Originally Posted by
treadigraph
Every day is a school day - Lerwick is just about due north of Croydon, maybe west by a degree - I always thought it was a few degrees further west...
Interestingly, most Brits seem to think (as I used to) that the country is oriented exactly north-south. I remember not believing my geography teacher when he said that in Edinburgh we were almost as far west as Exeter (until I confirmed it on a map).