2006-08-10 00:38:43 · 6 answers · asked by markanthony 2 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
All of the above are wrong. The length of the coast line is not the same as the distance if you walked around it.
You can not walk right by the water line due to obstacles and hazards.
A man who did walk around the coast (John Merril) in 1978 set off from St Pauls in 1978.
You say the UK. That includes all the little islands and small rocky out crops again impossible to do.
So I would say John Merrills figure of Just short of 7000 miles is the most realistic answer to your question.
6824 miles to walk around the Mainland UK coast line.
If you are interested he wrote a book "Turn right at Land's End"
2006-08-10 06:41:37 · answer #1 · answered by David T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
GeoFacts from Ordnance Survey: The coastline length of Great Britain (circumference if you were to walk all the way round)
The Coastline length of mainland Great Britain is 11072.76 miles or 17819.88 km as measured along Mean High Water.
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/freefun/didyouknow/index.html
2006-08-10 00:47:48 · answer #2 · answered by MissBehave 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The length of the UK coastline is around 12,500 km or 7,760 miles
2006-08-10 00:44:52 · answer #3 · answered by DTFC 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
12,429 KM, which is 7723.0225478538005 miles.
The UK has 12,429 km of coastline according to the United States CIA fact book.
2006-08-10 00:46:49 · answer #4 · answered by leverson101 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
alot
2006-08-10 00:44:13 · answer #5 · answered by r wall 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
dunno ...got to be .....2500....3000 mil maybe
2006-08-10 00:44:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋