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[Brennand Farm, near Dunsop Bridge, Lancashire ( 54°0′13.176″N, 2°32′52.278″W; grid reference SD6418856541) [1]]

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_points_of_the_United_Kingdom#Centroid_locations

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Coordinates: 54°0'13"N 2°32'52"W

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Dunsop Bridge is a village within the Ribble Valley borough of Lancashire, England. It is one of two main contenders for the location of the exact geographic centre of Great Britain. The other town is Haltwhistle in Northumberland, some 71 miles (114 km) to the north. Dunsop Bridge's claim is calculated on the fact that it is the gravitational centre of the island (although the exact point is at Whittendale Hanging Stones, near Brennand Farm, some seven kilometres to the north of the village [1]). In 1992 BT installed its 100,000th payphone at Dunsop Bridge and included a plaque to explain its significance - the plaque reads "You are calling from the BT payphone that marks the centre of Great Britain." The telephone box was unveiled by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. The Queen has visited Dunsop Bridge twice, once during the late 80s and more recently in the summer of 2006

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