Where is home counties uk

The home counties are the counties of England that surround London. The counties generally included in the list are Berkshire , Buckinghamshire , Essex , Hertfordshire , Kent , Surrey , and Sussex although Sussex does not border London. Counties surrounding London borders 1. Buckinghamshire , 2. Hertfordshire , 3. Essex , 4. Berkshire , 5. Middlesex , 6. While most historical and cultural references to the term also include Sussex, few people regard the two counties that make up that area as being among the Home Counties.

Other, more expansive, definitions of the Home Counties have also included areas like Bedfordshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire. Although it does now contain one of the former Home Counties — the gobbled up county of Middlesex — London itself has never historically been considered a Home County.

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