Coordinates: 50°4′7″N, 5°42′58″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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 Kingdom. It is the most westerly tip of the southern mainland (for Great Britain as a whole it is Corrachadh Mòr, Ardnamurchan, Scotland which is 22 miles further west). It is often thought to be the most southerly point in the British mainland, but that honour in fact falls to Lizard Point, a few miles to the south-east. Visible from Land's End is the Longships Lighthouse. The Longships, a few miles out, is a serpentine and quartz island. Offshore, midway between Land's End and the Isles of Scilly, is the supposed location of the mythical lost land of Lyonesse, referred to in Arthurian literature. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 758 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1351 × 1069 pixel, file size: 97 KB, MIME type: image/png) An outline map of Cornwall for use within templates on Wikipedia. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... Lands End is an area in Cornwall, England. ... For the Cornish-English dialect, see West Country dialects. ... Bay redirects here. ... Satellite image of the Penwith peninsula farmland in St Buryan parish looking south towards the sea Cattle being raised in the south of the district Aerial photo looking across Lands End to Cape Cornwall Celtic cross near St Loys Cove, St Buryan Rocky cove at St Loy in... A peninsula in Croatia A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered on three or more sides by water. ... Penzance Harbour and surrounding area as seen from the air Penzance (Cornish: Pensans) is a civil parish and port town in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK. Granted various Royal Charters from 1512 onwards and incorporated in 1614,[2] it has a population of 21,168[1] people and... For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... This is a list of the extreme points of the United Kingdom: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. ... Ardnamurchan is a 50 mile long peninsula in North West Scotland, noted for being very unspoilt and undisturbed. ... This article is about the country. ... Southerly is the name of a storm or front of air coming from the south. ... Lizard Point is a rocky outcrop between Mount Steamer and Mount Roberts. ... Longships Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the tiny island of Longships just off Lands End, Cornwall, England. ... For other uses, see Serpentine (disambiguation). ... -1... Scilly redirects here. ... Lyonesse, Lyoness, or Lyonnesse is the sunken land believed in legend to lie off the Isles of Scilly, to the south-west of Cornwall. ... For other uses, see King Arthur (disambiguation). ...

The name has a particular resonance because it is so often used in outlining the length of Britain when races, walks and charitable events take place between Land's End and the Scottish village John o' Groats (the most north-easterly settlement in mainland Britain). The phrase Land's End to John o' Groats is used both as a literal journey and as a metaphor for great or all-encompassing distance, similar to the American phrase coast to coast. This article is about the country. ... John o Groats (Taigh Iain Ghròt in Scottish Gaelic) (grid reference ND380734) is a village in the traditional county of Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland, and is usually regarded as the most northerly settlement on the mainland of Great Britain. ... Lands End to John o Groats is a journey - the traversal of the whole of the island of Great Britain from southwest to northeast. ... This article is about metaphor in literature and rhetoric. ... Coast to Coast may refer to: Coast to Coast AM, a radio show hosted by Art Bell Coast to Coast, a music album by Westlife Coast to Coast hardware stores Coast to Coast (film) with Fred Ward This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the...

There is a theme park at Land's End. Theme Park is a simulation computer game designed by Bullfrog Productions, released in 1994, in which the player designs and operates an amusement park. ...

In 1769 The Antiquarian, William Borlase wrote that,

"Of this time we are to understand what Edward I. says (Sheringham. p. 129.) that Britain, Wales, and Cornwall, were the portion of Belinus, elder son of Dunwallo, and that that part of the Island, afterwards called England, was divided in three shares, viz. Britain, which reached from the Tweed, Westward, as far as the river Ex; Wales inclosed by the rivers Severn, and Dee; and Cornwall from the river Ex to the Land's-End". Belinus the Great was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. ... The River Exe rises on Exmoor in Devon, near the north (Bristol Channel) coast of the county, but flows more or less directly due south and reaches the sea at a substantial ria on the south (English Channel) coast. ... Severn redirects here. ... For other Rivers Dee in the UK, see River Dee. ...

Gallery

Land's End, the most westerly point in England Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3030x1900, 891 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Lands End Talk:Tate St Ives Talk:Chysauster Ancient Village Talk:Barbara Hepworth Museum Talk:St Michael...	The tourist centre at Land's End	The wreck of the RMS Mülheim at Land's End, 2003 ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 730 KB) the photographer (Tom Corser) is credited. ...	The lighthouse off Land's End
Looking south from Land's End	Looking west from Land's End	Looking north from Land's End

See also

A map of land's end from 1946

• Land's End Airport
• List of topics related to Cornwall
• Pointe du Raz a French equivalent?

Lands End Airport (IATA: LEQ, ICAO: EGHC), situated in St Just, Cornwall, is the most south westerly airport of mainland Britain. ... This is a list of topics related to Cornwall, UK. The Cornwall category contains a more comprehensive selection of Cornish articles. ... lighthouses near Pointe du Raz The Pointe du Raz is a promontory that extends into the Atlantic from western Brittany. ...

External links

• "Walking the length of Britain" Lands'End to John O'Groats a free e-book of this great journey
• Illustrated guide to Land's End
• A Few old Postcards of Lands End
• One family from the Lands End