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.

Potential activity

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.

XKCD 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

I will go if anyone else wants to!

Past activity

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.

Local geohashers

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.

Status unknown

Alfa - I live 10m inside this graticule!
Ali
The Duke of Nuke
Guido
Julie-oh
Lardaholics Anonymous
MI77
Tiedyeina
Mapaholic

Related groups

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Shrewsbury	Birmingham	Northampton
Bristol	Swindon	London West
Weymouth	Southampton	Brighton

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 This [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=51&long=-1&zoom=8&abs=1 graticule] covers the parts of the [[United Kingdom]] from 51° to 52° latitude, and from -1° to -2° longitude.  It is centred on the [[Wikipedia:M4 corridor|M4 corridor]], contains the city of [[Wikipedia:Oxford|Oxford]] and the towns of [[Wikipedia:Swindon|Swindon]] and [[Wikipedia:Basingstoke|Basingstoke]]. It extends as far as [[Wikipedia:Winchester|Winchester]] and [[Wikipedia:Salisbury|Salisbury]] in the south, [[Wikipedia:Cirencester|Cirencester]] to the west, [[Wikipedia:Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire|Chipping Norton]] to the north, and the outskirts of [[Wikipedia:Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] (although not Reading town centre) to the east.
+==Potential activity==
+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.
+XKCD 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
+I will go if anyone else wants to!
 ==Past activity==