Difference between revisions of "United Kingdom"

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The United Kingdom is a country in northwest Europe. It includes the British Crown Dependencies of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. There are 73 graticules, some of which are shared with the Republic of Ireland. The Canterbury graticule includes about 100 square metres of a beach in France -- but only at low tide.

History and UK law make geohashing particularly interesting and often quite easy. The country is covered with a network of public footpaths and bridleways guaranteeing public access. Hashpoints are rarely far from a road or one of these paths. Most of the terrain is easy but there are more extreme mountain, moor and marine areas where geohashing is less of a walk in the park.

Bad weather preventing expeditions is unusual. The mountains of Scotland, Wales and the English Lake District can be more dangerous with fog, snow, wind and wind chill. Traffic congestion is much more likely to disrupt plans!

Events

All geohashers are cordially invited to the 10^th anniversary 2018 geohashing day meetup in the Cambridge UK graticule.

21 May 2018 (Mon): An excellent celebration of Geohashing Day will take place at 4pm local time at a place yet to be determined.
26 May 2018 (Sat): is Mouse Over Day and might be more convenient so the invitation applies to this day too.

GPS jam planned around the island of Benbecula during the month of July 2016 should make geohashing considerably more challenging.

Map

Active hashed graticules are green/yellow
Inactive hashed graticules are pale green
Last checked June 2015

	-8	-7	-6	-5	-4	-3	-2	-1	-0	+0	+1
60							60,-2	60,-1	60,-0
59						59,-3	59,-2	59,-1
58		58,-7	58,-6	58,-5	58,-4	58,-3	58,-2
57	57,-8	57,-7	57,-6	57,-5	57,-4	57,-3	57,-2	57,-1
56		56,-7	56,-6	56,-5	56,-4	56,-3	56,-2
55		55,-7	55,-6	55,-5	55,-4	55,-3	55,-2	55,-1
54	54,-8	54,-7	54,-6	54,-5	54,-4	54,-3	54,-2	54,-1	54,-0
53					53,-4	53,-3	53,-2	53,-1	53,-0	53,0
52				52,-5	52,-4	52,-3	52,-2	52,-1	52,-0	52,0	52,1
51				51,-5	51,-4	51,-3	51,-2	51,-1	51,-0	51,0	51,1
50				50,-5	50,-4	50,-3	50,-2	50,-1	50,-0	50,0
49			49,-6	49,-5			49,-2

Geohashers

See Category:Geohashers in the UK

Expeditions

There have been far too many expeditions in the UK to individually list here -- see the graticule pages themselves for lists of expeditions in each area.

Graticules

Note: This map is not guaranteed to be complete or accurate, or contain all successful hashes done in this graticule.

This is a map of all graticules containing parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom consists of the constituent countries of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland; additionally it has responsibility for 13 British Overseas Territories and 3 Crown Dependencies.

The United Kingdom borders Ireland; additionally its graticules border France. In addition, the British Overseas Territories border Cyprus and Spain, additionally, its graticules border Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Netherlands, and the United States, as well as the waters of the Dominican Republic, Morocco, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Not all graticules in the United Kingdom and its dependencies have been visited, there are still locked graticules, which are colored orange. If a graticule was visited, it is colored green, unless it has never been visited when the geohash was in the United Kingdom, in which case the graticule is colored blue.

The graticule gives the name of the first geohasher in that graticule and a link to the first successful expedition. If the first successful expedition was not in the United Kingdom, the first successful expedition in the United Kingdom and the name of that geohasher would also be given, unless there has not been a successful expedition in the United Kingdom yet.

United Kingdom and its Crown Dependencies

N\E	-13	-8	-7	-6	-5	-4	-3	-2	-1	-0	0	1
60								Foula	Lerwick	Unst
59				Sula Sgeir	North Rona	Atlantic Ocean	Dounby	Balfour	Sumburgh
58			Mangersta	Stornoway	Lochinver	Tongue	Thurso SuicideCraze #	Kirkwall
57	(Rockall)^[1]	St Kilda	South Uist	Skye multiple^[2] #	Ullapool feedback #	Inverness	Elgin multiple^[3] #	Aberdeen Jones #	Peterhead Alunhewinson #
56			Barra / Berneray	Tobermory	Oban Alunhewinson #	Helensburgh Alunhewinson #	Perth multiple^[4] #	Dundee Jones #
55			Derry	Coleraine	Campbeltown	Glasgow James #	Edinburgh Matingslinkys #	Jedburgh Delts #	Blyth
54		Sligo, IE	Omagh	Lisburn	Belfast	Douglas	Barrow-in-Furness multiple^[5] #	Carlisle Chronos Empire #	Middlesbrough Lewis Bell #	Scarborough multiple^[6] #
53						Anglesey	Blackpool Benjw #	Manchester M.Bryan #	Sheffield TomViza #	Hull Bluecont #	Skegness Sourcerer #
52					Fishguard	Aberystwyth KarMann #	Mid Wales Huinesoron #	Shrewsbury davidc #	Birmingham Benjw #	Northampton Joe #	Cambridge Youpi #	Norwich Benjw #
51					Milford Haven	Barnstaple Homsar #	Cardiff Macronencer #	Bristol multiple^[7] #	Swindon multiple^[8] #	London West multiple^[9] #	London East Commlal #	Canterbury Sourcerer #
50					Camborne Jand #	Plymouth Munky #	Exeter Munky #	Weymouth multiple^[10]#	Southampton multiple^[11]#	Brighton Macronencer #	Eastbourne davidc #
49				Isles of Scilly	Lizard Point			Channel Islands d7415 #	Cherbourg, FR
48								Saint-Brieuc, FR

Clarifications

↑ Disputed
↑ milwryaeth and AmritOfTheMaps
↑ Smoulder, Damianc, Emily, Lewis, and Eric
↑ Manu and Reinhard
↑ RunawayBomber and Matingslinkys
↑ Laser_Dragon and Gold_Ninja
↑ Bluecont and Goldcont
↑ AX, d7415, Incanus, SinJax, and T
↑ Kira, James, Kit, and Oliver
↑ Macronencer, 04housemat, and Mahahahaneapneap
↑ Sermoa and Macronencer

British Overseas Territory

Akrotiri and Dhekelia

N\E	32	33
35		Lefkosia, CY Gevorest # in CY
34	Akrotiri, CY Sourcerer # in CY	Larnaca, CY

Anguilla

N\E	-63	-62
18	Philipsburg, NL	East End

Bermuda

N\E	-64
32	Hamilton

British Indian Ocean Territory

N\E	71	72
-5	Peros Banhos	Salomon Islands
-6	Egmont Islands
-7		Diego Garcia

British Virgin Islands

N\E	-64
18	Saint Thomas, US

Cayman Islands

N\E	-81	-80	-79
19	George Town	Little Cayman	Cayman Brac

Falkland Islands

N\E	-61	-60	-59	-58	-57
-50	-50,-61
-51	Weddel Island	W Falkland NW	Falkland Sound	E Falkland C	Stanley
-52	W Falkland SW	W Falkland S	E Falkland SW	E Falkland SE

Gibraltar

N\E	-5
36	Algeciras, ES

Montserrat

N\E	-62
16	Plymouth

Pitcairn Islands

N\E	-130	-128	-124
-23	Oeno Island
-24		Henderson Island	Ducie Island
-25	Adamstown

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Saint Helena

N\E	-5
-15	Saint Helena North
-15	Saint Helena South

Ascension Island

N\E	-14
-7	Ascension Island

Tristan da Cunha

N\E	-12	-10	-9
-37	Tristan da Cunha
-38
-39
-40		Gough Island West	Gough Island East

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia

N\E	-42	-41	-38	-37	-36	-35	-34
-53	-53,-42	-53,-41	Bird Island N	South Georgia N
-54			Bird Island S	South Georgia W	South Georgia C	South Georgia E
-55							-55,-34

South Sandwich Islands

N\E	-28	-27	-26
-56	Leskov Island	Visokoi Island
-57			Saunders Island
-58			Montagu Island
-59		Southern Thule	Bristol Island

Turks and Caicos Islands

N\E	-72	-71
21	Providenciales	Cockburn Town

[1] Disputed

[2] wryaeth and AmritOfTheMaps

[3] Smoulder, Damianc, Emily, Lewis, and Eric

[4] Manu and Reinhard

[5] RunawayBomber and Matingslinkys

[6] Laser_Dragon and Gold_Ninja

[7] Bluecont and Goldcont

[8] AX, d7415, Incanus, SinJax, and T

[9] Kira, James, Kit, and Oliver

[10] Macronencer, 04housemat, and Mahahahaneapneap

[11] Sermoa and Macronencer

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@@ Line 82: / Line 82: @@
 The ''United Kingdom'' borders [[Ireland]]; additionally its graticules border [[France]]. In addition, the ''British Overseas Territories'' border [[Cyprus]] and [[Spain]], additionally, its graticules border Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas,  [[Netherlands]], and the [[United States]], as well as the waters of the Dominican Republic, [[Morocco]], and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
-Not all graticules in the United Kingdom and its dependencies have been visited, there are still [[Virgin Graticule|virgin graticules]], which are colored orange. If a graticule was visited, it is colored green, unless it has never been visited when the geohash was in the United Kingdom, in which case the graticule is colored blue.
+Not all graticules in the United Kingdom and its dependencies have been visited, there are still [[locked graticule]]s, which are colored orange. If a graticule was visited, it is colored green, unless it has never been visited when the geohash was in the United Kingdom, in which case the graticule is colored blue.
 The graticule gives the name of the first geohasher in that graticule and a link to the first successful expedition. If the first successful expedition was not in the United Kingdom, the first successful expedition in the United Kingdom and the name of that geohasher would also be given, unless there has not been a successful expedition in the United Kingdom yet.
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 |bgcolor=lightgreen| [[Elgin, United Kingdom|Elgin]]<br>multiple<ref>[[User:Smoulder|Smoulder]], [[User:Damianc|Damianc]], [[User:Emily|Emily]], [[User:Lewis|Lewis]], and [[User:Ericp|Eric]]</ref> [[2008-12-27 57 -3|#]]
 |bgcolor=lightgreen| [[Aberdeen, United Kingdom|Aberdeen]]<br>[[User:Jones|Jones]] [[2011-08-20 57 -2|#]]
-|bgcolor=orange| [[Peterhead, United Kingdom|Peterhead]]
+|bgcolor=lightgreen| [[Peterhead, United Kingdom|Peterhead]]<br>[[User:Alunhewinson|Alunhewinson]] [[2023-12-17 57 -1|#]]
 |-
 |style="height:100px"|'''56'''
@@ Line 179: / Line 179: @@
 |bgcolor=orange| [[Barra / Berneray, United Kingdom|Barra / Berneray]]
 |bgcolor=orange| [[Tobermory, United Kingdom|Tobermory]]
-|bgcolor=orange| [[Oban, United Kingdom|Oban]]
+|bgcolor=lightgreen| [[Oban, United Kingdom|Oban]]<br>[[User:Alunhewinson|Alunhewinson]] [[2023-05-02 56 -5|#]]
-|bgcolor=orange| [[Helensburgh, United Kingdom|Helensburgh]]
+|bgcolor=lightgreen| [[Helensburgh, United Kingdom|Helensburgh]]<br>[[User:Alunhewinson|Alunhewinson]] [[2023-05-06 56 -4|#]]
 |bgcolor=lightgreen| [[Perth, United Kingdom|Perth]]<br>multiple<ref>[[User:Manu|Manu]] and [[User:Reinhard|Reinhard]]</ref> [[2011-08-29 56 -3|#]]
 |bgcolor=lightgreen| [[Dundee, United Kingdom|Dundee]]<br>[[User:Jones|Jones]] [[2009-08-16 56 -2|#]]
@@ Line 209: / Line 209: @@
 |bgcolor=orange| [[Lisburn, United Kingdom|Lisburn]]
 |bgcolor=orange| [[Belfast, United Kingdom|Belfast]]
-|bgcolor=orange| [[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas, IM]]
+|bgcolor=orange| [[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]]
 |bgcolor=lightgreen| [[Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom|Barrow-in-Furness]]<br>multiple<ref>[[User:RunawayBomber|RunawayBomber]] and [[User:Matingslinkys|Matingslinkys]]</ref> [[2012-03-05 54 -3|#]]
 |bgcolor=lightgreen| [[Carlisle, United Kingdom|Carlisle]]<br>[[User:ChronosEmpire|Chronos Empire]] [[2008-05-24 54 -2|#]]
@@ Line 298: / Line 298: @@
 |
 |
-|bgcolor=lightgreen| [[Channel Islands|Channel Islands]]<br>[[User:D7415|d7415]] [[2010-02-21 49 -2|#]]
+|bgcolor=lightgreen| [[Channel Islands|Channel Islands]]<br>[[User:D7415|d7415]] [[2009-01-02 49 -2|#]]
 |bgcolor=orange| [[Cherbourg, France|Cherbourg, FR]]
 |-
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 |style="height:100px"|'''18'''
 |bgcolor=orange| [[Philipsburg, Sint Maarten|Philipsburg, NL]]
-|bgcolor=orange| [[18,-62]]
+|bgcolor=orange| [[East End, Anguilla|East End]]
 |}
 ====Bermuda====
 {|border=0 style="text-align: center;white-space: nowrap;font-size:medium;|
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 |bgcolor=orange| [[Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands|Adamstown]]
 |}
-====Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha====
+====Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha====
 =====Saint Helena=====
 {|border=0 style="text-align: center;white-space: nowrap;font-size:medium;|
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 |bgcolor=orange| [[Gough Island East, Atlantic Ocean|Gough Island East]]
 |}
 ====South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands====
 =====South Georgia=====