54°00′13″N 2°32′52″W / 54.003644°N 2.547859°W
Brennand Farm is often claimed to be the true centre of Great Britain.
The centre, as calculated by Ordnance Survey as the centroid of the two-dimensional shape of Great Britain, including all its islands, is at Whitendale Hanging Stones, about two kilometres north of the farm and about seven kilometres north-west of the village of Dunsop Bridge - which has the nearest BT phone box to the 'true centre'. A plaque reads "You are calling from the BT payphone that marks the centre of Great Britain".[1][2]
Haltwhistle claims to be the centre by a different method.[3][4]
References
- ^ Social Media Manager, Gemma (22 August 2014). "Where is the centre of Great Britain?". The Official OS Blog. OS. Retrieved 20 May 2017.[dead link]
- ^ Haran, Brady (20 October 2002). "Stuck in the middle with ewe". BBC News Online. Retrieved 20 March 2012.[dead link]
- ^ Vanessa Barford (22 August 2014). "Scottish independence: The town at the centre of Britain". BBC News. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ The Centre of Britain Archived January 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Centre of Britain Hotel, Haltwhistle, Northumberland. Accessed May 2012
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