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• Land's End to John o' Groats — is a journey the traversal of the whole of the island of Great Britain from southwest to northeast.* Land s End is the extreme southwestward (but not southern or western) point of Great Britain, situated in western Cornwall at the end of the… …   Wikipedia

• Land's End — a cape in Cornwall that forms the SW tip of England. * * * Westernmost peninsula, Cornwall, England. Its tip is the southwesternmost point of England and lies about 870 mi (1,400 km) from John o Groats, traditionally considered the northernmost… …   Universalium

• Land's End — a place on the southwest coast of England, which most people think of as the furthest point in the southwest of the UK. It is used especially in the phrase from Land s End to John O Groats , because people think of John O Groats as the furthest… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• John o'Groats — 7 [ˌdʒɒn əˈɡrəʊts] [ˌdʒɑːn əˈɡroʊts] noun a village in Scotland that is further north than any other place on the island of Great Britain compare ↑Land s End   Word Origin: [John o Groats …   Useful english dictionary

• John O' Groats — a place in northeast Scotland, which people think of as the most northern part of the UK, although in fact it is not. It is used especially in the phrase from Land s End to John O Groats , which means right across the UK …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• John o' Groats — Infobox UK place official name= John o Groats gaelic name= Taigh Iain Ghròt country= Scotland population= 300 os grid reference= ND380734 latitude= 58.64 longitude= 3.07 post town= WICK postcode area= KW postcode district= KW1 dial code= 01955… …   Wikipedia

• Land's End — Location map Cornwall lat dir=N|lat deg=50.068 lon dir=W|lon deg=5.716 caption= Land s End shown within Cornwall Land s End (Cornish name: Penn an Wlas ) is a headland on the Penwith peninsula, located near Penzance in Cornwall, England, United… …   Wikipedia

• Land’s End — the place in England that is furthest to the west, on the coast of Cornwall. The point furthest to the south is the Lizard. John o’Groats is the point furthest to the north in Scotland, and the phrase from Land’s End to John o’Groats is used to… …   Universalium

• John o'Groats — ▪ Scotland, United Kingdom       village near Dunnet Head, the northernmost point of mainland Great Britain in the Highland council area, historic county of Caithness, Scotland. The scattered village is the site of a house, now only a mound,… …   Universalium

• John o'Groats — /dʒɒn əˈgroʊts/ (say jon uh grohts) noun 1. a location at the northern tip of Scotland; popularly called the northernmost point of the mainland, but, in fact, Dunnet Head to its west is more northerly. –phrase 2. from Land s End to John o Groats …  

• Land's End — /lændz ˈɛnd/ (say landz end) noun 1. the south western tip of England. –phrase 2. from Land s End to John o Groats, throughout the whole of Great Britain …