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Grid references — purpose and how to read them

4:50 · Lesson 3 of 9

Why grid references matter (a common location language, unlike hut names), practical prep (hand-writing map numbers/grid lines onto cropped field maps), and the method for reading a four- then six-figure grid reference, starting bottom-left and going "along the hall before you climb the stairs."