Newark based and no, north of Worksop is north imo
we are East Midlanders
This is the midlands
From my understanding – from roughly Derby eastward, is considered East Midlands.
Grew up basically right in the middle of this area and we considered it Midlands / East Midlands.
I live in Norwich (definitely the south) and have a friend from Leicester (definitely the midlands) who I poke fun at for being “northern” even though our cities are literally the same latitude
Northern isn’t a location, it’s a lifestyle. Also her accent is bloody weird so…
Probably the north to thicko Londoners. (Sorry londoners!) But it’s not and I’m sure nobody who lives there would class themselves as northern.
No – East Midlander
If there was a north south only divide I’d rather be known as a northern
I’m from south coast so anywhere above Oxford is 100% Northern to me.
Me and my dad went to Silverstone and were commenting how cold it was up north
I’m from Louth (high point on the east side of the area marked) and consider myself just about northern. Most people sound northern and seem to share a lot culturally with Yorkshire/Humberside.
This is in the Midlands.
My mum’s from Nottingham. She swears it’s the Midlands. My dad’s from Kent and insists there’s no such thing, Nottingham is in the North
Stoke on Trent is the boundary between the north and midlands in the west side of the country. Source: I live just above where the top green line is on that side. However as the line moves eastwards it gradually gets further north
That’s the Middle East
Originally from Lincoln – yeah
I think Lincoln is in a slightly weird borderlands region; just a few miles north of Lincoln feels northern (Retford, Worksop, Gainborough), but a few miles south starts to feel midlands (Newark/Sleaford).
ITV region is Yorkshire (I think it used to be called Yorkshire and Lincolnshire but presumably got shortened), BBC news is Look North etc
Accent around Lincoln is more North than Midlands too I think.
What a weird shape to draw.
North of Stoke, ‘West Midlands’
Hi guys, Londoner here. This is all the north. Happy to help! Let me know if you need anything else!
I’m from between Derby and Notts, and if there was a strict North/South border, my instincts tell me to argue for being from the North, but also to argue my West Midland peers are, in fact, Southerners.
Currently living in Sheffield though and when I asked a cafe worker for a ‘cheese salad cob’, her reaction made me feel very Southern.
The glorious Midlands.
To shandy drinking southern softies, we are the North.
To the northern flat-cap, whippet and pit-village sorts, we are southern.
I don’t see myself as either, just to be difficult
I hear two general opinions:
Anything north of the ‘Watford Gap’ is the north
Anything north of Hemel is the north
Either way, yes
No. I’d say Chesterfield upwards starts pushing it, but I’d still say around Sheffield is when people more strongly identify as northern, and the whole “we’re Yorkshiremen, honest!”
That said, despite not identifying as northern, I think you’ll find that people in that area identify as northern much more than they do southern.
No, the majority of that area is classed as East Midlands.
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Newark based and no, north of Worksop is north imo
we are East Midlanders
This is the midlands
From my understanding – from roughly Derby eastward, is considered East Midlands.
Grew up basically right in the middle of this area and we considered it Midlands / East Midlands.
I live in Norwich (definitely the south) and have a friend from Leicester (definitely the midlands) who I poke fun at for being “northern” even though our cities are literally the same latitude
Northern isn’t a location, it’s a lifestyle. Also her accent is bloody weird so…
Probably the north to thicko Londoners. (Sorry londoners!) But it’s not and I’m sure nobody who lives there would class themselves as northern.
No – East Midlander
If there was a north south only divide I’d rather be known as a northern
I’m from south coast so anywhere above Oxford is 100% Northern to me.
Me and my dad went to Silverstone and were commenting how cold it was up north
I’m from Louth (high point on the east side of the area marked) and consider myself just about northern. Most people sound northern and seem to share a lot culturally with Yorkshire/Humberside.
This is in the Midlands.
My mum’s from Nottingham. She swears it’s the Midlands. My dad’s from Kent and insists there’s no such thing, Nottingham is in the North
Stoke on Trent is the boundary between the north and midlands in the west side of the country. Source: I live just above where the top green line is on that side. However as the line moves eastwards it gradually gets further north
That’s the Middle East
Originally from Lincoln – yeah
I think Lincoln is in a slightly weird borderlands region; just a few miles north of Lincoln feels northern (Retford, Worksop, Gainborough), but a few miles south starts to feel midlands (Newark/Sleaford).
ITV region is Yorkshire (I think it used to be called Yorkshire and Lincolnshire but presumably got shortened), BBC news is Look North etc
Accent around Lincoln is more North than Midlands too I think.
What a weird shape to draw.
North of Stoke, ‘West Midlands’
Hi guys, Londoner here. This is all the north. Happy to help! Let me know if you need anything else!
I’m from between Derby and Notts, and if there was a strict North/South border, my instincts tell me to argue for being from the North, but also to argue my West Midland peers are, in fact, Southerners.
Currently living in Sheffield though and when I asked a cafe worker for a ‘cheese salad cob’, her reaction made me feel very Southern.
The glorious Midlands.
To shandy drinking southern softies, we are the North.
To the northern flat-cap, whippet and pit-village sorts, we are southern.
I don’t see myself as either, just to be difficult
I hear two general opinions:
Anything north of the ‘Watford Gap’ is the north
Anything north of Hemel is the north
Either way, yes
No. I’d say Chesterfield upwards starts pushing it, but I’d still say around Sheffield is when people more strongly identify as northern, and the whole “we’re Yorkshiremen, honest!”
That said, despite not identifying as northern, I think you’ll find that people in that area identify as northern much more than they do southern.
No, the majority of that area is classed as East Midlands.
Yes
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