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The Birmingham [[graticule]] is at [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=52&long=-1&zoom=8 latitude 52, longitude -1].
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The Birmingham [[graticule]] is at {{Today's location|lat=52|lon=-1|text=latitude 52, longitude -1}}. It is the only UK graticule with neighbours that are mostly dry land.
  
 
== Local Geohashers ==
 
== Local Geohashers ==
 
===Active===
 
===Active===
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* [[User:jamesl|jamesl]] lives in Anstey, Leicester, will use bike and public transport. Is also on IRC with the same nick. Has a two-way radio and GPS.
 
* [[User:kimble|kimble]] lives in Birmingham.  Has bike, will travel.
 
* [[User:kimble|kimble]] lives in Birmingham.  Has bike, will travel.
 
* [[User:omniscient|omniscient]] resides in Leicester and will attempt Saturday meetups when possible. Bike, bus or rail powered with benefit of GPS.
 
* [[User:omniscient|omniscient]] resides in Leicester and will attempt Saturday meetups when possible. Bike, bus or rail powered with benefit of GPS.
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* [[User:jwalton|jwalton]] on foot, anywhere near Derby City
 
* [[User:jwalton|jwalton]] on foot, anywhere near Derby City
 
* [[User:Nickholden|Nickholden]] on foot or bike, in or around Leicester.
 
* [[User:Nickholden|Nickholden]] on foot or bike, in or around Leicester.
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* [[User:JohnOldman|JohnOldman]] lives in Leamington Spa and has a car.
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* [[User:Pbro|pbro]] lives in Coventry and picks the low-hanging fruit (easy hashes).
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* [[User:Chadders66|Chadders66]] studies at the University of Birmingham. On foot, will travel.
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* [[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig]] S. Leicester based exiled Brummie, most likely to attempt rural non-trespassy hashes.
  
 
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===Inactive===
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==Meetups==
 
==Meetups==
===Currently Planned===
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=== 2024 ===
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* [[2024-07-12 52 -1]]: [[User [[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig]] ([[User talk:Hedgepig|talk]]) ]] Had a nice walk along the dam of Welford reservoir
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=== 2022 ===
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* [[2022-12-29 52 -1]]: [[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig ]] visited a suburban Leicestershire street corner
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* [[2022-07-25 52 -1]][[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig ]] Could get no closer that a tantalising 16m to a suburban hashpoint.
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* [[2022-02-20 52 -1]] Sunday: [[User:DanQ|Dan Q]] visited to find a rainy hashpoint near some light industry in Kitts Green
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=== 2019 ===
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* [[2019-04-22 52 -1]] Monday: [[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig ]] walked off a few of the bazillion calories from eating Easter eggs by wandering to this pleasant rural spot
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* [[2019-07-04 52 -1]] [[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig ]] Failed to reach the hashpoint while under fire from 4th of July party fireworks
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* [[2019-07-14 52 -1]] [[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig ]] Scrabbled up an ex-coal mine spoil-heap scree at Bagworth Heath Country Park to sit at the hash point
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=== 2018 ===
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* [[2018-12-25 52 -1]] Christmas Day: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited the cemetary of St John the Baptist Church, Stowe-By-Chartley, Staffordshire.
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* [[2018-08-22 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[User:DanQ|Dan Q]] drove up from the [[Swindon, United Kingdom]] graticule to visit a hashpoint in a field full of cows.
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=== 2017 ===
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* [[2017-10-07 52 -1]] Saturday: [[User:Pbro|Pbro]] ran to Stoke Green for this hash.
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* [[2017-02-10 52 -1]] Friday: [[User:Pbro|Pbro]] walked around the grain field hash in Kenilworth, without reaching it.
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=== 2016 ===
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* [[2016-02-12 52 -1]] Friday: [[User:Pbro|Pbro]] detoured on his bicycle commute to this central divider in Coundon, Coventry.
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=== 2015 ===
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* [[2015-12-23 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field, east of Solihull, West Midlands, UK.
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* [[2015-12-09 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[User:Chadders66|Chadders66]] visited a grassy verge on Nobel Way in Witton, Birmingham for his first Geohash.
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* [[2015-09-19 52 -1]] Saturday: A field of very tall sweetcorn a little off the M42, near Hockley Heath.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] visited on the way from Cambridge to Hereford.
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* [[2015-02-13 52 -1]] Friday: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a technology park where the M1 crosses the A52, between Nottingham and Derby, Derbyshire, UK.
  
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=== 2014 ===
  
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* [[2014-11-19 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[User:Pbro|Pbro]] went for a run in Radford, Coventry.
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* [[2014-03-10 52 -1]] Monday: [[User:Nickholden|Nick Holden]] tried to avoid getting run over in Leicester City Centre.
  
 
=== 2013 ===
 
=== 2013 ===
  
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* [[2013-08-04 52 -1]] Sunday: [[User:Nickholden|Nick Holden]] peered through a thick hedge into a field.
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* [[2013-06-18 52 -1]] Tuesday: [[User:Nickholden|Nick Holden]] made it into a part of the new National Forest, thanks to some epic guiding work from a work colleague.
 
* [[2013-06-08 52 -1]] Saturday: [[User:Nickholden|Nick Holden]] watched potatoes growing on farmland near Long Itchington, Warwickshire.
 
* [[2013-06-08 52 -1]] Saturday: [[User:Nickholden|Nick Holden]] watched potatoes growing on farmland near Long Itchington, Warwickshire.
 
* [[2013-06-01 52 -1]] Saturday: [[User:Nickholden|Nick Holden]] ate a cucumber sandwich on a little patch of grass by the side of Anstey Lane, in Leicester.
 
* [[2013-06-01 52 -1]] Saturday: [[User:Nickholden|Nick Holden]] ate a cucumber sandwich on a little patch of grass by the side of Anstey Lane, in Leicester.
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* [[2012-11-04 52 -1]] Sunday: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] failed to visit a field 42 metres off a narrow rural lane. The nearest big town was Uttoxeter.
 
* [[2012-11-04 52 -1]] Sunday: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] failed to visit a field 42 metres off a narrow rural lane. The nearest big town was Uttoxeter.
 
* [[2012-08-09 52 -1]] Thursday: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a hay field a few metres off a public footpath. This was near the Grand Union Canal at Hatton.
 
* [[2012-08-09 52 -1]] Thursday: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a hay field a few metres off a public footpath. This was near the Grand Union Canal at Hatton.
* [[2012-3-8 52 -1]] Thursday: [[User:jwalton|jwalton]] sat by a stream in a field near the A38 in Derby, UK.
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* [[2012-03-08 52 -1]] Thursday: [[User:jwalton|jwalton]] sat by a stream in a field near the A38 in Derby, UK.
  
 
=== 2011 ===
 
=== 2011 ===
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* [[2009-11-02 52 -1]] Monday: [[User:kimble|Kim]] took a detour from her regular cycling route to visit this one.
 
* [[2009-11-02 52 -1]] Monday: [[User:kimble|Kim]] took a detour from her regular cycling route to visit this one.
* [[2009-10-07 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[User:joehardflec|Joe Hardman]] went to this one near Shawell.
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* [[2009-10-07 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] went to this one near Shawell.
 
* [[2009-09-30 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[User:davidc|davidc]], on loan from [[Berlin, Germany]], visits a field near Banbury and enjoys the English countryside.
 
* [[2009-09-30 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[User:davidc|davidc]], on loan from [[Berlin, Germany]], visits a field near Banbury and enjoys the English countryside.
* [[2009-08-13 52 -1]] Thursday: A school in Earl Shilton. [[User:Joehardflec|Joehardflec]] headed over there and walked down the track/footpath by the side of the playing fields, getting as close as was possible
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* [[2009-08-13 52 -1]] Thursday: A school in Earl Shilton. [[User:Joehardflec|Joe]] headed over there and walked down the track/footpath by the side of the playing fields, getting as close as was possible
* [[2009-08-02 52 -1]] Sunday: Field near the M1, footpath from Willoughby Waterleys. [[User:joehardflec|Joe Hardman]] went using new GPS.
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* [[2009-08-02 52 -1]] Sunday: Field near the M1, footpath from Willoughby Waterleys. [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] went using new GPS.
* [[2009-03-24 52 -1]] Tuesday: The entrance to a park in Oadby.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] visited from the [[Cambridge, United Kingdom|Cambridge]] graticule and was at the hashpoint from 3:50pm until 4:45.  [[User:joehardflec|Joehardflec]] had said that he would "be there around 4pm" but didn't show up.
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* [[2009-03-24 52 -1]] Tuesday: The entrance to a park in Oadby.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] visited from the [[Cambridge, United Kingdom|Cambridge]] graticule and was at the hashpoint from 3:50pm until 4:45.  [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] had said that he would "be there around 4pm" but didn't show up.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:23, 9 August 2024

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The Birmingham graticule is at latitude 52, longitude -1. It is the only UK graticule with neighbours that are mostly dry land.

Local Geohashers

Active

  • jamesl lives in Anstey, Leicester, will use bike and public transport. Is also on IRC with the same nick. Has a two-way radio and GPS.
  • kimble lives in Birmingham. Has bike, will travel.
  • omniscient resides in Leicester and will attempt Saturday meetups when possible. Bike, bus or rail powered with benefit of GPS.
  • archiewood will try to get to weekend meetings when doable. Car and now GPS!
  • jwalton on foot, anywhere near Derby City
  • Nickholden on foot or bike, in or around Leicester.
  • JohnOldman lives in Leamington Spa and has a car.
  • pbro lives in Coventry and picks the low-hanging fruit (easy hashes).
  • Chadders66 studies at the University of Birmingham. On foot, will travel.
  • Hedgepig S. Leicester based exiled Brummie, most likely to attempt rural non-trespassy hashes.

Inactive

See Birmingham, United Kingdom/Inactive Users

Mailing List

birmingham-east-geohashers

The mailing list is for discussing upcoming locations/meets, activities, car pooling, and all things geohashing.

Notes

There are discussions on the Talk page, please contribute to them.

There is also a facebook group.


Meetups

2024

2022

2019

  • 2019-04-22 52 -1 Monday: Hedgepig walked off a few of the bazillion calories from eating Easter eggs by wandering to this pleasant rural spot
  • 2019-07-14 52 -1 Hedgepig Scrabbled up an ex-coal mine spoil-heap scree at Bagworth Heath Country Park to sit at the hash point

2018

2017

2016

  • 2016-02-12 52 -1 Friday: Pbro detoured on his bicycle commute to this central divider in Coundon, Coventry.

2015

  • 2015-12-23 52 -1 Wednesday: Sourcerer visited a field, east of Solihull, West Midlands, UK.
  • 2015-12-09 52 -1 Wednesday: Chadders66 visited a grassy verge on Nobel Way in Witton, Birmingham for his first Geohash.
  • 2015-09-19 52 -1 Saturday: A field of very tall sweetcorn a little off the M42, near Hockley Heath. Benjw visited on the way from Cambridge to Hereford.
  • 2015-02-13 52 -1 Friday: Sourcerer visited a technology park where the M1 crosses the A52, between Nottingham and Derby, Derbyshire, UK.

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

  • 2009-11-02 52 -1 Monday: Kim took a detour from her regular cycling route to visit this one.
  • 2009-10-07 52 -1 Wednesday: Joe went to this one near Shawell.
  • 2009-09-30 52 -1 Wednesday: davidc, on loan from Berlin, Germany, visits a field near Banbury and enjoys the English countryside.
  • 2009-08-13 52 -1 Thursday: A school in Earl Shilton. Joe headed over there and walked down the track/footpath by the side of the playing fields, getting as close as was possible
  • 2009-08-02 52 -1 Sunday: Field near the M1, footpath from Willoughby Waterleys. Joe went using new GPS.
  • 2009-03-24 52 -1 Tuesday: The entrance to a park in Oadby. Benjw visited from the Cambridge graticule and was at the hashpoint from 3:50pm until 4:45. Joe had said that he would "be there around 4pm" but didn't show up.

2008