Marshall Meadows Bay

The length of the English mainland is delineated by the distance between Marshall Meadows Bay and Land's End in Cornwall, the southwesternmost point on the mainland (but not the southernmost, which is Lizard Point). The distance is 556 miles (895 km) by road or 426 miles (686 km) as the crow flies. The traversal of the length of England is sometimes used to define charitable events such as walks and cycle-rides. A variant is the Four Points Challenge, to walk to each of the four extremities of England and return to the starting point.[6] Marshall Meadows Bay is closer to Stavanger in Norway than it is to Land's End.[7]

The location of the northernmost point of England has varied over time, dependent upon the location of England's northern border. The Kingdom of England emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the early 10th century, with the Humber and Ribble rivers on its northernmost border. The Kingdom of Northumbria was unified with Anglo-Saxon England in the mid 10th century, extending England's borders northwards to the River Forth and Edinburgh. Lothian was lost to the Scots at the Battle of Carham in 1018, and Tweedmouth became England's northernmost point, with the River Tweed as the border. Control of Berwick-upon-Tweed alternated between England and Scotland in the following centuries, with the town being finally retaken by the English in 1482. The current border was established at Marshall Meadows Bay in the Treaty of Fotheringhay of 11 June 1482.

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  Marshall Meadows
  Country House Hotel
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  Caravan site above the bay
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  East Coast Main Line at
  Marshall Meadows
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  The Border on the A1
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  English Border flags on the A1

• Lizard Point, southernmost point of mainland England.
• Land's End, westernmost point of mainland England.
• Ness Point, easternmost point of England.
• Lamberton Skerrs, to the north of Marshall Meadows Bay in Scotland