Where does the North start ?

[happypig]

For me there's the South, which is Sussex, Hampshire, some of Kent.
Then there's Londonish which is London plus Surrey, Essex, Hertfordshire and the like.
After that comes the Midlands, extending from Bedford/Cambridge way to Leicester/Wolverhampton.
Anything from Stoke to the Scottish border is the North.

 

[melias shoes]

Patcham.

This.

 

[Phat Baz 68]

Eridge / Tunbridge Wells

 

[Guinness Boy]

Mile Oak

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

We had this discussion on the way up. On the M1 it is as you go over the top of the hill near Mansfield. The geography just looks more rugged. Less manicured.

 

[AmexRuislip]

I live in West London, and traditionally its anything north of the M25.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

It's generally agreed that the dividing line is Watford Gap Service station...but to me (North Stand Chat) must be close...

 

[Gordon Bennett]

Patcham.

Exactly. This was the correct answer the last time NSC debated this, as the photo below once again proves:

 

[HalifaxSeagull]

I have to agree with a previous answer - South Yorkshire - Sheffield northwards is where the 'North' begins...

 

[Fungus]

Bodmin

 

[Bodian]

When we used to go on holiday in our Morris Traveller we knew we were in the north when you couldn't get safety matches - which were seemingly only made for us softies down south who were presumably afraid of fire. It was generally noticeable once we crossed the River Trent.

However, according to the BBC Weather site, Buxton is classed as being in the 'East Midlands'....

 

[stripeyshark]

As an Old Hastonian, it's The Ridge.

 

[Luke93]

Everywhere north of my house

 

[Jambo Seagull]

When we used to go on holiday in our Morris Traveller we knew we were in the north when you couldn't get safety matches - which were seemingly only made for us softies down south who were presumably afraid of fire. It was generally noticeable once we crossed the River Trent.

However, according to the BBC Weather site, Buxton is classed as being in the 'East Midlands'....

Probably because it's in Derbyshire which is classed as East Midlands even though it's mostly due North of Birmingham. The northernmost part of Derbyshire is further North than Manchester, bizarrely.

 

[champion7]

Devils dyke.

 

[Worthingite]

Pease Pottage services - anything beyond that is just wasteland.

 

[HenryC]

East stand lower... Just left of the corner flag...

 

[Lincoln Imp]

I know a couple of people from Scunthorpe and they would very much disagree with you.

Fair point but with all respect to Scunthorpe it has a hands-off relationship with Lincolnshire, rather like Crawley's with Sussex. My sister lives in Keelby (at least three posters will know where that is) and although she likes the north she doesn't feel she resides in it. Lincs is truly a place apart and that's why I love it.

 

[Eeyore]

Fair point but with all respect to Scunthorpe it has a hands-off relationship with Lincolnshire, rather like Crawley's with Sussex. My sister lives in Keelby (at least three posters will know where that is) and although she likes the north she doesn't feel she resides in it. Lincs is truly a place apart and that's why I love it.

Explains why our imaginary line started fading after Chesterfield. Lincolnshire was causing confusion.

 

[Peter Grummit]

On the M1 - Bolsover. Look east to the castle lording it over the redundant mines, you couldn't get more Northern than that.

In truth, the North Laine, or as someone posted earlier, North Road as it's southern boundary.

PG