A simple mathematical solution to the North vs Midlands debate. The North is 53-55° latitude; the Midlands is 52-53° latitude. The rest is the south, carve up however you like.

by Green-Draw8688

11 comments

  1. Imagine telling someone from Cambridge that they’re in the same region as Derby lol

  3. I thought the days of creating arbitrary straight borders were over.

  4. The Scottish border is at about 55°40′ at Berwick, about 55° at Gretna (M6/ A74M/M74); and much of Galloway is below that. Dunkirk, on the Franco-Belgian border, is at 51°N- and so is Hartland Point in West Devon. Central London is at about 51°30′- and so is Cardiff.

    So, the whole of Britain is severely tilted anyway- and the cultural and economic effects of London being to the east of 85% of the population, as well as to the south of 80% of the population, means that distance from London is the key measure of whether you’re in the South East or alternatively in the North, Midlands or South West, not simple latitude.

    The lines I would draw would be:
    Louth in Lincolnshire to Newark to Leek (near Alton Towers) and finally Whitchurch in Shropshire= Midland-North border.
    River Test near Southampton to Newbury, Banbury, Northampton, Peterborough and King’s Lynn= borders of the South East/ East Anglia.
    Chepstow to Tewkesbury and Banbury= Northern border of the West Country.

  5. Ipswich is absolutely and categorically not midlands

  6. always annoyed me that lincoln isn’t considered “north” by many – certainly feels more north and midlands or south – it’s technically only about ~17 miles further south than manchester and ~10 than sheffield

    also it’s not on this map so fck you map maker!

  8. Separate east Anglia and it’s kinda crazy how well this fits

  9. There’s north and south.
    The “midlands’ is just silly.

  10. Anything above 51 is North. Even says so on the pic. Clearly marked with an N all the way up from Dover to Shetlands. Y’all Northern.

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