What’s the furthest north in the UK you’ve been? Where do you think the north starts?

[BarrelOfOtters]

Prompted by a friend who has never been north of Birmingham and thinks of that as North.

orkney for me.

I accept a line that includes Leeds/Bradford and across to each coast as the end of the North but in my heart I think it starts at County Durham.

Manchester isn't the midlands! The west Midlands is Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, etc and the east midlands is Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Northampton, Lincoln etc. Manchester is not part of it.

The North of England starts at Chesterfield IMO- Derby is the Midlands and Sheffield is the North.

The furthest north I’ve been in the UK is Aberdeen,

In England: Carlisle/Berwick-upon-Tweed. In Scotland: St Andrews (even though I lived in Glasgow for several years).
I think the North starts somewhere around the top of Derbyshire.

For reference I live on the south coast and was born in Birmingham.

IMO the north starts above Staffordshire
I live in the north (Lancashire)
The furthest I’ve been in the U.K. is Inverness

Don't be daft. Look at the map of the UK. Manchester in in the middle. How can the middle be anything but the Midlands? If the middle is the North, the definition of North would be North of London. Manchester isn't even in the North if England, never mind the North of the UK.

Durness and the Liverpool-Sheffield line.

It is the north. It's not a part of the midlands, whatever your opinion is. Officially it is classed as the north, and it's not included in the midlands.

Well it might be 'officially' but that's not what we are being asked. Many things we are told are 'official' are appalling ideas- Lettuce Liz was 'officially' PM- terrible idea!

Manchester is a large city in the midland region of the UK.

Furthest north I've been is Pitlochry.
For me 'The North' starts around Crewe / Sheffield.

Furthest North is Glasgow I think.

North starts at Manchester.

I've been to Shetland and gone to the top end of Hermaness. So I've seen Muckle Flugga and Out Stack, but not stepped foot on either.

For me, as a Scot, the north starts at Inverness.

@LuluBlakey1 , Manchester isn't in the Midlands, it's in the North West.
Regardless of what you might think of past prime ministers, calling then names will not affect the location of Manchester. There is no UK Midlands.

There is no UK Midlands.

Or rather, there is but it's the English Midlands, not 'the middle of the U.K.'. People trying to redefine this commonly understood term to include Manchester would presumably shove North Wales in there too

John o Groats.
‘The north’ starts above Stoke / Derby.
Birmingham is definitely Midlands!

For me, the north starts in Yorkshire, DH is from Bradders.

Furthest north I have been is Loch Lomond, my one and only foray into Scotland so far.

But the question the OP asks is about the UK, not England.

Cape Wrath on northern Scottish mainland. North of England to me starts at about south Yorkshire (I live in south west).

Precisely!

But it seems the England centric posters struggle to understand that England is not the UK.

And that two seemingly contradictory things can be true at once.

Just like some can't differentiate between The Midlands and midlands. 🤷‍♂️

The point is the United Kingdom which extends well beyond England.

I think North of Yorkshire is far enough past Middle to be north, Birmingham far enough past Middle to be south and rest is the middle of the country. I do also accept that Yorkshire/Manchester/Liverpool areas are commonly considered north but are they even in the northern half of the U.K?

Furthest I've been North is Leeds.
Im originally from Nottingham which is the East Midlands.
Its odd because here in Cheshire we get the North West news which covers the whole of the North west which we technically are. But it doesn't feel it. Feels like we're not quite Midlands and not quite North. On the local news our area is ignored a bit 🤷🏻‍♀️
Agree Manchester is definitely North West.

Eilean Donan Castle

I've never heard anyone refer to North, West, South, East UK. Only North or South Wales, Northern or Southern England etc. I suppose you'd have to change The Queen of the South FC in Dumfries to Queen of the North if you were wanting to disregard the separate countries of the UK.

Inverness. For me the north starts up by Manchester Liverpool. My children’s dad , who lives in Oxford, says he is going back up north when he travels home because Oxford is north of London…