Cambridge, United Kingdom
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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 is the UK's most active graticule, and although most of its activity is based around Cambridge itself, new hashers and meetups in any part of the graticule are most definitely welcome. Meetups are always good!
The area
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.
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.
As most of the graticule is very flat countryside, and Cambridge itself is arguably the "cycling capital of England", this graticule offers excellent opportunities for bicycle geohashing.
Future plans
Tuesday 27 July 2010: Benjw is very likely to go on a double-hash expedition in the afternoon, aiming to leave Cambridge by bicycle at about 1:30pm, arrive at the 2010-07-27 52 0 hash (on a path through the golf course in Longstanton) some time around 2:15pm, then make his way to Conington for the 2010-07-27 52 -0 hash some time around 3pm, then head home again. Company welcomed for some or all of the trip -- let me know on my talk page if you're interested.
Past activity
Cambridge enjoyed a spike of activity in early 2009, and remains the UK's most geohashed graticule (with 27 expeditions, of which 24 have been successful). However, much of this activity was due to Benjw, who since then has been a teensy bit busy and unable to geohash much. Plans are afoot, though, to remedy this.
2010
- 22 July 2010 (Thu): Benjw drove through the hashpoint at nearly 70mph, on the A11 sliproad at Six Mile Bottom.
- 19 July 2010 (Mon): Benjw strolled up a hill and around a field near Little Shelford on the way home from work.
- 20 June 2010 (Sun): MagicIan completed this hash - his third of 4-in-a-row on this day - in an orchard near Wisbech.
- 7 January 2010 (Thu): Benjw attempted to get to a field in Hauxton, but was refused permission to enter private property.
2009
Eighteen expeditions took place during 2009. These are detailed on the 2009 archive page.
2008
Four expeditions took place in 2008. These are detailed on the 2008 archive page.
Local Geohashers
The following are known to be currently active:
- Benjw is in central Cambridge. He hashes by bicycle and car, but is unfortunately having to concentrate on university work until his finals in October.
- Gooseh is bike powered, though willing to cycle within a 15 mile radius of Cambridge provided it's sunny. He can occasionally procure 4 wheeled petrol powered methods of transport. He's unfortunately in more Northerly climes during term time.
- Stephen Turner is bike-powered.
Other hashers have previously been active in this graticule; they are listed on the 2008 archive page.
