John o' Groats is a village 2.5 mi (4 km) northeast of Canisbay, Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. John o' Groats lies on Scotland's northeastern tip, and is popular with tourists as the most distant point on the mainland from Land's End in Cornwall, England 876 mi (1,410 km) to the southwest. The northernmost point of mainland Scotland is nearby Dunnet Head.

Land's End is a headland and tourist and holiday complex in western Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the Penwith peninsula about eight miles (13 km) west-south-west of Penzance at the western end of the A30 road. To the east of it is the English Channel, and to the west the Celtic Sea.