Northampton, United Kingdom
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This graticule the parts of the United Kingdom (UK) from 52° to 53° latitude, and -1° to -0° longitude. It contains the towns of Northampton, Peterborough and Bedford. It extends as far east as Royston, and goes as far west as Buckingham but not as far as Leicester or Nottingham. In the south, the graticule nearly reaches to Milton Keynes, and in the north it contains Grantham and Boston.
When following the XKCD geohashing algorithm, append the fractional hash part to 52° latitude and -0° longitude. Note the use of negative zero.
This graticule appears to be inactive at present.
Past activity
Meet on Saturday at 4pm UK time.
- 2008-09-20_52_-0: PRE-EMPTIVE EPICNESS!
- Also, will attempt to attain Deja Vu geohash by returning today. Joehardflec 12:54, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
- 2008-09-12 52 -0: Joe Hardman went to (near) the geohash location just outside of King's Norton, Leics, by cycle, in an attempt to achieve the cycle geohash. Photos on the expedition page.
