diff --git a/backend/src/grid.rs b/backend/src/grid.rs
index ef20ebf..4c9e115 100644
--- a/backend/src/grid.rs
+++ b/backend/src/grid.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ use crate::space::Space;
 use crate::Coordinate;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
+fn distance([a, b]: Coordinate, [x, y]: Coordinate) -> u64 {
+    (a.abs_diff(x)).max(b.abs_diff(y))
+}
+
 /// The direction in which to grow. For example, going from 3 to 9 would give a `GrowDirection::Expand`.
 enum GrowDirection {
     Shrink,
@@ -79,6 +83,32 @@ impl Grid {
         self.spaces.get(&coordinate)
     }
 
+    pub fn get_neighbours_n_away(&self, coordinate: Coordinate, n: u64) -> Vec<&Space> {
+        let mut coords: Vec<Coordinate> = Vec::new();
+        let mut stack: Vec<Coordinate> = self.neighbour_coords_in_bounds(coordinate);
+        while let Some(coord) = stack.pop() {
+            if coords.contains(&coord) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            coords.push(coord);
+            stack.extend(
+            self.neighbour_coords_in_bounds(coord)
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|c|
+                    distance(coordinate, **c) <= n && distance(coordinate, **c) > distance(coord, **c)
+                )
+            )
+        }
+        let mut to_return: Vec<&Space> = Vec::new();
+        for coord in coords {
+            match self.spaces.get(&coord) {
+                Some(space) => to_return.push(space),
+                None => (),
+            }
+        }
+        to_return
+    }
+
     fn neighbour_coords_in_bounds(&self, coordinate: Coordinate) -> Vec<Coordinate> {
         let coordinates: [[Option<u64>; 2]; 8] = [
             [coordinate[0].checked_add(1), Some(coordinate[1])],
@@ -262,4 +292,14 @@ mod tests {
         let expand_res = grid.expand_grid(u64::MAX - 1);
         assert!(expand_res.is_err());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn find_neighbours_2_away() {
+        let grid = grid_3x3();
+        let neighbours_2_away = grid.get_neighbours_n_away([1, 1], 2).sort();
+        assert_eq!(
+            grid.spaces.values().collect::<Vec<&Space>>().sort(),
+            neighbours_2_away,
+        )
+    }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/kube.rs b/backend/src/kube.rs
index 4f7733e..e5f755b 100644
--- a/backend/src/kube.rs
+++ b/backend/src/kube.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl KubeId {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(PartialEq, Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Kube {
     pub id: KubeId,
     pub name: String,
diff --git a/backend/src/lib.rs b/backend/src/lib.rs
index 4a3e81a..ba733cf 100644
--- a/backend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/backend/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ pub mod space;
 pub mod kube;
 pub mod player;
 pub mod llm;
+pub mod local_grid;
 
 type Coordinate = [u64; 2];
diff --git a/backend/src/local_grid.rs b/backend/src/local_grid.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c986e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/local_grid.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use crate::Coordinate;
+use crate::grid::Grid;
+use crate::space::Space;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct LocalGrid {
+    spaces: Vec<Space>,
+}
+impl LocalGrid {
+    pub fn from_grid_and_coord(grid: &Grid, coordinate: Coordinate, local_size: u64) -> LocalGrid {
+        let mut spaces: Vec<Space> = Vec::new();
+        for space in grid.get_neighbours_n_away(coordinate, local_size) {
+            spaces.push(space.clone())
+        }
+        LocalGrid { spaces }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/player.rs b/backend/src/player.rs
index 6ce81b0..13144a4 100644
--- a/backend/src/player.rs
+++ b/backend/src/player.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Player {
     uuid: String,
     username: String,
diff --git a/backend/src/space.rs b/backend/src/space.rs
index 228ba8a..fb75e8e 100644
--- a/backend/src/space.rs
+++ b/backend/src/space.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
 use crate::kube;
 use crate::player;
 use crate::Coordinate;
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Space {
     pub coordinate: Coordinate,
     pub contains: SpaceKind,
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ impl Space {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions)]
 pub enum SpaceKind {
     Kube(kube::Kube),