A short-lived grand alignment of sorts.
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In 2014, for the first time in Great Britain since the 1660s, magnetic north moved from being to the west of grid north to the east. The change started in the very south-west corner of Britain and will slowly progress across the whole country over the next 12 to 13 years. We wrote a blog on the progress of alignment between magnetic and grid north in Britain back in 2019, which you can read here.
Now, there is a third line about to come into alignment – true north. This is the direction of lines of longitude that all converge at the north pole.
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