How the crowd draws
33 drawings of its land border and 19 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s United Kingdom map, 28 September 2026 to 28 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 3,605 km²1,392 sq mi | 3,990 km²1,541 sq mi↑10.7% bigger |
| Outline | 546 km339 mi | 494 km307 mi↓9.4% shorter |
| Centre | 4.83° W, 50.41° N4.8° W, 50.4° N | 4.85° W, 50.43° N4.8° W, 50.4° N↖3 km north-west2 mi north-west |
| Westernmost | 5.72° W, 50.07° N5.7° W, 50.1° N | 5.74° W, 50.07° N5.7° W, 50.1° N←1 km beyond1 mi beyond |
| Easternmost | 4.17° W, 50.35° N4.2° W, 50.4° N | 4.20° W, 50.44° N4.2° W, 50.4° N←3 km short2 mi short |
| Southernmost | 5.21° W, 49.96° N5.2° W, 50.0° N | 5.67° W, 50.02° N5.7° W, 50.0° N↑7 km short4 mi short |
| Northernmost | 4.47° W, 50.93° N4.5° W, 50.9° N | 4.55° W, 50.93° N4.6° W, 50.9° N=the same |
Near the land border, 52% of the crowd’s lines run inside Cornwall. Near the coast, 44% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | 105 km in the game | 102 km the crowd’s↓2.9% shorter |
| The coast | 468 km in the game | 416 km the crowd’s↓11.1% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn UK →How it is measured
The crowd’s Cornwall: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Cornwall 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 52 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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