How the crowd draws
4 drawings of its land border and 32 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s United Kingdom map, 27 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 428 km²165 sq mi | 407 km²157 sq mi↓4.9% smaller |
| Outline | 109 km68 mi | 112 km70 mi↑2.9% longer |
| Centre | 3.85° W, 57.49° N3.8° W, 57.5° N | 3.84° W, 57.50° N3.8° W, 57.5° N↑2 km north1 mi north |
| Westernmost | 4.06° W, 57.48° N4.1° W, 57.5° N | 4.04° W, 57.48° N4.0° W, 57.5° N→1 km short1 mi short |
| Easternmost | 3.68° W, 57.49° N3.7° W, 57.5° N | 3.69° W, 57.52° N3.7° W, 57.5° N=the same |
| Southernmost | 3.84° W, 57.34° N3.8° W, 57.3° N | 3.84° W, 57.34° N3.8° W, 57.3° N=the same |
| Northernmost | 3.77° W, 57.63° N3.8° W, 57.6° N | 3.74° W, 57.64° N3.7° W, 57.6° N=the same |
Near the land border, 60% of the crowd’s lines run inside Nairn. Near the coast, 16% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness | 60 km in the game | 67 km the crowd’s↑11.7% longer |
| Moray | 27 km in the game | 28 km the crowd’s↑3.7% longer |
| The coast | 22 km in the game | 16 km the crowd’s↓27.3% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn UK →How it is measured
The crowd’s Nairn: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Nairn 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 36 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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