England is one of the most densely populated places on the planet. This is why, even in the rural areas, you are never really very far away from somebody else. Obviously, this does vary a bit depending where you go within England, as there are some places more remote than others. However, on the whole, I’m pretty sure that if you were randomly placed in any location within England, all you would have to do is start walking in a straight line in any direction and before too long you would come to civilization of some sort.
For someone like me, living in rural England, this is great, because you’re never far away from the next town or village. There are several other towns which are only about 6/7/8/9 miles away from where I live. The great thing about this is that if there is anything I can’t get in my own town, it’s only about a 15 or 20 minute drive to somewhere else to get it.
The sense of distance is totally different in England. For example, I live 130 miles away from London. This to me feels like London is really far away, but to an American or an Australian, this would probably be considered a short local trip down the road.
In England, say I was dumped in the middle of nowhere, and after an hour of walking through some woods, before I came across a house I came across a road, I know that there will almost definitely be somebody driving along that road at some point. We don’t have the kind of roads where you can go a whole day without seeing anyone drive along it.
In fact, we have far too many cars on our roads. Just ask any of the millions of people who have to drive to work every day.
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