Finding BOATS

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Finding BOATS

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Surrey Council have a list of BOATS with a grid ref start, finish and map no.

So for example, Sheepwalk Lane, Abinger, grid ref start 100 503, grid ref finish 110 496, Explorer map 146.

Is there a way to find out where this is? I tried finding out from various sites but the grid references they ask for starts with 2 letters followed by 8 or 10 numbers.

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You really need to know the 2 letters. See http://sewhgpgc.co.uk/os.php


Use..

http://maps.the-hug.net/

Enter the grid ref eg TQ100503

(think its TQ for this map area)
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Search for Sheepwalk Lane, Abinger on Bing maps (Bing is great as it allows you to view OS maps) - I found it straight away.

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Thanks, the TQ letters work fine. These seem ok as well;

http://gridreferencefinder.com/

and

http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm

Some roads are on Bing/Google but others aren't, eg. Lions Lane, Cranleigh. Guess that's part of the fun, finding what isn't on maps!
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Try here, great resource: http://www.qwerf.com/greenlaning/?county=surrey

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That's a fantastic resource. Cheers Tim.
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This is handy for Cumbria

http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/roads-transpo ... R/OS91.asp

Most of the legal lanes have been classified for sustainability etc as well.

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Tim Cullis wrote:Try here, great resource: http://www.qwerf.com/greenlaning/?county=surrey
Great eh? A whole 34.49 miles of lanes left! :evil:
Cumbria's no better.

Grumble grumble...

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