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'''Today's Locations: ''' [http://geohashing.info/?lat=52.5&lon=0.5&date=today Cambridge and Adjacent Locations]
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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]
  
 
==The area==
 
==The area==
  
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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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|<span style="color:rgb(0, 153, 102)">■</span> Norfolk||39.9%
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|<span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 204)">■</span> Cambridgeshire||23.0%
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|<span style="color:rgb(0, 255, 0)">■</span> Suffolk||21.7%
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|<span style="color:rgb(255, 102, 153)">■</span> Lincolnshire||5.8%
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|<span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 255)">■</span> Essex||4.4%
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|<span style="color:rgb(255, 204, 51)">■</span> Hertfordshire||0.28%
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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.
  
 
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!
 
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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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.
 
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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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]]. Should the longitude be less than +/- 0.000100° it even becomes possible to be in the uncertainty circle of both hashpoints simultaneously -- at this latitude, this can be expected about once every 25 years.
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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.
  
 
== Expeditions and Plans ==
 
== Expeditions and Plans ==
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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.
 
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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=== 2015 ===
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=== 2023 ===
  
 
''If you're planning an expedition, please add to this section. People actively watch it and they might try to join you.''
 
''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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* [[2015-08-26 52 0|26 August 2015 (Wed)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited Brett Vale Golf Club - with a public footpath close to the woodland clearing hashpoint, Suffolk, UK.
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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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* [[2015-08-25 52 0|25 August 2015 (Tue)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field, a few yards off a public footpath, north of the A14 and west of Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk UK.
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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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* [[2015-08-24 52 0|24 August 2015 (Mon)]]: A field near Stradishall, Suffolk. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] is thinking of visiting mid-afternoon.
 
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* [[2015-08-23 52 0|23 August 2015 (Sun)]]: A field northeast of Littleport, Cambs. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] made a lunchtime trip by car, but was thwarted by "private property" signs.
 
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* [[2015-08-22 52 0|22 August 2015 (Sat)]]: A gateway in Swaffham, Norfolk. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] visited at 9:30pm having already been to the [[2015-08-22 51 0|London East hashpoint]] that afternoon.
 
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* [[2015-08-21 52 0|21 August 2015 (Fri)]]: A field perimeter hashpoint north of Golden Gates, Holkham Hall, Norfolk, UK. [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] dropped by at 10:15pm.
 
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* [[2015-08-20 52 0|20 August 2015 (Thu)]]: A field in Ickleton, near a public footpath. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] made a quick visit on his lunch break.
 
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* [[2015-08-09 52 0|09 August 2015 (Sun)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a wood south of Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk, UK.
 
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* [[2015-08-08 52 0|08 August 2015 (Sat)]]: Just off a dirt road in Fulbourn, near Cambridge.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]], [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]], [[User:PaintedJaguar|PaintedJaguar]] and MrsPaintedJaguar all met up at 4pm.
 
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* [[2015-08-06 52 0|06 August 2015 (Thu)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field perimeter, east of Sudbury, Suffolk, UK.
 
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* [[2015-08-02 52 0|02 August 2015 (Sun)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field close to a public footpath north of Twinstead, Essex, UK.
 
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* [[2015-08-01 52 0|01 August 2015 (Sat)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field perimeter east of Great Barton, 1.3km from [[2015-02-11 52 0]], Suffolk, UK.
 
  
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=== 2022 ===
  
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* [[2015-07-29 52 0|29 July 2015 (Wed)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field next to and west of the A1075, south of Griston and Wayland Prison, Norfolk, UK.
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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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* [[2015-07-27 52 0|27 July 2015 (Mon)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a barley field south east of Fakenham, Norfolk, UK.
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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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* [[2015-07-25 52 0|25 July 2015 (Sat)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited the point a few metres off a public footpath, east of Wyken Hall, Suffolk, UK.
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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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* [[2015-07-20 52 0|20 July 2015 (Mon)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a farmyard at North Lopham, Norfolk, UK, 500 metres from the east graticule border.
 
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* [[2015-07-13 52 0|13 July 2015 (Mon)]]: A field of wheat in Foxton, south of Cambridge.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] walked over from Newton on his lunch break.
 
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* [[2015-07-05 52 0|05 July 2015 (Sun)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited Blakeney National Nature Reserve in the salt marshes, Norfolk, UK.
 
  
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=== 2019 ===
  
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* [[2015-06-30 52 0|30 June 2015 (Tue)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] failed to reach a field north of Twyford Hall, Twyford, Norfolk, UK.
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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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* [[2015-06-29 52 0|29 June 2015 (Mon)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited mud flats north of Wells Next the Sea, Norfolk, UK.
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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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* [[2015-06-27 52 0|27 June 2015 (Sat)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a a field north of Belchamp Walter, Essex, UK.
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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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* [[2015-06-16 52 0|16 June 2015 (Tue)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field east of Kettlebaston, Suffolk, UK.
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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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=== 2018 ===
  
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* [[2015-05-29 52 0|29 May 2015 (Fri)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field east of RAF Sculthorpe Airfield, Norfolk, UK.
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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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=== Archives for Previous Years ===
  
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* [[2015-02-27 52 0|27 February 2015 (Fri)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field close to a public path in the grounds of Clopton Hall, west of Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK.
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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* [[2015-02-24 52 0|24 February 2015 (Tue)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field close to and west of Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK.
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* [[2015-02-20 52 0|20 February 2015 (Fri)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field close to Wells Next the Sea, Norfolk, UK.
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| '''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Link&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''
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* [[2015-02-18 52 0|18 February 2015 (Wed)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited the hashpoint close to a public footpath behind St Mary's church, Market Weston, Suffolk, UK, arriving as the bells tolled midnight.
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| '''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Expeditions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''
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* [[2015-02-17 52 0|17 February 2015 (Tue)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited the hashpoint just south of the river Lark, Pinford End, Suffolk, UK.
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| '''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reached&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''
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* [[2015-02-15 52 0|15 February 2015 (Sun)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited King's Lynn Sewage Works. This was hashpoint number two today!
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| '''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Retro&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''
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* [[2015-02-12 52 0|12 February 2015 (Thu)]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] found today's hashpoint just before sunset, in a field just off a farm track outside Sutton, west of Ely.
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* [[2015-02-11 52 0|11 February 2015 (Wed)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field S.E. of Great Barton, Suffolk, arriving at 22:45.
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| '''[[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2017|2017]]'''
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* [[2015-02-10 52 0|10 February 2015 (Tue)]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] more-or-less reached the hashpoint, which was on a private driveway in the Fens, between Manea and March.
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* [[2015-02-09 52 0|09 February 2015 (Thu)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited the hashpoint near Thetford Forest Park, Great Hocking, Norfolk.
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| 0
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| '''[[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2016|2016]]'''
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| 18
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| 17
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| 0
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| '''[[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2015|2015]]'''
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| 81
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| 74
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| 2
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| '''[[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2014|2014]]'''
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| 11
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| 10
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| 0
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| '''[[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2013|2013]]'''
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| 15
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| 11
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| 0
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| '''[[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2012|2012]]'''
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| 20
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| 18
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| 3
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| '''[[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2011|2011]]'''
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| 9
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| 8
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| 1
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| '''[[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2010|2010]]'''
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| 28
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| 22
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| 0
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| '''[[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2009|2009]]'''
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| 18
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| 18
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| 0
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| '''[[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2008|2008]]'''
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| 4
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| 3
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| '''Totals'''
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| 187
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| 6
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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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* [[2015-01-29 52 0|29 January 2015 (Thu)]]: At midnight, [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field between Hadley and Ipswich in Suffolk.
 
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* [[2015-01-19 52 0|19 January 2015 (Mon)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a muddy field, east of Boston, Lincolnshire. His 7th of 7 today.
 
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* [[2015-01-15 52 0|15 January 2015 (Thu)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited the hashpoint on the main road north of and through Long Melford, Suffolk.
 
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* [[2015-01-09 52 0|09 January 2015 (Fri)]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited the hashpoint between Withersfield and Temple End north of Haverhill, Suffolk.
 
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=== 2008-2014 ===
 
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107 expeditions took place between 2008 and 2014.  These are detailed on the archive pages for [[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2008|2008]], [[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2009|2009]], [[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2010|2010]], [[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2011|2011]], [[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2012|2012]], [[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2013|2013]] and [[Cambridge, United Kingdom/2014|2014]].
 
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The highest number of expeditions in a calendar year was the 27 expeditions during 2010, and the highest number in a month was the 11 in September 2012.  A few times, Cambridge has been the most active graticule in the world for a particular month, earning us the following shiny ribbons.
 
  
 
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    | month = August 2010
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| month = August 2010
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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:PaintedJaguar|PaintedJaguar]] is in Cambridge.
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* [[User:PaintedJaguar|PaintedJaguar]] is in Ely.
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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.
 
* [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] based in the [[Norwich, United Kingdom|Norwich]] graticule frequently visits.
 
* [[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]] are in Cambridge and have only just started geohashing. In addition to announcing our intention to do expeditions to nearby hashpoints here on the wiki, we will also tweet as soon as we know we're going. Please follow [https://twitter.com/52n0e 52n0e] on Twitter!
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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
probability
■ 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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