How the crowd draws

47 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s United Kingdom map, 18 October 2026 to 26 October 2026.

RealThe crowd’s

In numbers

Last updated on 28 October 2026

	The real one	The crowd’s
Area	1,590 km²614 sq mi	1,695 km²654 sq mi6.6% bigger
Outline	238 km148 mi	258 km160 mi8.5% longer
Centre	0.11° W, 51.50° N0.1° W, 51.5° N	0.12° W, 51.50° N0.1° W, 51.5° N1 km south-west0 mi south-west
Westernmost	0.51° W, 51.47° N0.5° W, 51.5° N	0.51° W, 51.63° N0.5° W, 51.6° Nthe same
Easternmost	0.33° E, 51.54° N0.3° E, 51.5° N	0.29° E, 51.55° N0.3° E, 51.5° N3 km short2 mi short
Southernmost	0.12° W, 51.29° N0.1° W, 51.3° N	0.02° E, 51.28° N0.0° E, 51.3° N1 km beyond1 mi beyond
Northernmost	0.10° W, 51.69° N0.1° W, 51.7° N	0.16° W, 51.68° N0.2° W, 51.7° N1 km short1 mi short

Near the land border, 46% of the crowd’s lines run inside Greater London.

Borders

6 neighbours

Border with	In the game	The crowd’s
Surrey	82 km in the game	99 km the crowd’s20.7% longer
Essex	60 km in the game	54 km the crowd’s10.0% shorter
Hertfordshire	46 km in the game	54 km the crowd’s17.4% longer
Kent	34 km in the game	36 km the crowd’s5.9% longer
Buckinghamshire	14 km in the game	13 km the crowd’s7.1% shorter
Berkshire	3 km in the game	3 km the crowd’sthe same

Watch the drawings

See every line on The Drawn UK →

Not enough drawings yet

The worst 20% and the best 20%By how close a drawing comes to the county13 of 20 drawings needed on each side

Not enough drawings yet

Another country and the UKFrom where are you from; no answer left out4 of 10 drawings from another country needed

The fastest and the slowest thirdBy time spent drawingDownload (0.3 MB)

Quickest and slowest to startBy time before the first lineDownload (0.3 MB)

Where drawings start and endStarts teal, ends pink, piled up blackDownload (0.1 MB)

The drawings stacked as blocksWhere many drawings pass, the stack growsDownload (2.0 MB)

How it is measured

The crowd’s Greater London: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Greater London 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 47 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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