Grab a Grid Reference...
   Want to plot a set of records on Google Earth? Use our simple interface HERE
Show:    VC30     Bedfordshire
See licence details below
Drag the red marker to where you want a grid reference. (Only valid in UK OS region)
The grid refs will appear on the right, and corresponding boxes on the map.
Press the Satellite button to turn on the aerial photos, or Hybrid for both maps and aerials.
Use the + and - buttons to zoom in and out, and the arrows to pan.
Please do not record using 2km or 10km grid refs. These are for information only.
To remember a location for future use, right-click over "Link to this location", select "Copy Link Location" (Firefox) or "Copy Shortcut" (IE), paste it into your browser's web address field, then bookmark it. Build your own set of bookmarked locations. You can also paste it into emails, or use in links on a website. (The zoom, aerial and resolution settings are copied too!).
If you find dragging slow and jerky with Internet Explorer, try Firefox, it's much smoother.
Please be aware that the Bedfordshire Boundary has been created using Ordnance Survey maps under Bedfordshire County Council licence and we are required to display the following:
© Crown copyright. All rights reserved (licence 100017358) (2007)

Special permission was sought and obtained from the NBN Trust to make vice-county 30 boundary available on Google Maps. This has been granted for individual use and non-commercial purposes ONLY. We are also required to say that digital VC boundaries were developed under contract and funded by Defra, Scottish Natural Heritage and the NBN Trust, and to display the following.

Digital Watsonian Vice-County Boundary Data

© All rights reserved. National Biodiversity Network Trust and Crown Copyright 2003, comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This product is available for not-for-profit use to support biological activities strictly under licence with the NBN Trust.
The javascript in this application is released under the GNU General Public License Version 2.
Many thanks to Jonathan Stott for making his coordinate conversion code available!
I'm pleased to report this tool is being adopted by other webmasters and can also be found at:

Warwickshire Butterfly Conservation

Lothian Wildlife Information Centre

Please email me (Keith Balmer) if you also adopt it...