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Distance frome the coast
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Regarding which place in the UK is furthest from the sea, here's a quote from the Ordnance Survey's website...and they should know, being the official mapmakers in Britain...which agrees with the information in the link offered by Kev above.
"The furthermost point from the sea in the British Isles is at grid reference SK 257144.This lies just east of Church Flatts Farm, approximately 1 mile south-east of Coton in the Elms, Derbyshire."
It would seem that anyone who claims to live further away from the sea than about 70 miles - as the crow flies and not by road - is just looking in the wrong direction!
It is often taken to be that point at which incoming tides have an effect and the Severn Bore goes a long way in! Studying a map of the area - and even excluding the bore's effect - there doesn't seem to be much doubt as to which "coast" is nearest to Warwick and it isn't the east coast!
Of course, it's not just me saying this...this is what the Ordnance Survey says. There's not a lot of point in quibbling against such an authoritative source.
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