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How far have you been North, South, East & West?

113 replies

CatHugger · 18/10/2025 14:34

Inspired by a post on the Dull Men's Club, how far have you been North, South, East and West?

In my home country (UK):

  • North: Dundee
  • South: Land's End
  • East: Great Yarmouth
  • West: Giants Causeway

In the world:

  • North: Gullfoss waterfall, Iceland
  • South: Johannesburg, South Africa
  • East: Las Vegas airport, USA
  • West: Shanghai, China
OP posts:
XDownwiththissortofthingX · 18/10/2025 14:36

You went East to get to LV from the UK, and West to get to Shanghai? 😯

CatHugger · 18/10/2025 14:39

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 18/10/2025 14:36

You went East to get to LV from the UK, and West to get to Shanghai? 😯

Probably cos it doesn't look like my geography's that great 🤦‍♀️ Swapping them over looks more realistic, travel-wise.

OP posts:
Darragon · 18/10/2025 14:44

UK
North: Skye
South: Dover
East: Canterbury or Yarmouth (whichever is furthest)
West: Derry or Strabane (whichever is furthest)

World:
North: Skye
South: Malaysia
East/West: I’ve done a full circle at least twice and landed on both sides of the International Date Line. It can be slightly surreal flying back into yesterday. 😅

Bobbybobbins · 18/10/2025 14:48

UK
North- Inverness
South- Isle of Wight/Falmouth
East- Great Yarmouth
West - Anglesey

World
North- Sweden or Canadian Rockies
South- Australia
East - Thailand or China
West - Hawaii

HellsBells13 · 18/10/2025 14:48

U.K: East- Ipswich
West: Lampeter
North: Kirkcaldy
South: Plymouth

Global: East: Japan
West: L.Angeles West Coast USA
North: Greenland
South: Spain

Cowprintplease · 18/10/2025 14:53

East - Lowestoft (most easterly point in the UK)
North - Kinlochleven
South - Lizard Point
West - Lands End

Lonelycrab · 18/10/2025 14:55

U.K.:
North: Kirkwall
South: Lizard Point
East: Southwold
West: LE

World:
North: Helsinki
South: Dhaka, Bangladesh
West: Lands End (again)
East: Dhaka (again)

ResusciAnnie · 18/10/2025 14:59

UK as far as I remember:

N: Edinburgh
E: Norfolk?
S: Cornwall somewhere
W: Anglesey/whatever port you can get the ferry to Ireland from, whichever is more westerly.

World:
N: Bergen ❤️
E: Bali
S: Albany WA
W: California

ReignOfError · 18/10/2025 15:00

In the UK:
North: Orkney
South: the Lizard
East: Lowestoft
West: I think it’d be the north side of Lough Erne, but that was a drive by, so say Enniskillen.

World:

North: Iceland
South: Invercargill area, New Zealand
West: Pretty much a draw between Vancouver Island and Olympia National Park
East: Hanoi

Hurumphh · 18/10/2025 15:00

I had to check the map out for this!

North - Inverness
South - Salisbury
East - Lowestoft (‘Lew-stohft’ to the locals - it’s furthest point east you can get in the UK)
West - North Uist (I had to check - it was a toss up between there and Betws-y-Coed)

World… not very far at all! I’m not much of a traveller, don’t really enjoy it…
North - Inverness
South - Barcelona
East - Laussane
West - North Uist

squashyhat · 18/10/2025 15:01

UK
North - Cape Wrath
South - Jersey
East - Southwold
West - Lands End

World
North - Copenhagen
South - Buenos Aires
East - Tokyo
West - Tofino, Vancouver Island

AgnesMcDoo · 18/10/2025 15:05

North: Orkney
South: Jersey
east: Great Yarmouth
west: Isle of Skye

North: Orkney
South: Cusco, Peru
East: Turkey
West: New Orleans

Cowprintplease · 18/10/2025 15:06

Hate to be that person but Jersey isn't part of the UK 😬

SixSeven · 18/10/2025 15:14

North: Auchterarder
South: Lizard
East: Cromer
West: Lands End

North: Saint Petersburg
South: Melbourne
East: Sydney
West: Tulum

CatHugger · 18/10/2025 15:15

I was wondering about the Channel Islands but they're not part of the UK. Let's leave them out or we're going to start seeing Gibraltar and the Falklands.

I had to get Google maps out too!

OP posts:
JaninaDuszejko · 18/10/2025 15:17

UK:
North: Westray, Orkney
South: Lands End
East: Lavenham, Suffolk
West: Belcoo, County Fermanagh
World:
North: Uppsala (beats Westray by 0.2 degrees)
South: Luxor
East: Luxor
West: Chicago

runwithme · 18/10/2025 15:23

UK

North - John O'Groats
South and West- Lands End
East - Great Yarmouth

World

North - Iceland
South - Iguacu or Mauritius
East - Thailand or Malaysia
West - California

BoredZelda · 18/10/2025 15:24

North: Thurso
South: Mevagissey
East: Great Yarmouth
West: Ballymena

Malbecfan · 18/10/2025 15:29

UK:
North - Invergordon
South - Lizard Point
East - Lowestoft
West - Isle of Staffa

World
North - Rovaniemi
South - Bali
East - Seoul
West - Vancouver

Fionasapples · 18/10/2025 15:29

UK
N Black Isle
S Jersey (or Plymouth if mainland)
W Londonderry
E Great Yarmouth

World
N Reykjavik, Iceland
S Miami
W Eureka, Oregon
E Tokyo

BoredZelda · 18/10/2025 15:33

World excluding GB

North: Lund
South: Gibraltar (technically U.K., but…)
East: Poros
West: New York

spoonbillstretford · 18/10/2025 15:37

North: Orkney
South: Victoria, Australia
East: Tokyo
West: New York

RampantIvy · 18/10/2025 15:37

UK
North: Inverness
South: Scilly Isles
West: Scilly Isles
East: Lowestoft

World
North: Karesuando (Lapland)
South: Bali
East: Hong Kong
West: San Francisco

TeenToTwenties · 18/10/2025 15:41

UK.
North St Andrews
South Lizard Point
West Lands End
East Lowestoft

World
North. North Cape
South. Johannesburg
West. Vancouver Island
East. Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Cherrysoup · 18/10/2025 15:41

North-Ullapool
East-raised in Newcastle
South-Folkestone
West-Liverpool