GB Station extremities- highest, lowest etc

[SteveyBee131]

There are several definitions of the centroid.

Caldesrtones is the centre of the British mainland. If you include islands (and several islands have railways on them, such as Wight, Sheppey, Anglesey, the centroid moves about twelve miles further north, to Whitendale Hanging Stones near Dunsop Bridge. The nearest station to Dunsop Bridge is Clitheroe, but the stones are several miles north of the village and their nearest station is Bentham on the Lancaster-Hellifield line.

Haltwhistle also claims to be the centre of Britain

I've also heard somewhere along the line, Crich (or somewhere over that way) claim to be the central point, which would make Whatstandwell the most inland station.

However, there are so many theories for the central point, it might be impossible to ever know for sure!

 

[pdeaves]

However, there are so many theories for the central point, it might be impossible to ever know for sure!

Exactly; lots of places can rightly have a claim to the same title. How do you measure 'centre point'? Furthest from the sea? Furthest from a far away point if there is sea in the way? Equilibrium point if you could balance the whole country on a pin? Do you do UK or GB or individual constituent countries? With or without islands?

 

[Bald Rick]

For me, the centre point is the ‘equilibrium’ point of Great Britain, including islands connected with a fixed link at any state of the tide, assuming a uniformly flat and level surface.

The point furthest away from the sea is different, and is exactly what’s it says! However what is definition of ‘the sea’? Is it tidal waters (which puts Warrington and Norwich on ‘the sea’), or is it where the lowest bridge / tunnel crosses an estuary, or something else?

 

[bspahh]

For me, the centre point is the ‘equilibrium’ point of Great Britain, including islands connected with a fixed link at any state of the tide, assuming a uniformly flat and level surface.

The point furthest away from the sea is different, and is exactly what’s it says! However what is definition of ‘the sea’? Is it tidal waters (which puts Warrington and Norwich on ‘the sea’), or is it where the lowest bridge / tunnel crosses an estuary, or something else?

There is also the coastline paradox.

Coastline paradox - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

As you measure the coastline with greater and greater precision, you might find that a narrow inlet appears, which can then change all the distance measurements.