How the crowd draws
11 drawings of its land border and 40 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s United Kingdom map, 27 September 2026 to 25 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 62 km²24 sq mi | 59 km²23 sq mi↓4.3% smaller |
| Outline | 50 km31 mi | 53 km33 mi↑5.8% longer |
| Centre | 2.97° W, 56.48° N3.0° W, 56.5° N | 2.97° W, 56.48° N3.0° W, 56.5° N=0 km south-east0 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 3.10° W, 56.48° N3.1° W, 56.5° N | 3.09° W, 56.46° N3.1° W, 56.5° N→1 km short0 mi short |
| Easternmost | 2.83° W, 56.47° N2.8° W, 56.5° N | 2.83° W, 56.47° N2.8° W, 56.5° N=the same |
| Southernmost | 3.03° W, 56.44° N3.0° W, 56.4° N | 3.05° W, 56.44° N3.0° W, 56.4° N=the same |
| Northernmost | 2.95° W, 56.50° N2.9° W, 56.5° N | 2.94° W, 56.50° N2.9° W, 56.5° N=the same |
Near the land border, 57% of the crowd’s lines run inside City of Dundee. Near the coast, 50% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Angus | 28 km in the game | 27 km the crowd’s↓3.6% shorter |
| Perth and Kinross | 5 km in the game | 9 km the crowd’s↑80.0% longer |
| The coast | 19 km in the game | 20 km the crowd’s↑5.3% longer |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn UK →How it is measured
The crowd’s City of Dundee: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside City of Dundee 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 51 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 City of Dundee yourself and add your line to the next update.