Locations Found By Other Methods
Point farthest from the sea
- Church Flatts Farm, Coton in the Elms, Derbyshire (52°43′39″N 1°37′31″W / 52.72759°N 1.6252°W / 52.72759; -1.6252)
Point farthest from high tide mark (including tidal rivers)
- Between Hammerwich and Wall, south-west of Lichfield, Staffordshire (52°40′N 1°51′W / 52.66°N 1.85°W / 52.66; -1.85 (Point farthest from high tide mark);)
Centre of a rectangular map covering precisely all of England (and Wales)
- Near Woodseaves, south of Market Drayton, Shropshire
Mid point of the longest north–south axis
- Haltwhistle, Northumberland. The midpoint of the longest north–south meridian; also approximately the midpoint of each of the lines through it across Great Britain along the 16 main compass directions.
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