| The Ordnance Survey does not cover the Channel
Islands, so standard OS grid references cannot be given. The following
advice is given by BWARS member Stuart Roberts. I use 2 methods for
tracking down Channel Islands "grid references":
1) Google Earth: All Channel Island grid refs are UTM
references, usually expressed without the UTM Grid Area
prefix of 30U. You can set Google Earth to deliver UTM
refs by going to: Tools > Options and selecting UTM
from the relevant display on offer
Examples:
Alderney lies entirely in (30U) WA and the other
islands in (30U) WV
Jersey, Ouaisné Common: (30U)WV595475
Alderney, Platte Saline Bay: (30U)WA569079
Guernsey, Fort Doyle: (30U)WV2358838
2) I also use the AA/OS Leisure Guide to the Channel
Islands (1987) published by AA, ISBN 0 86145 514 2 (AA ref: 53989)
This has gridded maps in it at the back and is hugely
useful.
The base maps from which these are drawn are:
OS map of the Channel Islands at 1: 50 000 scale.
OS/States of Jersey Official Leisure Map of Jersey at
1: 25 000
D. Mil. Survey Mapping of Guernsey at 1: 25 000
D. Mil. Survey Mapping of Alderney, Sark, Herm &
Jethou at 1: 10 000
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