How to Set and Follow Compass Bearings - Beginners Navigation & Map Reading 2-2

Set and adjust your compass to guide you on a bearing in whatever direction you want in relation to Magnetic North. I show you how to adjust your compass to correct your bearing for the difference between Magnetic North and Grid (or True) North on your map - you should do this as needed for your area before you start following the bearings that you set, or you may go seriously off course.
For the practice activity you will need: paper, pen/pencil, compass, 10 objects to use as markers and a good sized space that you can walk around in.
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Time codes:
00:00 Start & Introduction
00:42 Setting the compass bearing
02:56 True & Magnetic North
04:40 Correcting for the difference
06:27 UK Grid vs Magnetic North
08:22 Preparing for Practice Activity
09:36 Laying out the markers
10:26 Extension Activity

Reference & further reading links:
https://bit.ly/3vtYpqi goes into more technical and historical detail about the earth's magnetic field.

https://bit.ly/3cFM6yD - another good explanation of Magnetic, Grid and True Norths and I stand corrected, for "Variation" I should say Grid Magnetic Angle for the difference between Grid and Magnetic North on Ordnance Survey maps, learning never stops!

https://www.magnetic-declination.com/ - Find the magnetic declination at your location

https://bit.ly/3cnVoPv - The World Magnetic Model (WMM), produced jointly with the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's National Centers for Environmental Information, British Geological Survey

https://bit.ly/38ynNRP - British Geological Survey Grid Magnetic Angle Calculator gives a reasonably up to date calculation for the difference between Magnetic and Grid North for British maps.

updated 5 December 2023