How big is an acre ? in real terms

[Tampon]

Like in football pitches ?

I am trying to imagine what something 4 acres and something 10 acres would be in real terms.

Any one care to give a 28 year old with the imagination of a 2 year old a basic comparison ?

[Justayellowbadge]

It's approx 40% of a hectare.

HTH.

[Plotloss]

A football pitch is just over an acre.

[Albert Bridge]

In real terms 10 acres is about two and a half 4 acre fields.

[TheGroover]

Tampon said:

Like in football pitches ?

I am trying to imagine what something 4 acres and something 10 acres would be in real terms.

Any one care to give a 28 year old with the imagination of a 2 year old a basic comparison ?

It's about 208 feet square. So 70 yards square. 3/4 of a football pitch. ish.

[EDLT]

Its this big:

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[central]

A football pitch is around 2 acres, although all football pitches vary in size.

Edited by central on Monday 9th June 17:03

[absolutely]

Traditionally, an acre was the size of a field.

[Fezant Pluckah]

TheGroover said:

It's about 208 feet square.

Blimey, does that mean my sitting room is roughly an acre in size? (It's 43,560 sq ft)

Edited by Fezant Pluckah on Monday 9th June 17:03

[Plotloss]

Fezant Pluckah said:

TheGroover said:

It's about 208 feet square.

Blimey, does that mean my sitting room is roughly an acre in size? (It's 43,560 sq ft)

Edited by Fezant Pluckah on Monday 9th June 17:03

Your sitting room is 43.5K sqft?

[Sciroccology]

EDLT said:

Its this big:

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No, it's slightly bigger. Let's say: | |

Edited by Sciroccology on Monday 9th June 17:06

[central]

The area that could be ploughed by one man, with one ox, in one day.

HTH

[bigTee]

[Justayellowbadge]

Fezant Pluckah said:

TheGroover said:

It's about 208 feet square.

Blimey, does that mean my sitting room is roughly an acre in size? (It's 43,560 sq ft)

Edited by Fezant Pluckah on Monday 9th June 17:03

That isn't a room, it's a venue.

[Fezant Pluckah]

TheGroover said:

Fezant Pluckah said:

TheGroover said:

It's about 208 feet square.

Blimey, does that mean my sitting room is roughly an acre in size? (It's 43,560 sq ft)

Edited by Fezant Pluckah on Monday 9th June 17:03

Bloody Hell. Yes, you have a 1 acre living room. Really??

Sorry, didn't read your first post properly... Thought you said 208 sq ft not ft sq... I'll just go and practice my golf swing in my sitting room

Edited by Fezant Pluckah on Monday 9th June 17:10

[Isoproturon1]

Justayellowbadge said:

It's approx 40% of a hectare.

HTH.

And a hectare is 10,000m2

[Tampon]

Plotloss said:

A football pitch is just over an acre.

The other guy said around 2 so a average of that would mean 10 acres would be around 15 football pitches ( roughly ) ?

[Plotloss]

Tampon said:

Plotloss said:

A football pitch is just over an acre.

The other guy said around 2 so a average of that would mean 10 acres would be around 15 football pitches ( roughly ) ?

Trouble is, football pitches arent a standard size...

[tubbystu]

An acre is 220 yards x 22 yards. (1/8th of a mile x 1/80th of a mile)

Approx 196m x 19.6m for those who don't speak both "country and western". Approx 2.6 acres - 1 hectare.

Size of acre is based on what one man with one horse could plough in one day.

A football pitch as no fixed size in the ganes rules but must be between 100 and 130 yards long and between 50 and 100 yards wide.

HTH

[Tampon]

Plotloss said:

Tampon said:

Plotloss said:

A football pitch is just over an acre.

The other guy said around 2 so a average of that would mean 10 acres would be around 15 football pitches ( roughly ) ?

Trouble is, football pitches arent a standard size...

I know, but roughly it is.