer, PaintedJaguar and MrsPaintedJaguar all met up at 4pm.
• 6 August 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer visited a field perimeter, east of Sudbury, Suffolk, UK.
• 2 August 2015 (Sun): Sourcerer visited a field close to a public footpath north of Twinstead, Essex, UK.
• 1 August 2015 (Sat): Sourcerer visited a field perimeter east of Great Barton, 1.3km from 2015-02-11 52 0, Suffolk, UK.

• 29 July 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited a field next to and west of the A1075, south of Griston and Wayland Prison, Norfolk, UK.
• 27 July 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer visited a barley field south east of Fakenham, Norfolk, UK.
• 25 July 2015 (Sat): Sourcerer visited the point a few metres off a public footpath, east of Wyken Hall, Suffolk, UK.
• 20 July 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer visited a farmyard at North Lopham, Norfolk, UK, 500 metres from the east graticule border.
• 13 July 2015 (Mon): A field of wheat in Foxton, south of Cambridge. Benjw walked over from Newton on his lunch break.
• 5 July 2015 (Sun): Sourcerer visited Blakeney National Nature Reserve in the salt marshes, Norfolk, UK.

• 30 June 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer failed to reach a field north of Twyford Hall, Twyford, Norfolk, UK.
• 29 June 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer visited mud flats north of Wells Next the Sea, Norfolk, UK.
• 27 June 2015 (Sat): Sourcerer visited a a field north of Belchamp Walter, Essex, UK.
• 16 June 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer visited a field east of Kettlebaston, Suffolk, UK.

• 29 May 2015 (Fri): Sourcerer visited a field east of RAF Sculthorpe Airfield, Norfolk, UK.

• 27 February 2015 (Fri): Sourcerer visited a field close to a public path in the grounds of Clopton Hall, west of Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK.
• 24 February 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer visited a field close to and west of Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK.
• 20 February 2015 (Fri): Sourcerer visited a field close to Wells Next the Sea, Norfolk, UK.
• 18 February 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited the hashpoint close to a public footpath behind St Mary's church, Market Weston, Suffolk, UK, arriving as the bells tolled midnight.
• 17 February 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer visited the hashpoint just south of the river Lark, Pinford End, Suffolk, UK.
• 15 February 2015 (Sun): Sourcerer visited King's Lynn Sewage Works. This was hashpoint number two today!
• 12 February 2015 (Thu): Benjw found today's hashpoint just before sunset, in a field just off a farm track outside Sutton, west of Ely.
• 11 February 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited a field S.E. of Great Barton, Suffolk, arriving at 22:45.
• 10 February 2015 (Tue): Benjw more-or-less reached the hashpoint, which was on a private driveway in the Fens, between Manea and March.
• 9 February 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer visited the hashpoint near Thetford Forest Park, Great Hocking, Norfolk.

• 29 January 2015 (Thu): At midnight, Sourcerer visited a field between Hadley and Ipswich in Suffolk.
• 19 January 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer visited a muddy field, east of Boston, Lincolnshire. His 7th of 7 today.
• 15 January 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer visited the hashpoint on the main road north of and through Long Melford, Suffolk.
• 9 January 2015 (Fri): Sourcerer visited the hashpoint between Withersfield and Temple End north of Haverhill, Suffolk.

2008-2014

107 expeditions took place between 2008 and 2014. These are detailed on the archive pages for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

The highest number of expeditions in a calendar year was the 27 expeditions during 2010, and the highest number in a month was the 11 in September 2012. A few times, Cambridge has been the most active graticule in the world for a particular month, earning us the following shiny ribbons.

The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement for the month of September 2012 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 11 expeditions.

The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement for the month of September 2012 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 11 successful expeditions.

The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement for the month of October 2010 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 5 successful expeditions.

The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement for the month of August 2010 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 8 expeditions.

The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement for the month of August 2010 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 6 successful expeditions.

Local Geohashers

See also: Category:Geohashers in 52,0.

The following are known to be currently active:

• Benjw is in central Cambridge. He hashes by bicycle and car, albeit sporadically, but checks the wiki frequently and is always keen for meetups.
• MagicIan is in the Norwich graticule.
• PaintedJaguar is in Cambridge.
• Sourcerer based in the Norwich graticule frequently visits.
• Transhumanist is in the Northampton graticule, but still considers himself a Cambridge resident and is working on improved means of transport.
• The Tongs all live in Cambridge.

Other hashers have previously been active in this graticule; they are listed on the 2008 archive page.