Land's End
About Land's End
Land's End is a headland and tourist and holiday complex in western Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the Penwith peninsula about eight miles (13 km) west-south-west of Penzance at the western end of the A30 road. To the east of it is the English Channel, and to the west the Celtic Sea.
On the show — 9 mentions total
Yes. I did not know that that was right. Andrew Hunter Murray gets a point. Nice, Andy. My question was what's the southernmost point on the English mainland? If you were thinking it's Land's End, it's not. It's actually Lizard Point, which is not quite as far west, but it is a bit further south. Okay. Anna, question number three. Yeah. My question, which world first was erected outside the House of Commons in 1868?
from NSTAAF International Factball: Colombia v Ivory Coast, 2014-06-19 at 00:10:36 · read transcript
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The main guy was called Bob Carlyle. He did this in 1879. He pushed a wheelbarrow from Land's End, which for internationalists is the very, very far southwest corner of the UK, to John O'Groats, which is the very, very furthest northeast corner of the UK. It's in, obviously, the furthest tip of Scotland.
No Such Thing As A Fence Made of Sausage, 2026-07-23 · listen
Again, it's pre-TV and pre-women having jobs days. She, between 1902 and 1907, she did it seven times. She didn't do the John O'Groats to Land's End. She did because she lived in London. She had to get to the start point and the end point.
No Such Thing As A Fence Made of Sausage, 2026-07-23 · listen
No, it's just tough, tough times. Put it in the ground, mate. I think the sign says, like, Land's End 874 miles or something. Because that's, if you go by road, that's how long it takes. I think that's what it says.
No Such Thing As A Fence Made of Sausage, 2026-07-23 · listen
Another time where war killed beards was World War I. People stopped wearing, stop wearing beards? You wear a beard, don't you? Stop wearing beards in World War I because they were prone to lice, which isn't ideal in the trenches. One useful beard was the first guy who swam from John O'Grote's to Land's End. He grew a massive beard to protect his face from jellyfish stings. Oh, smart. That's clever.
No Such Thing As A Yawning Psychopath, 2014-08-21 · listen
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