"The North, United Kingdom" redirects here. Not to be confused with North Britain.
Place in England
Northern England
North of England / the North
The three current Northern England statistical regions combined shown within England. Other definitions of the North vary and have changed over time.
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Constituent country
England
Regions
North East England • North West England • Yorkshire & The Humber
Counties
Cheshire
Cumbria
County Durham
Greater Manchester
Lancashire
Lincolnshire (northern part)
Merseyside
Northumberland
Tyne and Wear
Yorkshire (North, East Riding, South and West)
Devolved regions
Greater Manchester
Liverpool City Region
North East
South Yorkshire
Tees Valley
West Yorkshire
York and North Yorkshire
10 largest settlements in order of population
List
Leeds
Liverpool
Sheffield
Manchester
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Kingston upon Hull
Bolton
Warrington
Sunderland
Blackpool
Area
• Total
37,331 km2 (14,414 sq mi)
Population
(2011 census)[1]
• Total
14,933,000
• Density
400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
• Urban
12,782,940
• Rural
2,150,060
Demonym
Northerner
Time zone
GMT (UTC)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+1 (BST)
Northern England, also known as the North of England, or simply the North, is the northern area of England. It partly corresponds to the former borders of Anglian Northumbria, the Anglo-Scandinavian Kingdom of Jorvik and the Brythontic Celtic Hen Ogledd kingdoms.
The North is a grouping of three statistical regions: the North East, the North West, and Yorkshire and the Humber. These had a combined population of 14.9 million at the 2011 census, an area of 37,331 km2 (14,414 square miles) and 17 cities.
Northern England is culturally and economically distinct from both the Midlands and the South of England. The area's northern boundary is the border with Scotland, its western the Irish Sea and there may be a short border with Wales, and its eastern the North Sea. Its southern border is often debated, and there has been controversy in defining what geographies or cultures precisely constitute the 'North of England' — if, indeed, it exists as a coherent entity at all.
Many Industrial Revolution innovations began in Northern England, and its cities were the crucibles of many of the political changes that accompanied this social upheaval, from trade unionism to Manchester Liberalism. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the economy of the North was dominated by heavy industry. Centuries of immigration, invasion, and labour have shaped Northern England's culture, and it has retained countless distinctive accents and dialects, music, arts, and cuisine. Industrial decline in the second half of the 20th century damaged the North, leading to greater deprivation than in the South. Although urban renewal projects and the transition to a service economy have resulted in strong economic growth in parts of the North, the North–South divide remains in both the economy and culture of England.
^Compton, Garnett (21 March 2013). "2011 Census: Population Estimates by five-year age bands, and Household Estimates, for Local Authorities in the United Kingdom". Office of National Statistics. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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