United Kingdom

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The United Kingdom is a country in northwest Europe. It includes the British Crown Dependencies of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. There are 73 graticules, some of which are shared with the Republic of Ireland. The Canterbury graticule includes about 100 square metres of a beach in France -- but only at low tide.

History and UK law make geohashing particularly interesting and often quite easy. The country is covered with a network of public footpaths and bridleways guaranteeing public access. Hashpoints are rarely far from a road or one of these paths. Most of the terrain is easy but there are more extreme mountain, moor and marine areas where geohashing is less of a walk in the park.

Bad weather preventing expeditions is unusual. The mountains of Scotland, Wales and the English Lake District can be more dangerous with fog, snow, wind and wind chill. Traffic congestion is much more likely to disrupt plans!

Events

All geohashers are cordially invited to the 10th anniversary 2018 geohashing day meetup in the Cambridge UK graticule.

  • GPS jam planned around the island of Benbecula during the month of July 2016 should make geohashing considerably more challenging.

Map

  • Active hashed graticules are green/yellow
  • Inactive hashed graticules are pale green
  • Last checked June 2015
-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -0 +0 +1
60 60,-2 60,-1 60,-0
59 59,-3 59,-2 59,-1
58 58,-7 58,-6 58,-5 58,-4 58,-3 58,-2
57 57,-8 57,-7 57,-6 57,-5 57,-4 57,-3 57,-2 57,-1
56 56,-7 56,-6 56,-5 56,-4 56,-3 56,-2
55 55,-7 55,-6 55,-5 55,-4 55,-3 55,-2 55,-1
54 54,-8 54,-7 54,-6 54,-5 54,-4 54,-3 54,-2 54,-1 54,-0
53 53,-4 53,-3 53,-2 53,-1 53,-0 53,0
52 52,-5 52,-4 52,-3 52,-2 52,-1 52,-0 52,0 52,1
51 51,-5 51,-4 51,-3 51,-2 51,-1 51,-0 51,0 51,1
50 50,-5 50,-4 50,-3 50,-2 50,-1 50,-0 50,0
49 49,-6 49,-5 49,-2

Geohashers

See Category:Geohashers in the UK

Expeditions

There have been far too many expeditions in the UK to individually list here -- see the graticule pages themselves for lists of expeditions in each area.

Graticules

Note: This map is not guaranteed to be complete or accurate, or contain all successful hashes done in this graticule.

This is a map of all graticules containing parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom consists of the constituent countries of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland; additionally it has responsibility for 13 British Overseas Territories and 3 Crown Dependencies.

The United Kingdom borders Ireland; additionally its graticules border France. In addition, the British Overseas Territories border Cyprus and Spain, additionally, its graticules border Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Netherlands, and the United States, as well as the waters of the Dominican Republic, Morocco, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Not all graticules in the United Kingdom and its dependencies have been visited, there are still virgin graticules, which are colored orange. If a graticule was visited, it is colored green, unless it has never been visited when the geohash was in the United Kingdom, in which case the graticule is colored blue.

The graticule gives the name of the first geohasher in that graticule and a link to the first successful expedition. If the first successful expedition was not in the United Kingdom, the first successful expedition in the United Kingdom and the name of that geohasher would also be given, unless there has not been a successful expedition in the United Kingdom yet.

United Kingdom and its Crown Dependencies

N\E -13 -12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -0 0 1
60 Foula Lerwick Unst
59 Sula Sgeir North Rona Atlantic Ocean Dounby Balfour Sumburgh
58 Mangersta Stornoway Lochinver Tongue Thurso
SuicideCraze #
Kirkwall
57 (Rockall)[1] St Kilda South Uist Skye
multiple[2] #
Ullapool
feedback #
Inverness Elgin
multiple[3] #
Aberdeen
Jones #
Peterhead
56 Barra / Berneray Tobermory Oban
Alunhewinson #
Helensburgh
Alunhewinson #
Perth
multiple[4] #
Dundee
Jones #
55 Derry Coleraine Campbeltown Glasgow
James #
Edinburgh
Matingslinkys #
Jedburgh
Delts #
Blyth
54 Sligo, IE Omagh Lisburn Belfast Douglas Barrow-in-Furness
multiple[5] #
Carlisle
Chronos Empire #
Middlesbrough
Lewis Bell #
Scarborough
multiple[6] #
53 Anglesey Blackpool
Benjw #
Manchester
M.Bryan #
Sheffield
TomViza #
Hull
Bluecont #
Skegness
Sourcerer #
52 Fishguard Aberystwyth
KarMann #
Mid Wales
Huinesoron #
Shrewsbury
davidc #
Birmingham
Benjw #
Northampton
Joe #
Cambridge
Youpi #
Norwich
Benjw #
51 Milford Haven Barnstaple
Homsar #
Cardiff
Macronencer #
Bristol
multiple[7] #
Swindon
multiple[8] #
London West
multiple[9] #
London East
Commlal #
Canterbury
Sourcerer #
50 Camborne
Jand #
Plymouth
Munky #
Exeter
Munky #
Weymouth
multiple[10]#
Southampton
multiple[11]#
Brighton
Macronencer #
Eastbourne
davidc #
49 Isles of Scilly Lizard Point Channel Islands
d7415 #
Cherbourg, FR
48 Saint-Brieuc, FR

Clarifications

British Overseas Territory

Akrotiri and Dhekelia

N\E 32 33
35 Lefkosia, CY
Gevorest # in CY
34 Akrotiri, CY
Sourcerer # in CY
Larnaca, CY

Anguilla

N\E -63 -62
18 Philipsburg, NL 18,-62

Bermuda

N\E -64
32 Hamilton

British Indian Ocean Territory

N\E 71 72
-5 Peros Banhos Salomon Islands
-6 Egmont Islands
-7 Diego Garcia

British Virgin Islands

N\E -64
18 Saint Thomas, US

Cayman Islands

N\E -81 -80 -79
19 George Town Little Cayman Cayman Brac

Falkland Islands

N\E -61 -60 -59 -58 -57
-50 -50,-61
-51 Weddel Island W Falkland NW Falkland Sound E Falkland C Stanley
-52 W Falkland SW W Falkland S E Falkland SW E Falkland SE

Gibraltar

N\E -5
36 Algeciras, ES

Montserrat

N\E -62
16 Plymouth

Pitcairn Islands

N\E -130 -129 -128 -127 -126 -125 -124
-23 Oeno Island
-24 Henderson Island Ducie Island
-25 Adamstown

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Saint Helena
N\E -5
-15 Saint Helena North
-15 Saint Helena South
Ascension Island
N\E -14
-7 Ascension Island
Tristan da Cunha
N\E -12 -11 -10 -9
-37 Tristan da Cunha
-38
-39
-40 Gough Island West Gough Island East

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia
N\E -42 -41 -40 -39 -38 -37 -36 -35 -34
-53 -53,-42 -53,-41 Bird Island N South Georgia N
-54 Bird Island S South Georgia W South Georgia C South Georgia E
-55 -55,-34
South Sandwich Islands
N\E -28 -27 -26
-56 Leskov Island Visokoi Island
-57 Saunders Island
-58 Montagu Island
-59 Southern Thule Bristol Island

Turks and Caicos Islands

N\E -72 -71
21 Providenciales Cockburn Town