Talk:England/OfficialRegions
Below are the official definitions of English Regions, as taken from the 'Regional Development Agencies Act 1998'. I do not necessarily think we should adopt these regional definitions; they are neither well-known locally nor do they have much relevance to travel or tourism. However knowledge of them may be useful where there are judgement calls to make. -- (WT-en) Chris j wood 13:13, 19 Jul 2004 (EDT)
Definitions[edit]
East Midlands[edit]
The counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire The non-metropolitan districts of Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Rutland
Eastern[edit]
The counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk The non-metropolitan districts of Luton, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock
London[edit]
Greater London
North East[edit]
The counties of Durham and Northumberland The metropolitan districts of Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland The non-metropolitan districts of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees
North West[edit]
The counties of Cheshire, Cumbria and Lancashire The metropolitan districts of Bolton, Bury, Knowsley, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, St. Helens, Salford, Sefton, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan and Wirral The non-metropolitan districts of Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Halton and Warrington
South East[edit]
The counties of Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex The non-metropolitan districts of Bracknell Forest, Brighton and Hove, the Medway Towns, Milton Keynes, Portsmouth, Reading, Slough, Southampton, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham
South West[edit]
The counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire The non-metropolitan districts of Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth, Bristol, North Somerset, Plymouth, Poole, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Torbay The Isles of Scilly
West Midlands[edit]
The counties of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire The metropolitan districts of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton The non-metropolitan districts of Herefordshire, Stoke-on-Trent and Telford and Wrekin
Yorkshire and the Humber[edit]
The county of North Yorkshire The metropolitan districts of Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Doncaster, Kirklees, Leeds, Rotherham, Sheffield and Wakefield The non-metropolitan districts of the East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and York