Northern England

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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

• County Durham
• Cumbria
• East Riding of Yorkshire
• Greater Manchester
• Lancashire
• Merseyside
• North Yorkshire
• Northumberland
• South Yorkshire
• West Yorkshire
• Tyne and Wear

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.