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Land's End to John o' Groats in Scotland is a distance of 838 miles (1,349 km) by road and this Land's End to John o' Groats distance is often used to define charitable events such as end-to-end walks and races in the UK. Land's End to the northernmost point of England is a distance of 556 miles (895 km) by road. [5]
The Longships is the name given to a group of rocky islets situated approximately 1 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2 km) west of Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. [1] The islets are marked by the Longships Lighthouse, the current structure being first lit in December 1873.
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Longships Lighthouse is an active 19th-century lighthouse about 1.25 mi (2.0 km) off the coast of Land's End in Cornwall, England.It is the second lighthouse to be built on Carn Bras, the highest of the Longships islets which rises 39 feet (12 m) above high water level.
This is a list of islands of England (excluding the mainland which is itself a part of the island of Great Britain), as well as a table of the largest English islands by area and by population. Islands by type and name
Land's End to John o' Groats is the traversal of the length of the island of Great Britain between two extremities, in the southwest and northeast.The traditional distance by road is 874 miles (1,407 km) and takes most cyclists 10 to 14 days; the record for running the route is nine days.
Lyonesse (/liːɒˈnɛs/ lee-uh-NESS) is a kingdom which, according to legend, consisted of a long strand of land stretching from Land's End at the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England, to what is now the Isles of Scilly in the Celtic Sea portion of the Atlantic Ocean. It was considered lost after being swallowed by the ocean in a single night.
The parish consists of 2,284 acres (9 km 2) of land, 6 acres (24,000 m 2) of water and 64 acres (260,000 m 2) of foreshore. The population was 829 at the 2001 census. [3] The church town, Sennen, is the most westerly village in mainland England and is 315 miles (507 km) west-southwest of London.