How the crowd draws
3 drawings of its land border and 28 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 | 1,611 km²622 sq mi | 1,459 km²563 sq mi↓9.4% smaller |
| Outline | 273 km169 mi | 270 km168 mi↓0.9% shorter |
| Centre | 2.97° W, 51.71° N3.0° W, 51.7° N | 2.99° W, 51.72° N3.0° W, 51.7° N↖1 km north-west1 mi north-west |
| Westernmost | 3.33° W, 51.79° N3.3° W, 51.8° N | 3.32° W, 51.76° N3.3° W, 51.8° N→1 km short1 mi short |
| Easternmost | 2.65° W, 51.83° N2.7° W, 51.8° N | 2.67° W, 51.75° N2.7° W, 51.8° N←1 km short1 mi short |
| Southernmost | 3.08° W, 51.50° N3.1° W, 51.5° N | 3.09° W, 51.48° N3.1° W, 51.5° N↓2 km beyond1 mi beyond |
| Northernmost | 3.07° W, 51.98° N3.1° W, 52.0° N | 3.06° W, 52.00° N3.1° W, 52.0° N↑2 km beyond2 mi beyond |
Near the land border, 59% of the crowd’s lines run inside Gwent. Near the coast, 78% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Herefordshire | 53 km in the game | 55 km the crowd’s↑3.8% longer |
| Powys | 46 km in the game | 70 km the crowd’s↑52.2% longer |
| Gloucestershire | 41 km in the game | 37 km the crowd’s↓9.8% shorter |
| Mid Glamorgan | 37 km in the game | 38 km the crowd’s↑2.7% longer |
| South Glamorgan | 20 km in the game | 39 km the crowd’s↑95.0% longer |
| The coast | 83 km in the game | 32 km the crowd’s↓61.4% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn UK →How it is measured
The crowd’s Gwent: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Gwent 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 31 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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