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Map (in equal-size constituencies) of the 2017 general election results showing the red wall. In political terms, the South, and particularly South East England (outside inner London) and East of England, is largely centre-right, and supportive of the Conservative Party, while the North was, at least until the 2019 general election, more supportive of the centre-left Labour Party.
Severn-Wash Line, a common but unofficial way to define the North-South divide in England. [5] [6] The North–South divide is not an exact line, but one that can involve many stereotypes, presumptions and other impressions of the surrounding region relative to other regions. There is considerable debate between scholars over the degree of ...
The Alpine Orogeny that took place in Europe about 50 Ma, was responsible for the folding of strata in southern England, producing the London Basin syncline, the Weald-Artois Anticline to the south, the North Downs, South Downs and Chiltern Hills. During the period the North Sea formed, Britain was uplifted. Some of this uplift was along old ...
The Great Exhibition of the North is putting paid to tired stereotypes of the region – but now, the North itself is becoming divided. England's north-south divide is history – but the nation's ...
The Tees–Exe line marks the division between younger, softer and low-lying rocks in the south east and older, harder, and generally a higher relief in the north-west. The geology of England is recognisable in the landscape of its counties, for instance Cumbria , Kent and Norfolk all have very distinct and very different looks from each other.
While the UK was a member of the European Union, they defined areas (constituencies) for the purposes of elections to the European Parliament. Eurostat also used them to demarcate first level Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) regions ("NUTS 1 regions") within the European Union , which in 2021 were superseded by ...
Watford Gap is a low point through a range of hills providing an easy route between the South Eastern and Midland areas of England. It is near the small village of Watford, Northamptonshire. The gap is 3.5 miles (6 km) north-east of Daventry and 2 miles (3 km) west of Long Buckby.
Maps of the United Kingdom (7 C, 16 P) ... North–South divide in the United Kingdom; O. Ordnance Survey Great Britain County Series; Ordnance Survey National Grid; P.