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How Wide is the English Channel?

Channel width at Dover

33.3km

20.7

miles

33,300

metres

That's also...

📎
1.0M
Paperclips
ðŸŦ
294,690
Mars Bars
🍊
605,455
Jaffa Cakes
🍊
469,014
Digestive Biscuits
🍊
512,308
Custard Creams
ðŸŦ
370,000
Kit Kat Fingers
ðŸļ
475,714
Freddos
🍊
450,000
Wagon Wheels
🍌
185,000
Bananas
ðŸĨ–
109,180
Subway Footlongs
ðŸĨ–
51,231
Baguettes
🍝
133,200
Spaghetti Strands

Time to travel...

ðŸšķ
6.7 hrs
Walking
ðŸšī
1.7 hrs
Cycling
🚗
17.7 min
UK Motorway (70mph)
✈ïļ
2.2 min
Commercial Flight
🚀
3.1 sec
Apollo 11
ðŸ’Ą
111.1 Ξs
Speed of Light
ðŸ‘ķ
22.2 hrs
Crawling (baby)
🏃
2.8 hrs
Running

Fun fact: The fastest channel swim ever was just 6 hours 55 minutes by Trent Grimsey in 2012!

About This Calculator

Discover the width of the English Channel at its narrowest point - the famous Dover Strait.

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