Help - land size area calculations

timmy222 · 19 Feb 2009 at 15:52

I have some land 6184 x 6066 x 5938 x 5573 yards.
I cannot for the life of me recall how to work out the area in acres, my results are a bit silly to say the least, considering the last time I done area math was 25 years a go- i need a little help please peeps.

Tokenbrit · 19 Feb 2009 at 15:54

You have 4 dimensional land do you?

Ben M · 19 Feb 2009 at 15:55

Tokenbrit said:
You have 4 dimensional land do you?

yeah...

Or is it not rectangular? It's a trapezium?

timmy222 · 19 Feb 2009 at 15:57

If you was to think of the sizes as a box shape in respective. or a bit of cloth cut to that size.
But worked out to the nearest acre, help I need guys Not the pee take please.
Tis a real question here.

Thanks

I have been made an offer per acre you see and want to know the score.

stinamoo · 19 Feb 2009 at 15:59

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Le_Petit_Lapin · 19 Feb 2009 at 15:59

That's a bit bit of land.

Ben M · 19 Feb 2009 at 15:59

timmy222 said:
If you was to think of the sizes as a box shape in respective. or a bit of cloth cut to that size.
But worked out to the nearest acre, help I need guys Not the pee take please.
Tis a real question here.

Thanks

What? What shape is your land?

The Dread Pirate · 19 Feb 2009 at 15:59

To calculate the area of a trapezium, divide it into a rectangle and two triangles. Now, piece together the triangular ends so that the trapezium is divided into a triangle and rectangle.

Area of trapezium = Area of Rectangle + Area of triangle

stinamoo · 19 Feb 2009 at 16:01

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vertica · 19 Feb 2009 at 16:02

timmy222 said:
I have some land 6184 x 6066 x 5938 x 5573 yards.

do a 'paint' of the land. Will help as we'll know what shape you're on about!

timmy222 · 19 Feb 2009 at 16:08

It's trapezium shaped.
If we start at the left had bottom a = 6184 yards b right hand bottom b = 6066
top left is c 5573 yards and top right is d 5938 yards
I am not being very clear here am I.

stinamoo · 19 Feb 2009 at 16:10

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Ben M · 19 Feb 2009 at 16:12

timmy222 said:
I am not being very clear here am I.

nope.
draw a picture with sides labelled.

Rich_L · 19 Feb 2009 at 16:13

How exact do you need it? It's about 12.25 square miles which is just under 8k acres

6000 yards is 3.5 miles roughly, that's a big-ass piece of land, lol

timmy222 · 19 Feb 2009 at 16:18

Yer

I get about 7586 acres, i am sure it was near this figure but cannot confirm untill they give me the deeds.

nands · 19 Feb 2009 at 16:18

Averaging out the two verticals and two horizontals to make a square it would be 7,290 acres. As stated above a very large area!

stinamoo · 19 Feb 2009 at 16:19

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timmy222 · 19 Feb 2009 at 16:20

**** that will pay for afew beers lol.

Thanks guys for the help.

Bennie-Mac · 19 Feb 2009 at 16:23

Can i have 5 acres for free please?

Greebo · 19 Feb 2009 at 16:30

Rich_L said:
How exact do you need it? It's about 12.25 square miles which is just under 8k acres

6000 yards is 3.5 miles roughly, that's a big-ass piece of land, lol

How can you calculate that from the info given?

Anyway I smell fish.

Lets assume it is roughly rectangular and not a very thin diamond shape, then yes indeed it will be about 35,252,437 square yards or about 7283 acres.

However, if you did indeed own 7823 acres you will have it registered with the Land Registry and that will state exact areas. If arable, then doubtful it will be one field but whether one or many, each field has been digitally calculated a few years ago and is on public record. Just apply using your field numbers and OS grid reference and they will supply a digital map with areas completed.

And any arable field owner who has not been claiming from the RPA on over 7000 acres needs to see a shrink. Roughly, depending on what use the land is, you have been failing to claim about £700,000 per annum in grants for about the last 6 years. :confused:

And if selling, you will have to find this out at some point.