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Where's the furthest you've been north, south, east and west?

191 replies

RealHousewivesOfTaunton · 27/10/2024 10:17

In the UK:
North: Gleneagles
South: Lizard
East: Great Yarmouth
West: Giant's Causeway

Globally:
North: Helsinki
South: Johannesburg
East: Shanghai
West: Las Vegas

OP posts:
unsync · 27/10/2024 12:13

North: North Cape / Skarsvåg
East: HK
South: Barbados
West: SF

vegandspice · 27/10/2024 12:19

North Gothenburg
South Sydney
East Brisbane
West Vancouver Island

Ezekiela · 27/10/2024 12:22

UK:
Glencoe
Lizard
Great Yarmouth
Iona (think this is further west than Lands End but not sure. )

World:
NE Finland
Buenos Aires
Beijing
Vancouver

daffodilandtulip · 27/10/2024 12:24

UK:
N Edinburgh
S Lizard Point
E Great Yarmouth
W Land's End

World:
N Norway
S Uganda
E Cyprus
W Land's End 😂

Ezekiela · 27/10/2024 12:26

squashyhat · 27/10/2024 12:07

UK: N Cape Wrath; S Jersey; E Southwold; W Angelsey
Worldwide: N Vancouver Island; S Buenos Aires; E Tokyo; W also Vancouver Island

Isn't Cape Wrath further north than Vancouver Island?

SeaToSki · 27/10/2024 12:34

But when does West become East again?

i live in the US, so from there I have
North Voss in Norway
South Mataura in New Zealand S Island
West Hong Kong
East Bangkok

but my DH has most people beat on South. He has been to the South Pole..and there is actually a pole there 🤣

SeaToSki · 27/10/2024 12:38

SeaToSki · 27/10/2024 12:34

But when does West become East again?

i live in the US, so from there I have
North Voss in Norway
South Mataura in New Zealand S Island
West Hong Kong
East Bangkok

but my DH has most people beat on South. He has been to the South Pole..and there is actually a pole there 🤣

Just remembered …. Reykjavik for north

muddyford · 27/10/2024 12:40

UK:
North - Ythan estuary (between Aberdeen and Peterhead
South - Lizard
West - Isles of Scilly
East - Lowestoft

SoupDragon · 27/10/2024 12:49

Worldwide

N Oban
S Sydney
E Singapore
W San Francisco

UK
N Oban
S Mevagissey
E Norwich
W Perranporth

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 27/10/2024 12:59

North: Jukkasjarvi, Sweden
South: Cape Point, South Africa
East: Shanghai (from the UK)
West: Singapore (from the US). Have also flown it from the UK, so almost a circumnavigation!

RealHousewivesOfTaunton · 27/10/2024 17:04

I'm definitely using the international date line for the east-west divide.

I've had to Google some of these places but I think the furthest we've gone on the thread so far is:

UK:
North: Shetland Islands
South: Lizard (not counting the Channel Islands)
East: Google tells me that Lowestoft just pips Great Yarmouth
West: Enniskillen

World:
North: The North Pole
South: Booth Island
East: Tonga
West: Hawaii

Aren't we an adventurous lot!

OP posts:
MillicentMargaretAmanda · 27/10/2024 17:13

Uk&NI
N: Tobermory
S: Mevagissey
E: Great Yarmouth
W: Portrush

World:
N: Olden, Norway
S: Te Anau, New Zealand
E: Fiji
W: Seaside, Oregon

That was fun!

DelphiniumBlue · 27/10/2024 17:44

St Petersburg
Cape Town
Hong Kong
LA

TickingAlongNicely · 27/10/2024 17:49

Fort George
Harwich
Torquay
Islay

Fort George
Cyprus
Cyprus
California

Chypre · 27/10/2024 17:51

UK:
North - Peak District
South - Isle of Wight
East - probably Dover
West - Lands End

World:
North - Iceland
South - Mauritius
East - Japan
West - California

KnottedTwine · 27/10/2024 17:53

Uk:

North - Orkney
South - Land's End
East - Dover
West - probably Land's end, or if not, Enniskillen

Internationally:

North: probably still Orkney
South : Borneo
East: Japan
West: Merida, Mexico.

ExquisiteIyDecorated · 27/10/2024 17:57

UK:

Aberdeen
Lands End
Great Yarmouth
St Davids

World:

Northern Norway (inside the arctic circle)
New Zealand (South Island)
Turkey
West is tricky because I flew that way to get to NZ with a stopover in LA. So LA I guess. Or NZ again.

lifeturnsonadime · 27/10/2024 18:01

UK

North - Skye
South - Lands End
East - Great Yarmouth
West - Giant's Causeway County Antrim

World -

North - Whistler
South - Cape Town
East - Ho Chi Minh City
West - Vancouver Island

BlueEyedLeucy · 27/10/2024 18:03

North: Ullapool
South: Carlisle
East: Aberdeen
West: Iona

GameOfJones · 27/10/2024 18:03

UK:

North - Inverness
East - Norwich
South - Isle of Wight
West - Belfast

Globally:

North - Norway
East - not very, Tanzania
South - also Tanzania
West - Mexico

IngenTing · 27/10/2024 18:05

North - Norwegian Arctic Circle, north of Mo I Rana,
South - Mahmaya
West - New York
East - Mahmaya

JaninaDuszejko · 27/10/2024 18:16

I've had to Google some of these places but I think the furthest we've gone on the thread so far is:

UK:
North: Shetland Islands
South: Lizard (not counting the Channel Islands)
East: Google tells me that Lowestoft just pips Great Yarmouth
West: Enniskillen

Oh, I can beat Enniskillin (just!), we went through the border at Belcoo.

TitilatedOcelot · 27/10/2024 18:24

Interesting exercise - I am more widely travelled than I thought. All of these adventures are pre kids, have been hardly anywhere since.

UK
S & W - Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly
E - Wroxham, Norfolk
N - Glencoe, Scotland

World
N - Reykjavik
E - Brisbane
S - Adelaide
W - San Francisco

sharpclawedkitten · 27/10/2024 18:27

In the UK/Ireland/Channel Islands:

South: Jersey
North: Moray coast - Elgin
West: Isles of Scilly (and Donegal in Ireland)
East: Great Yarmouth

Worldwide

South: New Zealand
North: Rovaniemi, Finland
West: Hawaii
East: Singapore

Allthehorsesintheworld · 27/10/2024 18:27

In the UK
N — Glenshee
S — Isle of Wight I guess or the Lizard
W — West Coast of Northern Ireland . Can’t remember town’s name.
E - Cambridge I think or Yorkshire/ Lincolnshire coast.

North— Sweden
South —- Senegal
West — East coast USA
East— Beirut