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The Midlands

Index The Midlands

The Midlands is a cultural and geographic area roughly spanning central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia. [1]

102 relations: Amber Valley, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Aylesbury Vale, Bedfordshire, Bidford-on-Avon, Birmingham, Black Country, Black Mountain (hill), Borough of Milton Keynes, British Summer Time, Buckinghamshire, Cannock Chase, Charnwood Forest, Cherwell District, Chesterfield, City region (United Kingdom), Clee Hills, Cleeve Hill, Conurbation, Cotswolds, Counties of England, Coventry, Coventry and Bedworth Urban Area, Derby, Derbyshire, Dudley, East Midlands, East of England, England, English Civil War, Erewash, European Parliament, European Parliament constituency, Gloucestershire, Greenwich Mean Time, Hereford, Herefordshire, Historic counties of England, Industrial Revolution, Kinder Scout, Leicester, Leicester Urban Area, Leicestershire, Lincoln, England, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire Wolds, Long Mynd, Malvern Hills, Mercia, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, ..., Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, Metropolitan county, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North West England, Northampton, Northamptonshire, Northern England, Nottingham, Nottingham Urban Area, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Peak District, Pennines, Pershore, Peterborough, Regions of England, Rutland, Sandwell, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Shropshire Hills, Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Somerset, South East England, South Midlands, South West England, Southern England, Staffordshire, Stiperstones, Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent Built-up Area, Subdivisions of England, Telford, Telford and Wrekin, Turners Hill, West Midlands, Unitary authority, United Kingdom, Wales, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wenlock Edge, West Midlands (county), West Midlands (region), West Midlands conurbation, Wiltshire, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Worcestershire, Worcestershire Beacon, Yorkshire and the Humber. Expand index (52 more) »

Amber Valley

Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in Derbyshire, England.

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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is an area of countryside in England, Wales or Northern Ireland which has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value.

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Aylesbury Vale

The Aylesbury Vale (or Vale of Aylesbury) is a large area of gently rolling agricultural landscape located in the northern half of Buckinghamshire, England.

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Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds.) is a county in the East of England.

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Bidford-on-Avon

Bidford-on-Avon is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire, very close to the border with Worcestershire.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Black Country

The Black Country is a region of the West Midlands in England, west of Birmingham, and commonly refers to all or part of the four Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

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Black Mountain (hill)

Twyn Llech, also known as Black Mountain, is a mountain in the Black Mountains.

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Borough of Milton Keynes

The Borough of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority area and borough of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire.

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British Summer Time

During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) (in effect, changing the time zone from UTC+0 to UTC+1), so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less.

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Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire, abbreviated Bucks, is a county in South East England which borders Greater London to the south east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north east and Hertfordshire to the east.

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Cannock Chase

Cannock Chase is a mixed area of countryside in the county of Staffordshire, England.

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Charnwood Forest

Charnwood Forest is an upland tract in north-western Leicestershire, England, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville.

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Cherwell District

Cherwell is a local government district in northern Oxfordshire, England.

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Chesterfield

Chesterfield is a market town and borough in Derbyshire, England.

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City region (United Kingdom)

A city region is the functional region around a city or large town, consisting of several areas of local government and smaller than the already existing regions of England.

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Clee Hills

The Clee Hills are a range of hills in Shropshire, England near Ludlow, consisting of Brown Clee Hill, the highest peak in Shropshire, and Titterstone Clee Hill.

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Cleeve Hill

Cleeve Hill (also known as Cleeve Cloud) is the highest point both of the Cotswolds hill range and in the county of Gloucestershire, at.

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Conurbation

A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area.

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Cotswolds

The Cotswolds is an area in south central England containing the Cotswold Hills, a range of rolling hills which rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment, known as the Cotswold Edge, above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.

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Counties of England

The counties of England are areas used for the purposes of administrative, geographical, cultural or political demarcation.

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Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

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Coventry and Bedworth Urban Area

The Coventry/Bedworth Urban Area has a population of 386,003, with Coventry making up the main population of 352,900 according to the 2016 ONS local report.This makes it the 16th largest conurbation in England and Wales by population.

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Derby

Derby is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England.

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Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England.

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Dudley

Dudley is a large town in the county of West Midlands, England, south-east of Wolverhampton and north-west of Birmingham.

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East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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East of England

The East of England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.

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Erewash

Erewash is a local government district and borough in eastern Derbyshire, England, to the east of Derby and the west of Nottingham.

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European Parliament

The European Parliament (EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU).

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European Parliament constituency

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union (EU), divided into constituencies.

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Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (formerly abbreviated as Gloucs. in print but now often as Glos.) is a county in South West England.

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Greenwich Mean Time

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.

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Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England.

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Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council.

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Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Anglo-Saxons and others.

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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.

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Kinder Scout

Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau and National Nature Reserve in the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in England.

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Leicester

Leicester ("Lester") is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire.

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Leicester Urban Area

The Leicester Urban Area or Leicester Built Up Area (2011 onwards) is an urban agglomeration defined by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), centred on the City of Leicester in the English Midlands.

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Leicestershire

Leicestershire (abbreviation Leics.) is a landlocked county in the English Midlands.

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Lincoln, England

Lincoln is a cathedral city and the county town of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in east central England.

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Lincolnshire Wolds

The Lincolnshire Wolds is a range of hills in the county of Lincolnshire, England.

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Long Mynd

The Long Mynd is a heath and moorland plateau that forms part of the Shropshire Hills in Shropshire, England.

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Malvern Hills

The Malvern Hills are a range of hills in the English counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and a small area of northern Gloucestershire, dominating the surrounding countryside and the towns and villages of the district of Malvern.

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Mercia

Mercia (Miercna rīce) was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy.

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Metropolitan Borough of Dudley

The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough of West Midlands in England.

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Metropolitan Borough of Solihull

The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, in west-central England.

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Metropolitan Borough of Walsall

The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a local government district in the West Midlands, England, with the status of a metropolitan borough.

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Metropolitan county

The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level administrative division of England.

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North East Lincolnshire

North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire in England.

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North Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 167,446 at the 2011 census.

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North West England

North West England, one of nine official regions of England, consists of the five counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.

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Northampton

Northampton is the county town of Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England.

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Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants.), archaically known as the County of Northampton, is a county in the East Midlands of England.

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Northern England

Northern England, also known simply as the North, is the northern part of England, considered as a single cultural area.

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Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, England, north of London, in the East Midlands.

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Nottingham Urban Area

The Nottingham Built-up Area (BUA), Nottingham Urban Area, or Greater Nottingham is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics as which is built upon, with nearby areas linked if within 200 metres - see the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom article for a broader definition.

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Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire (pronounced or; abbreviated Notts) is a county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Oxonium, the Latin name for Oxford) is a county in South East England.

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Peak District

The Peak District is an upland area in England at the southern end of the Pennines.

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Pennines

The Pennines, also known as the Pennine Chain or Pennine Hills, are a range of mountains and hills in England separating North West England from Yorkshire and North East England.

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Pershore

Pershore is a market town in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon.

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Peterborough

Peterborough is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 183,631 in 2011.

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Regions of England

The regions of England, formerly known as the government office regions, are the highest tier of sub-national division in England.

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Rutland

Rutland is a landlocked county in the East Midlands of England, bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire.

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Sandwell

Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county in England.

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Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, England.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (alternatively Salop; abbreviated, in print only, Shrops; demonym Salopian) is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Wales to the west, Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, and Worcestershire and Herefordshire to the south.

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Shropshire Hills

The Shropshire Hills is an upland area and one of the natural regions of England.

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Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies

The Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, also known as the 2013 Review, 2018 Review, or just boundary changes, is the process by which constituencies of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (since 1955 all being single seats) are being reviewed and redistributed.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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South East England

South East England is the most populous of the nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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South Midlands

The South Midlands is a notional area of England, (as distinct from the formally designated Regions of England).

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South West England

South West England is one of nine official regions of England.

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Southern England

Southern England, or the South of England, also known as the South, refers roughly to the southern counties of England.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England.

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Stiperstones

The Stiperstones is a distinctive hill in the county of Shropshire, England.

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Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of.

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Stoke-on-Trent Built-up Area

The Stoke-on-Trent Built-up Area or The Potteries Urban Area or colloquially, simply "The Potteries"" is a conurbation in North Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England.

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Subdivisions of England

The subdivisions of England constitute a hierarchy of administrative divisions and non-administrative ceremonial areas.

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Telford

Telford is a large new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about east of Shrewsbury, and north west of Birmingham.

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Telford and Wrekin

Telford and Wrekin is a unitary district with borough status in the West Midlands region of England.

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Turners Hill, West Midlands

Turners Hill or Turner's Hill is the highest hill in the West Midlands, England, at 271m above sea level.

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Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Walsall

Walsall is an industrial town in the West Midlands of England.

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Warwickshire

Warwickshire (abbreviated Warks) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England.

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Wenlock Edge

Wenlock Edge is a limestone escarpment near Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England and a site of special scientific interest because of its geology.

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West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county and city region in western-central England with a 2014 estimated population of 2,808,356, making it the second most populous county in England.

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West Midlands (region)

The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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West Midlands conurbation

The West Midlands conurbation is the large conurbation that includes the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton and the large towns of Sutton Coldfield, Dudley, Walsall, West Bromwich, Solihull, Stourbridge and Halesowen in the English West Midlands.

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Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a county in South West England with an area of.

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Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

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Worcester

Worcester is a city in Worcestershire, England, southwest of Birmingham, west-northwest of London, north of Gloucester and northeast of Hereford.

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Worcestershire

Worcestershire (written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England.

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Worcestershire Beacon

Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire.

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Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midlands

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