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LARGEST OF 4 UK “HOME NATIONS”
England, the largest of three “home nations” on the island of Great Britain that includes Scotland and Wales, is a part of the United Kingdom, which adds the fourth “home nation” Northern Ireland on the island of Ireland, but politically separate from the Republic of Ireland (the independent country).
Regions of England

♦ Greater London
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 (+ 20 outer boroughs)
♦ Southern England
SOUTH WEST: Cornwall + Devon + Dorset + Somerset (Bath) + Bristol + Gloucestershire (the Cotswolds) + Wiltshire (Stonehenge & Avebury)
SOUTH EAST: Hampshire + Isle of Wight + Oxfordshire (Oxford University) + Berkshire + Buckinghamshire + Surrey + Kent (Dover) + West Sussex + East Sussex (Brighton)
♦ Midlands
WEST MIDLANDS: Herefordshire + Shropshire + Staffordshire + Worcestershire + West Midlands (Birmingham) + Warwickshire (Stratford-upon-Avon)
EAST MIDLANDS: Leicestershire + Derbyshire + Nottinghamshire + Lincolnshire + Rutland + Northamptonshire +
EAST OF ENGLAND: Bedfordshire + Hertfordshire + Essex + (East Anglia): Cambridgeshire (Cambridge University) + Norfolk (Norwich) + Suffolk
♦ Northern England
NORTH WEST: 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)
NORTH EAST: County Durham + Tyne and Wear (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) + Northumberland
Basics
Know Before You Go
English
national language
Pound £
currency
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geographic counties (shires)
London
capital