If we're going to get technical, the GTT Express submarine line routes internet traffic directly from Halifax, NS to the main routing centre in the west coast of England, which then has major trunks to London and most central datacentres. It will have a significant ping owing to the 4600Km cable length, even in perfect conditions you should expect a minimum of 30ms increase in ping times over a distance like that.
I know where Kingkongen is, but won't reveal here unless he does, as I don't make a habit of passing out other people's personal information. I've looked into his location and the submarine cabling and there is no direct route to England, best case scenario he's looking at 2, possibly 3 hops.