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   | name = Glasgow
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   | lat= 55
   | map = <map lat="55" lon="-4" />
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   | lon= -4
|e=[[Edinburgh, United Kingdom|Edinburgh]]
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  | nw = [[Oban, United Kingdom|Oban]]
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  | n  = [[Helensburgh, United Kingdom|Helensburgh]]
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  | ne = [[Perth, United Kingdom|Perth]]
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  | w  = [[Campbeltown, United Kingdom|Campbeltown]]
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  | name = [[Glasgow, United Kingdom|Glasgow]]
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  | e = [[Edinburgh, United Kingdom|Edinburgh]]
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  | sw = [[Belfast, United Kingdom|Belfast]]
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  | s  = [[Douglas, Isle of Man]]
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  | se = [[Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom|Barrow-in-Furness]]
 
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The Glasgow [[graticule]] [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=55&long=-5&zoom=8&abs=1] is at latitude 55, longitude -4. It is mostly on land, except for the western portion (which is in the Firth of Clyde), and stretches from Helensburgh in the north down to the Galloway Forest Park in the south.
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The Glasgow graticule is located in [[Scotland]], [[United Kingdom]]. It contains the coordinates for latitude 55, longitude -4, or 55N 4W. The majority of the graticule is land, excluding the westernmost portion, the Firth of Clyde. It stretches from Helensburgh in the north to the Galloway Forest Park in the south. The main travel hub is Glasgow city, which provides transportation links to the majority of Scotland, as well as to some parts of England.
  
On May 21st, 2008 the co-ordinates pointed to a location just off a country road, around one mile east of Currarie and two miles west of (though closer to by road) Pinmore. The nearest sizable town was Girvan, about six miles drive north.
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{{Today's location|lat=55|lon=-4}}
  
 
== Local Geohashers ==
 
== Local Geohashers ==
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* [[User:KerrMcF|KerrMcF]]
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* [[User:NDW67|Daniel]]
  
'tom' is interested, is anyone else?
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== Expeditions ==
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{{:Glasgow, United Kingdom/Expeditions}}
  
== Visited Geohashes ==
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== Gratiucle's Achievements ==
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{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 55 | longitude = -4 | date = 2008-06-12 | name = [[User:Jxan|James]]}}
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{{Minesweeper geohash | graticule = Glasgow, United Kingdom | ranknumber = 5 | n = true | ne = true | e = true | se = true | nw = true | name = Geohashers collectively}}
  
*[[2008-06-12 55 -4|2008-06-12]]: The car park of Patterton Railway Station.
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Latest revision as of 14:53, 12 November 2024

Oban Helensburgh Perth
Campbeltown Glasgow Edinburgh
Belfast Douglas, Isle of Man Barrow-in-Furness

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The Glasgow graticule is located in Scotland, United Kingdom. It contains the coordinates for latitude 55, longitude -4, or 55N 4W. The majority of the graticule is land, excluding the westernmost portion, the Firth of Clyde. It stretches from Helensburgh in the north to the Galloway Forest Park in the south. The main travel hub is Glasgow city, which provides transportation links to the majority of Scotland, as well as to some parts of England.

Today's location

Local Geohashers

Expeditions

Date Participants Description Result
Arrow2.png 2024-11-15 KerrMcF Opposite a BP garage in Bearsden. Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2024-10-31 KerrMcF In a field near Tarbolton. Succeeded
Arrow4.png 2024-09-20 In a field near Kilbirnie. Thwarted — Did not attempt
Arrow2.png 2024-09-18 KerrMcF On the University of Glasgow Garscube campus in Bearsden. Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2024-09-17 KerrMcF, Daniel In a wooded area near Woodhead, Hamilton. Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2024-09-12 KerrMcF In the front garden of a house in Bothwell. Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2024-09-08 KerrMcF's mum, KerrMcF's sister In the Blue Car Park at Braehead Shopping Centre. Succeeded
Arrow4.png 2024-08-25 In Chatelherault Country Park, which is near Hamilton. Thwarted — Did not attempt
Arrow2.png 2024-07-21 KerrMcF In a field next to Bardowie Loch. Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2024-07-06 KerrMcF In the car park for Kingsley Care Home, in Paisley. Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2024-05-01 KerrMcF Just off the path in Dalmuir Park. Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2024-04-08 KerrMcF Close to a track near Old Kilpatrick. Succeeded
Arrow4.png 2024-03-23 KerrMcF, KerrMcF's dad Halfway up Overton Muir near Alexandria. Thwarted — Other
Arrow4.png 2024-03-19 KerrMcF, Daniel In Glasgow City Centre. Looks like it might be on a small construction site... Thwarted — Mother Nature
Arrow2.png 2024-03-17 KerrMcF, Daniel Outside of a house on Pladda Terrace, Irvine. Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2024-03-10 KerrMcF, KerrMcF's dad In the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park close to the Kelburn Wind Farm. Succeeded
Arrow4.png 2024-03-08 In a field near Hamilton. Thwarted — Did not attempt
Arrow2.png 2024-02-14 KerrMcF In a back garden of a house in Lennoxtown. Succeeded
Arrow4.png 2024-02-02 KerrMcF In the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park close to Creuch Hill. Thwarted — Mother Nature
Arrow4.png 2024-01-25 In a cemetery in West Kilbride. Thwarted — Did not attempt
Arrow2.png 2023-10-26 KerrMcF, Daniel In a field near Bridge of Weir, roughly 1.3km from the Locherwood Community... Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2023-09-27 KerrMcF In a field near Milngavie, roughly 3km from the town centre. Succeeded
Arrow4.png 2023-08-21 In a car rental place near Glasgow Airport, roughly 250m from the main term... Thwarted — Did not attempt
Arrow2.png 2010-10-30 James Behind Langside College in Glasgow (approximately fifteen minutes walk from... Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2010-09-11 James Dumbarton Road in Bowling, just along from the railway station. Succeeded
Arrow4.png 2009-03-28 Andyroo Somewhere Thwarted — Technology
Arrow4.png 2008-08-09 Benjw On 9th August 2008 the co-ordinates pointed to a location east of Balmaclel... Thwarted
Arrow2.png 2008-06-12 James Patterton Railway Station car park Succeeded

Gratiucle's Achievements

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James earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (55, -4) graticule, here, on 2008-06-12.
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Geohashers collectively achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Glasgow, United Kingdom and 5 of the surrounding graticules.