Centre points of counties of the United Kingdom

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The following is a list of geographical centre points of counties of the United Kingdom. The data has been taken from the Ordnance Survey's "GB Counties - Past and Present" dataset, under an Open Government Licence (OGL). The coordinates were calculated using the centroid function in QGIS.

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CountyCoordinatesLocation
Bedfordshire 52.073082,-0.4516169Near Wilstead
Berkshire 51.450756,-1.0723208Sulham
Buckinghamshire 51.834188,-0.7988019Near Bierton
Cambridgeshire 52.366732,0.0048432556Near Colne
Aberdeenshire 57.271212,-2.6764614Near Alford
Angus 56.723809,-2.9172492Near Memus, Forfar
Argyll and Bute 56.122222,-5.5481961Near Slockavullin
Ayrshire and Arran 55.450686,-4.6264238Chalmers Road, Ayr
Banffshire 57.444538,-3.0273224A920, Keith
Cheshire 53.211217,-2.5328412Near Winsford
Berwickshire 55.788291,-2.3603951Duns Wood, Duns
Bristol 51.452797,-2.7707828Near Clapton-in-Gordano
Caithness 58.429408,-3.465827Near Halkirk
City and County of the City of London 51.51441,-0.0924434462 Trump Street
City of Aberdeen 57.155793,-2.173648679 Sheddocksley Rd, Aberdeen
City of Dundee 56.477198,-2.9695581Clepington Road, Dundee
City of Edinburgh 55.926555,-3.2886331Sighthill Public Park, Edinburgh
City of Glasgow 55.85795,-4.2536076131 Argyle Street, Glasgow
Clackmannan 56.150462,-3.7422316Near Tillicoultry
Clwyd 53.114576,-3.4134696Near Cyffylliog
Cornwall 50.402682,-4.8368381Near Roche
Cumbria 54.575641,-2.9118693Near A592 Madderdale
Derbyshire 53.134748,-1.6105754Near South Darley
Devon 50.750598,-3.8101725Near Hittisleigh
Dorset 50.802589,-2.3045221Near Milton Abbas
Dumfries 55.18499,-3.4883186Near Nethermill
Dunbartonshire 56.037831,-4.4940795Near Duncryne
Durham 54.676719,-1.76656Near Witton-le-Wear
Dyfed 51.996471,-4.3390671Near Llangeler
East Lothian 55.941977,-2.7209362Morham, near Haddington
East Riding of Yorkshire 53.864429,-0.47789764Near Cherry Burton
East Sussex 50.936847,0.25696693Near Horam
Essex 51.784325,0.57447209Near Hatfield Peverel
Fife 56.229094,-3.1246297Near Kirkforthar, Glenrothes
Gloucestershire 51.779431,-2.1840679Near Painswick, Stroud
Greater London 51.500467,-0.10936448Greet House, Frazier Street, London
Greater Manchester 53.515167,-2.2841841Near Prestwich
Gwent 51.711111,-2.9746122Near Llanbadoc
Gwynedd 52.981718,-4.1014662Near Coed Oerddwr
Hampshire 51.057882,-1.2861195Near Chilcomb, Winchester
Herefordshire 52.103478,-2.7449719Near Portway, Hereford
Hertfordshire 51.829664,-0.21738703Near Welwyn
Inverness 57.037635,-4.7708886Near South Laggan
Isle of Wight 50.675974,-1.2962148Near Newport
Kent 51.236852,0.72430285Near Lenham, Maidstone
Kincardineshire 56.945198,-2.4256644Near Mains of Inchbreck
Lanarkshire 55.652752,-3.8305195Near Hawksland
Lancashire 53.842959,-2.6301083Near Goosnargh, Preston
Leicestershire 52.666565,-1.1142971Near Leicester
Lincolnshire 53.182984,-0.27772661Near Bucknall
Merseyside 53.443655,-2.9558565Near Lusitania Rd, Anfield, Liverpool L4 6TY
Mid Glamorgan 51.632675,-3.4783237Near Cwm Clydach
Midlothian 55.832218,-3.1104319Near Rosewell
Moray 57.578219,-3.4056279Near Kellas
Nairn 57.487038,-3.8483579Near Balmore
Norfolk 52.675545,0.946105615 Lynn Ct, Dereham NR19 1SU
North Yorkshire 54.197916,-1.3942305Near Topcliffe, Thirsk
Northamptonshire 52.307466,-0.86579765Near Moulton
Northumberland 55.241358,-2.0663853Near Elsdon
Nottinghamshire 53.127175,-1.0126633Near Kirklington, Newark
Orkney 59.02919,-3.0358488Near Wide Firth
Oxfordshire 51.765403,-1.3219832Near Wytham
Perth and Kinross 56.565448,-3.8189619Near Scotston, Dunkeld
Powys 52.32374,-3.4099285Near Abbey Cwmhir
Renfrewshire 55.837027,-4.5473421Kilbarchan Park, Kilbarchan, Johnstone
Ross and Cromarty 57.559456,-5.3334895Near Coulin, Achnasheen
Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale 55.494628,-2.7675682South of Riddell
Rutland 52.66072,-0.65470444Armley Wood, Oakham
Shetland 60.394926,-1.2540398Easter Hill of Dale, Shetland
Shropshire 52.642847,-2.7136856Berrington, Shrewsbury
Somerset 51.149079,-2.8906518Chilton Polden, Bridgwater
South Glamorgan 51.464264,-3.3382002St Nicholas, Cardiff
South Yorkshire 53.48447,-1.3314539Swinton, Mexborough
Staffordshire 52.857181,-2.0367897Gaydon, Stafford
Stirling and Falkirk 56.213919,-4.2726206March Wood, Callander
Suffolk 52.219105,1.0628571Stonham Earl
Surrey 51.247924,-0.42058494Near Effingham
Sutherland 58.216009,-4.4759361Vagastie, Lairg
The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright 55.019733,-4.0624932Glenlaggan Wood, Castle Douglas
Tweeddale 55.622858,-3.289749Near Peebles
Tyne & Wear 54.954348,-1.5644016Gateshead
Warwickshire 52.300231,-1.5597289Old Milverton, Leamington Spa
West Glamorgan 51.661422,-3.8968131Llansamlet, Swansea
West Lothian 55.884932,-3.5739149Seafield, Livingston
West Midlands 52.488364,-1.8742328Birmingham
West Sussex 50.955932,-0.49511761Near Pulborough
West Yorkshire 53.743097,-1.688899Near Gomersal
Western Isles 57.907624,-6.8746211Loch a' Siar
Wigtown 54.920595,-4.6668604Kiltersan, Newton Stewart
Wiltshire 51.31524,-1.9314378Urchfont, Devizes
Worcestershire 52.223541,-2.1690516Near Hindlip
Yorkshire 53.981515, -1.241348Near Hessay, near York [1]

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