How far are you from the nearest...

[colin_p]

Google Earth, wonderful invention and if you are as mad as me you may have been messing about with it since 2005 (or whenever it came out)

Rules;

a, Has to be on Google Earth and measured as the crow flies with Google Earth.
b, Anyone can add an item, but it needs to be within the realms of their being a chance of actually finding one / it.
c, Measurements in miles please.

I'll start with some unimaginative but important ones.

1, Pub = 0.26
2, Next nearest pub = 0.29
3, A farmer's field = 0.10
4, The seaside = 61.87

[okgo]

1. 278ft
2.406 ft
3. 8.2m
4. 43.8m

Perhaps could add airport for commercial flight?

5. 8.1m

[Maracus]

1, Pub = 0.01
2, Next nearest pub = 0.1
3, A farmer's field = 0.10
4, The seaside = 68

Amended for accuracy

Edited by Maracus on Friday 27th October 09:01

[Lefty]

Pub 2.8mi
Next pub 5.9mi
Field 0mi (they’re my fields)
Sea 25.1mi
Airport 19.2mi
Motorway 72.7mi
Waitrose 101mi
Current main place of work 4726 mi

Wish I had a pub closer tbh, it’s really a 3.5-4 mile walk

Edited by Lefty on Friday 27th October 10:27

[Lefty]

Maracus said:

1, Pub = 0.01
2, Next nearest pub = 0.1
3, A farmer's field = 0.10
4, The seaside = 80

80 miles from the sea? That must be about the furthest point from the sea of anywhere in the uk. Birmingham?

[jfdi]

okgo said:

Perhaps could add airport for commercial flight?

5. 8.1m

8.1 metres from the nearest commercial airport? That must be a bit loud

[vikingaero]

Pub 0.1 miles 3 mins walk
Next pub 0.4 miles 7 mins walk
Field 0.3 miles 7 mins walk
Sea 11.2 miles 30 mins drive (if you can call Gillingham-sur-mer "The Sea")
Airport LGW 40.1 miles 40 mins drive
Eurotunnel 30.5 miles 35 mins drive

It's why I like living where I live - I live 3 mins drive from the M20 (enough not to hear it), easy access to the airport, tunnel, London (if necessary), coast etc. Some of my friends have to drive half an hour before they even get to a motorway or dual carriageway.

[ChocolateFrog]

Pub 0.23
Field 0.05 although you have to hop a fence.
Seaside 46.2
Nearest motorway 0.12
Train station 2.31
Stadium 2.22
A&E 3.42
Airport 6.07 (now closed) next nearest 33.3
Antipodes Island 12166

Edited by ChocolateFrog on Friday 27th October 07:51

[MitchT]

1, Pub = 0.122 (if a country hotel with a bar and food counts)
2, Next nearest pub = 0.66
3, A farmer's field = 0.06
4, The seaside = 42.3
5, Motorway = 6.7
6, Train station = 0.87
7, International airport = 6.88
8, City with extensive shopping, restaurants, nightlife, etc. = 12.3
9, Hill top with 360 degree far reaching views = 1.78
10, A&E = 3.55

Edited by MitchT on Friday 27th October 07:58

[Gary29]

1, Pub = 0.25
2, Next nearest pub = 1
3, A farmer's field = 0.12
4, The seaside = 11
5, Train station = 1.12
6, International airport = 17.43
7, City with extensive shopping, restaurants, nightlife, etc. = 4
8, Hill top with 360 degree far reaching views = 2.8

[x5tuu]

Pub - 113 metres / 0.07 miles
Next pub - 475 metres / 0.29 miles
Field - 175 metres / 0.10 miles
Sea - 9.1km (Whitley Bay) / 5.65 miles
Airport - 7.7km (NCL) / 4.78 miles

Perfect IMO

(amended to soothe the imperial masters)

Edited by x5tuu on Friday 27th October 09:14

[Portofino]

Pub - .24 miles
Next pub - .32 miles
Field - .41 miles
Sea - 24.8 miles
Airport LGW - .5 miles
Motorway - 1.37 miles
Train station - .17 miles

Edit to change meters to miles

Edited by Portofino on Friday 27th October 08:06

Edited by Portofino on Friday 27th October 08:57

Edited by Portofino on Friday 27th October 08:57

[vikingaero]

x5tuu said:

Pub - 113 metres
Next pub - 475 metres
Field - 175 metres
Sea - 9.1km (Whitley Bay)
Airport - 7.7km (NCL)

Perfect IMO

metres and km's - we're not dirty Continentals!

[bucksmanuk]

Nearest pub = 1370 metre
Next nearest pub = 1872 metres
Farmer’s field = 622 metres
Nearest supermarket = 252 metres
Seaside = 112 km
Motorway (M40) 18 km
Airport (LTN) = 30.79 km
Train station = 2.03 km
HS2 = 1150 metres
A&E = 407 metres

[T1547]

1, Pub = 0.8
2, Next nearest pub = 1.42
3, A farmer's field = 0.24
4, The seaside = 21.09
5, (Steam)Train station = 2.26
6, International airport = 4.11
7, Big Ben, London = 26.02

[Hub]

Pub 0.14 miles
Next pub 0.3 miles
Farmer's Field 1.2 miles
Sea 1 mile
International Airport 3 miles
Train station 0.7 miles
A&E 0.8 miles

Quite convenient!

[Liamjrhodes]

Pub = 0.25 Miles
Pub 2 = 0.49 Miles
Farmers Field = 0.17 Miles
Seaside = 54 Miles

[Voldemort]

Nearest pub = 597 metres
Next nearest pub = 842 metres
Farmer’s field = 1683 metres
Nearest supermarket = 632 metres
Seaside = 87 km
Motorway = 4.2 km
Airport = 6 km
Train station = 1.4 km
A&E = 4.1km
Amsterdam = 466 km

[thepritch]

Portofino said:

Pub - .377
Next pub - .525
Field - .661
Sea - 44.4
Airport LGW - .798
Motorway - 2.21
Train station - .277

Edited by Portofino on Friday 27th October 08:06

Missed the decimal point in front of all of those numbers. Was desperately to work out where would be 798miles from the airport and 661 miles from a field!

[Roofless Toothless]

881 m …. World War II radar mast - the only one of the Chain Home early warning system still complete and standing.

https://earth.app.goo.gl/?apn=com.google.earth&amp...

Whoops! That’s just over half a mile, or four furlongs and a groat.

Edited by Roofless Toothless on Friday 27th October 08:53