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The traditional measure of the length of Britian, and the longest distance between two inhabited places on the mainland is ''Lands End to John o' Groats'', and so John o' Groats receives also the weary travellers who have made that epic journey by bicycle, on foot, by car or by many ingenious means over the years. | The traditional measure of the length of Britian, and the longest distance between two inhabited places on the mainland is ''Lands End to John o' Groats'', and so John o' Groats receives also the weary travellers who have made that epic journey by bicycle, on foot, by car or by many ingenious means over the years. | ||
Passenger ferries sail from John o'Groats to Burwick in South Ronaldsay; a 40 minute crossing}}<noinclude> | Passenger ferries sail from John o'Groats to Burwick in South Ronaldsay; a 40 minute crossing.}}<noinclude>{{FP data}}</noinclude> | ||
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John o' GroatsJohn o' Groats is a village in Caithness, famous as the end of Great Britain. John o' Groats is but a small settlement on a wind-blow headland but it attracts many visitors for its place as the last of the land and the most northerly settlement of mainland Great Britain. The traditional measure of the length of Britian, and the longest distance between two inhabited places on the mainland is Lands End to John o' Groats, and so John o' Groats receives also the weary travellers who have made that epic journey by bicycle, on foot, by car or by many ingenious means over the years. Passenger ferries sail from John o'Groats to Burwick in South Ronaldsay; a 40 minute crossing. (Read more) |