East Midlands

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East Midlands
Image:EnglandEastMidlands.png
Admin HQ	Nottingham
Area - Total	4th in England 15,627 km²
Population - Total (2001) - Density	8th in England 4,172,179 267/km²
NUTS 1:	UKF

The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the tradional region of the Midlands. Its main settlements are Nottingham, Leicester, Lincoln, Derby, and Northampton. The largest city and the generally recognized "capital" of the East Midlands is Nottingham.

A looser definition of the East Midlands would include the City of Peterborough, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.

A historical basis for such an area exists in the Five Burghs of the Danelaw.

EMDA, the East Midlands Development Agency, holds funds from central government to enable regeneration.

Nottingham East Midlands Airport in Leicestershire is situated between the three main cities of Derby, Leicester and Nottingham, and the region is served by Midland Mainline and GNER high-speed trains to London. The M1 motorway also serves the three largest conurbations. The proximity of the three cities and their post-war prosperity caused the area to be called The Golden Triangle on Trentside.

The highest point in the region is Kinder Scout, in the Derbyshire Peak District at 636m.

See also - Kingdom of Lindsey and Five Burghs.

1 Administrative divisions
- 1.1 Map
2 MEPs
3 Local media
4 External links

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Administrative divisions

The official government region consists of the following geographic counties (shown in bold) and their local government areas:

Derbyshire

Derbyshire
Derby Unitary Authority

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire
Nottingham Unitary Authority

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Leicestershire

Leicestershire
Leicester Unitary Authority

Rutland

Rutland Unitary Authority

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

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Map

Image:EnglandEastMidlandsNumbered.png

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MEPs

The East Midlands is also a six-member constituency for the European Parliament. Its MEPs are:

Derek Clark (UKIP)
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative Party)
Roger Helmer (Conservative Party)
Robert Kilroy Silk (Veritas)
Bill Newton Dunn (Liberal Democrats)
Glenis Willmott (as next person on the Labour Party list following the death of Phillip Whitehead on 31 December 2005)

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Local media

Local media include:

The East Midlands region of BBC Television, based in Nottingham, which produces several regional television programs, including the news program BBC East Midlands Today. This excludes most of Northamptonshire.
MATV, based in Leicester, which caters to the area's large South Asian population.
BBC Radios Derby, Leicester, Lincolnshire, Northampton and Nottingham. BBC Radio Leicester was the first local radio station in the United Kingdom.
Many commercial radio stations: Leicester Sound, Trent FM (Nottingham) Ram FM (Derby and Burton-on-Trent), Peak FM (Chesterfield and North Derbyshire), Lincs FM (Lincolnshire and Newark-on-Trent) and Sabras Radio.
Several newspapers, the largest of which include the Nottingham Evening Post, Derby Evening Telegraph, and Leicester Mercury.

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External links

Template:United Kingdom regions

Districts of the East Midlands	Image:Flag of England.svg
Amber Valley \| Ashfield \| Bassetlaw \| Blaby \| Bolsover \| Boston \| Broxtowe \| Charnwood \| Chesterfield \| Corby \| Daventry \| Derby \| Derbyshire Dales \| East Lindsey \| East Northamptonshire \| Erewash \| Gedling \| Harborough \| High Peak \| Hinckley and Bosworth \| Kettering \| Leicester \| Lincoln \| Mansfield \| Melton \| Newark and Sherwood \| Northampton \| North East Derbyshire \| North Kesteven \| North West Leicestershire \| Nottingham \| Oadby and Wigston \| Rushcliffe \| Rutland \| South Derbyshire \| South Holland \| South Kesteven \| South Northamptonshire \| Wellingborough \| West Lindsey
Counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire