How the crowd draws
7 drawings of its land border and 28 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s United Kingdom map, 28 September 2026 to 28 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 6,092 km²2,352 sq mi | 5,225 km²2,018 sq mi↓14.2% smaller |
| Outline | 659 km410 mi | 603 km374 mi↓8.6% shorter |
| Centre | 4.47° W, 58.22° N4.5° W, 58.2° N | 4.40° W, 58.22° N4.4° W, 58.2° N→4 km east3 mi east |
| Westernmost | 5.41° W, 58.24° N5.4° W, 58.2° N | 5.30° W, 58.18° N5.3° W, 58.2° N→6 km short4 mi short |
| Easternmost | 3.60° W, 58.14° N3.6° W, 58.1° N | 3.56° W, 58.14° N3.6° W, 58.1° N→2 km beyond1 mi beyond |
| Southernmost | 4.68° W, 57.79° N4.7° W, 57.8° N | 4.67° W, 57.78° N4.7° W, 57.8° N↓1 km beyond0 mi beyond |
| Northernmost | 5.01° W, 58.62° N5.0° W, 58.6° N | 5.01° W, 58.63° N5.0° W, 58.6° N=the same |
Near the land border, 53% of the crowd’s lines run inside Sutherland. Near the coast, 72% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Ross and Cromarty | 112 km in the game | 146 km the crowd’s↑30.4% longer |
| Caithness | 67 km in the game | 72 km the crowd’s↑7.5% longer |
| The coast | 571 km in the game | 432 km the crowd’s↓24.3% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn UK →How it is measured
The crowd’s Sutherland: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Sutherland 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 Sutherland yourself and add your line to the next update.