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By *ssex_tom OP Man over a year ago

Chelmsford

Apparently our compasses will point true north instead of the magnetic north shortly..

This reasures me..

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Post suace

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By *VineMan over a year ago

The right place

Huh?!!

That doesn’t make sense. A compass will always to magnetic north.

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By *ensualtouch15Man over a year ago

ashby de la zouch

"Huh?!!

That doesn’t make sense. A compass will always to magnetic north. "

Indeed, more data please

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By *ensuallover1000Man over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

This must surely prove the validity of the theory of the earth being flat!

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By *ensuallover1000Man over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Ah ha! I’ve found it; Magnetic North is shifting each year (some 30 miles per year in fact according to some sources!).

The two North’s will ostensibly soon be in alignment

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By *VineMan over a year ago

The right place

"Ah ha! I’ve found it; Magnetic North is shifting each year (some 30 miles per year in fact according to some sources!).

The two North’s will ostensibly soon be in alignment

Yes, magnetic north moves constantly. And it varies as to what part of the country you are in. At the moment Magnetic North in Cornwall is west of grid north but in most of the rest of the country it’s east of grid north.

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman over a year ago

On a mooch

Explains the difference and what is happening. Been happening for years but magnetic north has speeded up considerably

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/science/2019/02/magnetic-north-update-navigation-maps

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By *xperimentalistMan over a year ago

East Yorkshire

In theory the north and south poles could flip at any time and then we would all be buggered

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