This is a list of the extreme points of the
United Kingdom: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Traditionally the extent of the
island of
Great Britain has stretched "from
Land's End to John o' Groats
Land's End to John o' Groats is the traversal of the whole length of the island of Great Britain between two extremities, in the southwest and northeast. The traditional distance by road is and takes most cyclists 10 to 14 days; the record ...
" (that is, from the extreme southwest of mainland
England to the far northeast of mainland
Scotland).
This article does not include references to the
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey ...
because they are
Crown dependencies, not constituent parts of the United Kingdom.
Extreme points of the United Kingdom
* Northernmost point –
Out Stack
Out Stack or Ootsta is an island in Shetland, Scotland and the northernmost point of both Scotland and the British Isles.
It lies northeast of Muckle Flugga and north of the island of Unst.
It is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Isl ...
,
Shetland at
* Northernmost settlement –
Skaw, Unst
Skaw is a settlement in the Scottish archipelago of Shetland, located on the island of Unst. It is located north of Haroldswick on a peninsula in the northeast corner of the island, and is the most northerly settlement in the United Kingdom.
...
, Shetland Islands at
* Southernmost point –
Pednathise Head,
Western Rocks,
Isles of Scilly
The Isles of Scilly (; kw, Syllan, ', or ) is an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England. One of the islands, St Agnes, is the most southerly point in Britain, being over further south than the most southerly point of th ...
at
* Southernmost settlement –
St Agnes, Isles of Scilly at
* Westernmost point –
Rockall at , which was only incorporated into Scotland in the 20th century. If Rockall is ignored,
Soay,
St Kilda, at is the westernmost point.
* Westernmost settlement –
Belleek,
County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...
at . Until 1930, the westernmost settlement was
Hirta
Hirta ( gd, Hiort) is the largest island in the St Kilda archipelago, on the western edge of Scotland. The names (in Scottish Gaelic) and ''Hirta'' (historically in English) have also been applied to the entire archipelago. Now without a perman ...
, on the island of
St Kilda, but it is now abandoned; the island now has a military base, staffed during the summer months.
* Easternmost point –
Lowestoft Ness,
Suffolk, at
* Easternmost settlement –
Lowestoft, Suffolk, at
* Highest point –
Ben Nevis,
Scotland, at 1345 m
* Lowest point –
Holme Fen
Holme Fen is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Holme in Cambridgeshire. It is also a National Nature Reserve and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. It is part of the Great Fen project, which aims to create a 3,700 w ...
,
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to th ...
, 3 m below sea level at
Extreme points within the UK
In addition to the extreme points of the UK as a whole, the extreme points of
England,
Northern Ireland,
Scotland,
Wales and for the island of
Great Britain are listed below.
Great Britain
* Northernmost point –
Dunnet Head
Dunnet Head ( gd, Ceann Dùnaid) is a peninsula in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland. Dunnet Head includes the most northerly point of both mainland Scotland and the island of Great Britain.
Geography
The point, also known as Easter ...
at , known also as Easter Head,
Caithness
Caithness ( gd, Gallaibh ; sco, Caitnes; non, Katanes) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.
Caithness has a land boundary with the historic county of Sutherland to the west and is otherwise bounded by ...
,
Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...
* Northernmost settlement –
Skarfskerry
Skarfskerry (or Scarfskerry; gd, Sgarbh Sgeir) is a settlement located in the far northern county Caithness on a small peninsula northeast of Thurso off the A836 in Scotland. It is the most northerly settlement in Great Britain. The name comes ...
,
Caithness
Caithness ( gd, Gallaibh ; sco, Caitnes; non, Katanes) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.
Caithness has a land boundary with the historic county of Sutherland to the west and is otherwise bounded by ...
,
Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...
,
Scotland at
* Southernmost point –
Lizard Point, Cornwall
Lizard Point () in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula. It is situated half-a-mile (800 m) south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Helston.
Lizard Poin ...
at
* Southernmost settlement –
Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia althou ...
, Cornwall, England at
* Westernmost point –
Corrachadh Mòr
ETRS89 (; ) is a headland on the peninsula in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, notable for being the most westerly point on the island of Great Britain. It is further west than Land's End in Cornwall.
Depending on which coordinates are used, ...
, Highland at
* Westernmost settlement –
Grigadale, Highland at
* Easternmost point –
Ness Point,
Lowestoft,
Suffolk at
* Easternmost settlement –
Lowestoft, Suffolk at
* Furthest point from coastal waters - Church Flatts Farm,
Coton-in-the-Elms
Coton in the Elms is a village and parish in the English county of Derbyshire. At from the coast, it is the one of the furthest places in the United Kingdom from coastal waters. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 896. ...
,
South Derbyshire at
England
Including islands
* Northernmost point –
Marshall Meadows Bay
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Marshall Meadows Bay is the northernmost point of England. It is located on the Northumberland coast, north of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and just to the south of the Anglo-Scottish border. Across the border in Scotland is the county of Berwi ...
,
Northumberland at
* Northernmost settlement –
Marshall Meadows, Northumberland at
* Southernmost point –
Pednathise Head,
Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly at
* Southernmost settlement – St Agnes,
Isles of Scilly
The Isles of Scilly (; kw, Syllan, ', or ) is an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England. One of the islands, St Agnes, is the most southerly point in Britain, being over further south than the most southerly point of th ...
at
* Westernmost point –
Crim Rocks
Crim Rocks ( kw, Kribyn "little reef") is a small group of uninhabited islands in the Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom.
The Crim Rocks are the most westward of the archipelago's Western Rocks,Andrew Breeze, (2007), ''Cornish toponyms: C ...
, Isles of Scilly at
* Westernmost settlement –
Bryher
Bryher ( kw, Breyer "place of hills") is one of the smallest inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly, with a population of 84 in 2011, spread across .
History
The name of the island is recorded as ''Brayer'' in 1336 and ''Brear'' in 1500.
G ...
, Isles of Scilly at
* Easternmost point –
Lowestoft Ness, Suffolk at
* Easternmost settlement –
Lowestoft, Suffolk at
English mainland
* Northernmost point – Marshall Meadows Bay, Northumberland at
* Northernmost settlement – Marshall Meadows, Northumberland at
* Southernmost point – Lizard Point, Cornwall at
* Southernmost settlement – Lizard, Cornwall at
* Westernmost point –
Dr Syntax's Head,
Land's End,
Cornwall at
* Westernmost settlement –
Sennen Cove
Sennen Cove ( kw, Porthsenen) () is a small coastal village in the parish of Sennen in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. According to the Penwith District Council, the population of this settlement was estimated at 180 persons in 2000. The ...
,
Cornwall at
* Easternmost point –
Lowestoft Ness,
Suffolk at
* Easternmost settlement – Lowestoft, Suffolk at
* Geographic centre of England -
Lindley Hall Farm
Lindley Hall Farm is a farm in Leicestershire, England, in close proximity to Fenny Drayton and Higham on the Hill. The farm is owned by Stephen Farmer. It has been best known as the geographical centre of England since the Ordnance Survey's i ...
(#4),
Leicestershire (near
Fenny Drayton and
Higham on the Hill
Higham on the Hill is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : The population at the 2011 census was 840.
The village's name means 'hom ...
) (;
The distance between the southernmost point (Lizard Point) and the westernmost point (Land's End) is only 38.5 kilometers.
Northern Ireland
Including islands
* Northernmost point – Skerriagh,
Ballygill North
Ballygill North is a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located in the northwestern part of Rathlin Island and has an area of . It contains Skerriagh, the northernmost point of Northern Ireland.
See also
*List of townlands in C ...
,
Rathlin Island
Rathlin Island ( ga, Reachlainn, ; Local Irish dialect: ''Reachraidh'', ; Scots: ''Racherie'') is an island and civil parish off the coast of County Antrim (of which it is part) in Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's northernmost point. ...
,
County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population of ...
at
* Northernmost settlement –
Rathlin Island
Rathlin Island ( ga, Reachlainn, ; Local Irish dialect: ''Reachraidh'', ; Scots: ''Racherie'') is an island and civil parish off the coast of County Antrim (of which it is part) in Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's northernmost point. ...
, off
Ballycastle Bay,
County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population of ...
at
* Southernmost point –
Cranfield Point,
County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to th ...
at
* Southernmost settlement –
Greencastle, County Down
Greencastle is a castle in County Down, Northern Ireland. While it dates mainly from the 13th century, it had substantial 15th- and 16th-century alterations. It was originally surrounded by outer rectangular walls with four corner towers (ruins ...
at
* Westernmost point – western part of Manger townland,
County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...
(immediately east of the Bradogue Bridge) at
* Westernmost settlement –
Belleek,
County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...
at
* Easternmost point –
Cannon Rock, off
Ards Peninsula
The Ards Peninsula () is a peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the north-east coast of Ireland. It separates Strangford Lough from the North Channel of the Irish Sea. Towns and villages on the peninsula include Donaghadee, Mi ...
,
County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to th ...
at
* Easternmost settlement –
Portavogie,
County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to th ...
at
Northern Irish mainland
* Northernmost point –
Benbane Head
Benbane Head, or Benbane (), is the northernmost point of mainland Northern Ireland. It is in County Antrim, near the Giant's Causeway, which lies between Causeway Head and Benbane Head. The nearest settlements are Bushmills and Portballintrae ...
,
County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population of ...
at
* Northernmost settlement –
Ballintoy
Ballintoy () is a small village, townland (of 274 acres) and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is alongside the B15 coast road, north-east of Coleraine, west of Ballycastle and between it and Bushmills. It is in the historic ...
,
County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population of ...
at
* Southernmost point –
Cranfield Point,
County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to th ...
at
* Southernmost settlement –
Greencastle, County Down
Greencastle is a castle in County Down, Northern Ireland. While it dates mainly from the 13th century, it had substantial 15th- and 16th-century alterations. It was originally surrounded by outer rectangular walls with four corner towers (ruins ...
at
* Westernmost point – western part of Manger townland,
County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...
(immediately east of the Bradogue Bridge) at
* Westernmost settlement –
Belleek,
County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...
at
* Easternmost point –
Burr Point
Burr Point is the easternmost point of mainland Northern Ireland and the island of Ireland. It is located in the townland of Ballyhalbert on the Ards Peninsula in County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, ...
,
Ards Peninsula
The Ards Peninsula () is a peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the north-east coast of Ireland. It separates Strangford Lough from the North Channel of the Irish Sea. Towns and villages on the peninsula include Donaghadee, Mi ...
,
County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to th ...
at
* Easternmost settlement –
Portavogie,
County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to th ...
at
Scotland
Including islands
* Northernmost point –
Out Stack
Out Stack or Ootsta is an island in Shetland, Scotland and the northernmost point of both Scotland and the British Isles.
It lies northeast of Muckle Flugga and north of the island of Unst.
It is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Isl ...
,
Shetland at
* Northernmost settlement –
Skaw, Unst
Skaw is a settlement in the Scottish archipelago of Shetland, located on the island of Unst. It is located north of Haroldswick on a peninsula in the northeast corner of the island, and is the most northerly settlement in the United Kingdom.
...
,
Shetland at
* Southernmost point –
Mull of Galloway,
Wigtownshire at
* Southernmost settlement –
Cairngaan,
Wigtownshire at
* Westernmost point –
Rockall at
* Westernmost settlement –
Caolas
Caolas ( gd, An Caolas ), is a small settlement on the island of Vatersay, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Caolas is within the parish of Barra. It is the westernmost settlement in Scotland. Previously, the village on Hirta claimed this title; ...
,
Bhatarsaigh (Vatersay),
Outer Hebrides at
* Easternmost point –
Bound Skerry
Bound Skerry is part of the Out Skerries group in the Shetland Islands. As well as being the most easterly island of that group, it is also the easternmost point of Scotland.
It has a lighthouse on it, which was built in 1857 at a cost of £2 ...
,
Out Skerries
The Out Skerries are an archipelago of islets, some inhabited, in Shetland, Scotland, and are the easternmost part of Shetland. Locally, they are usually called Da Skerries or just Skerries.
Geography
The Out Skerries lie about northeast of ...
,
Shetland at
* Easternmost settlement –
Bruray
Bruray ( sco, Bruray) is one of the three Out Skerries islands of Shetland, and contains Scotland's most easterly settlement.
It is separated from Housay by North Mouth and South Mouth.
Infrastructure
The Skerries Bridge was built in 1957 t ...
,
Out Skerries
The Out Skerries are an archipelago of islets, some inhabited, in Shetland, Scotland, and are the easternmost part of Shetland. Locally, they are usually called Da Skerries or just Skerries.
Geography
The Out Skerries lie about northeast of ...
,
Shetland at
Scottish mainland
* Northernmost point –
Dunnet Head
Dunnet Head ( gd, Ceann Dùnaid) is a peninsula in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland. Dunnet Head includes the most northerly point of both mainland Scotland and the island of Great Britain.
Geography
The point, also known as Easter ...
at , known also as Easter Head,
Caithness
Caithness ( gd, Gallaibh ; sco, Caitnes; non, Katanes) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.
Caithness has a land boundary with the historic county of Sutherland to the west and is otherwise bounded by ...
,
Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...
,
Scotland
* Northernmost settlement –
Skarfskerry
Skarfskerry (or Scarfskerry; gd, Sgarbh Sgeir) is a settlement located in the far northern county Caithness on a small peninsula northeast of Thurso off the A836 in Scotland. It is the most northerly settlement in Great Britain. The name comes ...
,
Caithness
Caithness ( gd, Gallaibh ; sco, Caitnes; non, Katanes) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.
Caithness has a land boundary with the historic county of Sutherland to the west and is otherwise bounded by ...
,
Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...
,
Scotland at
* Southernmost point –
Mull of Galloway,
Wigtownshire at
* Southernmost settlement –
Cairngaan,
Wigtownshire at
* Westernmost point –
Corrachadh Mòr
ETRS89 (; ) is a headland on the peninsula in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, notable for being the most westerly point on the island of Great Britain. It is further west than Land's End in Cornwall.
Depending on which coordinates are used, ...
,
Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...
at
* Westernmost settlement –
Grigadale,
Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...
at
* Easternmost point –
Keith Inch
Keith Inch (originally ''Keith Insche'', ''Keithinche'' or ''Caikinche'') is the easternmost point of mainland Scotland, having formerly been an island. It is located in Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, forming the north point of Peterhead Bay at . I ...
,
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area includ ...
at
* Easternmost settlement –
Peterhead,
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area includ ...
at
Wales
Including islands
* Northernmost point –
Middle Mouse
Middle Mouse ( cy, Ynys Badrig - ''Patrick's island'') is an uninhabited island situated 1 kilometre (1000 yards) off the north coast of Anglesey. It is notable as the northernmost point of Wales. The island measures a maximum of 207 metres (2 ...
,
Anglesey
Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...
at
* Northernmost settlement –
Llanlleiana,
Anglesey
Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...
at
* Southernmost point –
Flat Holm
Flat Holm ( cy, Ynys Echni) is a Welsh island lying in the Bristol Channel approximately from Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan. It includes the most southerly point of Wales.
The island has a long history of occupation, dating at l ...
,
Cardiff, off
Lavernock Point
Lavernock ( cy, Larnog) is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, lying on the coast south of Cardiff between Penarth and Sully, and overlooking the Bristol Channel.
Marconi and the first radio messages across open sea
Following over ...
,
Vale of Glamorgan at
* Southernmost settlement –
Rhoose
Rhoose ( , cy, Y Rhws from "the moor") is a village and community near the sea (the Bristol Channel) in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, near Barry. The wider community includes villages and settlements such as Font-y-Gary, Penmark, East Aber ...
,
Vale of Glamorgan at
* Westernmost point –
Grassholm,
Pembrokeshire at
* Westernmost settlement –
Treginnis,
Pembrokeshire at
* Easternmost point –
Lady Park Wood, near
Monmouth
Monmouth ( , ; cy, Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is a town and community in Wales. It is situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Monmouth is northeast of Cardiff, and west of London. ...
,
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...
at
* Easternmost settlement –
Chepstow
Chepstow ( cy, Cas-gwent) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye, about above its confluence with the River Severn, and adjoining the western ...
,
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...
at
Welsh mainland
* Northernmost point –
Point of Ayr
:''There are two other similarly named points in the British Isles: Point of Ayre, Isle of Man and Point of Ayre, Orkney, Scotland.''
Point of Ayr ( cy, Y Parlwr Du) is the northernmost point of mainland Wales. It is situated immediately t ...
,
Flintshire at
* Northernmost settlement –
Talacre
Talacre is a village in Flintshire on the north coast of Wales in the community of Llanasa and the electoral ward of Ffynnongroyw, and is the northernmost mainland settlement in Wales. The village itself has a population of 347 as of the 2011 c ...
,
Flintshire at
* Southernmost point –
Breaksea Point
Breaksea Point is a promontory at the eastern edge of Gileston's Limpert Bay in the Vale of Glamorgan on the south coast of Wales. Breaksea Point is claimed as the southernmost point of mainland Wales, although that is also claimed of nearby Rh ...
,
Vale of Glamorgan at
* Southernmost settlement –
Rhoose
Rhoose ( , cy, Y Rhws from "the moor") is a village and community near the sea (the Bristol Channel) in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, near Barry. The wider community includes villages and settlements such as Font-y-Gary, Penmark, East Aber ...
,
Vale of Glamorgan at
* Westernmost point –
Pen Dal-aderyn,
Pembrokeshire at
* Westernmost settlement –
Treginnis,
Pembrokeshire at
* Easternmost point –
Lady Park Wood, near
Monmouth
Monmouth ( , ; cy, Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is a town and community in Wales. It is situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Monmouth is northeast of Cardiff, and west of London. ...
,
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...
at
* Easternmost settlement –
Chepstow
Chepstow ( cy, Cas-gwent) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye, about above its confluence with the River Severn, and adjoining the western ...
,
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...
at
British Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies
* Northernmost –
Point of Ayre
The Point of Ayre ( gv, Kione ny Hayrey)''Place Names of The Isle of Man – Da Ny Manninee Dooie Volume Three. Sheading of Ayre: (Kirk Andreas, Kirk Bride and Kirk Christ Lezayre)'' page 258 ''Kirk Bride'' by George Broderick – Turbingen ...
,
Isle of Man at
* Southernmost –
South Pole,
British Antarctic Territory
The British Antarctic Territory (BAT) is a sector of Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom as one of its 14 British Overseas Territories, of which it is by far the largest by area. It comprises the region south of 60°S latitude and between ...
at – disputed
* Southernmost –
Thule Island
Thule Island, also called Morrell Island, is one of the southernmost of the South Sandwich Islands, part of the grouping known as Southern Thule. It is named, on account of its remote location, after the mythical land of Thule, said by ancient ...
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South Sandwich Islands
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at – if not including Antarctica
* Westernmost –
Oeno Island,
Pitcairn Islands at
* Easternmost –
Diego Garcia,
British Indian Ocean Territory
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 ...
at – disputed
* Easternmost -
Ayios Nikolaos Station
Ayios Nikolaos Station (also spelled ''Agios Nikolaos''; el, Άγιος Νικόλαος, lit. "Saint Nicholas") is a British military station and part of in the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia in Cyprus. It is a former village (Ayios ...
,
Dhekelia Cantonment in Cyprus at - if not including BIOT
See also
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Centre points of the United Kingdom
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 tha ...
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Geography of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. With a total area of approximately , the UK occupies the major part of the British Isles archipelago and includes the island of Great Britain, t ...
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List of mountains and hills of the United Kingdom
This is a list of mountains in Britain and Ireland by height and by prominence. Height and prominence are the most important metrics for the classifications of mountains by the UIAA; with isolation a distant third criterion. The list is sourced ...
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Extreme points of the British Isles
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Extreme points of Ireland
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Extreme points of the European Union
This is a list of the extreme points of the European Union — the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.
Overall
* North: Nuorgam, Finland
* South: :fr:Pointe de Langevin, Pointe de Langevin, Saint-Joseph, R� ...
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Extreme points of Europe
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Extreme points of Eurasia
This is a list of the extreme points of Eurasia, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent. Some of these locations are open to debate, owing to the diverse definitions of Europe and Asia.
Mai ...
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Extreme points of Africa-Eurasia
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Extreme points of Earth
References
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United Kingdom
Extreme points