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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]
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.
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.
Aerial photo looking across Land's End to Cape Cornwall Celtic cross near St Loy's Cove, St Buryan Rocky cove at St Loy in the south of the district. Penwith (/ ˌ p ɛ n ˈ w ɪ θ /; Cornish: Pennwydh) is an area of Cornwall, England, located on the peninsula of the same name.
Cliffs at Land's End The modern English name "Cornwall" is a compound of two terms coming from two different language groups: "Corn-" originates from the Proto-Celtic *kornu - (" horn ", presumed in reference to " headland "), and is cognate with the English word "horn" and Latin "cornu" (both deriving from the Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-).
Whitesand Bay (Cornish: Porth Senan, meaning cove at Sennen) is a wide sandy bay near Land's End in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.It stretches for one mile between the headlands of Pedn-mên-du and Aire Point. and contains the village of Sennen Cove. [1]
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" (that is, from the extreme southwest of mainland England to the far northeast of mainland Scotland).
Cape Cornwall (Cornish: Kilgoodh, meaning "goose back") [1] is a small headland in West Cornwall, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Land's End near the town of St Just. [2] Until the first Ordnance Survey in the early 19th-century, Cape Cornwall was believed to be the most westerly point in Cornwall. [3]