Furthest from the coast

[hc4361]

Which major city is furthest from the coast, and how far is it?

I live the furthest from the coast line as you can get in the UK but thankfully can still get to the seaside in less than a couple of hours. This set me wondering about my question.

Should have paid more attention in geography, so look forward to finding out!

[Maydup]

In Great Britain its Burton on Trent i think.

In the world its probably Oskemen in Kazakstan which must be a couple of days away from the coast.

I live 25 minutes from the sea and I couldn't imagine not being able to see it when ever I wish.

[boxtops]

Maybe this place?????


Urumqi is the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China's most western province. The most "inland" city in the world - the farthest from any major body of water -- Urumqi is 3,270 km (2,050 mi) from Beijing (a five-hour flight).

[MASS1961]

Is Burton upon Trent a City?

Maybe in GB Derby is furthest from the coast?

[NOX]

I dunno tbh, but Meriden is the centre of England and the nearest city to that is Coventry- which has a half arsed logic to it.lol

[hc4361]

2000 miles from the sea! I can't imagine it. That's a long way to go for a donkey ride, a kiss me quick hat, a stick of rock and fish and chips on the prom.

[Maydup]

^^^ and then the flippin tide would be out!

[hc4361]

Lol lol lol

You're right, maidup!

[chris1957au]

Just outside the quaint village of Coton in the Elms is a small farm.
It is like most other farms in Derbyshire, beautifully nestled among verdant fields and grand trees.

However Church Flatts farm is special.

The Ordnance Survey has calculated it is the furthest point from the sea in all the UK.

To be precise, the identified point is one mile south-east of the farm house occupied by Henry and Joyce Blackwell.

Mrs Blackwell said she had been informed of the farm's special status by the Ordnance Survey, but the only people who showed any interest in the site were occasional ramblers.









So, living so far away, does Mrs Blackwell visit the sea often?

"I don't think I have been to the sea since 1988," she said.

Sadly, that was to identify the body of her mother, who died while holidaying at Skegness.

Mrs Blackwell said she used to visit the beach in the 1970s when her two sons were younger.

"They have grown up now, so we don't have much reason to go to the beach."

Well, do the Blackwells ever eat fish?

Mrs Blackwell laughs: "No, I guess we are more meat eaters."








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Latitude: 52º 43.6'N
Longitude: 1º 37.2'W
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News Online's Brady Haran built a sand castle to mark the point (see video above)

The Blackwells farm 300 sheep and 250 cattle on their 150-acre property.
For the record, the nearest section of coast to Church Flatts farm is the mean low water line at Fosdyke Wash, on the edge of The Wash, south of Boston, in Lincolnshire.

This is some 70 miles (113 kilometres) away.

However, to be highly technical, the nearest high tide point is on the River Trent, which is a tidal river.

Using this definition, the nearest point to Church Flatts Farm is at Cromwell Lock, north of Newark, in Nottinghamshire.

This is just 45 miles (72 kilometres) from the farm.