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Swanage Map Activity Sheet HA - Answers

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Swanage Map Four-Figure and Six-Figure Grid References

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What is the purpose of grid references?
Grid references help us to locate features/places on a map.

What is the difference between four-figure and six-figure grid references?


Four-figure grid references are used to find a grid square but we can use six-figure grid references to
find an exact location within a grid square. Six-figure grid references are much more accurate than
four-figure grid references.

Answer these questions using the map of Swanage.

1. What are the four-figure grid references for the following locations?

a) Swanage Pier 0378

b) Durlston Country Park 0277

c) Durlston Head 0377

2. What is the six-figure grid reference for the following locations?

a) Swanage railway station 029789

b) the hospital 026785

c) Peveril Point 042787

3. What is located at these six-figure grid references? 

a) 013776 triangulation pillar

b) 016794 a lake/water

c) 018798 caravan/camp site

Extension
Create five questions of your own using four-figure and six-figure grid references.
Accept any accurate answers.

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