Explanation: At which location in Great Britain are there an equal number of people to the North as to the South; and an equal number to the West as to the East. Perhaps this is the REAL centre of Great Britain, as a nation of people.
2007-02-06 23:36:02 · 10 answers · asked by znmex3r 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
The Governmenty statistics office report states it lies on the Derbyshire/Leicestershire border village of Overseal as of the 1991 census.
Howeverer by 2001 it had moved 6km south to the village of Appleby Parva in rural Leicestershire according Professor Daniel Dorling of the University of Leeds. The center has been moved about 32km south since 1901.
The British Statistics office report remarks, on a lighter note, that if the current rate continues it would hit the south coast at Worthing by 2771.
Manchester has both big city status and claims a type of population based centrality. I took this from the Manchester Commonwealth Games web site:
"As well as having a population of over 400,000, 60 per cent of the population of Britain, more than 33 million people, live within a two hour drive of Manchester. The wider area of Greater Manchester has a population of 2.5 million and comprises the cities of Manchester and Salford and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan."
2007-02-07 01:32:30 · answer #1 · answered by Chris C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesnt work like that. Great Britain is a big bunch of islands and we have cities dispersed all over the place. but there is more built up areas in the south east than anywhere else so you could not really have an accurate representation. Birmingham is in the centre of England and Glasgow in Scotland, There is big cities in the Northwest i.e. Liverpool and Manchester, The North East i.e. Newcastle, Southeast: London, which is by a long way the biggest city, In the South West its smaller cities like Plymouth and Exeter, also Wales has its main cities in the south of the Principality. Northern Ireland has Belfast but its over the water. So there you have it, but if i was to answer the question as you said it, it would be the area from Liverpool over the M62 corridor to the east coast where you have Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford, Leeds, Hull and countless other smaller towns and cities, also sheffield and nottingham and birmingham not too far away.
2007-02-06 23:54:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm guessing somewhere not far from London because London has a huge percentage of the total population of Britain 14.6% In Wales only the South has a high density of people, the rest is pretty rural, the same goes for Scotland. Cornwall isn't that well populated, so it would have to be near London. Smiley needs to take a chill pill too, it's a good question.
2007-02-07 01:00:57 · answer #3 · answered by redikorus 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well they still are a very influenctial country. Mostly there overseas colonies where almost all turned into indepenedent nations. They also decided that it was easier and cheaper to let the US be the worlds military force, and just use capitalism to achieve its various geo-political goals. Another thing to remember is that super powers come and go. Although the US is currently a super power, it will not maintain this forever.
2016-03-15 08:38:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question. No idea on the answer, but were I to guess, I'd have to say it would be about 70 miles North-North-West of London, I guess that may be somewhere like Northampton.
2007-02-06 23:40:19 · answer #5 · answered by finchleyjohn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The population center, I believe, is more of the largest location of population.
London, United Kingdom, is the center. This city has the largest population, and there are lots of cities around it. There are more people in the London area than in any other part of United Kingdom.
2007-02-06 23:52:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
brilliant question!
i guess just North of London and West a bit.
Shame Smiley couldn't appreciate your thinking :P
2007-02-06 23:49:24 · answer #7 · answered by Icarus 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm guessing somewhere north of Birmingham and south of Sheffield if this map is anything to go by....
http://apella.ac-limoges.fr/lyc-perrier-tulle/europ/geography/docgeo/maps/Density%20of%20population%20in%20the%20UK.gif
2007-02-06 23:43:48 · answer #8 · answered by bonshui 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What?
Your little question didn't mean anything! The cultural centre of GB is London because it's the capital, there is no population centre of GB because a population centre is a town, village, hamlet and even a house, there is no main population centre, sorry to burst your bubble.
have a good day! :)
2007-02-06 23:41:31 · answer #9 · answered by smiley 2 · 0⤊ 7⤋
72.5 miles north north west of the Greenwich
2007-02-06 23:41:50 · answer #10 · answered by ccsnsw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋