Cambridge, United Kingdom
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The area
This graticule covers the part of the United Kingdom (UK) from 52° to 53° latitude, and from 0° to 1° longitude. It contains the city of Cambridge, and several smaller towns including King's Lynn, Wisbech, Thetford, Ely, Newmarket and Haverhill.
Cambridge has enjoyed several spikes of activity over the last few years, and until Sheffield and then Norwich overtook it in 2011 (although we have since re-overtaken Sheffield), it was the UK's most active graticule. Although most of the early activity was based around the city, we are now fortunate enough to have active geohashers to the north and east as well, and new hashers and meetups in any part of the graticule are most definitely welcome. Meetups are always good!
The Cambridge graticule covers not only the county of Cambridgeshire, but also parts of Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Lincolnshire. Geohashers reaching points in all these counties can claim a reverse regional achievement for this graticule. Most of the graticule is land, but the Norfolk coastline falls just inside its northern edge and, further west, it includes The Wash in Lincolnshire. Much of the terrain is quite flat, with some hillier land in the south, and much of it is farmland. As Cambridge itself is arguably the "cycling capital of England", the graticule offers excellent opportunities for bicycle geohashing.
Due to the symmetry of coordinates about the prime meridian, the neighbouring Northampton graticule, to the west, will never provide a closer hashpoint than our own graticule, no matter how close to the border you are. However, if the day's coordinates fall close to the meridian, then the hashpoints in the two graticules will be quite close together, offering a good opportunity for a Double geohash. Indeed, at this latitude, it even becomes possible to be in the uncertainty circle of both hashpoints simultaneously if the longitude is less than +/- 0.000100° -- this can be expected about once every 25 years.
Expeditions and Plans
Expeditions in this graticule are listed below in reverse date order. Here is a complete list of expeditions in Cambridge (52, 0) without descriptive details.
2018
If you're planning an expedition, please add to this section. People actively watch it and they might try to join you.
All geohashers are cordially invited to the 10th 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.
2017
- Friday (2017-06-02) has a nice hashpoint, in Brandon, a rural town on the Suffolk/Norfolk border. It's in a wood near the Ouse, and also near what looks like a lock. A good opportunity for a picnic, and half an hour by train from Cambridge. Tongs/M has to fill in a form, so she can't come, but if others are interested we could meet up. Morning weather looks nicer than afternoon weather. Tongs (talk) 16:28, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
- 21 May 2017 (Sun): Sourcerer and ChromeCrusaders visited the Geohashing Day hashpoint south of Dereham, Norfolk, UK.
- 29 January 2017 (Sun): Sourcerer waded two creeks to get to a tidal salt marsh north of Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, UK.
- 01 January 2017 (Sun): Sourcerer visited a wood in the grounds of Kilverstone Hall east of Thetford, Norfolk, UK, arrival scheduled for 23:59:60!
Archives for Previous Years
| Link | Expeditions | Reached | Retro |
| 2016 | 17 | 16 | 0 |
| 2015 | 81 | 74 | 2 |
| 2014 | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| 2013 | 15 | 11 | 0 |
| 2012 | 20 | 18 | 3 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 2010 | 28 | 22 | 0 |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
186 expeditions took place between 2008 and 2015.
The highest number of expeditions in a calendar year was the 81 during 2015, and the highest number in a month was 13, in August 2015. A few times, Cambridge has been the most active graticule in the world for a particular month, earning us some shiny ribbons. In 2015 Cambridge came third in the world for expeditions and coordinates-reached. There was stiff competition with Mannheim, Germany who came second in these categories. Congratulations to them!
The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement
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The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement
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The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement
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The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement
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The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
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The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
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The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
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Local Geohashers
- See also: Category:Geohashers in 52,0.
The following are known to be currently active:
- Benjw is in central Cambridge. He hashes by bicycle and car, albeit sporadically, but checks the wiki frequently and is always keen for meetups.
- MagicIan is in the Norwich graticule.
- PaintedJaguar is in Cambridge.
- Sourcerer based in the Norwich graticule frequently visits.
- Transhumanist is in the Northampton graticule, but still considers himself a Cambridge resident and is working on improved means of transport.
- The Tongs all live in Cambridge.
Other hashers have previously been active in this graticule; they are listed on the 2008 archive page.
