What’s the furthest north in the UK you’ve been? Where do you think the north starts?

[BarrelOfOtters]

Prompted by a friend who has never been north of Birmingham and thinks of that as North.

orkney for me.

The furthest north I’ve been in the UK is Glasgow - to the passport office - what a joyful experience that was 😂

I live on the south coast so anything above Southampton is north to me, but sort of York upwards is ‘up north’

Furthest North I've been is Shetland.

The North officially starts when you can see the Hat Museum from the train 👩‍⚖️

North of England to me equals Yorkshire/Lancashire and upwards. Which if you're in Scotland is "down South" 😁

Orkney. Wonderful place.

The North of the UK starts north of Leeds, imo, i.e. the Dales. The North of England starts at South Yorkshire. That's fact, not opinion. Anything south of there is Midlands.

I think we need to stop thinking just ‘north and south’ and start acknowledging the midlands. I’m from the midlands and identify as neither north nor south. The area actually has historical influences from both sides.

I also get teased frequently by northerners and southerners each claiming I’m the opposite.

Lochinver/Assynt

You can go a long way north in this country!

I've been to Stornaway. I'm not certain if I have been further north.

The North starts around Perth when you head on to the A9. I live in Scotland though. All of England is South.

The furthest north I've been is Bridlington. How exciting!

North for me starts in Yorkshire.

I would say the north starts from Leeds.

I currently live in Aberdeen but have been as far north as Torridon, north to me is Shetland/Scandinavia. All of England is south, in the winter Newcastle has about an hour more daylight!

The furthest north I've been is Dunnet Head, the most northerly part of the UK mainland.

The north south divide is roughly the line between the Severn estuary and the Wash. So Birmingham is definitely "the north" your friend is right. Hunstanton is further north but is in "the south" because the line is not a horizontal east-west one.

Inverness is the furthest north I've been in the uk.

I live in South London and shit starts getting weird north of the river tbh.

So you think Gloucester, Cheltenham, Hereford and Worcester are in the North?

Aviemore and for me the North starts north of the Midlands.

Wick

I think the north starts north of Dundee.

Inverness.

The North starts at Sheffield. The South ends at Milton Keynes. And the bit in between is the Midlands.

Shetland
I think the north is an imaginary line above Crewe, Mansfield, Lincoln...so a bit further north than the Mersey/Humber line a few people mentioned. Stoke definitely Midlands as is Nottingham. When I lived in Nottingham southerners seemed to think it was the far north

I mean south of Mersey/Humber 🤦‍♀️

John o groats. I'd say the north starts around Sheffield.

Ps I know Liverpool is considered the north but when you look on a map it really isn't! When you consider you can drive three or four hours north of there and still not have reached Scotland. I think it should be considered the midlands.

I don’t think English people talking about the north are really thinking about the actual map. Newport Pagnell has been suggested as the start of ‘the north’. It’s 50 miles from London!

Anywhere north of Plymouth or the Tamar but rather than the "North" I would simply see it as England.

Furthest north the Black Isle in Scotland.

The "North" starts at the Thames (Sarf London Lad here).

I agree with those who say the North starts around Sheffield. The Midlands are definitely not North!

Furthest I have been is probably Dundee or Oban, not sure which one is further to the North. Or maybe a Hebridean island.

John o Groats.

The North is Sheffield and up. Derby is most definitely in the midlands (East Midlands).

Furthest north is Edinburgh.

I think the North begins at Sheffield