Regions of the British Isles (Suggestions and Criticism Wanted)

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  1. As somebody from Buckingham:

    1. Not sure why we’re the only county that gets to be in two regions at once:
    2. Not quite sure why one of those regions is greater London, Essex, and Kent
    3. I’m not sure why there’s a region called “three counties” over in the West Country, but in Buckingham, “three counties” refers to Bucks, Herts, and Beds. So that grouping would make more sense.

    At least in the case of my family, the three counties we travel between most are Bucks, Herts, and Beds. My dad’s family is from Herts, my sister works in Herts, I went to university in Beds, my sister was born in Beds.

  2. Are you aware there is more to the north than “North West/Cumbria, Northumbria, and Yorkshire?

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    If you are going to use counties, use every single county rather than taking a few counties and then merging them all together under one name.

    The British Isles already have many classification systems for the regions which work and make sense. This doesn’t.

  3. The Home Counties is a well defined term, but that definition and this map do not agree. Also what’s the Greater Sussex thing?

    You got East Anglia right, though.

  4. “Cardiff” should be split east and west with Glamorgan as the west and Gwent as the east.

    Apart from that Wales is fine. Bit sparse, but fine.

  5. Sorry if I’m missing the point, but I’m not really sure what the purpose of this is? Just get a map that shows all the counties, and then you will have an accurate map.

    This map is just too inaccurate. ‘Greater Sussex’? Somehow it has invaded Hampshire & Wiltshire.

    ‘West Midlands’? This has taken over Cheshire, Liverpool and Manchester.

    It’s just not accurate, sorry.

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