If you dug a hole through the earth starting from England where would end up?

You would not end up on the opposite side of the Earth, but rather very close to where you started. The side of the Earth opposite England is the Pacific Ocean. The Earth's diameter is about 12,742 km. If you dug a hole straight through the Earth and came out on the other side, you would only be about 40,075 km away from your starting point. This is because the Earth is not a perfect sphere, but rather an oblate spheroid, meaning it is slightly flattened at the poles. The point on the Earth's surface that is exactly opposite England is in the Indian Ocean, about 20,038 km away.