South East England

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South East
Image:EnglandSouthEast.png
Admin HQ	Guildford
Area - Total	3rd in England 19,096 km²
Population - Total (2001) - Density	1st in England 8,000,550 419/km²
NUTS 1:	UKJ

South East England is one of the nine official regions of England. The current boundaries include Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex. In common usage the area may widely vary.

The highest point of the region is Walbury Hill in Berkshire at 297m/974 ft.

1 Administrative divisions
2 Historical boundaries
3 Common usage
4 Local dialects
5 External links

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Administrative divisions

The region is divided into the following geographic counties (shown in bold) and their local government areas:

Berkshire (Ceremonial county)
All of Berkshire's districts are Unitary Authorities

Buckinghamshire (Ceremonial county)

Buckinghamshire
Milton Keynes Unitary Authority

East Sussex (Ceremonial county)

East Sussex
Brighton & Hove Unitary Authority

Hampshire (Ceremonial county)

Isle of Wight (Ceremonial county)

Isle of Wight Unitary Authority

Kent (Ceremonial county)

Kent
Medway Unitary Authority

Oxfordshire (Ceremonial county)

Oxfordshire

Surrey (Ceremonial county)

Surrey

West Sussex (Ceremonial county)

West Sussex

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Historical boundaries

Until the late 1990s the counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Greater London were also included for official purposes — excluding London left an area called "ROSE" (rest of South East).

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Common usage

In unofficial usage the South East can refer to a varying area - sometimes only to Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, and Surrey, but more usually to the former official region referred to above, which corresponds approximately to the London commuter belt.

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Local dialects

Traditionally the middle class inhabitants of the South East have spoken received pronunciation (also known as "RP", BBC English and Queen's English). Nowadays a form of the English language influenced by working class London accents and known as Estuary English is more prevalent in the region, even among the higher social classes. The name derives from the estuary of the River Thames which runs through East London and past Essex and Kent, which is the area where this accent is said to have originated.

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External links

Template:United Kingdom regions

Districts of South East England	Image:Flag of England.svg
Adur \| Arun \| Ashford \| Aylesbury Vale \| Basingstoke and Deane \| Bracknell Forest \| Brighton & Hove \| Canterbury \| Cherwell \| Chichester \| Chiltern \| Crawley \| Dartford \| Dover \| Eastbourne \| East Hampshire \| Eastleigh \| Elmbridge \| Epsom and Ewell \| Fareham \| Gosport \| Gravesham \| Guildford \| Hart \| Hastings \| Havant \| Horsham \| Isle of Wight \| Lewes \| Maidstone \| Medway \| Mid Sussex \| Milton Keynes \| Mole Valley \| New Forest \| Oxford \| Portsmouth \| Reading \| Reigate and Banstead \| Rother \| Runnymede \| Rushmoor \| Sevenoaks \| Shepway \| Slough \| Southampton \| South Bucks \| South Oxfordshire \| Spelthorne \| Surrey Heath \| Swale \| Tandridge \| Test Valley \| Thanet \| Tonbridge and Malling \| Tunbridge Wells \| Vale of White Horse \| Waverley \| Wealden \| West Berkshire \| West Oxfordshire \| Winchester \| Windsor and Maidenhead \| Woking \| Wokingham \| Worthing \| Wycombe
Counties with multiple districts: Berkshire - Buckinghamshire - East Sussex - Hampshire - Kent - Oxfordshire - Surrey - West Sussex