How the crowd draws
26 drawings of its land border and 7 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s United Kingdom map, 25 September 2026 to 26 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 235 km²91 sq mi | 253 km²98 sq mi↑7.5% bigger |
| Outline | 139 km86 mi | 148 km92 mi↑6.4% longer |
| Centre | 2.77° W, 51.45° N2.8° W, 51.5° N | 2.76° W, 51.45° N2.8° W, 51.5° N→1 km east1 mi east |
| Westernmost | 3.12° W, 51.37° N3.1° W, 51.4° N | 3.12° W, 51.37° N3.1° W, 51.4° N=the same |
| Easternmost | 2.51° W, 51.49° N2.5° W, 51.5° N | 2.50° W, 51.49° N2.5° W, 51.5° N→1 km beyond1 mi beyond |
| Southernmost | 3.11° W, 51.34° N3.1° W, 51.3° N | 3.11° W, 51.34° N3.1° W, 51.3° N=the same |
| Northernmost | 2.68° W, 51.54° N2.7° W, 51.5° N | 2.67° W, 51.55° N2.7° W, 51.5° N=the same |
Near the land border, 42% of the crowd’s lines run inside Bristol. Near the coast, 61% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Somerset | 52 km in the game | 53 km the crowd’s↑1.9% longer |
| Gloucestershire | 34 km in the game | 39 km the crowd’s↑14.7% longer |
| Gwent | 5 km in the game | 6 km the crowd’s↑20.0% longer |
| The coast | 49 km in the game | 51 km the crowd’s↑4.1% longer |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn UK →How it is measured
The crowd’s Bristol: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Bristol or outside it; the median over a short stretch is where the crowd puts the line there, and the real outline moved by it is the crowd’s. Where the move folds a narrow inlet over itself, the loop is cut.
The 33 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s United Kingdom map, scribbles left out, the real line the game’s own. Area true to scale; the outline copies the real line’s detail, so its length changes only where the shape moves or a loop is cut.
Measuring how far the crowd moves the centre was Matt Forrest’s idea (forrest.nyc).
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