"Lizard Point, Cornwall Lizard Point () in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula. It is situated half-a-mile (800 m) south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Helston. Lizard Point is the most southerly point on mainland Great Britain at 49° 57' 30"" N. With the exception of parts of the Isles of Scilly, it is the southernmost part of England. Lizard Point is for many ships the starting point of their ocean passage and a notorious shipping hazard. The Lizard Lighthouse is situated at Lizard"
"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,"
"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"
"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"
"Hornblower"", an order is given to ""Weather the Lizard"" in the episode ""Hornblower:Mutiny"". ""Lizard Point"" is also a track on the 1982 album """" released by Brian Eno. The Lizard ""For the village also called The Lizard, see Lizard (village)"" The Lizard () is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The most southerly point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point at . Lizard village, also known as The Lizard, is the most southerly on the British mainland, and is in the civil parish of Landewednack, the most southerly parish. The valleys of the River Helford and"
"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"
"The Lizard ""For the village also called The Lizard, see Lizard (village)"" The Lizard () is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The most southerly point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point at . Lizard village, also known as The Lizard, is the most southerly on the British mainland, and is in the civil parish of Landewednack, the most southerly parish. The valleys of the River Helford and Loe Pool form the northern boundary, with the rest of the peninsula surrounded by sea. The area measures about . The Lizard is one of England's natural regions"
"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"
"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 2011 census was 2,203. Scilly forms part of the ceremonial county of Cornwall, and some services are combined with those of Cornwall. However, since 1890, the islands have had a separate local authority. Since the passing of the Isles"
"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"
"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"
"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,"
"Bass Point (England) Bass Point is a headland on the coast of Cornwall, England, UK. It is at the southern tip of the Lizard peninsula, in the civil parish of Landewednack. The headland was a communications centre, during the Victorian era with the Lloyds Signal Station, opened in 1872 for shore to ship communications and Marconi's experiments with wireless at the Lizard Wireless Station. The National Trust owned headland is to the east of the Lizard Point, the most southerly point on mainland Great Britain. Between the two headlands is the Lizard Lighthouse and Housel Cove and less than a"
"path leads to Kynance Cove and Lizard Point, the lighthouse of which has been visible for some distance. Lizard Point is the most southerly point of the British mainland. After passing The Lizard the path turns northwards, continuing past Housel Bay and a building used by Guglielmo Marconi for radio experiments, then Bass Point with its Coastguard Station. The Lizard lifeboat station is a sheltered position in Kilcobben Cove. Passing through Cadgwith and across Kennack Sands, the path heads towards Black Head then into Coverack. Once around Lowland Point, The Manacles lie a mile offshore, a reef that has wrecked"
"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"
"force of the prevailing south-westerly winds that blow in from the Atlantic Ocean. To the north is the Celtic Sea, and to the south the English Channel. Cornwall is the location of Great Britain's most southerly point, The Lizard, and the southern mainland's most westerly point, Land's End. A few miles further west are the Isles of Scilly. Cornwall is located at . The highest point is Brown Willy at 420 m (1,378 ft), part of the granite Bodmin Moor, of which such intrusions are covered by rough grass, heather and bog flora. Woodland is prevented from growing on the"
"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"
"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"
"is the eastern boundary of the Bering Strait, 51 miles (82 km) opposite Cape Dezhnev, and adjacent to the Diomede Islands and Fairway Rock. Cape Prince of Wales Cape Prince of Wales (Russian: Мыс Принца Уэльского) () is the westernmost point on the mainland of the Americas. It was named in 1778 by Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy, presumably for the Prince of Wales at the time, George Augustus Frederick. Located on the Seward Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska near the city of Wales, Cape Prince of Wales is the terminus of the Continental Divide,"
"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,"
"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"
"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"
"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 to Chile in 1987. It is the latest cross located on the site, the first of"
"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"
"Cape Prince of Wales Cape Prince of Wales (Russian: Мыс Принца Уэльского) () is the westernmost point on the mainland of the Americas. It was named in 1778 by Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy, presumably for the Prince of Wales at the time, George Augustus Frederick. Located on the Seward Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska near the city of Wales, Cape Prince of Wales is the terminus of the Continental Divide, marking the division between the Pacific and Arctic coasts, as well as marking the limit between the Bering Sea and the Chukchi Sea. It"
"South Pole The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole. Situated on the continent of Antarctica, it is the site of the United States Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, which was established in 1956 and has been permanently staffed since that year. The Geographic South Pole is distinct from the South Magnetic Pole, the position of"
"Out Stack Out Stack or Ootsta in Shetland, Scotland, is the northernmost point of the British Isles and has been described as ""the full stop at the end of Britain"". It lies immediately 600 m northeast of Muckle Flugga and north of the island of Unst. It is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands and lies within the Hermaness National Nature Reserve. It is uninhabited and there is no landfall directly to the north. Out Stack is little more than a rocky outcrop, and is uninhabited. It has been described as ""the full stop at the end"
"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"
"Extreme points of Scotland This is a list of the extreme points and extreme elevations in Scotland. The northernmost and westernmost points of Scotland coincide with those of the UK (both for the mainland and including the islands). The opening of the Skye Bridge on 16 October 1995 means that Skye could be regarded as part of the British mainland, which - using this definition - would make the westernmost point of mainland Britain a spot 200m south of the Neist Point Lighthouse, Skye, at Schiehallion, a mountain in Perthshire, is sometimes described as the centre of Scotland. However, 2002"
"South Foreland South Foreland is a chalk headland on the Kent coast of southeast England. It presents a bold cliff to the sea, and commands views over the Strait of Dover. It is centred northeast of Dover and 15 miles south of North Foreland. It includes the closest point on the British mainland to the European continent at a distance of . This proximity gives it military significance and during the Second World War its coastal battery was built and a radar station. Lying between the busy Port of Dover and the hazardous Goodwin Sands remote sandbank, its two lighthouses"
"Herring Point Herring Point (, ‘Nos Herring’ \'nos 'he-ring\) is a point on the north coast of Rugged Island off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the east side of the entrance to Hersilia Cove. The point is named after the English Captain Joseph Herring whose ship the ""Espirito Santo"" set the beginning of Antarctic sealing south of 60° south latitude in Hersilia Cove on Christmas Day 1819. Herring Point is located at , which is 4.89 km east-southeast of Cape Sheffield, 1.63 km east-southeast of Ivan Vladislav Point, 3.92"
"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"
"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."