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This [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=52&long=0&zoom=8&abs=1 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.
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* '''Today's Locations: ''' [http://geohashing.info/?lat=52.5&lon=0.5&date=today Cambridge and Adjacent Locations] - [[:Category:Meetup in 52 0|All Expeditions in 52, 0]]'''
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* KML - [http://nbest.co.uk/kmlGeohash/index.php?date=-1&lat=52&lon=0&skins=1 Yesterday] - [http://nbest.co.uk/kmlGeohash/index.php?lat=52&lon=0&skins=1 Today] - [http://nbest.co.uk/kmlGeohash/index.php?date=1&lat=52&lon=0&skins=1 Tomorrow] - [http://nbest.co.uk/kmlGeohash/index.php?date=2&lat=52&lon=0&skins=1 Tomorrow + 1] - [http://nbest.co.uk/kmlGeohash/index.php?date=3&lat=52&lon=0&skins=1 Tomorrow + 2] - [http://nbest.co.uk/kmlGeohash/testForm.php Other]
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Until [[Sheffield, United Kingdom|Sheffield]] overtook it in 2011, Cambridge 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!
 
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==Future plans==
 
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''Nothing is currently planned for today or tomorrow, but if you're thinking about planning an expedition, please do edit this page. People actively watch it and you may well get some interest.''
 
  
 
==The area==
 
==The area==
  
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The Cambridge graticule covers not only the county of Cambridgeshire, but also parts of Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Lincolnshire.  Most of it 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.
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Due to the symmetry of coordinates about the prime meridian, the neighbouring [[Northampton, United Kingdom|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 [[Multihash|Double geohash]].
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As most of the graticule is very flat countryside, and Cambridge itself is arguably the [http://www.tfw.org.uk/tp-cycling.php "cycling capital of England"], this graticule offers excellent opportunities for [[bicycle geohash]]ing.
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|<span style="color:rgb(0, 153, 102)">■</span> Norfolk||39.9%
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==Past activity==
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Cambridge has enjoyed several spikes of activity over the last few years, and was the UK's most geohashed graticule until [[Sheffield, United Kingdom|Sheffield]] took over the record in 2011.  Cambridge, Sheffield and [[Norwich, United Kingdom|Norwich]] are now vying for the title -- watch this space!
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Here's what's happened recently.
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|<span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 255)">■</span> Essex||4.4%
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===2013===
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|<span style="color:rgb(255, 204, 51)">■</span> Hertfordshire||0.28%
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* [[2013-04-26 52 0|26 April 2013 (Fri)]]: On the edge of the slip-road off the eastbound A14 at Milton; [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] visited mid-afternoon.
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This {{Today's location|lat=52|lon=0|text=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.
  
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* [[2013-04-14 52 0|14 April 2013 (Sun)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] failed to reach the hashpoint in a military zone used for training.
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Cambridge has enjoyed several spikes of activity over the last few years, and until [[Sheffield, United Kingdom|Sheffield]] and then [[Norwich, United Kingdom|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!
  
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* [[2013-03-12 52 0|12 March 2013 (Tue)]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] arrived in yet another muddy field near Ely, which looked strangley familiar from September's expeditions.
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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 [http://www.tfw.org.uk/tp-cycling.php "cycling capital of England"], the graticule offers excellent opportunities for [[bicycle geohash]]ing.
  
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* [[2013-03-03 52 0|3 March 2013 (Sun)]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] found another muddy field just after sunset, a bit west of Saffron Walden.
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Due to the symmetry of coordinates about the prime meridian, the neighbouring [[Northampton, United Kingdom|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 [[Multihash|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.
  
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* [[2013-02-18 52 0|18 February 2013 (Mon)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field north of the air base at Mildenhall.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] later visited the same spot.
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== Expeditions and Plans ==
  
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* [[2013-02-12 52 0|12 February 2013 (Tue)]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] found the hashpoint in a muddy field south of Haddenham, near Ely.
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Expeditions in this graticule are listed below in reverse date order.  Here is a complete list of [[:Category:Meetup in 52 0|expeditions in Cambridge (52, 0)]] without descriptive details.
  
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=== 2023 ===
  
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* [[2012-11-04 52 0|11 November 2012 (Sun)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited the centre line of the A149 trunk road close to Sculthorpe Airfield.  
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''If you're planning an expedition, please add to this section. People actively watch it and they might try to join you.''
  
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* [[2012-10-31 52 0|31 October 2012 (Wed)]] -- On the riverbank in Chesterton, Cambridge. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] and [[User:Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] met up at 4pm, and [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] went to the hashpoint again later in the evening to meet [[User:PaintedJaguar|PaintedJaguar]].
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* [[2023-10-19 52 0|19 October 2023 (Thu)]]: [[User:PeterRoder|PeterRoder]] got the train to Newmarket station then walked to the hash in a racehorse training field
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* [[2023-06-09 52 0|9 June 2023 (Fri)]]: [[User:PeterRoder|PeterRoder]] made a quick visit to a hash in Jesus Green, Cambridge
  
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* [[2012-10-21 52 0|21 October 2012 (Sun)]]: At the end of Teasel Close in Haverhill. [[User:PaintedJaguar|PaintedJaguar]] travelled by bus from Cambridge and reached the hashpoint at lunchtime.
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=== 2022 ===
  
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* [[2012-09-26 52 0|26 September 2012 (Weds)]]: In a field just outside Elmswell, Suffolk, a few metres off a footpath.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] is tentatively planned to take a train there from Cambridge in the afternoon.
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* [[2022-12-09 52 0|9 December 2022 (Fri)]]: [[User:PeterRoder|PeterRoder]] managed to get there and back in time for the next train, but didn't bring spare GPS batteries, so didn't actually reach the hash.
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* [[2022-01-25 52 0|25 January 2022 (Tue)]]: [[User:PeterRoder|PeterRoder]] walked 41km to/from a field between Linton and Great Chesterford
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* [[2022-01-21 52 0|21 January 2022 (Fri)]]: A farmer's field near Stow cum Quy, which [[User:PeterRoder|PeterRoder]] walked to in the evening
  
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* [[2012-09-25 52 0|25 September 2012 (Tue)]]: A field 300 metres from Cambridge University's radio telescope control building, where [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] had to go for work.  He took a stroll into the field after that, before going on to the [[2012-09-25 52 -0|Northampton hashpoint]] in Great Eversden.
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=== 2019 ===
  
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* [[2012-09-19 52 0|19 September 2012 (Wed)]]: A residential street in Hunstanton, on the north-west Norfolk coast.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] enjoyed a train- and bus-ride and a walk in the sun by the sea.
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* [[2019-05-25 52 0|25 May 2019 (Sat)]]: Mouseover Day: East of Brandon and south of the B1107, on a forest track in Suffolk, UK. [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] reached the hashpoint at 3:30 and again at 4pm.
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* [[2019-05-21 52 0|21 May 2019 (Tue)]]: A barley field near a wind farm near Stanhoe, Norfolk, UK. [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] arrived just before 4pm to mark Geohashing Day.
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* [[2019-03-15 52 0|15 March 2019 (Fri)]]: Just off Main Street in Hardwick, with the 52,-0 hashpoint only about half a mile away.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] visited in the afternoon.
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* [[2019-01-17 52 0|17 January 2019 (Thu)]]: A pavement in Cambridge, and a mere 450 metres from [[User:Benjw|Benjw]]'s house; aiming for a 4pm meetup.
  
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* [[2012-09-18 52 0|18 September 2012 (Tue)]]: The driveway/back garden of 4 Speedwell Close, Cherry Hinton.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] was recovering from yesterday's expedition (''i.e.'' having a nap) this afternoon, but made it at 23:51, after an evening commitment.
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=== 2018 ===
  
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* [[2012-09-17 52 0|17 September 2012 (Mon)]]: In a field south of Stoke Ferry, near Downham Market.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] made a humungous 126.5 km bicycle geohash from Cambridge, and has now vowed never to get on a bike again.
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* [[2018-09-20 52 0|20 September 2018 (Thu)]]: Right on a footpath just off the Newmarket Road in east Cambridge.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] will bike there at some convenient time (either to meet up with other hashers, or to avoid the rain).
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* [[2018-06-14 52 0|14 June 2018 (Thu)]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] investigated a bush by the guided busway stop at Oakington.
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* [[2018-05-21 52 0|21 May 2018 (Mon)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] failed to reach an arable point west of the Great Ouse, West Lynn, Norfolk, UK.
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* [[2018-01-09 52 0|9 January 2018 (Tue)]]: In the middle of the road in Broad Green, SE of Newmarket.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] intends to hit the hashpoint late morning.
  
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* [[2012-09-15 52 0|15 September 2012 (Sat)]]: In pretty much a repeat of Wednesday's outing, [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] cycled over to the hashpoint at the edge of a sunny field north of Wentworth, and was there for a '''4pm Saturday meetup''' of one person.
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=== Archives for Previous Years ===
  
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* [[2012-09-12 52 0|12 September 2012 (Wed)]]: In a field (where else?) south of Coveney, west of Ely.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] and [[User:Dr-spangle|Dr-spangle]] cycled from Cambridge and Oundle respectively, then attempted the [[2012-09-12 52 -0|Northampton hashpoint]] but called it a day in Earith after heavy rain.
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| '''[[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2016|2016]]'''
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| '''[[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2015|2015]]'''
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| '''[[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2013|2013]]'''
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* [[2012-09-10 52 0|10 September 2012 (Mon)]]: In a potato field outside Littleport, north of Ely.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] went in the late afternoon, in between running shopping errands.
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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!
  
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* [[2012-09-09 52 0|9 September 2012 (Sun)]]: The edge of a field between Six Mile Bottom and Brinkley, southwest of Newmarket.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] visited just after 8pm, as it was getting rather dark.
 
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* [[2012-09-07 52 0|7 September 2012 (Fri)]]: In a field outside Burwell, northeast of Cambridge.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] visited at 10:45pm and admired the moon and stars for a while.
 
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* ''[[2012-09-06 52 0|6 September 2012 (Thu)]] ('''retrohash'''): [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] was too busy on the correct day, but managed to visit this point on Sunday evening on the way home from Sunday's hash only two miles away.''
 
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* [[2012-09-02 52 0|2 September 2012 (Sun)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] reached the tidal mudflat hashpoint near Stiffkey.
 
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* [[2012-08-24 52 0|24 August 2012 (Fri)]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] again cycled to the [[2012-08-24 52 -0|52,-0]] and [[2012-08-24 52 0|52,0]] hashpoints, making a total of three double-hashes and 180 km of cycling in one week.
 
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* [[2012-08-20 52 0|20 August 2012 (Mon)]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] again cycled to the [[2012-08-20 52 0|52,0]] and [[2012-08-20 52 -0|52,-0]] hashpoints.
 
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* [[2012-08-19 52 0|19 August 2012 (Sun)]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] and [[User:Ali0sha|Ali0sha]] cycled to the hashpoint from their respective home cities of Cambridge and Oxford, via the [[2012-08-19 52 -0|52,-0]] hashpoint.
 
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* [[2012-08-09 52 0|9 August 2012 (Thu)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] failed to reach reach the exact hashpoint due to deep mud and wallowing pigs.
 
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* [[2012-08-08 52 0|8 August 2012 (Wed)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] reached mud flats north of Stiffkey (pronounced Stookey), Norfolk, UK. It was on terrain which floods twice per day on each high tide. [http://en.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=3175323 Wikiloc Tracklog]
 
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* [[2012-07-14 52 0|14 July 2012 (Sat)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] failed to reach the hashpoint off Scolt Head Island, Norfolk, UK. Thanks [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] for the encouragement!
 
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Nine expeditions took place during 2011.  These are detailed on the [[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2011|2011 archive page]].
 
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Twenty seven expeditions took place during 2010.  These are detailed on the [[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2010|2010 archive page]].
 
 
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Nineteen expeditions took place during 2009.  These are detailed on the [[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2009|2009 archive page]].
 
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* [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] is in central Cambridge.  He hashes by bicycle and car, albeit sporadically, but checks the wiki frequently and is always keen for meetups.
 
* [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] is in central Cambridge.  He hashes by bicycle and car, albeit sporadically, but checks the wiki frequently and is always keen for meetups.
 
* [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] is in the [[Norwich, United Kingdom|Norwich]] graticule.
 
* [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] is in the [[Norwich, United Kingdom|Norwich]] graticule.
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* [[User:PeterRoder|PeterRoder]] lives in central Cambridge during term time, and walks to hashes that are a couple of hours or less away.
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* [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] based in the [[Norwich, United Kingdom|Norwich]] graticule frequently visits.
 
* [[User:Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] is in the [[Northampton, United Kingdom|Northampton]] graticule, but still considers himself a Cambridge resident and is working on improved means of transport.
 
* [[User:Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] is in the [[Northampton, United Kingdom|Northampton]] graticule, but still considers himself a Cambridge resident and is working on improved means of transport.
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* [[User:Tongs|The Tongs]] all live in Cambridge apart from [[User:Tongs/B|B]].
  
 
Other hashers have previously been active in this graticule; they are listed on the [[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2008|2008 archive page]].
 
Other hashers have previously been active in this graticule; they are listed on the [[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2008|2008 archive page]].
  
 
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The area

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Name Geohash
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■ Norfolk 39.9%
■ Cambridgeshire 23.0%
■ Suffolk 21.7%
■ Lincolnshire 5.8%
■ Essex 4.4%
■ Hertfordshire 0.28%

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.

2023

If you're planning an expedition, please add to this section. People actively watch it and they might try to join you.

2022

2019

  • 25 May 2019 (Sat): Mouseover Day: East of Brandon and south of the B1107, on a forest track in Suffolk, UK. Sourcerer reached the hashpoint at 3:30 and again at 4pm.
  • 21 May 2019 (Tue): A barley field near a wind farm near Stanhoe, Norfolk, UK. Sourcerer arrived just before 4pm to mark Geohashing Day.
  • 15 March 2019 (Fri): Just off Main Street in Hardwick, with the 52,-0 hashpoint only about half a mile away. Benjw visited in the afternoon.
  • 17 January 2019 (Thu): A pavement in Cambridge, and a mere 450 metres from Benjw's house; aiming for a 4pm meetup.

2018

  • 20 September 2018 (Thu): Right on a footpath just off the Newmarket Road in east Cambridge. Benjw will bike there at some convenient time (either to meet up with other hashers, or to avoid the rain).
  • 14 June 2018 (Thu): Benjw investigated a bush by the guided busway stop at Oakington.
  • 21 May 2018 (Mon): Sourcerer failed to reach an arable point west of the Great Ouse, West Lynn, Norfolk, UK.
  • 9 January 2018 (Tue): In the middle of the road in Broad Green, SE of Newmarket. Benjw intends to hit the hashpoint late morning.

Archives for Previous Years

   Link       Expeditions       Reached       Retro   
2017 6 6 0
2016 18 17 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
Totals 210 187 6

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!


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 The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement
for the month of September 2015 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 10 successful expeditions.
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 The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement
for the month of August 2015 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 12 successful expeditions.
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 The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement
for the month of September 2012 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 11 expeditions.
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 The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement
for the month of September 2012 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 11 successful expeditions.
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 The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of October 2010 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 5 successful expeditions.
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 The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of August 2010 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 8 expeditions.
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 The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of August 2010 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 6 successful expeditions.


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 Ely.
  • PeterRoder lives in central Cambridge during term time, and walks to hashes that are a couple of hours or less away.
  • 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 apart from B.

Other hashers have previously been active in this graticule; they are listed on the 2008 archive page.

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