Northern England
The North of England is a rather ill-defined term. Its definition often depends upon the latitude of the speaker. People from London might consider anywhere north of Watford to be 'the North', whereas people in Newcastle-upon-Tyne might consider Liverpool to be in the south.
Areas certainly in the North include
The three 'northern' government office regions of England also include Cheshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.
Towns and cities in these three northern regions include
- Barnsley, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bootle, Bradford
- Carlisle, Chester, Cleethorpes, Crewe
- Darlington, Doncaster
- Ellesmere Port
- Gateshead, Grimsby
- Harrogate, Hartlepool
- Halifax, Huddersfield
- Jarrow, Hull
- Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool
- Manchester, Middlesbrough
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Preston
- Rotherham
- Scarborough, Scunthorpe, Sheffield, Stockton-on-Tees, Southport, Sunderland
- Wakefield, Wigan, Whitby
- York
The North borders the Midlands to the south and Scotland to the north.
See also: Northumbria.
