How the crowd draws
8 drawings of its land border and 35 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s United Kingdom map, 28 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 2,558 km²988 sq mi | 2,371 km²915 sq mi↓7.3% smaller |
| Outline | 370 km230 mi | 427 km265 mi↑15.3% longer |
| Centre | 4.27° W, 56.21° N4.3° W, 56.2° N | 4.24° W, 56.22° N4.2° W, 56.2° N→2 km east1 mi east |
| Westernmost | 4.85° W, 56.37° N4.9° W, 56.4° N | 4.76° W, 56.39° N4.8° W, 56.4° N→6 km short4 mi short |
| Easternmost | 3.50° W, 56.01° N3.5° W, 56.0° N | 3.64° W, 56.03° N3.6° W, 56.0° N←8 km short5 mi short |
| Southernmost | 3.82° W, 55.90° N3.8° W, 55.9° N | 3.81° W, 55.87° N3.8° W, 55.9° N↓3 km beyond2 mi beyond |
| Northernmost | 4.36° W, 56.55° N4.4° W, 56.5° N | 4.32° W, 56.51° N4.3° W, 56.5° N↓4 km short3 mi short |
Near the land border, 62% of the crowd’s lines run inside Stirling and Falkirk. Near the coast, 53% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Dunbartonshire | 138 km in the game | 172 km the crowd’s↑24.6% longer |
| Perth and Kinross | 116 km in the game | 148 km the crowd’s↑27.6% longer |
| Argyll and Bute | 32 km in the game | 26 km the crowd’s↓18.8% shorter |
| West Lothian | 31 km in the game | 32 km the crowd’s↑3.2% longer |
| Clackmannan | 28 km in the game | 31 km the crowd’s↑10.7% longer |
| Lanarkshire | 8 km in the game | 10 km the crowd’s↑25.0% longer |
| The coast | 20 km in the game | 9 km the crowd’s↓55.0% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn UK →How it is measured
The crowd’s Stirling and Falkirk: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Stirling and Falkirk 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 43 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).
Draw Stirling and Falkirk yourself and add your line to the next update.