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LARGEST BRITISH COUNTRY
England is the largest and southernmost country in the United Kingdom on the isle of Britain with 48 counties (shires). London, the UK’s capital city, lies in the southeast of the country.
Regions and Counties of England
Capital City
♦ Greater London
20 outer boroughs + 13 inner boroughs:
♦ City of London
+ City of Westminster + Kensington and Chelsea + Hammersmith and Fulham + Camden + Islington + Hackney + Tower Hamlets + Greenwich + Lewisham + Southwark + Lambeth + Wandsworth
Southern England
♦ Southwest
Cornwall + Devon + Dorset + Somerset (Bath) + Bristol + Gloucestershire (the Cotswolds) + Wiltshire (Stonehenge & Avebury)
♦ Southeast
Hampshire + Isle of Wight + Oxfordshire (Oxford University) + Berkshire + Buckinghamshire + Surrey + Kent (Dover) + West Sussex + East Sussex (Brighton)
♦ East of England
Bedfordshire + Hertfordshire + Essex + (East Anglia): Cambridgeshire (Cambridge University) + Norfolk (Norwich) + Suffolk
Midlands
♦ West Midlands
Herefordshire + Shropshire + Staffordshire + Worcestershire + West Midlands (Birmingham) + Warwickshire (Stratford-upon-Avon)
♦ East Midlands
Leicestershire + Derbyshire + Nottinghamshire + Lincolnshire + Rutland + Northamptonshire
Northern England
♦ Northwest
Cheshire + Cumbria (Lake District & Hadrian’s Wall) + Merseyside (Liverpool) + Greater Manchester + Lancashire
♦ Yorkshire
West Yorkshire (Leeds) + South Yorkshire (Sheffield) + East Riding of Yorkshire (Hull) + North Yorkshire (York)
♦ Northeast
County Durham + Tyne and Wear (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) + Northumberland
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Know Before You Go
English
national language
Pound £
currency
48
geographic counties (shires)
London
capital
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