East Midlands
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| East Midlands | |
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| Admin HQ | Nottingham |
| Area - Total | 4th in England 15,627 km² |
| Population - Total (2001) - Density | 8th in England 4,172,179 267/km² |
| NUTS 1: | UKF |
The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. Its main settlements are Nottingham, Leicester, Lincoln, Derby, Northampton and Chesterfield. The largest city and the generally recognized "capital" of the East Midlands is Nottingham. North Derbyshire, however, is sometimes more associated with Northern England especially the borough of High Peak which relies on the conurbations of Manchester the North West and Chesterfield which relies on Sheffield.
A looser definition of the East Midlands would include the City of Peterborough, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.
A historical basis for such an area exists in the Five Burghs of the Danelaw.
EMDA, the East Midlands Development Agency, holds funds from central government to enable regeneration.
Nottingham East Midlands Airport in Leicestershire is situated between the three main cities of Derby, Leicester and Nottingham, and the region is served by Midland Mainline and GNER high-speed trains to London; and by the Cross Country Route (MR) to Birmingham and the South West.. The M1 motorway also serves the three largest conurbations. The proximity of the three cities and their post-war prosperity caused the area to be called The Golden Triangle on Trentside.
The highest point in the region is Kinder Scout, in the Derbyshire Peak District at 636m.
See also - Kingdom of Lindsey and Five Burghs.
Local government
The official region consists of the following subdivisions:
| Map | Ceremonial county | Shire county /unitary | Districts |
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| Derbyshire | 1. Derbyshire | High Peak, Derbyshire Dales South Derbyshire, Erewash Amber Valley, North East Derbyshire Chesterfield, Bolsover |
| 2. Derby | |||
| Nottinghamshire | 3. Nottinghamshire | Rushcliffe, Broxtowe Ashfield, Gedling Newark and Sherwood, Mansfield Bassetlaw | |
| 4. Nottingham | |||
| 5. Lincolnshire | Lincoln, North Kesteven South Kesteven, South Holland Boston, East Lindsey West Lindsey | ||
| Leicestershire | 6. Leicestershire | Charnwood, Melton Harborough, Oadby and Wigston Blaby, Hinckley and Bosworth North West Leicestershire | |
| 7. Leicester | |||
| 8. Rutland | |||
| 9. Northamptonshire | South Northamptonshire, Northampton Daventry, Wellingborough Kettering, Corby East Northamptonshire | ||
MEPs
The East Midlands is also a six-member constituency for the European Parliament. Its MEPs are:
- Derek Clark (UKIP)
- Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative Party)
- Roger Helmer (Conservative Party)
- Robert Kilroy Silk (Veritas)
- Bill Newton Dunn (Liberal Democrats)
- Glenis Willmott (as next person on the Labour Party list following the death of Phillip Whitehead on 31 December 2005)
Local media
Local media include:
- The East Midlands region of BBC Television, based in Nottingham, which produces several regional television programs, including the news program BBC East Midlands Today. This excludes most of Northamptonshire, North Nottinghamshire and North Derbyshire.
- MATV, based in Leicester, which caters to the area's large South Asian population.
- BBC Radios Derby, Leicester, Lincolnshire, Northampton, Nottingham and Sheffield. BBC Radio Leicester was the first local radio station in the United Kingdom.
- Many commercial radio stations: Leicester Sound, Trent FM (Nottingham) Ram FM (Derby and Burton-on-Trent), Peak FM (Chesterfield and North Derbyshire), Lincs FM (Lincolnshire and Newark-on-Trent) and Sabras Radio.
- Several newspapers, the largest of which include the Derbyshire Times, Nottingham Evening Post, Derby Evening Telegraph, and Leicester Mercury.
External links
- [East Midlands Development Agency]
- [East Midland Directory]
- [East Midlands Regional Assembly]
- [Government Office for the East Midlands]
- [Government's list of councils in the East Midlands]
- [East Midland Network Exchange]
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| Regions of England: East of England | East Midlands | London | North East | North West | South East | South West | West Midlands | Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| Districts of the East Midlands |
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| Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Blaby | Bolsover | Boston | Broxtowe | Charnwood | Chesterfield | Corby | Daventry | Derby | Derbyshire Dales | East Lindsey | East Northamptonshire | Erewash | Gedling | Harborough | High Peak | Hinckley and Bosworth | Kettering | Leicester | Lincoln | Mansfield | Melton | Newark and Sherwood | Northampton | North East Derbyshire | North Kesteven | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham | Oadby and Wigston | Rushcliffe | Rutland | South Derbyshire | South Holland | South Kesteven | South Northamptonshire | Wellingborough | West Lindsey | |
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Counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire |
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