Has anyone tried work out the centres of UK, England and Scotland. I have tried various methods all of which have produced some spectacular results.For UK centre I drew a line from John o' Groats to Lands End and from Cape Wrath to Dungeness. By this method the centre of the UK is, would you believe, Aviemore north Scotland . Using similar method centre of Scotland is Stirling, no surprise there. Now comes the big surprise, the centre of Engand , I drew a line from the Scottish border north of Carlisle to Dungeness and from Berwick to Lands End, the line crossed at Penrith, just south of Carlisle. I did not use islands, and if start and end locations are altered slightly it doesn't make much difference. So there we have it, Penrith is the centre of England, we have been conned for centuries that B'ham is the Midlands area but to my, unscientific,is there such a word, calculations someone has got it very wrong. Come on egg heads prove me wrong
2007-03-25 23:04:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
I believe the vcentre of Britian actually lies in Lancashire, it was worked out by proper cartographers and geographers and the like. Haltwhistle in Northumberland also claims to be the centre of Britain. Either way you were pretty close though.
Penrith is not just south of Carlisle, its about 20 mile away
2007-03-26 08:27:51 · answer #1 · answered by gandyg 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your right ! Now what do we say, were off to the midlands so see you in Penrith or see you in the South, that would be Birmingham then and what about London that would be off the scale then. Now thats not such a bad idea its one way to get rid of that war criminal Blair . Nice one.
2007-03-25 23:22:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends how you define 'centre' in a non-regular shape.
Some say the centre of an island is the point most distant from the sea, which is clearly not what you are doing.
2007-03-25 23:11:50 · answer #3 · answered by gav 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 12:19:55 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
London is the centre of the UK - get over it the rest of you
2007-03-25 23:16:45 · answer #5 · answered by misbehave4me 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
all i know is that a lot of my mates reckon it looks sort of like a rabbit getting shot. with all the islands off scotland being the 'debris'
2007-03-25 23:13:44 · answer #6 · answered by nac mac feegle wahaye! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"PHEEEW" thats a lot of line drawing. Try the Meridian line which I live on.
2007-03-25 23:13:23 · answer #7 · answered by territinsel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i live in the midlands(Nottinghamshire) i thought we were in the centre, i have been misinformed all these years xxx.
2007-03-25 23:16:54 · answer #8 · answered by princess 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Okay, you have way too much free time!!
2007-03-26 05:07:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe you should get out more.
2007-03-25 23:10:19 · answer #10 · answered by Dave 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋