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There has long been debate over the exact location of the geographical centre of the United Kingdom, and its constituent countries, due to the complexity and method of the calculation, such as whether to include offshore islands, and the fact that erosion will cause the position to change over time. There are two main methods of calculating this "centre": either as the centroid of the two-dimensional shape made by the country, or as the point farthest from the boundary of the country (either the sea, or, in the case of constituent countries, a land border). These two methods give quite different answers.
For centuries Meriden, to the west of Coventry, West Midlands, held the claim to be the geographical centre of England, and there has been a stone cross there commemorating the claim for at least 500 years. The justification is that the point farthest from the sea is in the vicinity of Meriden. A rival claim for the true location of the centre of England is made by the site of a tree, the Midland Oak, situated on the boundary between Lillington and Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. Similarly, the town of Haltwhistle in Northumberland (NY706640) still sports banners stating that it is the 'Centre of Britain', although depending on how it is calculated the centre can also be said to be Dunsop Bridge, Lancashire (previously in the West Riding of Yorkshire), 71 miles (114 km) to the south.
Schiehallion, a mountain in Perthshire, is sometimes described as the centre of Scotland.
Keep your strengthup lynda, peeps are waiting with baited breath for night 2 of the grapes adventures near pennine way! Has to be tols by you or sarz as the main dudes who saw it all!!!!
Edit: meant nite 3!!!
Also would like to add that Im finding it quite tiring nipping about between the two threads!!!
Last edited by jackyspratty; 31-08-2010, 09:53 PM.
Keep your strengthup lynda, peeps are waiting with baited breath for night 2 of the grapes adventures near pennine way! Has to be tols by you or sarz as the main dudes who saw it all!!!!
Edit: meant nite 3!!!
Yeah but they had scarpered into the house by then lol only one tent left.
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