[Talk-GB] Fwd: In mainland Britain, you are never more than 34 miles from a pub.

[Richard Symonds]

I think it depends on your definition of 'sea' - and probably the
definition of lighthouse too! There's a lighthouse in Tower Hamlets - as
well as some in the Scottish lochs.

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On 12 June 2014 11:12, Nick Whitelegg <Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk> wrote:

>
> One thing that surprised me was "61 miles from a lighthouse" as (and I
> don't know this) I'd have guessed that some of the central parts of England
> would be getting on for 100 miles from the sea.
> But my geography of that part of the world isn't great so I'm probably
> wrong...
>
> Nick
>
> -----Craig Wallace <craigw84 at fastmail.fm> wrote: -----
> To: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
> From: Craig Wallace <craigw84 at fastmail.fm>
> Date: 11/06/2014 09:53PM
> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Fwd: In mainland Britain, you are never more than
> 34 miles from a pub.
>
>
> On 2014-06-08 16:28, Dan S wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > In mainland Britain, you are never more than 34 miles from a pub.
> > http://mcld.co.uk/feet-from-a-rat/pub.html
> >
> > And luckily, in mainland Britain, you are never more than 30 miles
> > from a public toilet.
> > http://mcld.co.uk/feet-from-a-rat/public-toilet.html
>
> Several of the calculations seem to be including the Mull as part of
> mainland Britain, ie churches and golf courses. It is definitely an island.
>
> As for public toilets, must be a few missing from the map. I think
> there's toilets in Thurso and Bettyhill, though it has been a few years
> since I visited these.
>
> Craig
>
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