In the UK, where does 'The North' begin?

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Knownow't

Depends, if you are a soppy southener, then about Watford..If from the Midlands, then maybe Yorkshire or Derbyshire...If in Scotland, then maybe the Hebrides...

brandy

If you are a Londoner then North starts anywhere after Watford Gap, but if you are a northener it starts after the Midlands.

english guy 1985

past Watford Gap service station, which is in Northamptonshire and has nothign to do with Watford near London

susan will of the wisp

just above the outer Hebrides

Santa claus

according to the labour party any where that is nt london

Happy Murcia

just above the midlands

Nick H

Do you own a compass?
Well, if you do. & it matters not where you are in the country. Turn & face the direction of the needle that point north.
Thats All north in front of you!!!!

Blunt Bloke

It's a state of mind.

Ken B

North is a direction not an area

GRAHAM Y

anywere north of camdon

just-dave

Manchester

The_Informer

Between Crewe and Middlewich........

talkland72

The dividing line between the north and south is the Watford Gap service station on the M1!

robcat

anywhere north of york !!!!!

Veronica Alicia

If Ashby-de-la-Zouch is the centre of England, then I guess that anything north of it is "The North"

brit-the-brit

Passed Watford!!!!!!!!

Cilly Buggah

It is in fact officially designated.
The northern Counties comprise:-
Lancashire, Yorkshire, etc etc.

bigtdotcom

anywhere outside greater london if you listen to the southern softies

jane l

well the furthest northern point in england is carlyle, and then you go into scotland...but i guess because the uk is north above the equator, it starts in the far south of england.....

gina

i know its not but i think anything above london is lol

HA HA at you!

At the North-South border.

tynie98

at the border of england and scotland

Helena

Anywhere north of Birmingham.

AndyG45

Never mind Watford, anywhere north of the Thames as far as I'm concerned! ;-)

Kes51

Lancashire and Yorkshire are generally "the North" - further north than that it gets called the Northeast or Northwest - or Scotland, but let's not go there :o)

Curiously there's also the West and East Midlands, but further east still and it's just the East (Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambs). Essex is thrown in the pot with Kent, what used to be Middlesex, Surrey and London and called the Southeast. Sussex and Hampshire are South. The West starts at Wiltshire and sigues into being called the Southwest around Somerset.

The ITV regions are a fairly good rough guide as it happens, since these terms are most often used by the TV weathermen.

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