To ask what you consider “The North”?

[Hairbrush123]

Just a post about being a Northerner/Southerner which made me think - what do you consider as “The North”? I’ve never had a solid answer for this and just wanted to know the general census on this.

Muswell Hill.

@Arbadacarba

(In England) anything north of the midlands.

This ^

Doesn’t the north just reference the north of England?

Oh yeah obviously because England is the only country who uses the measurements of "north and south" Northern Ireland are just clearly confused and Scotland too small to have north.

Surely "the north" changes in relation to whatever land you are explicitly discussing.

England - Northumberland, Cumberland etc
Scotland - Aberdeenshire, Caithness etc
Northern Ireland - Derry / Londonderry etc
Wales - Conwy etc

UK - Well we're clearly all talking about England lets face it, the only one that matters. so Northumberland.

Anywhere north of Machynlleth

Thats how I see it but would describe liverpool as west mot midlands. Definitely not south nearer North but not actually North.

Anything north of the river Tyne.

DH considers anything past the Central Line to be the North.

I would consider Stirling and up as being The North.

Dad always jokes that southerners dont think theres life past the Watford gap.

And lots have no idea that this means the Watford in Northamptonshire.

Anywhere north of the Watford gap. 😂

Anything above Leicester is the North for me. I grew up just south of Birmingham.

I was watching something yesterday which referred to Crewe as the Midlands. I would have said that was north-west. Anything north of about Stafford/Nottingham is north for me.

North of the Midlands as some others have suggested.

Anywhere above Birmingham.

Anywhere north of Exeter we pack a shovel and a flask.

Crewe was called 'the gateway to the north' at some point. So where the midlands ends and the north begins, which accounts for any confusion.

England? Manchester and Liverpool and above.

Do people from Birmingham say they are Northeners?

Watford gap is kind of the North/South divide though isntit...?

Anywhere north of Stoke on Trent......

@SavingsQuestions

Watford gap is kind of the North/South divide though isntit...?

Only if you’re a bit slow.

@Mrsjayy

Do people from Birmingham say they are Northeners?

No. They're Midlanders

East Midlands, midlands, is definitely north in my book.

Anything North of Portsmouth. There be dragons (quite a few dragons in Portsmouth too as it goes)

Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire.