Home counties

Home Counties
Country United Kingdom
Constituent country England
RegionEast of England
South East England
CountiesUsually includes:

Sometimes included:

Time zoneUTC+00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
The former geographic counties (1889–1965) surrounding London:
1. Buckinghamshire
2. Hertfordshire
3. Essex
4. Berkshire
5. Middlesex (now part of Greater London)
6. Surrey
7. Kent
8. Sussex.
(County of London shown in yellow)

The home counties are the counties of England that surround London. The counties are not precisely defined but Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey are usually included in definitions as they border London.[1][2] Other counties slightly further from London – such as Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, East Sussex and West Sussex – are not always regarded as home counties,[1][2] although on occasion may be thought of as such due to their proximity to London and their connection to the London regional economy.

  1. ^ a b "Which counties make up the Home Counties?". YouGov. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Home Counties" in Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press, 2010. www.oxfordreference.com Retrieved 4 December 2013.

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