Name: ____________________

Grid References
OS maps are covered in faint ____________________ lines. Numbers
accompany these lines. Numbers travelling from left to right (along the
corridor) and called ____________________. Numbers travelling from bottom
to top (up the stairs) are called ____________________.
Combining these numbers creates a ____________________. This allows you
to pinpoint a location on an OS map.
When using grid references you must always real along the
____________________ and than up the ____________________. A grid
references marks the bottom ____________________ hand corner of a grid
square.
Left
Grid Reference
Eastings
Corridor
Blue
Stairs
Northings
36

To find the four-figure reference for the

shaded square:

35

1. Read along the corridor to the

gridline that marks the left hand
side of the square (58)

34
33

2. Read up the stairs to the

gridline that marked the bottom
of the square (34)

32
31
30

3. Combine these two numbers (5834)

57
58
59 which
60fives you
61 the answer

62

63

4. Answer 1745
For each of the following four-figure grid references shade in the correct
square the correct colour:
36

1. 6131 (blue)

35

2. 5730 (green)

34

3. 5931 (orange)

33

4. 6131 (purple)

32

5. 5833 (red)

31
30
57
62

58
63

59

60

61

Name: ____________________

36

For each of the following shapes give the four-figure grid reference it
occupies:

35

_______________

34

_______________

33

_______________
_______________

32

_______________

31
30
57
62

58
63

59

60

61