Difference between revisions of "Swindon, United Kingdom"

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This graticule covers the parts of the United Kingdom from 51° to 52° latitude, and from -1° to -2° longitude. It is centred on the M4 corridor, contains the city of Oxford and the towns of Swindon and Basingstoke. It extends as far as Winchester and Salisbury in the south, Cirencester to the west, Chipping Norton to the north, and the outskirts of Reading (although not Reading town centre) to the east.

Anyone fancy a trip out to Salisbury on Sunday?

The geohash is a 2.2 mile walk from the train station. It's kind of in a field just off a main road.

I will go if anyone else wants to!

2009-04-20 51 -1 - Forawhile made another attempt.
2009-04-19 51 -1 - Forawhile attempted his first expedition.
2009-03-21 51 -1 - Gold Ninja found some trees about ten miles from Oxford.
2009-03-04 51 -1 - Homsar finally reached a hash point, within the Oxford ring road
2009-02-08 51 -1 - Homsar tried and failed to reach a hashpoint in the snow
2008-10-11 51 -1 - Southampton people came North again.
2008-05-31 51 -1 - A bunch of Southampton people went North. We'll remember to tell you we're coming next time, promise.

Homsar is in Oxford during term-time.
Gold_Ninja is also in Oxford during term-time.
Forawhile lives in Oxford.
Sermoa lives in Winchester. Public transport enables easier access to the Southampton graticule.
Skippy lives in Swindon.

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 The geohash is a 2.2 mile walk from the train station. It's kind of in a field just off a main road.
-XKCD location:
+[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2009-06-14&lat=51&long=-2&zoom=14&abs=1 XKCD geohash location]
-http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2009-06-14&lat=51&long=-2&zoom=14&abs=1
-Walking directions from train station:
+[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Fisherton+St,+Salisbury,+Wiltshire,+SP2,+United+Kingdom+(Salisbury+Rail+Station)&daddr=%2B51%C2%B0+3%27+34.30%22,+-1%C2%B0+45%27+55.03%22+(51.059527,+-1.765286)&hl=en&geocode=FUxGCwMdym_k_yG8rVoyVBnicg%3BFUgbCwMdWhDl_w&mra=ls&dirflg=w&sll=51.068639,-1.785364&sspn=0.024109,0.07802&ie=UTF8&ll=51.065511,-1.785364&spn=0.024111,0.07802&t=h&z=14 Walking directions from train station]
-http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Fisherton+St,+Salisbury,+Wiltshire,+SP2,+United+Kingdom+(Salisbury+Rail+Station)&daddr=%2B51%C2%B0+3%27+34.30%22,+-1%C2%B0+45%27+55.03%22+(51.059527,+-1.765286)&hl=en&geocode=FUxGCwMdym_k_yG8rVoyVBnicg%3BFUgbCwMdWhDl_w&mra=ls&dirflg=w&sll=51.068639,-1.785364&sspn=0.024109,0.07802&ie=UTF8&ll=51.065511,-1.785364&spn=0.024111,0.07802&t=h&z=14
 I will go if anyone else wants to!