How Wide is the UK?
UK width
468.0km
290.8
miles
468,000
metres
That's also...
🍫
4.1M
Mars Bars
🍪
8.5M
Jaffa Cakes
🍪
6.6M
Digestive Biscuits
🍪
7.2M
Custard Creams
🍫
5.2M
Kit Kat Fingers
🐸
6.7M
Freddos
🍪
6.3M
Wagon Wheels
🍌
2.6M
Bananas
🥖
1.5M
Subway Footlongs
🍝
1.9M
Spaghetti Strands
🥔
7.8M
Pringles
🍪
7.2M
Hobnobs
Time to travel...
🚶
3.9 days
Walking
🚴
23.4 hrs
Cycling
🚗
4.1 hrs
UK Motorway (70mph)
✈️
31.2 min
Commercial Flight
🚀
43.2 sec
Apollo 11
💡
1.6 ms
Speed of Light
👶
13.0 days
Crawling (baby)
🏃
1.6 days
Running
Fun fact: The narrowest part of Great Britain (in Scotland) is only about 40 km wide!
About This Calculator
Find out the width of the United Kingdom at its widest point.