Centre points of counties of the United Kingdom
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The following is a list of geographical centre points of counties of the United Kingdom. The data has been taken from the Ordnance Survey's "GB Counties - Past and Present" dataset, under an Open Government Licence (OGL). The coordinates were calculated using the centroid function in QGIS.
| County | Coordinates | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | 52.073082,-0.4516169 | Near Wilstead |
| Berkshire | 51.450756,-1.0723208 | Sulham |
| Buckinghamshire | 51.834188,-0.7988019 | Near Bierton |
| Cambridgeshire | 52.366732,0.0048432556 | Near Colne |
| Aberdeenshire | 57.271212,-2.6764614 | Near Alford |
| Angus | 56.723809,-2.9172492 | Near Memus, Forfar |
| Argyll and Bute | 56.122222,-5.5481961 | Near Slockavullin |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 55.450686,-4.6264238 | Chalmers Road, Ayr |
| Banffshire | 57.444538,-3.0273224 | A920, Keith |
| Cheshire | 53.211217,-2.5328412 | Near Winsford |
| Berwickshire | 55.788291,-2.3603951 | Duns Wood, Duns |
| Bristol | 51.452797,-2.7707828 | Near Clapton-in-Gordano |
| Caithness | 58.429408,-3.465827 | Near Halkirk |
| City and County of the City of London | 51.51441,-0.092443446 | 2 Trump Street |
| City of Aberdeen | 57.155793,-2.1736486 | 79 Sheddocksley Rd, Aberdeen |
| City of Dundee | 56.477198,-2.9695581 | Clepington Road, Dundee |
| City of Edinburgh | 55.926555,-3.2886331 | Sighthill Public Park, Edinburgh |
| City of Glasgow | 55.85795,-4.2536076 | 131 Argyle Street, Glasgow |
| Clackmannan | 56.150462,-3.7422316 | Near Tillicoultry |
| Clwyd | 53.114576,-3.4134696 | Near Cyffylliog |
| Cornwall | 50.402682,-4.8368381 | Near Roche |
| Cumbria | 54.575641,-2.9118693 | Near A592 Madderdale |
| Derbyshire | 53.134748,-1.6105754 | Near South Darley |
| Devon | 50.750598,-3.8101725 | Near Hittisleigh |
| Dorset | 50.802589,-2.3045221 | Near Milton Abbas |
| Dumfries | 55.18499,-3.4883186 | Near Nethermill |
| Dunbartonshire | 56.037831,-4.4940795 | Near Duncryne |
| Durham | 54.676719,-1.76656 | Near Witton-le-Wear |
| Dyfed | 51.996471,-4.3390671 | Near Llangeler |
| East Lothian | 55.941977,-2.7209362 | Morham, near Haddington |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 53.864429,-0.47789764 | Near Cherry Burton |
| East Sussex | 50.936847,0.25696693 | Near Horam |
| Essex | 51.784325,0.57447209 | Near Hatfield Peverel |
| Fife | 56.229094,-3.1246297 | Near Kirkforthar, Glenrothes |
| Gloucestershire | 51.779431,-2.1840679 | Near Painswick, Stroud |
| Greater London | 51.500467,-0.10936448 | Greet House, Frazier Street, London |
| Greater Manchester | 53.515167,-2.2841841 | Near Prestwich |
| Gwent | 51.711111,-2.9746122 | Near Llanbadoc |
| Gwynedd | 52.981718,-4.1014662 | Near Coed Oerddwr |
| Hampshire | 51.057882,-1.2861195 | Near Chilcomb, Winchester |
| Herefordshire | 52.103478,-2.7449719 | Near Portway, Hereford |
| Hertfordshire | 51.829664,-0.21738703 | Near Welwyn |
| Inverness | 57.037635,-4.7708886 | Near South Laggan |
| Isle of Wight | 50.675974,-1.2962148 | Near Newport |
| Kent | 51.236852,0.72430285 | Near Lenham, Maidstone |
| Kincardineshire | 56.945198,-2.4256644 | Near Mains of Inchbreck |
| Lanarkshire | 55.652752,-3.8305195 | Near Hawksland |
| Lancashire | 53.842959,-2.6301083 | Near Goosnargh, Preston |
| Leicestershire | 52.666565,-1.1142971 | Near Leicester |
| Lincolnshire | 53.182984,-0.27772661 | Near Bucknall |
| Merseyside | 53.443655,-2.9558565 | Near Lusitania Rd, Anfield, Liverpool L4 6TY |
| Mid Glamorgan | 51.632675,-3.4783237 | Near Cwm Clydach |
| Midlothian | 55.832218,-3.1104319 | Near Rosewell |
| Moray | 57.578219,-3.4056279 | Near Kellas |
| Nairn | 57.487038,-3.8483579 | Near Balmore |
| Norfolk | 52.675545,0.9461056 | 15 Lynn Ct, Dereham NR19 1SU |
| North Yorkshire | 54.197916,-1.3942305 | Near Topcliffe, Thirsk |
| Northamptonshire | 52.307466,-0.86579765 | Near Moulton |
| Northumberland | 55.241358,-2.0663853 | Near Elsdon |
| Nottinghamshire | 53.127175,-1.0126633 | Near Kirklington, Newark |
| Orkney | 59.02919,-3.0358488 | Near Wide Firth |
| Oxfordshire | 51.765403,-1.3219832 | Near Wytham |
| Perth and Kinross | 56.565448,-3.8189619 | Near Scotston, Dunkeld |
| Powys | 52.32374,-3.4099285 | Near Abbey Cwmhir |
| Renfrewshire | 55.837027,-4.5473421 | Kilbarchan Park, Kilbarchan, Johnstone |
| Ross and Cromarty | 57.559456,-5.3334895 | Near Coulin, Achnasheen |
| Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 55.494628,-2.7675682 | South of Riddell |
| Rutland | 52.66072,-0.65470444 | Armley Wood, Oakham |
| Shetland | 60.394926,-1.2540398 | Easter Hill of Dale, Shetland |
| Shropshire | 52.642847,-2.7136856 | Berrington, Shrewsbury |
| Somerset | 51.149079,-2.8906518 | Chilton Polden, Bridgwater |
| South Glamorgan | 51.464264,-3.3382002 | St Nicholas, Cardiff |
| South Yorkshire | 53.48447,-1.3314539 | Swinton, Mexborough |
| Staffordshire | 52.857181,-2.0367897 | Gaydon, Stafford |
| Stirling and Falkirk | 56.213919,-4.2726206 | March Wood, Callander |
| Suffolk | 52.219105,1.0628571 | Stonham Earl |
| Surrey | 51.247924,-0.42058494 | Near Effingham |
| Sutherland | 58.216009,-4.4759361 | Vagastie, Lairg |
| The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright | 55.019733,-4.0624932 | Glenlaggan Wood, Castle Douglas |
| Tweeddale | 55.622858,-3.289749 | Near Peebles |
| Tyne & Wear | 54.954348,-1.5644016 | Gateshead |
| Warwickshire | 52.300231,-1.5597289 | Old Milverton, Leamington Spa |
| West Glamorgan | 51.661422,-3.8968131 | Llansamlet, Swansea |
| West Lothian | 55.884932,-3.5739149 | Seafield, Livingston |
| West Midlands | 52.488364,-1.8742328 | Birmingham |
| West Sussex | 50.955932,-0.49511761 | Near Pulborough |
| West Yorkshire | 53.743097,-1.688899 | Near Gomersal |
| Western Isles | 57.907624,-6.8746211 | Loch a' Siar |
| Wigtown | 54.920595,-4.6668604 | Kiltersan, Newton Stewart |
| Wiltshire | 51.31524,-1.9314378 | Urchfont, Devizes |
| Worcestershire | 52.223541,-2.1690516 | Near Hindlip |
| Yorkshire | 53.981515, -1.241348 | Near Hessay, near York[1] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "The OS maps people have calculated the exact centre of Yorkshire – and it's next to York". York Mix. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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