please empty your brain below
Thanks for compiling this, this looks epic!

All Over 2a | Homepage | 29.05.26 - 7:22 a.m. | #

The Upminster Tithe Barn was re-thatched partly with a grant from Nation Highways. To accomplish this, all the exhibits were removed and stored. There are no published plans to reopen as a museum.

Fred | 29.05.26 - 7:24 a.m. | #

Initially, I genuinely could not work out whether claiming the most south-easterly tube station is Upminster is a simple mistake or your methodology of determining which tube station it is is such that, by whatever algorithm you use, the answer comes out as Upminster.

However, after thought, my gut feeling tells me that, as a counterexample, North Greenwich would be a far better claim.

dg writes: a map says Upminster

Pedantic of Purley | 29.05.26 - 7:30 a.m. | #

Most North Western football club - what about Harefield United?

dg writes: updated thanks

David | 29.05.26 - 7:38 a.m. | #

The US being the most southeastern caught me by surprise, but they are quite far south compared to other embassies (although there are plenty northeast of Nine Elms)

motsy | 29.05.26 - 7:47 a.m. | #

Despite the evidence I am finding it hard to accept that living in SE London that Upminister is our most SE tube station. Perhaps it should be rephrased as where is South East London’s most SE tube station. You have to be in it to win it.

Brian | 29.05.26 - 8:05 a.m. | #

I tend to agree with Brian. This shows the methodology produces results which to a human seems absurd. Even if we had a tube station at Lewisham (which we don't) many of the stations at the eastern end of the District line would be more south-eastern than any tube station in the generally recognised south-eastern quadrant - and there would probably be more of them.

If nothing else, it shows, rather starkly, how south-east London is hardly served by the tube at all.

Pedantic of Purley | 29.05.26 - 8:29 a.m. | #

R5 and R10

Still Anon | 29.05.26 - 8:47 a.m. | #

Still Anon - I think DG has thought about that and has chosen only the R5 as, being clockwise, it is on the eastern carriageway of the road at the requisite point (Rushmore Hill?), with the R10 anti-clockwise being about 3 metres west

dg writes: indeed

Stephen | 29.05.26 - 8:58 a.m. | #

It is absolutely not the case that the most southeast (anything) has to be in SE London. The most southeast waxworks is probably Madam Tussauds. Sparse items give unexpected results.

Malcolm of Kent | 29.05.26 - 9:06 a.m. | #

I agree with Malcolm's point. However I think that raises a question mark about the M25 junctions - the ones given are neither the most NE/NW/SE/SW of all junctions, nor the most NE/NW/SE/SW of junctions within the Greater London boundary. Are they the closest to the most NE/NW/SE/SW points?

Otherwise I'd suggest that, within London, J29 (Cranham) is the most SE, and J14 (Poyle) is the most NW and SW, though I think J25 (Waltham Cross) is close for most NW.

Ted | 29.05.26 - 9:21 a.m. | #

The M25 junctions don't fit the rationale, no, which is why three of them are in brackets.

If we are being pedantic then yes, NW J14, NE J28, SE J29, SW J14.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 29.05.26 - 9:31 a.m. | #

Co-Op:
Presumably only shops that sell food included as candidates (ignoring services like funerals etc.)

dg interrupts: yes

MilesT | 29.05.26 - 10:25 a.m. | #

Most northerly, most westerly etc would have been less open to cries of "that can't be right" as it can be worked out by a straightforward horizontal or vertical line across the map. Most northwesterly etc sounds like it perhaps should be something different but just relates to lines at 45 degrees.

Andrew S | 29.05.26 - 10:41 a.m. | #

"Most northwesterly etc sounds like it perhaps should be something different but just relates to lines at 45 degrees"

- well, that's how dg has defined it and he's entirely within his rights to do so as it is his blog. However, another method would be to identify the most northwesterly (etc) point in London then judge by relative distance from that point. Another method would be to divide the city into four sectors, then for each sector look at maximum distance from the centre point where the four sectors meet.

James | 29.05.26 - 10:55 a.m. | #

In Key West (Florida) everything is branded the ‘southernmost’ whatever in the US (e.g. southernmost pie shop). All these places are missing a trick not doing similar 😄

Nick | 29.05.26 - 11:18 a.m. | #

Surprised that Kingston Museum wasn't most south westerly but yes, Kempton is almost due west of it

But Morden is not the most south westerly Tube station. Draw a line due NW from there and you will find Richmond, Osterley, the three Hounslow stations, Hatton Cross, the three Heathrow stations, Ickenham, Hillingdon and Uxbridge are all further south west than Morden, and possibly even Amersham.
Looks like Terminal 5 is the most SW-ly.

dg writes: updated thanks

Timbo | 29.05.26 - 11:26 a.m. | #

There is an entire State further south than Key West - it's called Hawaii

timbo | 29.05.26 - 11:33 a.m. | #

I understand the logic for Upminster, but I think the most southeasterly station has to be in the SE quadrant.

RogerB | 29.05.26 - 12:11 p.m. | #

Seems even more pointless than usual.

John Rimmer | 29.05.26 - 12:42 p.m. | #

I'm not sure what you count as a contour, but Winey Hill, behind Chessington WoA is 75m on Open Street Map and OS.

Peter (of Cambridge) | 29.05.26 - 2:08 p.m. | #

OK, I see now what you mean by 'contour': it's the height of the most SW-erly point in London, which is the car park of the Star pub, through which the 60m contour does apparently pass.

Peter (of Cambridge) | 29.05.26 - 2:22 p.m. | #

I hope the owner of the southwesternmost house never wants to turn it into an airbnb.

stevekeiretsu | 29.05.26 - 2:22 p.m. | #

Congo-Brazzaville's embassy may be at a perfectly nice house overlooking a golf course in Bromley, if this site can be trusted.

The web footprint of the Republic of The Congo's mission in London is messy enough that I'm not convinced I can take this at face value, though.

HTFB | 29.05.26 - 10:01 p.m. | #

Oh, it's right.

dg writes: temporary premises

HTFB | 29.05.26 - 10:03 p.m. | #

Then again, aren't all embassies temporary, in this fleeting world? In that sense, I suppose the Vatican City might be the most nearly eternal.

HTFB | 29.05.26 - 10:11 p.m. | #

Have you taken into account that, except at 2 degrees west, the National Grid does not align pperfectly with true compass directions?

Timbo | 30.05.26 - 7:31 a.m. | #

Very interesting. Northwood is only served by the Metropolitan line. So, I don't think it qualifies in the station (as opposed to tube) category.

Lou | 30.05.26 - 11:10 a.m. | #

Looking forward to your post when do the next 8 intermediate compass points.

Bob | 30.05.26 - 7:19 p.m. | #











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