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
Saturday meetups are at 4pm UK time.
2009
- 2009-01-26 52 0: Today's coordinates fell onto wasteland by the Serpentine Green shopping centre near Peterborough. Benjw paid a visit from the Cambridge graticule to try out his new GPS receiver.
2008
- 2008-09-20_52_-0: Pre-emptive balloon flight and a Déjà-Vu Geohash by Joehardflec.
- 2008-09-12 52 -0: Joe Hardman got close to the geohash location just outside King's Norton, Leics, by cycle in an attempt to achieve the Bicycle Geohash. Photos on the expedition page.
