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

This section lists the UK's graticules, along with the date of the first geohash in each. If no date is listed, the graticule can be assumed to be virgin. The list is roughly arranged by region, and graticules are listed from NW to SE in each region. Graticules covering more than one region are listed by the one containing the place the graticule is named after. The Sligo, Ireland, graticule is also listed under Northern Ireland as it contains a small portion of the UK. Active graticules are listed in bold.

Scotland

• Foula (60, -2)
• Lerwick (60, -1)
• Unst (60, -0)
• Dounby (59, -3)
• Balfour (59, -2)
• Sumburgh (59, -3)
• Mangersta (58, -7)
• Stornoway (58, -6)
• Lochinver (58, -5)
• Tongue (58, -4)
• Thurso (58, -3) -- first hash 2010-01-25 by SuicideCraze.
• Kirkwall (58, -2)
• St Kilda (57, -8)
• South Uist (57, -7)
• Skye (57, -6) -- first hash 2018-07-15 by AmritOfTheMaps and milwryaeth.
• Ullapool (57, -5) -- first hash 2009-04-06 by feedback
• Inverness (57, -4)
• Elgin (57, -3) -- first hash 2008-12-27 by Smoulder et al.
• Aberdeen (57, -2) -- first hash 2009-08-09 by Jones
• Peterhead (57, -1)
• Barra / Berneray (56, -7)
• Tobermory (56, -6)
• Oban (56, -5)
• Helensburgh (56, -4)
• Perth (56, -3) -- first hash 2011-08-29 by two people
• Dundee (56, -2) -- first hash 2009-08-16 by Jones
• Campbeltown (55, -5)
• Glasgow (55, -4) -- first hash 2008-06-12 by James.
• Edinburgh (55, -3) -- first hash 2012-03-27 by Shane
• Jedburgh (55, -2) -- first hash 2010-03-18 55 -2 by kenny

England

• Blyth (55, -1)
• Barrow-in-Furness (54, -3) -- first hash 2012-03-06 by Matingslinkys and RunawayBomber
• Carlisle (54, -2) -- first hash 2008-05-24 by at least six people.
• Middlesbrough (54, -1) -- first hash 2008-06-21 by Lewis Bell (not documented).
• Scarborough (54, -0) -- first hash 2009-04-12 by Gold Ninja.
• Blackpool (53, -3) -- first hash 2011-09-03 by Benjw.
• Manchester (53, -2) -- first hash 2008-05-26 by M. Bryan.
• Sheffield (53, -1) -- first hash 2008-05-24 by TomViza.
• Hull (53, -0) -- first hash 2010-04-10 by BlueCont.
• Skegness (53, 0) -- first hash 2010-09-04 by Sourcerer.
• Shrewsbury (52, -2) -- first hash 2009-09-30 by davidc.
• Birmingham (52, -1) -- first hash 2008-06-22 by Sminkybazza and Bluecont.
• Northampton (52, -0) -- first hash 2008-09-20 by Joe Hardman.
• Cambridge (52, 0) -- first hash 2008-05-24 by Youpi.
• Norwich (52, 1) -- first hash 2009-03-09 by Benjw.
• Barnstaple (51, -4) -- first hash 2011-10-19 by Homsar.
• Bristol (51, -2) -- first hash 2008-07 02 by three people.
• Swindon (51, -1) -- first hash 2008-05-31 by eight people.
• London West (51, -0) -- first hash 2008-05-24 by four people.
• London East (51, 0) -- first hash 2008-06-07 by Commlal.
• Canterbury (51, 1) -- first hash 2010-09-24 by Sourcerer
• Camborne (50, -5) -- first hash 2012-07-31 by Jand
• Plymouth (50, -4) -- first hash 2010-06-12 by Munky
• Exeter (50, -3) -- first hash 2010-06-04 by Munky
• Weymouth (50, -2) -- first hash 2009-08-01 by Macronencer, 04housemat and Mahahahaneapneap.
• Southampton (50, -1) -- first hash 2009-05-30 by Sermoa
• Brighton (50, -0) -- first hash 2009-07-22 by Macronencer
• Eastbourne (50, 0) -- first hash 2009-12-16 by davidc
• Isles of Scilly (49, -6)
• Lizard Point (49, -5)

Wales

• Anglesey (53, -4)
• Fishguard (52, -5)
• Aberystwyth (52, -4)
• Mid Wales (52, -3) -- first hash 2012-08-06 by Huinesoron
• Milford Haven (51, -5)
• Cardiff (51, -3) -- first hash 2009-10-18 by Macronencer

Northern Ireland

• Derry (55, -7)
• Coleraine (55, -6)
• Sligo, Ireland (54, -8)
• Omagh (54, -7)
• Lisburn (54, -6)
• Belfast (54, -5)

Other British dependencies and territories

• Channel Islands (49, -2) -- first hash 2009-01-02 by d7415
• Isle of Man (54, -4)
• Gibraltar (36, -5)