List of county tripoints

This list of county tripoints shows where the borders of three counties meet. For each tripoint the counties are ordered with the first alphabetically given first, and the counties listed anti-clockwise around the point from there.

Great Britain

Caernarfonshire, Merionethshire and Denbighshire Three shire stone

Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire Three shire stone

Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Three shire stone

Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland Three shire stone at the Wynrose Pass

Three Shire Heads Bridge and waterfall, at the junction of Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire

County 1	County 2	County 3	Location and notes
Aberdeenshire	Perthshire	Angus	56°52’30"N, 3°22’19"W at the summit of Glas Maol
Aberdeenshire	Angus	Kincardineshire	56°57’29"N, 2°45’40"W
Aberdeenshire	Inverness-shire	Perthshire	56°56’6"N, 3°48’7"W at the summit of Càrn an Fhidhleir
Aberdeenshire	Banffshire	Inverness-shire	57°5’42"N, 3°41’2"W
Argyllshire	Perthshire	Inverness-shire	56°42’25"N, 4°36’22"W
Argyllshire	Dunbartonshire	Perthshire	56°19’26"N, 4°47’10"W
Ayrshire	Dumfriesshire	Lanarkshire	55°27’47"N, 3°59’10"W at Threeshire Hill
Ayrshire	Wigtownshire	Kirkcudbrightshire	55°3’4"N, 4°38’2"W
Ayrshire	Kirkcudbrightshire	Dumfriesshire	55°18’18"N, 4°6’43"W at the summit of Meikledodd Hill
Banffshire	Morayshire	Inverness-shire	57°17’46"N, 3°29’46"W
Bedfordshire	Hertfordshire	Cambridgeshire	52°4’48"N, 0°9’29"W
Bedfordshire	Buckinghamshire	Hertfordshire	51°49’52"N, -0°32’17"W
Bedfordshire	Northamptonshire	Buckinghamshire	52°11’38"N, -0°40’5"W in Threeshire wood
Bedfordshire	Huntingdonshire	Northamptonshire	52°19’23"N, 0°27’58"W as marked by a Three Shire Stone
Bedfordshire	Cambridgeshire	Huntingdonshire	52°11’28"N, 0°17’20"W
Berkshire	Hampshire	Surrey	51°19’55"N, -0°46’26"W
Berkshire	Surrey	Buckinghamshire	51°27’4"N, -0°34’16"W
Berkshire	Buckinghamshire	Oxfordshire	51°32’56"N, -0°53’35"W
Berkshire	Gloucestershire	Wiltshire	51°40’12"N, 1°43’5"W
Berkshire	Oxfordshire	Gloucestershire	51°41’2"N, 1°38’49"W
Berkshire	Wiltshire	Hampshire	51°20’56"N, 1°29’13"W
Berwickshire	Midlothian	Roxburghshire	55°41’56"N, 2°49’34"W
Berwickshire	East Lothian	Midlothian	55°46’48"N, 2°54’29"W
Berwickshire	Roxburghshire	Northumberland	55°38’2"N, 2°20’6"W
Brecknockshire	Carmarthenshire	Glamorgan	51°47’17"N, 3°48’25"W
Brecknockshire	Cardiganshire	Carmarthenshire	52°7’41"N, 3°45’29"W
Brecknockshire	Glamorgan	Monmouthshire	51°46’23"N, 3°17’35"W
Brecknockshire	Monmouthshire	Herefordshire	51°59’2"N, 3°4’5"W
Brecknockshire	Herefordshire	Radnorshire	52°4’41"N, 3°7’34"W
Brecknockshire	Radnorshire	Cardiganshire	52°16’30"N, 3°42’25"W
Buckinghamshire	Middlesex	Hertfordshire	51°36’0"N, -0°30’4"W
Buckinghamshire	Northamptonshire	Oxfordshire	52°-0’58"N, 1°7’8"W
Buckinghamshire	Surrey	Middlesex	51°26’6"N, -0°31’23"W
Caernarfonshire	Merionethshire	Denbighshire	52°57’40"N, 3°50’2"W as marked by the Three shire stone
Cambridgeshire	Essex	Suffolk	52°3’58"N, -0°24’18"E
Cambridgeshire	Hertfordshire	Essex	52°3’14"N, -0°2’24"E
Cambridgeshire	Lincolnshire	Northamptonshire	52°39’7"N, 0°8’28"W
Cambridgeshire	Norfolk	Lincolnshire	52°44’10"N, -0°11’17"E
Cambridgeshire	Northamptonshire	Huntingdonshire	52°34’5"N, 0°14’20"W
Cambridgeshire	Suffolk	Norfolk	52°26’10"N, -0°25’44"E
Cardiganshire	Pembrokeshire	Carmarthenshire	51°47’17"N, 3°48’25"W
Cardiganshire	Montgomeryshire	Merionethshire	52°33’36"N, 3°55’37"W
Cardiganshire	Radnorshire	Montgomeryshire	52°21’18"N, 3°39’47"W
Cheshire	Denbighshire	Flintshire	53°2’17"N, 2°51’29"W with detached part of Flintshire
Cheshire	Flintshire	Shropshire	52°58’59"N, 2°43’41"W with detached part of Flintshire
Cheshire	Shropshire	Staffordshire	52°59’56"N, 2°22’52"W
Cheshire	Staffordshire	Derbyshire	53°12’50"N, 1°59’13"W at Three Shires Head
Cheshire	Derbyshire	Yorkshire	53°30’40"N, 1°49’48"W
Cheshire	Yorkshire	Lancashire	53°31’12"N, 2°2’18"W
Cheshire	Flintshire	Denbighshire	53°7’59"N, 2°57’50"W
Clackmannanshire	Fife	Perthshire	56°7’55"N, 3°38’10"W
Cromartyshire	Ross-shire	Sutherland	57°58’41"N, 4°57’4"W
Cumberland	Roxburghshire	Dumfriesshire	55°6’29"N, 2°51’29"W
Cumberland	Durham	Northumberland	54°47’28"N, 2°18’43"W
Cumberland	Lancashire	Westmorland	54°24’54"N, 3°6’58"W as marked by the Three shire stone
Cumberland	Northumberland	Roxburghshire	55°11’17"N, 2°41’24"W
Cumberland	Westmorland	Durham	54°41’49"N, 2°21’22"W
Denbighshire	Shropshire	Flintshire	52°57’50"N, 2°58’8"W with detached part of Flintshire
Denbighshire	Merionethshire	Montgomeryshire	52°52’37"N, 3°23’20"W
Denbighshire	Montgomeryshire	Shropshire	52°48’11"N, 3°9’40"W
Derbyshire	Leicestershire	Nottinghamshire	52°52’26"N, 1°16’5"W
Derbyshire	Nottinghamshire	Yorkshire	53°18’18"N, 1°12’4"W as marked by the Shire Oak
Derbyshire	Staffordshire	Leicestershire	52°42’32"N, 1°37’1"W
Devon	Dorset	Somerset	50°52’23"N, 3°3’14"W
Dorset	Wiltshire	Somerset	51°4’44"N, 2°19’26"W
Dorset	Hampshire	Wiltshire	50°55’44"N, 1°50’2"W
Dumfriesshire	Selkirkshire	Peeblesshire	55°26’2"N, 3°17’13"W
Dumfriesshire	Peeblesshire	Lanarkshire	55°24’14"N, 3°29’20"W
Dumfriesshire	Roxburghshire	Selkirkshire	55°21’22"N, 3°6’47"W
Dunbartonshire	Renfrewshire	Lanarkshire	55°53’35"N, 4°19’34"W
Dunbartonshire	Stirlingshire	Perthshire	56°18’7"N, 4°40’16"W
Dunbartonshire	Lanarkshire	Stirlingshire	55°54’43"N, 4°17’38"W with main body of Dunbartonshire and 55°56’20"N, 4°10’37"W and 55°56’13"N, 3°53’53"W with detached part
Durham	Westmorland	Yorkshire	54°39’-0"N, 2°17’13"W
Essex	Hertfordshire	Middlesex	51°40’52"N, 0°-0’43"W
Essex	Middlesex	Kent	51°30’22"N, -0°0’29"E
Fife	Kinross-shire	Perthshire	56°9’29"N, 3°32’13"W and 56°16’44"N, 3°24’4"W
Gloucestershire	Herefordshire	Monmouthshire	51°49’34"N, 2°39’4"W
Gloucestershire	Oxfordshire	Warwickshire	51°59’13"N, 1°39’58"W also meeting a detached part of Worcestershire at the Four shire stone
Gloucestershire	Somerset	Wiltshire	51°25’44"N, 2°17’38"W as marked by the Three shire stone
Gloucestershire	Warwickshire	Worcestershire	52°7’48"N, 1°51’7"W as marked by the Three Shire Elms
Gloucestershire	Worcestershire	Herefordshire	52°1’12"N, 2°21’7"W
Hampshire	Sussex	Surrey	51°5’10"N, -0°45’14"W
Herefordshire	Shropshire	Radnorshire	52°20’56"N, 2°57’18"W
Herefordshire	Worcestershire	Shropshire	52°18’29"N, 2°36’54"W
Inverness-shire	Morayshire	Nairnshire	57°21’32"N, 3°47’2"W
Kent	Surrey	Sussex	51°8’31"N, -0°2’56"E
Lancashire	Yorkshire	Westmorland	54°14’24"N, 2°27’36"W
Lanarkshire	West Lothian	Stirlingshire	55°53’46"N, 3°49’23"W
Lanarkshire	Midlothian	West Lothian	55°48’54"N, 3°42’58"W
Lanarkshire	Peeblesshire	Midlothian	55°46’16"N, 3°28’23"W
Leicestershire	Northamptonshire	Rutland	52°31’30"N, -0°42’50"W
Leicestershire	Warwickshire	Northamptonshire	52°23’49"N, 1°12’4"W
Leicestershire	Staffordshire	Warwickshire	52°41’13"N, 1°35’20"W
Leicestershire	Rutland	Lincolnshire	52°45’22"N, -0°39’50"W
Leicestershire	Lincolnshire	Nottinghamshire	52°58’37"N, -0°46’41"W
Lincolnshire	Rutland	Northamptonshire	52°38’24"N, -0°30’7"W
Lincolnshire	Yorkshire	Nottinghamshire	53°30’32"N, -0°56’38"W as marked by the Three Shire Bush
Middlesex	Surrey	Kent	51°29’38"N, 0°1’48"W
Midlothian	Peeblesshire	Selkirkshire	55°41’6"N, 3°0’4"W
Midlothian	Selkirkshire	Roxburghshire	55°38’56"N, 2°51’40"W
Northamptonshire	Warwickshire	Oxfordshire	52°10’5"N, 1°19’52"W as marked by the Three shire stones
Shropshire	Worcestershire	Staffordshire	52°24’14"N, 2°19’59"W
Staffordshire	Worcestershire	Warwickshire	52°26’46"N, 1°56’42"W

Ireland

County 1	County 2	County 3	Location and notes
Antrim	Armagh	Down	54°30’36"N, 6°21’29"W in the south of Lough Neagh
Antrim	Londonderry	Tyrone	54°41’6"N, 6°28’12"W in the north of Lough Neagh
Antrim	Tyrone	Armagh	54°34’5"N, 6°25’37"W in the south of Lough Neagh
Armagh	Monaghan	Louth	54°2’38"N, 6°35’42"W
Armagh	Tyrone	Monaghan	54°19’48"N, 6°51’50"W
Cork	Limerick	Kerry	52°17’53"N, 9°13’1"W
Cork	Tipperary	Limerick	52°17’17"N, 8°10’59"W
Cork	Waterford	Tipperary	52°12’22"N, 8°6’18"W
Carlow	Kilkenny	Wexford	52°27’50"N, 6°55’1"W
Carlow	Wexford	Wicklow	52°42’32"N, 6°37’12"W
Carlow	Laois	Kilkenny	52°47’35"N, 7°3’36"W south of Three Counties Bridge
Carlow	Kildare	Laois	52°52’48"N, 6°56’20"W
Cavan	Longford	Westmeath	53°46’44"N, 7°24’36"W
Cavan	Westmeath	Meath	53°47’53"N, 7°20’35"W
Cavan	Meath	Monaghan	53°55’1"N, 6°45’43"W
Cavan	Monaghan	Fermanagh	54°6’47"N, 7°19’12"W
Cavan	Fermanagh	Leitrim	54°18’14"N, 7°56’46"W in Upper Lough McNean
Cavan	Leitrim	Longford	53°56’17"N, 7°36’36"W
Clare	Limerick	Tipperary	52°45’25"N, 8°28’48"W
Clare	Tipperary	Galway	52°54’43"N, 8°24’29"W in the south of Lough Derg
Donegal	Leitrim	Fermanagh	54°27’54"N, 8°10’41"W
Donegal	Fermanagh	Tyrone	54°36’32"N, 7°42’11"W
Donegal	Tyrone	Londonderry	54°56’42"N, 7°23’31"W
Dublin	Kildare	Wicklow	53°14’2"N, 6°28’30"W
Dublin	Meath	Kildare	53°23’17"N, 6°27’36"W
Fermanagh	Monaghan	Tyrone	54°20’17"N, 7°11’20"W
Galway	Offaly	Roscommon	53°16’26"N, 8°3’22"W
Galway	Roscommon	Mayo	53°39’54"N, 8°49’23"W
Kildare	Offaly	Laois	53°10’5"N, 7°6’22"W
Kildare	Meath	Offaly	53°22’52"N, 7°4’55"W
Kilkenny	Tipperary	Waterford	52°20’35"N, 7°22’19"W
Kilkenny	Waterford	Wexford	52°16’34"N, 7°0’0"W
Kilkenny	Laois	Tipperary	52°46’52"N, 7°40’26"W
Laois	Offaly	Tipperary	53°57’29"N, 7°43’48"W
Leitrim	Sligo	Roscommon	54°6’32"N, 8°9’47"W
Leitrim	Roscommon	Longford	53°49’16"N, 7°55’8"W
Longford	Roscommon	Westmeath	53°31’19"N, 7°58’12"W in Lough Ree
Louth	Monaghan	Meath	53°54’7"N, 6°41’42"W
Mayo	Roscommon	Sligo	53°55’16"N, 8°29’17"W in the south of Lough Gara
Meath	Westmeath	Offaly	53°25’23"N, 7°11’31"W
Offaly	Galway	Tipperary	53°10’1"N, 8°4’52"W
Offaly	Westmeath	Roscommon	53°21’47"N, 7°55’23"W