Find British National Grid Reference From Map
Tool to find the British national grid reference from a map.
Options and Output
Output NGR for Ireland?
Instructions
Click on the map anywhere in Britain (Scotland, England and Wales). You will then see the Northings, Eastings and National Grid Reference (NGR) below the map. If you wish to find the NGR from Ireland, make sure to tick on the option "Output NGR for Ireland?".
References
How to convert latitude and longitude to a British National Grid Reference.
Version History
- 7th June 2010 - Added Satellite, Hybrid and Terrain map types
- 29th October 2009 - First Version
Previous Comments For This Page
Whenever I try to find the grid reference the blue thingymabob keeps going to Ukraine !!!!!!!!
Helpfull but frustrating
On 16/02/2013
not bad at all , postcodes would be a good addition , zoom in on a point and get its postcode
By steve on 08/02/2013
As others have said this is inaccurate!
Do not use it if you need a true grid reference. Use an OS Explorer map instead.
A great shame.
By Edgar Iredale on 25/04/2012
This is inaccurate! See the grab a grid page at http://www.bnhs.co.uk/focuson/grabagridref/html/index.htm
There you can check it against the OS map and its grid lines.
On 03/04/2012
I thought this used to have a search facility. How annoying that it has gone. If there are better tools I will change to them.
On 23/03/2012
Agree with previous comment, for instance 10 Downing Street is shown at TQ 29938 79991 but in reality it is closer to TQ 30040 79918
On 09/01/2012
A search function would be useful, a reverse function would be useful, the northings and eastings are out by at least 100m in places. Useful tool but there are better out there.
On 09/01/2012
Brilliant page. Just what I needed, thanks!
On 05/01/2012
Fantastic...just what I needed. Saved to favourites straight away.
By Martin Buckland on 04/01/2012
Thanks for this useful tool. It is great for finding coordinates for post codes that are not in OS Code Point Open (when they really should be!).
By Chris Hills (National Grid) on 15/12/2011
In invaluable web site service given for free, what's not to be grateful for. Thank you very much, I use this regularly, keep up the good work! :)
By Kevin on 24/11/2011
I want to find a particular house to get the reference for that for insurance purposes, and this won't let you do that
By Alison on 14/11/2011
RUBBISH
By Jack Manuel on 19/09/2011
Very clever and useful but as Dixdean commented, be careful for accurate measuring, it is out by around 100 metres
On 08/08/2011
Brilliant Thanks!
On 28/07/2011
Thanks. This helped me a lot. Absolutely amazing. May you get lots of traffic to your website :) Well deserved.
By Mike on 13/07/2011
This is very clever. However i there any way of doing the reverse? Enter the Grid Ref. and be taken to that point on the map
By JEB on 25/05/2011
Fantastic
By G on 18/05/2011
A great help to me an excellent tool
By Jon Rural Associates on 10/05/2011
Pity you cant search for an address first so you can narrow your selection rather than zoom and pan around... appart from that an excellent site...
By Jay on 26/04/2011
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