"traditional British naval song ""Spanish Ladies"". Scilly is mentioned in the song ""Phenomenal Cat"" by The Kinks on their album The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society. Isles of Scilly is a song by the Icelandic artist Catmanic. Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly (; or """") is an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall. One of the islands, St Agnes, is the most southerly point in both England and the United Kingdom, being over further south than the most southerly point of the British mainland at Lizard Point. The population of all the islands at the"
"Ness Point Ness Point, also known as Lowestoft Ness, is the most easterly point of England, the United Kingdom and the British Isles. It is located in Lowestoft in the Waveney district of the county of Suffolk. The site is located to the north of the town centre and has a direction marker, known as Euroscope, marking locations in other countries and how far away they are from Ness Point. Ness point is the site for the Orbis Energy Centre, a renewable energy development centre. Also located at Ness Point is the previous record holder for Britain's tallest wind turbine,"
"nicknamed ""Gulliver"". It stands tall, generating energy for the National Grid. Ness Point Ness Point, also known as Lowestoft Ness, is the most easterly point of England, the United Kingdom and the British Isles. It is located in Lowestoft in the Waveney district of the county of Suffolk. The site is located to the north of the town centre and has a direction marker, known as Euroscope, marking locations in other countries and how far away they are from Ness Point. Ness point is the site for the Orbis Energy Centre, a renewable energy development centre. Also located at Ness"
"Marshall Meadows Bay Marshall Meadows Bay is the northernmost point of England. It is located on the Northumberland coast, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the north of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and just to the south of the Anglo-Scottish border. Across the border in Scotland is the county of Berwickshire in the Borders region. The hamlet of Marshall Meadows lies to the west of the bay, and is the most northerly inhabited place in England. The Marshall Meadows Country House Hotel is here, along with a farm and a caravan site. There is a disused tunnel from the caravan site to the bay"
"Antarctic claims of three of the Commonwealth's members – Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom – are counted. If so, the southernmost point is the South Pole (by definition, 90°S), where those three claims (and those of other, non-Commonwealth, countries) meet. However, these claims are generally not recognised, except by some or all other claimants to Antarctica. If Antarctic claims are not included, Thule Island, in the British overseas territory of South Sandwich Islands, lies farthest south, at 59°27″00′S. These, still, are overseas territories of a Commonwealth member. Including only integral parts of members, the most southern point is"
"and towed away the remains to Plymouth. However, the cost of scrapping the ship sent them into liquidation. Some remains were, however left over and are still visible today. Prawle Point Prawle Point (, ""lookout hill"") is a coastal headland in south Devon, England It is the southernmost point of Devon. Access is from the village of East Prawle along a single-track road, at the end of which a National Trust car park is present. At the point itself, there are high cliffs. The National Coastwatch Institution has a station at the point The area around the point is a"
"Prawle Point Prawle Point (, ""lookout hill"") is a coastal headland in south Devon, England It is the southernmost point of Devon. Access is from the village of East Prawle along a single-track road, at the end of which a National Trust car park is present. At the point itself, there are high cliffs. The National Coastwatch Institution has a station at the point The area around the point is a noted area for cirl bunting, a localised bird in Britain, while the area has also attracted many rare vagrant birds including Britain's second chestnut-sided warbler. The point is included"
"Selsey Bill Selsey Bill is a headland into the English Channel on the south coast of England in the county of West Sussex. The southernmost town in Sussex is Selsey which is at the end of the Manhood Peninsula and ""Selsey Bill"" is situated on the town's southern coastline. It is the easternmost point of Bracklesham Bay and the westernmost point of the Sussex Coast. Although the place name ""Selsey"" has existed since Saxon times, and is derived from the Old English meaning ""Seal's Island"", there is no evidence to suggest that the place name ""Selsey Bill"" is particularly old."
"sea Point farthest from high tide mark (including tidal rivers) Centre of a rectangle enclosing precisely all of England and Wales Centre of England For centuries the parish of Meriden to the west of Coventry has claimed to be the geographical centre of England, and there has been a stone cross there commemorating the claim for at least 500 years. The justification is that the point farthest from the sea is in the parish. Morton, Derbyshire also claims to be the centre of England as it is not only midway along England's longest north-south axis, but also midway between the"
"extreme points of Yorkshire. On 31 August 2011 Strangeway became the first person to sleep at each of the six extreme points of Great Britain solo on consecutive nights. This is the extreme point route Strangeway took: Thursday 25/Friday 26 – Southernmost point – Lizard Point, Cornwall Friday 26 /Saturday 27 – Lowest point – Holme Fen, Huntingdonshire Saturday 27/Sunday 28 – Easternmost point – Lowestoft Ness, Suffolk Sunday 28/Monday 29 – Westernmost point – Corrachadh Mor, Argyllshire Monday 29/Tuesday 30 – Northernmost point – Dunnet Head, Caithness Tuesday 30/Wednesday31 – Highest point – Ben Nevis, Inverness-shire In June 2012"
"village. Lizard (village) Lizard, also known as The Lizard, is a village on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated about south of Helston, and is mainland Britain's most southerly settlement. Lizard is a tourist centre and its large village green is surrounded by cafes and gift shops. The name derives from the Cornish ""Lis"" for 'place' and ""Ard"" for 'high'. The village is in the civil parish of Landewednack, the most southerly parish on the British mainland. The parish church is dedicated to St Winwallow and is the most southerly in mainland Britain. It is"
"and then relayed to the Brow Head station by wireless telegraphy for relaying on to the recipients. Brow Head Brow Head () is the most southerly point of mainland Ireland. It is in the rural townland of Mallavogue near Crookhaven in County Cork, Ireland. It is 3.8 km east of Mizen Head at latitude 51.43ºN. Ptolemy's ""Geography"" (2nd century AD) described a point called Νοτιον (""Notion"", ""southern promontory"") which referred to Brow Head. The signal tower on Brow Head is part of a chain of towers built in 1804, during British rule, to give warning of a French invasion. Originally"
"are plans to build more on Rhoose Point. The most southerly point of Wales is Flat Holm in the Bristol Channel. Rhoose Point Rhoose Point () is the most southerly settlement of mainland Wales, although there are claims that Breaksea Point is the most southern point. The Vale of Glamorgan Council had installed a permanent notice verifying Rhoose Point as the most southerly part of Wales’s mainland and there is a small stone circle marking the point as well. It lies on the southern coast of South Wales and projects into the Bristol Channel. Nearby used to be a cement"
"Wasp Point Wasp Point () is a projecting point in the middle of the southwest coast of Thule Island, South Sandwich Islands. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after the American sealing vessel in which Captain Benjamin Morrell of Stonington, CT, visited the island in 1823. It constitutes, by a small margin in comparison with Jeffries Point on Cook Island (3,8 seconds of latitude or 116,7 meters), the southernmost landmass of the South Sandwich Islands, and the southernmost landmass worldwide north of the 60th parallel south and therefore the southernmost landmass outside of the Antarctic Treaty"
"Brow Head Brow Head () is the most southerly point of mainland Ireland. It is in the rural townland of Mallavogue near Crookhaven in County Cork, Ireland. It is 3.8 km east of Mizen Head at latitude 51.43ºN. Ptolemy's ""Geography"" (2nd century AD) described a point called Νοτιον (""Notion"", ""southern promontory"") which referred to Brow Head. The signal tower on Brow Head is part of a chain of towers built in 1804, during British rule, to give warning of a French invasion. Originally the signalling was done with a system of flags and blackballs on masts. Brow Head, or Mallavogue,"
"Longridge Fell Longridge Fell is the most southerly fell in England, near the town of Longridge, Lancashire. It lies at the southern end of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. As its name suggests, it takes the form of a long ridge which rises in a north-easterly direction from within the town of Longridge to its summit 4.5 miles distant. As the ridge curves towards the east, it comes to a sudden end and drops into the Hodder Valley. The fell is a good example of a cuesta; the ridge has a sharp drop or escarpment on"
"Dunnet Head Dunnet Head () is a peninsula in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland. Dunnet Head includes the most northerly point of the mainland of Great Britain. The point, also known as Easter Head, is at grid reference , about west-northwest of John o' Groats and about from Duncansby Head. Dunnet Head can be seen also as the western limit of the Pentland Firth on the firth's southern, or Caithness, side (Duncansby Head is the eastern limit). Although Easter Head is the most northerly point on the Scottish mainland, the northernmost point of Scotland lies in the Shetland"
"6 metres, then deepens considerably. The bay is located some north of the closest UK city, Inverness, in Scotland's Highland region and from London. Even Lerwick, the Shetland's capital and only town, is some to the south. However, Haroldswick's claim to be the northernmost settlement in the UK is surpassed by the tiny hamlet of Norwick-Skaw, situated to the north. The Methodist Church at Haroldswick is the northernmost church in Britain. For many years, Haroldswick Post Office was the most northerly in the UK and visitors could get a special postmark. Since the office's closure in 1999, this record is"
"Cranfield Point Cranfield Point () is the southernmost point of Northern Ireland. It is located at the mouth of Carlingford Lough in the townland of Cranfield, County Down. It was once the site of the Cranfield Point lighthouse, marking the entrance to the lough. Its poor position led to the construction of the Haulbowline Lighthouse situated in the middle of the entrance to Carlingford Lough. Cranfield Point Lighthouse subsequently fell victim to coastal erosion and collapsed into the sea during the 1860s. The lighthouse keeper's cottage remained and was later converted into a private residence that can still be seen"
"Land's End Land's End ( or ""Pedn an Wlas"") is a headland and holiday complex in western Cornwall, England. It is the most westerly point of mainland Cornwall and England, situated within the Penwith peninsula about west-south-west of Penzance at the western end of the A30 road. The actual Land’s End or Peal Point, is a modest headland compared with nearby headlands such as Pedn-men-dhu overlooking Sennen Cove and Pordenack, to the south. The present hotel and tourist complex is at Carn Kez, 200 m south of the actual Land’s End. Land's End has a particular resonance because it is"
"St Catherine's Point St. Catherine's Point is the southernmost point on the Isle of Wight. It is close to the village of Niton and the point where the Back of the Wight changes to the Undercliff of Ventnor. On nearby St. Catherine's Down is St. Catherine's Oratory, locally known as the ""Pepperpot"", a stone lighthouse built in the 1323 by Walter De Godeton. It is Britain's oldest medieval lighthouse. Reportedly, de Godeton felt guilty for having scavenged wine, destined for a monastery from the wreck of the St. Marie of Bayonne in Chale Bay. He was ordered, on pain of"
"today, identified by its characteristic tall black chimneys. Cranfield Point Cranfield Point () is the southernmost point of Northern Ireland. It is located at the mouth of Carlingford Lough in the townland of Cranfield, County Down. It was once the site of the Cranfield Point lighthouse, marking the entrance to the lough. Its poor position led to the construction of the Haulbowline Lighthouse situated in the middle of the entrance to Carlingford Lough. Cranfield Point Lighthouse subsequently fell victim to coastal erosion and collapsed into the sea during the 1860s. The lighthouse keeper's cottage remained and was later converted into"
"Rhoose Point Rhoose Point () is the most southerly settlement of mainland Wales, although there are claims that Breaksea Point is the most southern point. The Vale of Glamorgan Council had installed a permanent notice verifying Rhoose Point as the most southerly part of Wales’s mainland and there is a small stone circle marking the point as well. It lies on the southern coast of South Wales and projects into the Bristol Channel. Nearby used to be a cement works. On that site there is now a development of 600 houses that has greatly extended the village of Rhoose. There"
"Lizard (village) Lizard, also known as The Lizard, is a village on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated about south of Helston, and is mainland Britain's most southerly settlement. Lizard is a tourist centre and its large village green is surrounded by cafes and gift shops. The name derives from the Cornish ""Lis"" for 'place' and ""Ard"" for 'high'. The village is in the civil parish of Landewednack, the most southerly parish on the British mainland. The parish church is dedicated to St Winwallow and is the most southerly in mainland Britain. It is built"
"that separates the north and the south of England. The services are in Northamptonshire, England close to the village of Watford about to the south east of Rugby and about to the north west of London. They are situated between junctions 16 and 17 of the M1 with a single site for each direction on the motorway linked by a footbridge. The name comes from the nearby Watford Gap, the narrowest and lowest point in the limestone ridge that crosses England diagonally from the Cotswolds to Lincoln Edge. In Roman Britain, Iter II, later named Watling Street, crossed the gap;"
"Cornwall Cornwall (; ) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom. The county is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar which forms most of the border between them. Cornwall forms the westernmost part of the South West Peninsula of the island of Great Britain. The furthest southwestern point of the island is Land's End; the southernmost point is Lizard Point. Cornwall has a population of and covers an area of . The"
"System. Wasp Point Wasp Point () is a projecting point in the middle of the southwest coast of Thule Island, South Sandwich Islands. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after the American sealing vessel in which Captain Benjamin Morrell of Stonington, CT, visited the island in 1823. It constitutes, by a small margin in comparison with Jeffries Point on Cook Island (3,8 seconds of latitude or 116,7 meters), the southernmost landmass of the South Sandwich Islands, and the southernmost landmass worldwide north of the 60th parallel south and therefore the southernmost landmass outside of the Antarctic"
"Point of Ayre The Point of Ayre () is the northernmost point of the Isle of Man. It lies at the northern end of Ramsey Bay north of the town of Ramsey. The point can be accessed by the A16 road from Bride. Point of Ayre lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse on the Isle of Man, is located here. It is the closest point on the Isle of Man to the British mainland, being south of Burrow Head in Scotland. The name Ayre comes from the Norse word ""Eyrr"" meaning gravel bank. Strong currents offshore cause an ever-changing build-up of shingle,"
"which was built in 1913 and replaced several times since then due to the harsh weather. Cape Froward Cape Froward () () is the southernmost point of mainland South America. It is located in the Magallanes Region of Chile, along the north shore of Magellan Strait, being the southern tip of the Brunswick Peninsula. In January 1587, the English corsair Thomas Cavendish named the place after the region's rough climate (strong rains and winds). A large metallic cross (""Cruz de los Mares"", Cross of the Seas) was built on the cape's hill in honor of Pope John Paul II's visit"
"whose clubhouse doubles as the home of the Preston Wheelers Cycling Club. Below Tootle Heights are the Spade Mill Reservoirs. Longridge Fell Longridge Fell is the most southerly fell in England, near the town of Longridge, Lancashire. It lies at the southern end of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. As its name suggests, it takes the form of a long ridge which rises in a north-easterly direction from within the town of Longridge to its summit 4.5 miles distant. As the ridge curves towards the east, it comes to a sudden end and drops into the"
"north-east. London is to the north-east. Hindhead Hindhead is a village in Surrey, England. It is the highest village in Surrey, with buildings at between 185 and 253 metres above sea level. It is best known as the location of the Devil's Punch Bowl, a beauty spot and site of special scientific interest, and as the site of the Hindhead crossroads, a formerly notorious congestion spot, where the A3 between Portsmouth and London was crossed by the A287 between Hook and Haslemere. The A3 now passes under Hindhead in the Hindhead Tunnel and its route along the Punch Bowl has"
"has a claim to be at the centre of England as it is midway along the longest North – South Axis (Near Berwick upon Tweed to Poole) and is also midway between the Welsh border (Close to Dodleston) and the East Coast (at Skegness). The Ordnance Survey define Fenny Drayton to be the Geographical centre of England, and Coton in the Elms to be the Farthest point from the Sea. Historically Meriden has been regarded as the centre of England for over 200 years, despite being closer to the South Coast than it is to Berwick-upon-Tweed. The position of the"
"mid 10th century, extending England's borders northwards to the River Forth and Edinburgh. Lothian was lost to the Scots at the Battle of Carham in 1018, and Tweedmouth became England's northernmost point, with the River Tweed as the border. Control of Berwick-upon-Tweed alternated between England and Scotland in the following centuries, with the town being finally retaken by the English in 1482. The current border was established at Marshall Meadows Bay in the Treaty of Fotheringhay of 11 June 1482. Marshall Meadows Bay Marshall Meadows Bay is the northernmost point of England. It is located on the Northumberland coast, 2.5"