Northampton, United Kingdom

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This graticule covers 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 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.

Graticule activity

Saturday meetups are at 4pm UK time.

2009

  • 2009-06-10 52 -0: Joe Hardman will be going to this 'hash location. Taking the car to Tugby and walking out on the nearby footpath which goes right through the 'hash field. Intended arrival time approx 2-3pm.


  • 2009-04-23 52 -0: In Waresley Wood, near Little Gransden. Benjw visited in the early afternoon as the first stop on an all-bicycle double hash.
  • 2009-03-11 52 -0: Another field, visited by Benjw as part of another Prime Meridian Double Geohash expedition.
  • 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

  • 2008-09-12 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.

Local geohashers

  • Benjw lives in Cambridge but often makes a foray across the border on a double hash expedition.

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