Centre of England

[jacksparrow]

For those of you that still thought the centre of England was near Coventry it has now been stated by ordinance survey to be in Fenny Drayton Leicestershire. Its in the middle of a crop field.

[david63]

Nah - that may be the centre of England but the centre of the UK is up here in good old Lancashire at Dunsop Bridge - I know this for a fact because I have seen the telephone box

[jacksparrow]

So how many forumeers can you get into the phone box.... lol

[paultheeagle]

Selhurst Park is the centre of the universe......Not a lot of people know that.

[Admiral of the Humber]

Sorry Chaps...Hull is the centre of England...why else would a celebrity like Soiled Nightie be moving there?!

Ho Ho Ho Ho

Regards

Rob aka the Admiral of the Humber aka the Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull

[jacksparrow]

The rusty tinman will get even rustier when he gets to 'ull..... all that salt air - he will definitely need some WD40....

[Romig1]

Speaking of geographical oddities.... did you know that Edinburgh is farther west than Bristol, and almost as far west as Cardiff? Amazed me...I had to check an atlas.

[Mo2013]

Sorry but Wakefield/Leeds seems to be middling England.

[wolfie]

So, where is the centre of the UK?

[david63]

So, where is the centre of the UK?

Dunsop Bridge telephone box

[oldbluefox]

................. and great ice creams there too!!

[david63]

................. and great ice creams there too!!

I'd forgotten about them

[oldbluefox]

They go down very well after a couple of pints in the Hark to Bounty at Slaidburn and a bacon butty from the Riverbank Tea Rooms. Both villages (Slaidburn and Dunsop Bridge) are little-known off-the-beaten-track gems in Lancashire's crown.

[david63]

The certainly are - perhaps we had better not tell anyone on here about them

[oldbluefox]

The lack of road signs around the Bowland Forest means very few actually get in. The only cars you will see are those who are still looking for the way out. My lips are sealed.

[towny44]

This thread has developed a significant red rose bias. Everyone knows the centre of the UK was the centre spot of the old Leeds Road footie stadium, it even had a plaque on the B&Q car park to mark where it used to be, AND it has recently disappeared which could be another Lancastrian plot.

[Romig1]

I'm with Mo.... that telephone box sounds to be far to much over on the wrongside, to me.

[Romig1]

This thread has developed a significant red rose bias. Everyone knows the centre of the UK was the centre spot of the old Leeds Road footie stadium, it even had a plaque on the B&Q car park to mark where it used to be, AND it has recently disappeared which could be another Lancastrian plot.

Well said Townie. The plaque is now on my lounge wall (but don't tell anybody)

[david63]

Well said Townie. The plaque is now on my lounge wall (but don't tell anybody)

... along with another fictitious trophy no doubt

[paultheeagle]

What town is the furthest from the coast

None of us are very far from the seaside but I just wondered who is the furthest.

[Romig1]

What town is the furthest from the coast

None of us are very far from the seaside but I just wondered who is the furthest.

Can't remember exactly paul, but I seem to remember it being in the W Midlands.

[david63]

Google search comes up with Coton in the Elms in Derbyshire as being the furthest from the sea

[towny44]

Google search comes up with Coton in the Elms in Derbyshire as being the furthest from the sea

It also suggests Lichfield is the Town furthest from the sea.

[david63]

It also suggests Lichfield is the Town furthest from the sea.

... amongst others.

Perhaps we need someone who has studied geography to help us

[Quizzical Bob]

It depends on what you define as 'the sea'. If you include tidal waters then you get a different answer.
Our political masters seem to believe that the centre of the nation is London.