Brennand Farm
British geographical location
54°00′13″N 2°32′52″W / 54.003644°N 2.547859°W / 54.003644; -2.547859
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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 1 mile (2 km) north of the farm and about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) 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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Geography of the Borough of Ribble Valley
- Clitheroe
- Longridge
& suburbs
- Balderstone
- Barrow
- Bashall Eaves
- Billington
- Bolton-by-Bowland
- Brockhall Village
- Chatburn
- Chipping
- Clayton-le-Dale
- Dinckley
- Downham
- Dunsop Bridge
- Gisburn
- Great Mitton
- Grindleton
- Horton
- Hurst Green
- Langho
- Low Moor
- Mellor Brook
- Mellor
- Middop
- Newsholme
- Newton
- Osbaldeston
- Paythorne
- Pendleton
- Read
- Ribchester
- Rimington
- Sabden
- Salesbury
- Sawley
- Simonstone
- Slaidburn
- Stydd
- Tosside
- Twiston
- Waddington
- West Bradford
- Whalley
- Whitewell
- Wilpshire
- Wiswell
- Worston
- York
- Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley
- Balderstone
- Bashall Eaves
- Billington and Langho
- Bolton-by-Bowland
- Bowland Forest High
- Bowland Forest Low
- Bowland-with-Leagram
- Chatburn
- Chipping
- Clayton-le-Dale
- Clitheroe
- Dinckley
- Downham
- Dutton
- Easington
- Gisburn
- Gisburn Forest
- Great Mitton
- Grindleton
- Horton
- Hothersall
- Little Mitton
- Longridge
- Mearley
- Mellor
- Middop
- Newsholme
- Newton
- Osbaldeston
- Paythorne
- Pendleton
- Ramsgreave
- Read
- Ribchester
- Rimington
- Sabden
- Salesbury
- Sawley
- Simonstone
- Slaidburn
- Thornley-with-Wheatley
- Twiston
- Waddington
- West Bradford
- Whalley
- Wilpshire
- Wiswell
- Worston
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