How the crowd draws
3 drawings of its land border and 32 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s United Kingdom map, 28 September 2026 to 26 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 2,983 km²1,152 sq mi | 2,906 km²1,122 sq mi↓2.6% smaller |
| Outline | 366 km228 mi | 320 km199 mi↓12.6% shorter |
| Centre | 3.41° W, 53.11° N3.4° W, 53.1° N | 3.42° W, 53.09° N3.4° W, 53.1° N↓2 km south1 mi south |
| Westernmost | 4.03° W, 53.11° N4.0° W, 53.1° N | 4.03° W, 53.27° N4.0° W, 53.3° N=the same |
| Easternmost | 2.72° W, 52.96° N2.7° W, 53.0° N | 2.87° W, 53.12° N2.9° W, 53.1° N←10 km short6 mi short |
| Southernmost | 3.47° W, 52.86° N3.5° W, 52.9° N | 3.39° W, 52.82° N3.4° W, 52.8° N↓5 km beyond3 mi beyond |
| Northernmost | 3.32° W, 53.36° N3.3° W, 53.4° N | 3.31° W, 53.34° N3.3° W, 53.3° N↓2 km short1 mi short |
Near the land border, 62% of the crowd’s lines run inside Clwyd. Near the coast, 61% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Gwynedd | 112 km in the game | 91 km the crowd’s↓18.8% shorter |
| Cheshire | 70 km in the game | 59 km the crowd’s↓15.7% shorter |
| Shropshire | 50 km in the game | 40 km the crowd’s↓20.0% shorter |
| Powys | 29 km in the game | 46 km the crowd’s↑58.6% longer |
| Merseyside | 8 km in the game | 8 km the crowd’s=the same |
| The coast | 102 km in the game | 78 km the crowd’s↓23.5% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn UK →How it is measured
The crowd’s Clwyd: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Clwyd 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 35 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 Clwyd yourself and add your line to the next update.