Where is The North?

[Ekona]

Following on from an article on the BBC about a display dedicated to The North of England currently showing in London, I thought I'd ask the following question and see what others think: Very simply, where does The North start?

 

 

So there's a blank map for everyone to scribble over. Personally, I've come up with two options, just to be awkward. First off, here's the clear N/S divide:

 

 

And hey, I even marked out Scotland and Wales too! This got me thinking though, what about the poor Midlanders? I guess if I have to make a choice on those too, then I'm going to give them their own piece of land like so:

 

 

 

Now that's pretty definitive, right there. Or am I completely wrong? Back me up here guys!

 

 

 

Just a bit of fun, no offense meant to the knuckle-draggers oop north etc

[Jetpilot]

Just past Ringwood

[brillomaster]

the north is anywhere where people talk funny.

 

which is strange because this means that somerset is also in the north.

 

Alternatively, drive up the M1 towing a car on a trailer. the north starts as soon as the car is nicked.

 

 

[Stutopia]

For me it’s anything south of Derby.

 

Some say it’s: 

- Where people start going for sushi at lunchtime instead of Greggs. 

- Where the beer is served flat, for reasons unknown.

- When it’s called dinner and not tea.

- Anywhere where you don’t have gravy on chips.

 

[Payco]

most folk from the South get a nose bleed north of Watford Gap so I'm going with Watford.

[docwra]

In my personal opinion, Grantham/Derby/Stoke is the line - no-one would call Kings Lynn or Leicester North, or Sheffield and Liverpool South. 

 

However, if you drive up the A1 you see signposts for "The North" right the way up until youre past Leeds .......... what madness is this? Anything North of Leeds is pretty much Scotland at the end of the day.

[coldel]

If you are driving on a northerly directional road, then its quite legitimate to have a sign saying 'To the North' at any point though right? Until you clear the North Pole in which case signs should be 'To the South'

[Ekona]

I can't quite get my head around the fact that when you're standing at the North Pole, anyway you move is south. I mean, I understand the idea, it just still blows my mind

[coldel]

1 minute ago, Ekona said:

I can't quite get my head around the fact that when you're standing at the North Pole, anyway you move is south. I mean, I understand the idea, it just still blows my mind

To compound it, in theory, you could be standing on the bottom of the planet - depending on where in space you are looking at it from 

[andybp]

I personally think it starts around colchester after that people start to talk funny 

[ATTAK Z]

@Ekona

 

I reckon Dan is about right ... the midlands is a bit bigger though, say from Milton Keynes to Nottingham

 

... and by the way @brillomaster, it's everyone else that talks funny (sic), not we Northerners

[coldel]

[Ekona]

 

 

But hang on, that makes me northern... Anyone got a flat cap I can borrow?

[mattross1313]

You're all wrong. North is anything above the M4

[ATTAK Z]

 

@mattross1313

No that's the sky

[grumpyoldjanner]

Anywhere the wrong side of Dartmoor is enough to give anyone a nosebleed! Or, if you want to be scientific and go on population density, apparently the North/South divide is now Snarestone, Leicester. North/South divide Article

 

 

Edited November 16, 2017 by grumpyoldjanner

[Humpy]

3 hours ago, mattross1313 said:

You're all wrong. North is anything above the M4

Beat me to it!

 

Anything above the M4 is North for me

Edited November 16, 2017 by Humpy

[mattross1313]

3 hours ago, ATTAK Z said:

 

@mattross1313

No that's the sky

You had me worried for a moment there. A notification to say ATTAK Z quoted a post you made.......

Thought I was in for a grammatical telling off  

[JetSet]

I would say on my side of the country The North starts in Cheshire...... Shropshire, Staffs Derbyshire, Lincs and Notts are Midlands ( even though geographically some of those counties have towns that are further North than parts of Cheshire or even Merseyside. The South starts roughly from a line from Gloucester to Luton and the South West from a line from Bristol to Weymouth. Some places like Hereford are neither North, South or Midlands, same for Norwich...just my take on it.

 

Pete

[KyleR]

The North, IMO, begins level with Wales meets England by Chester, and the South begins where Wales meets England by Bristol. Everything is between in the Midlands.

Edited November 17, 2017 by KyleR

[sipar69]

Anywhere that the residents hide their inate sense of inferiority behind a sporran of regional pride.

[Keyser]

I'm with the others M4 and beyond is North

 

Although I like @Jetpilot suggestion it could be Ringwood

[leonk]

The North is where a small flurry of snow doesn't bring everything to a standstill.  

[Toon Chris]

if you won't go out when it's cold - Southerner

If you wear a coat and go out when it's cold - Midlands

If you don't wear a coat and always go out when it's cold - Northern

If you can't go out when it's cold - Scotland

Edited November 17, 2017 by Toon Chris

[LRF4N]

Southerners are scared of the cold. Us Scots embrace it with open arms