How the crowd draws
3 drawings of its land border and 34 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 | 5,393 km²2,082 sq mi | 4,611 km²1,780 sq mi↓14.5% smaller |
| Outline | 507 km315 mi | 531 km330 mi↑4.7% longer |
| Centre | 3.82° W, 56.57° N3.8° W, 56.6° N | 3.74° W, 56.60° N3.7° W, 56.6° N↗6 km north-east4 mi north-east |
| Westernmost | 4.72° W, 56.66° N4.7° W, 56.7° N | 4.58° W, 56.76° N4.6° W, 56.8° N→9 km short5 mi short |
| Easternmost | 3.04° W, 56.45° N3.0° W, 56.4° N | 3.06° W, 56.46° N3.1° W, 56.5° N←2 km short1 mi short |
| Southernmost | 3.62° W, 56.13° N3.6° W, 56.1° N | 3.41° W, 56.14° N3.4° W, 56.1° N↑1 km short0 mi short |
| Northernmost | 3.94° W, 56.95° N3.9° W, 56.9° N | 3.67° W, 56.96° N3.7° W, 57.0° N↑1 km beyond1 mi beyond |
Near the land border, 51% of the crowd’s lines run inside Perth and Kinross. Near the coast, 75% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Stirling and Falkirk | 115 km in the game | 118 km the crowd’s↑2.6% longer |
| Inverness | 108 km in the game | 126 km the crowd’s↑16.7% longer |
| Angus | 87 km in the game | 82 km the crowd’s↓5.7% shorter |
| Fife | 67 km in the game | 100 km the crowd’s↑49.3% longer |
| Aberdeenshire | 39 km in the game | 46 km the crowd’s↑17.9% longer |
| Clackmannan | 33 km in the game | 30 km the crowd’s↓9.1% shorter |
| Argyll and Bute | 30 km in the game | 16 km the crowd’s↓46.7% shorter |
| City of Dundee | 5 km in the game | 6 km the crowd’s↑20.0% longer |
| The coast | 40 km in the game | 22 km the crowd’s↓45.0% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn UK →How it is measured
The crowd’s Perth and Kinross: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Perth and Kinross 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 37 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 Perth and Kinross yourself and add your line to the next update.