Is Greater London In South East

eve1974 | 20:13 Sun 02nd Jun 2019 | History

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I always thought Greater London was in south east England but...

Now I’m not so sure as Greater London seems to be excluded on maps of south east England.

I’m looking for the LEGAL definition of if greater London is ... south east of or is separate

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JimF

"If the phone number is 020 8 then it's Greater London"

Following Big Number Change, all London landline numbers now begin with 020. Those in "inner" London tend to begin with 7, as those in "outer" London tend to begin with 8. But it's by no means an exact science: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Number_Change#Great_Britain

237SJ

I knew there would be a Googler pedant along soon )

eve1974

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Zac master sorry I meant to say I googled map of south east England (didn’t google south east counties) and Greater London was not included.

eve1974

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237sj Middlesex is also interesting as a brief look at google some folk describe it as the bounty that disappeared lol (absorbed into London)

eve1974

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Well JimF I would have thought same when you said :

Greater) London is in the South-East of England - where else would it be?

But the northern part of Greater London used to fall under “Hertfordshire” and herts is geographically known as the “east” not the “south east”

eve1974

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Not that any of this matters much lol.., was just thinking my lifetime of geographical presumption might be wrongb

jno

yes, for European Parliament purposes, Farage is South East MEP but doesn't (obviously) represent London.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_East_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)

That's a sort of semi-official designation of south-east, though the old regions no longer have any particular powers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_England

Zacs-Master

When I googled ‘maps of SE england’ some had it, some didn’t. I don’t think there’s anything to read into that.

Old_Geezer

Is there a legal definition ? I'd have thought it subjective and in certain cases needing defining by the person using the term.

Zacs-Master

Exactly, OG. That's why I asked if the OP meant Geographically or Politically.

THECORBYLOON

Politically and statistically, there are nine regions in England, each of which has its own minister. One of those regions is London which includes all of Greater London.

gingejbee

^^ah, yes, but is it in the South-East?

THECORBYLOON

The South East is a separate Region so Greater London is outwith the SE (on that basis anyway.)

Buenchico

For statistical purposes (e.g. when the Office of National Statistics is compiling data), Greater London is a separate region to the South East:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUTS_1_statistical_regions_of_England

eve1974

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Seems the opinions on here are just as divided as those in google...
All these years I never questioned it and now I really wanna know hahaha

gingejbee

The OP was looking for maps of Greater London and they weren't to be found within the maps of South-East England. My rather simple reasoning is that G.L. maps are in more detail (ie bigger scale) than the rest of the South-East and so are shown separately.