Talk:West Country
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"the further West the less Easterly one would consider part of the region" um. right. Jafafa Hots 02:55, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
- it means culturally, not just geographically. --Krsont 17:03, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Gloucestershire is not part of the West Country
Gloucestershire is in the Midlands. The guidelines are generally considered to be historical and modern cultural: Gloucestershire was never a core shire of the Kingdom of Wessex unlike the other counties (excluding Cornwall), and indeed the northern border of Wessex was generally held to be the River Thames and the Bristol Avon. Moreover, all but very southern Gloucestershire receives Midlands local broadcasting.
- I'd disagree with that. Gloucester is regularly referred to as being in the west country by the media. I've even heard Hereford reffered to as a west country town, but that is much more rare. A quick Google search finds loads of references to Gloucester being in the west country. The problem with an informal area like this is that everyone will have their own definition of it and you can never conclusively say which borderline areas are in and which are out. Gasheadsteve 19:43, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Gloucestershire certainly isn't in the Midlands offically, and in common use the vast majority of people I've heard refer to it as being in the west country or south west England. The fact it wasn't usually considered part of Wessex is irrelivant as this article is about the modern day west country. Also, the BBC West page and [1] would disprove your theory about the broadcasting, it can't be in both regions. As for culture, I'd consider Gloucestershire to have much more in common with Bristol, than Birmingham, for example. Marky-Son 22:56, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Avon
There is no such county as Avon anymore.
--Cardinal Wurzel 18:57, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Principle Towns
"The area is mostly rural, with a few notable cities (principally Plymouth)"
Hmmm. What about Bristol, Exeter(Devon), Bournemouth/Poole(Dorset)?
- Does anyone else think that the list of towns and cities is getting a bit long? Perhaps it should be restricted to cities only, and after each county have a link to it's list of towns (e.g. List of places in Cornwall). Any objections to this? At the very least I think we should remove some of the smaller towns from the list, like Calne and Totnes. Gasheadsteve 15:26, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
![[1]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ITV_West_new_region_boundary.png){kind=link}