Challenge: 'Regionalise' England

[afleitch]

Just a bit of fun really; how would you carve up England into seperate regions for the purposes of theoretical federalisation/devolution? Would the Economic Regions suffice? (One Rule: London remains a seperate unit as is)

[Iosif]

London.
The north.

[opebo]

I like the one where they use telephone calls to do it:



But I'm not sure how valid it is.

[afleitch]

This was mine. It follows the Economic Regions to a degree but makes a big reorganisation in the South East

[afleitch]

I like the one where they use telephone calls to do it:



But I'm not sure how valid it is.

Interesting to see some very clearly defined borders (between Yorkshire and Lancashire for example) but a lack of indentity in the East Midlands.

Poor Wales.

[afleitch]

Ah found the research.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0014248

[Filuwaúrdjan]

This was mine. It follows the Economic Regions to a degree but makes a big reorganisation in the South East

Obviously Middlesbrough is in Yorkshire, but it doesn't make much sense to split Teeside and it's more North East than anything else now. There's a logic to putting Northants in with the northern Home Counties, but I don't like it

[Silent Hunter]

For a start, I'd group Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire as "Anglia", as well as grouping Cornwall, Devon and Somerset in one region.

[afleitch]

Obviously Middlesbrough is in Yorkshire, but it doesn't make much sense to split Teeside and it's more North East than anything else now. There's a logic to putting Northants in with the northern Home Counties, but I don't like it

On reflection you are right; Middlesbrough is closely linked to the North East. Residents of Redcar and Cleveland would probably be happy to find themselves in Yorkshire

I agree with you on Northants which is polarised N/S anyway; was a toss of a coin really as to where I would place that. I noticed that in the research Opebo brought up, if its down to 3 markets; Scotland, England, London - Corby still makes most of it's connections with Scotland

For a start, I'd group Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire as "Anglia", as well as grouping Cornwall, Devon and Somerset in one region.

Essex is just so....Essex I would feel sorry for Anglia to give it Essex .

I think the South East is perhaps too unwieldy and would support putting Cornwall, Devon and Somerset in one region. If anything Dorset gravitates more towards Hampshire but I would place that in with Cornwall/Devon/Somerset. Even having Cornwall/Devon as one region could work but perhaps they are too 'different' to get on just by themselves.

[minionofmidas]

Obviously Middlesbrough is in Yorkshire, but it doesn't make much sense to split Teeside and it's more North East than anything else now. There's a logic to putting Northants in with the northern Home Counties, but I don't like it

On reflection you are right; Middlesbrough is closely linked to the North East. Residents of Redcar and Cleveland would probably be happy to find themselves in Yorkshire

Redcar proper, *possibly*. Points east, quite likely. Points west need to go wherever Middlesbrough goes.