Brits Debate Where The North Of England Begins

[@chriswillgoose5970]

Maybe the only ones who can really decided this is the midlanders

[@florallyclover]

as someone from Lincoln, right in the middle, i would say the north/south division starts just below boston right along to shrewsbury and that’s final 😂

[@yournan6546]

@@florallyclover As someone else from Lincoln, I would argue the north starts just above us so it includes Scunthorpe and Grimsby

[@florallyclover]

Your Nan yeah i agree with the north starting there if then the midlands include Lincoln, but if we didn’t use the term midlands at all i’d still say the north starts right around us

[@chriswillgoose5970]

The middle of England is in north Leicestershire, So anywhere above north Leicestershire is the north of England.

[@fleurpalmer-paquis8226]

I would say Sheffield is the north and oxford is the south

[@BethRenton98]

All the people who fully erased the Midlands should be ashamed 😂😂😂

[@patrickel94]

Should be people from or who live in the midlands involved in the debate

[@BethRenton98]

@@patrickel94 you'd think wouldn't you? 😂😂

[@richmorris2870]

Us Midlanders are too cool for school. We’re staying out of this

[@patrickel94]

@@richmorris2870 Although compared to northerners and southern, I think people in/from the Midlands would be the best at determining where borders are between the North, South and the Midlands

[@EmilyClare533]

precisely, i feel misrepresented :(

[@user-yg2ed2jt9d]

You have to be mad to think Norwich is northern wtf

[@myannoyingfriend2742]

I know we’re in the east or the midlands

[@hattie2525]

@@myannoyingfriend2742 We stay well out of the North - South debate and just say we are from East Anglia!

[@joescarborough1045]

@@hattie2525 we're the fucking south mate

[@philsblogs8527]

@@hattie2525 Yeah I got friends from Norwich and they just say they're from the East. Stay we'll clear of the debate. Although it is significantly quicker for them to get to Newcastle then it is to get to London (even though distance wise is significantly shorter 🤔) Might count for something. Even if it is just because there's poor road/train network in the East

[@AMH2211]

Norwich definitely is midlands

[@ChelzehRAE]

Did that girl really say Leicester is in the north? 🤦🏽‍♀️ We’re in the Midlands!!!!

[@Itstraceyb]

I'm from Scotland and I shouted "Leicester is in the Midlands" at my screen. I guess I shouldn't judge, everything South of the Midlands and East of Swindon is Greater London to me.

[@Itstraceyb]

@Sharnie Gujjar The Brum accent is so very charmingly unassuming and sweet. We'd drive from Scotland to Leicester when I was a kid to visit family and would always be looking to pick up the local radio stations when we were passing by Birmingham just to listen to them talk.

[@MrJoeshipley]

Damn straight,

[@MrMrtommie]

Anything above the m25 is north

[@atlas6121]

Sharnie Gujjar ngl no one likes brummies

[@yellowcrocs9000]

as someone from the midlands i clicked on this video with no allegiances and sat back to watch chaos ensue

[@jesscarter94]

Like watching a custody battle of who gets to keep the Midlands?

[@matthewmyatt2625]

Literally true 🤣

[@epsonaxxxx]

as a midlander, this is all sooooo wrong lmao

[@randomyoutubewatcher23]

Midlands gang which part I'm West Midlands walsall

[@epsonaxxxx]

@@randomyoutubewatcher23 i'm from walsall!! moved to staffs a while ago tho lmao

[@randomyoutubewatcher23]

No Thanks lmao Walsall gang what football team you support?

[@hollyfoster6942]

No Thanks I’m from Stafford woop !

[@louisgreen400]

@@randomyoutubewatcher23 im from wolverhampton

[@mrjup4589]

Nice to be reminded again that the south east is the only place in the south of England...

[@briggoisgod]

Everyone seems to forget that the South West is in the South of England. We always get roped in with the South East as 'The prosperous south!

[@Alexander-vm2ox]

briggoisgod because Cornwall should be on its own

[@penumbra0182]

This post made sarcastically by the Cornwall gang

[@danielwestwood3500]

Thats cos there is no WiFi in the south east so they couldn't be on this zoom call

[@ilikelampshades6]

Cornwall is cool (without the london toursists) devon is cool but still rich. The rest of the south is just so ugly and full of tory-voters

[@mjk4283]

Total disregard for midlander representation in this video 🤔. We are not southerners or northerners... We are midlanders 😎

[@no-bn7xv]

Yes because you’re not as good as northerners but you’re not as bad as southerners. Sorry not sorry 😐

[@no-bn7xv]

Sharnie Gujjar the north is better than the south and the midlands. There’s no denying it!

[@no-bn7xv]

Sharnie Gujjar ok but wait Since when did having more money mean a place is better?? And also have you seen some of the places in the north? Why else would the north be at the top? Because it’s like a tier and goes from worst at the bottom to best at the top.

[@cosmicld]

This whole video is just northerners and southerners bickering about a part of the country that isnt part of either of their regions. Nottingham and birmingham arent northen nor southern, they are in the midlands. It should be for midlanders to decide where it is

[@MrJoeshipley]

@@no-bn7xv sure, buddy, just build a wall north of notts and keep the wildlings on your side of it, yeah? ;)

[@yogscastfan210]

I’m from Sheffield, live in Nottingham, the north line is somewhere in the middle of that

[@DJSaM2K10]

It starts at Chesterfield, I'm from Sheffield and live in Leicester now so yup.

[@emilyhall3591]

SHEFFIELD FRIENDS

[@harrystevens6057]

Sheffield friends

[@ziomatthewmusic4205]

Exactly what I said 😀. If you go to Sheffield they would say we are yorkshire so we are in the North. In Nottingham they would say they were from the midlands.

[@casualonion]

As a Sheffielder I agree, I'd say its starts somewhere between Dronfield and Chesterfield. Anyone here from Worksop because I'm not so sure about that.

[@thatstrangekidbecca]

The guy from Doncaster who didn’t include Sheffield in the north... we are literally both part of SOUTH YORKSHIRE. Are you saying not all of Yorkshire is north?! Disappointed and outraged.

[@danensis]

Doncaster is in the West Riding. I'll have none of your new-fangled "South Yorkshire" thank you very much.

[@saxx9088]

danensis and Sheffield is in South Yorkshire

[@thatstrangekidbecca]

danensis well if we’re going on that basis, Sheffield was also in West Riding back in the day so, still, we’re both in the same part of Yorkshire and, still, I’m disappointed and outraged

[@emmawhitaker4989]

It's called South Yorkshire for a reason 😏

[@turtleextra4128]

Emma Whitaker the south of Yorkshire not the south of tucking England you can have south Newcastle doesn’t make it southern

[@elliottstirrop4353]

the fact they haven’t got a single person from the midlands is crazy 😭

[@emr1961]

Where are the Midlands crew???

[@jamescampbellism]

Who?

[@laurenstewart3781]

Brum

[@nedjowann]

@@laurenstewart3781 same right here mate

[@nikcurrums3624]

Sitting here in Norwich, i can 100% confirm we are NOT northern!

[@liverpoolpotter4155]

You southern then?🤢

[@hattie2525]

@@liverpoolpotter4155 We are East Anglian!

[@PhoebeHubbard]

@@hattie2525 East Anglians are the best no cap

[@liverpoolpotter4155]

hattie2525 Obvs but if you had to choose between north and south??

[@hattie2525]

@@liverpoolpotter4155 North of course, where do you think the name NOR-folk came from! Plus we are hardy and roll our eyes alot, definitely northen.

[@natm7932]

"The north of London is still London, what are you talking about?" She gets it! 👏👏😂😂

[@laamelia8430]

Yes, Pip gets the point.

[@mcfcok1683]

It depends on how you pronounce ‘BATH’ bAth = Northerner bARth = Southerner

[@Zandiyana]

West Country joined the chat.

[@mcfcok1683]

M Hassan 😂😂

[@Alexander-vm2ox]

M Hassan West don’t count they have their own culture and shit

[@briggoisgod]

Or you might actually come from Bath, in which case you say 'Barrff'........

[@nameslesss]

Barth definitely

[@danpalmer8235]

Sheffield is Northern, Nottingham is Midlands, draw the line between. A few of these seem to be forgetting the Midlands is a thing as much as the North and the South. (I'm a northerner btw, not some proud midlander)

[@tunjilegba]

The midlands is just The North-Lite

[@aclark903]

@@tunjilegba Have you ever actually been north of #Watford?🙄

[@brothersman524]

I am from Nottingham and is a Midlands city. And I agree, the north starts at Woodall Services on the M1 after Junction 30 which continues to Sheffield

[@aclark903]

@@brothersman524 How's Nottingham doing? I went there once & saw #KenClarkeMP on the platform at the station. He didn't seem at all happy that I recognized him. 🤔

[@brothersman524]

@@aclark903 Nottingham is good thanks. I've never met Ken Clarke thankfully and not my local MP lol

[@mgsalmon79]

Wow 🤦🏻‍♂️ These guys need to travel the country a bit more, especially the Southerners. They’re in a bubble thinking everywhere outside the M25 is the North. As a Midlander myself (Nottingham) we are certainly neither Northerners or Southerners. The North starts at the northern ends of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. The South starts below then southern ends of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. Everything in between is the Midlands.

[@elliotmartin4204]

Notts gang

[@natm7932]

Leicester team here in agreement 👌

[@TheYorkRose]

Northerner here agreeing with you too

[@farzanabegum9217]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING SENSE

[@emilybygott9687]

I’m from Shropshire and it’s only like a 20-30 min drive from Birmingham, we’re definitely Midlands 😂😂😂

[@TyrannosavageRekt]

I live in Wales, and I tend to find our country is a pretty good way to remember where the North/Midlands/South divides are. Basically, if you draw a line through England from the top of Wales, and one from the "bottom" (more specifically, around where the Bristol Channel is) then you get a pretty good rough idea. It's not 100% accurate, but it's a good approximation. Anything between those two lines is the Midlands.

[@TyrannosavageRekt]

In other words, Ben is spot on.

[@babyphoenix246]

I'm northern and always seen Sheffield as the most southern part of the North before hitting the Midlands and the South of Northampton is the South.

[@chrisboyd3540]

From the South of Northampton to the North of Southampton is "The South", with the area to the South of Southampton being different again - the coastal towns and the South West don't have the same feel. Of course that's mostly just an excuse because I enjoyed typing that first sentence! ;o)

[@Mo-hc9lc]

If they got yorshire accents and pronounce bat as baf and bwarrrfff theyre northern

[@cheesemc8169]

Ok I believe that being northern stops at yorkshire, anyone below aren't. That's my opinion, coz people are always like I'm northern when they're from Manchester. Because they dont realise how much more land there is above them😂.

[@cheesemc8169]

@Becca ........

[@cheesemc8169]

@Beccado you mean it would be to big or to small?

[@jgroenveld1268]

To a Londoner - the "North" is areas outside the oyster card area.

[@kiyoms]

Wait- Oyster cards aren't national!?

[@unlockedaccount]

@@kiyoms nope

[@coffeetea8577]

as a non Brit living in the UK for almost a year now, wouldn't the north include the whole of Yorkshire? i always thought that was a clear line, the starting point of Yorkshire and further up.

[@Anna-ou7or]

Yes South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire are definitely in the North.

[@Anna-ou7or]

@Avatar Ang because yorkshire is split up into 4 - North, South,East and West. They are all next to each other in the North of England. Its like saying South Dakota is in the South of America.

[@jackson1342]

​@@Anna-ou7or no irs halfway point of the island retreat Britain

[@Rosie-bi5gz]

I'm sorry the people who left a single line as the Midlands can leave now. Guy from Doncaster has it so right

[@lillyhawks3337]

Southerners pronounce class as clarss. That's all I have to say.

[@buffoonery4649]

Cause that’s the right way to say it ;)

[@theduke6174]

And Northerners pronounce class as KL-ASS

[@jdsrne22]

Mid-landers and Northerners pronounce it like Americans, "cl-ass"...that's all I have to say

[@ferrarifilly]

Just like the Queen. 😉

[@Yung_Mango]

Southerners are posh, northerners are tough cmon 💪

[@alexcox9841]

Describe a southerner: Me: The. South. West. Exists

[@jackyb0y92]

I feel you 😂

[@clooggy]

Someone said London-centric and i'm like I live further away from London than most midlanders/northerners

[@TheEnglishman-ed1tc]

I'm from the North East and lived in the south West for 10 year and to be honest people from the South West are nowt like the rest of the South they actually don't have a silver spoon stuck up their rear

[@MGustave]

The South West is honorary Northern because its poor and ignored by London.

[@alexcox9841]

@@MGustave Haha okay deal

[@joestrong4533]

The bloke with a ruler was pretty close I have to say. Most of the others are absolute clowns.

[@cherielullet1955]

They're talking about the midlands like they're aliens 😅

[@nedjowann]

ennit were people too

[@noreenashraf1268]

Let me just say SHEFFIELD IS THE NORTH

[@cheesemc8169]

Ish not really not gonna lie

[@winterwolf9797]

Cheese MC I agree

[@turtleextra4128]

Cheese MC just a complete disregard for the historical borders and socioeconomics

[@meganhanna1109]

As a northerner I agree

[@samdurling6053]

The Chester to Grimsby line isn't far off I don't think. Sheffield needs to be included in the north though. Midlands starts not far south of Birmingham but does not extend to Norwich (loughborough and leicester are not in the North!!) and then anything further south is the South. (From a Northener who has spent half his life in the South so pretty balanced opinion)

[@ellenlouise5551]

I think starting it at the Cheshire/Staffordshire border is the right way to go.

[@rhiannatimms7294]

The guy with the ruler was bang on... and im a southerner, living 5 minutes away from the south coast beach

[@71hammyman]

Nope

[@jackyb0y92]

Nah bristol is not the Midlands

[@alfie8041]

hibama exactly 😂😂

[@jackyb0y92]

@Alistair Bolden fair enough, I live in Bristol and people I know would say we are South West but it may be because of the South West of Bristol. Bristol is kinda like the border between them almost 😂

[@KennyIsAPanda]

I'd say Chester to Grimsby is the closest to my definition, which follows county lines. The North starts in Cheshire, so the line goes under Cheshire, up over Derbyshire (because the majority is in the Midlands geographically speaking) and back under Yorkshire, with Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire being part of the Midlands.

[@EnglishLad]

Agree with 99% of that but Lincolnshire is the North to me. Grimsby is definitely a Northern city as is Lincoln.

[@yourguitarhero999]

As someone from the Midlands it comes down to how people pronounce 'bath' and 'path'. If it's a long 'a' you're a Southerner, if it's short you're Northern

[@joenealon7601]

MIDLANDER HERE AND NO, I AM NOT A NORTHERNER, I AM A MIDLANDER!

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

I can't take seriously the opinions of a man who continually says "Birminam"

[@brothersman524]

I am from Nottingham which is a Midlands city (whether you are from the North or South should know this) so when we head onto M1 North from there, we pass Mansfield (in Notts), then pass Chesterfield (Derbyshire) and Worksop (Notts) - these are Midlands towns. Once you pass Junction 30 on the M1 (North), you will see Woodall Services and see the sign "South Yorkshire" - that is where the North definitely starts because a few miles North from there on the M1 will reach Sheffield which is a northern city and that I do know for sure so the northern chap from Doncaster is actually spot on. If you are driving on the M1 from London, the Midlands starts in Northampton (Junction 15) and finishes just after Chesterfield and Worksop after Junction 30, then the North starts from there. Now Lincoln is practically the same latitude as Chesterfield and slightly south of Sheffield but it is the Midlands most northern city so draw a line just under Sheffield and just above Lincoln will divide the Midlands from the North

[@notorioussly4863]

I’m from Sheffield and I can say that the north definitely begins somewhere between Sheffield and Derby, probably near Chesterfield. Nottingham to Northampton zone is midlands, and below that is the south

[@helenbanks7599]

I'm from Cheshire and I'm definitely a northerner and just below us is the MIDLANDS but the line isn't straight across its definitely diagonal (culturally).

[@helenbanks7599]

@AngloGirl85UK Depends on where you're from in Cheshire but given we are home to Alderley Edge and Wilmslow I'm not surprised that that's the general impression. 😂

[@user-yg2ed2jt9d]

This is actually really interesting to me because I was born and raised in southampton for half of my life and then I’ve lived in Newcastle for the rest (so almost the complete extremes of north and south) and I think the north starts at the top of Wales, through Sheffield, all the way along. The midlands ends just below Norwich and then rest is the south

[@emmakabwik5119]

Come on Southampton!!

[@jerry2357]

A someone who has lived in various parts of the Midlands, and who now lives in the North, the answer is simple. The North is Yorkshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside and northwards. South of that is the Midlands, as far south as and including Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire. The South is the counties south of these.

[@isotropisch82]

I'm from a town just south of Sheffield and in Derbyshire, we know that we are at the very limits of being able to call ourselves northern (and probably just outside those limits). Sheffield is definitely Northern.

[@cheesemc8169]

Ok that's good to know coz I would class Sheffield as like as least north as a northerner can get.

[@isotropisch82]

@@gibson4676 yep

[@blackvelvet4370]

As a completely neutral welsh guy i think the guy who said chester to grimsby is right with the exception that Sheffield should also be considered north

[@broman178]

If you look closely his line pretty much crossed Sheffield so that wasn't excluded and he did say at the start he believed the North starts somewhere between Sheffield and Nottingham.

[@RK-ep8qy]

Poor Sheffield was put in the Midlands at the beginning 😂

[@cheesemc8169]

It is

[@meganhanna1109]

@@cheesemc8169 it’s not, Sheffield is definitely in the north and culturally northern

[@isaidwhatisaid..]

As someone born in Birmingham but lived in London most of my life Midlands is North Words and dialect is similar to North Also Midlands people have the same views and opinions as Northerners about Southerners & Londoners

[@Ellie-ew4ss]

I'm from Peterborough and we're neither the north, south or midlands. We're the east!

[@lukeharris281]

Nah, we’re defo in the south.

[@TkSwifty1998]

I've lived in the North and the South, and I can say for certaincy the South is Worcester - Cambridge - King's Lynn The Midlands is from that line to Chester - Sheffield - Hull Above that is the North!

[@bethyboo9463]

Wait till the southeners find out that most of us in Newcastle wouldn't even class Manchester as being particularly northern😳

[@cheesemc8169]

Thank god, it's like we dont exist. I dont want to be in the same category as Manchester, I nearly class Sheffield either

[@iamsomeone8266]

I'm a southerner but I'm closer to Swindon and newbury than London, yet some people still don't know that London is a city

[@ellenlouise5551]

They should have got a Midlands crew to set everything straight. The North starts at Cheshire, in my opinion as a Midlander who splits my time between the Midlands and the North West. I actually get BBC1 North West on the telly as I currently live right on the Staffordshire Moorlands/Cheshire border, but when we lived 20 mins down the road still in North Staffordshire we got BBC Midlands.

[@kindnessfirst9670]

Doesn't it begin at the border with Scotland? The real question is where does it end. And while we're at it- why do maps nearly always have the north at the top?

[@callumgrimes6789]

"Birmingham is eh.. the middle of the country" are you blind?!

[@harperlee4423]

It’s Leicester

[@callumgrimes6789]

@@harperlee4423 I'd argue Sheffield if you look at a map of England

[@harperlee4423]

Callum Grimes True I got mixed up but the county of Leicestershire seems to be the middle of England though

[@criticclips1560]

middle of england.......

[@DozyEclipse]

As a midlander I must say (lived in Nottingham, Birmingham and Solihull) I think most people most identify as a midlander more often but if you erase the midlands for some reason then... I think many would say they are in the north. The reason is difficult to say I guess. I dont think its ever based on geographical landscape. You dont need mountains everywhere to be northern. It might be a language thing because my accent I would say more closely resemble northern accents than southern ones. Of course all accents are drastically different but there are some similarities.

[@LittleMissSLC]

The question basically just became "are the Midlands really a thing"

[@thetransporthub]

its not! North of the Watford Gap services is the North

[@kernowforester811]

For me in Cornwall, the midlands start around Bristol (it is over 150 miles from me, like going from London to Mansfield), and the north is from Birmingham north. The south as a region covers from east Dorset to Kent. Cornwall, Devon and Somerset is in the west (hence westcountry) or south west. We go upcountry to the south. Newcastle and Northumbria is in the east along with Kent and London. It is all down to perspective. London is as foreign to me as Yorkshire, they are both in the east. There are four ordinal points of the compass, not just north and south. England is wider east west (about 440 miles) than it is high north south, about 370 miles.

[@joetwodogs]

According to all these videos: South = London As a Bristolian I’d probably relate more to a Northerner than I would a Londoner

[@bigginge1167]

Nah we are separate we are the west and West Country

[@joetwodogs]

Dean Moore damn right!

[@EnglishLad]

I'm from Hampshire, which has a different culture to London too. Doesn't mean I'm not Southern. People from Kent are South-Eastern, and also Southern. Bristol is still South even though it's in the West Country. The South starts from a plumb horizontal line starting at Watford. If you're below that you're in the South. The Midlands starts above Watford and ends somewhere between Nottingham and Sheffield. Anything above that is North. Doesn't matter what side of the country you come from.

[@peterbrown1012]

Cheshire is in the North, Shropshire is in the Midlands, Derbyshire is in the Midlands, Yorkshire is in the North.

[@huwrichards6447]

Like I’m a welshy and not gonna lie I prefer northerners 100% xx

[@saxx9088]

Huw Richards I take back everything I’ve ever said about welsh people

[@huwrichards6447]

Nathan Tolladay not sure if that’s a compliment or not... so gonna take it as a compliment xx

[@cheesemc8169]

Thank you for saying that, we northerners need some love!😂

[@unapologeticallylizzy]

Thank you! That gives me hope for my move to Wales from Yorkshire in September (I'm very excited and have been learning Welsh.)

[@huwrichards6447]

@@unapologeticallylizzy glad to hear you’ll love it in wales xx

[@deniserobalo8737]

i would say that yorkshire and above is the north, cambridge and below is the south and anything between is the midlands. i’m a northerner (manchester to be exact)

[@alyssarose9125]

Norwich is DEFINITELY south.

[@alexandragreen]

I’m from chesterfield and moved to Sheffield at 20, I can say Chesterfield is the line where both the midlands and north starts. Right through it, Sri field is north, derby is midlands

[@brothersman524]

I agree. The line for Midlands and The North is basically after Junction 30 of the M1 where Woodall Services is located. I'm from Nottingham and that is a Midlands city

[@frankieball4576]

I’m a northerner from Leeds and I’m proud of it. We are politer and have a sense of humour.

[@georginapaul1272]

As a midlander I felt so annoyed and anyone who is not British must’ve been so confused

[@nathanr5737]

*midlands has left the chat

[@unapologeticallylizzy]

I'd say the line for the north is probably somewhere between Derby and Sheffield. I see Sheffield as the north, but Derby is decidedly midlands. Then I'd say the line for the south is drawn across from the line between Norfolk and Suffolk. This isn't anything to do with those counties specifically, but it's just that Worcester and Cambridge are definitely in the south. I'm from West Yorkshire btw

[@brothersman524]

Yes you are more or less correct. Maybe after Chesterfield in Derbyshire where the North starts. I am from Nottingham which is definitely a Midlands city like Derby

[@katiem9218]

Tom's line is closest to the real northern borderline I'd say... it was painful watching the Midlands be denied by the southerners ://

[@mikebahrami]

Foreigner living in UK for the past 3y. Went to Uni up North and now work in the South: the chap who said that the North starts in Birmingham is MENTAL!

[@mads9385]

It’s where people stop drinking Ribena and start drinking Vimto

[@billymilton4952]

An I’m midlands and drink both so that works

[@riyadinho6795]

So according to the first northerner, parts of Essex and Hertfordshire are in the midlands and Enfield which is a borough in London narrowly misses out.

[@lottie8594]

no way is suffolk in the midlands 😂

[@Benji1337]

my friend from leicester once told me that I (from Norwich) was a southerner, I had to point out Leicester was more southern than Norwich. Makes you realise the entire arguement is pointless.

[@unlockedaccount]

both leicester and norwich is south

[@rhonapayne6341]

As a scot, I'd put the north south divide higher than any of them haha

[@lau_ren.lb4]

Coming from durham/Newcastle area I would too ahaha

[@rhonapayne6341]

I know 🙂 I'd consider the north of England higher than any of them mentioned in the video - I guess I have a different perspective from up here!

[@elitegaming4506]

@@rhonapayne6341 what would u consider the north?

[@lau_ren.lb4]

Rhona Payne I would too!

[@isotropisch82]

The midlands is: Cheshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire (and everything south of them until you get to the south, which isn't my problem), The North is: Everything that used to be Lancashire (obviously including Manchester and Liverpool), all of Yorkshire, and everything north of them. That is, quite simply, a fact.

[@mikelitorous5570]

The north ends at Sheffield

[@cheesemc8169]

And that's as low as you can go, like you bearly northern but you're part of Yorkshire

[@shrek13241]

@@cheesemc8169 How can you be bearly be northern ?

[@cheesemc8169]

@@shrek13241 well you're inbetween midlands and the north. So you could say either one but barely?

[@shrek13241]

@@cheesemc8169 You can't be inbetween you have to be one or the other.

[@cheesemc8169]

@@shrek13241 exactly that's what I was saying

[@Sillykat321]

The bloke who divided the country into an even 3 is the only one who got it right imo. Sheffield and above = the North, Oxford and below = the South, the area in between the two = the Midlands. Simple.

[@brothersman524]

Yes he was the one who got it right and I loved the Neapolitan ice-cream analogy that he used. Even the other Northerner chap said between Sheffield and Nottingham is where the North/South divide is. I'm from Nottingham and I know it is the Midlands

[@RandomLifeOfDarren]

“Berminhum?” There’s a G in there! BirminGham

[@northumberlandjo1666]

I am a born & breed Northumbrian (Northumberland), cant get much more northern then that!

[@jess7836]

As a Northerner, anything below Sheffield is south 😂 just gotta listen to the accents

[@LauraM-kr9wv]

Midlands accents are totally different to Southern ones. And use more Northern pronunciation like 'class' instead of 'clarss'

[@cheesemc8169]

Sheffield is like basically Midlands but we'll hang onto them

[@RuksanaAhmed]

I’m from Sheffield and have always thought of myself as a Northerner and proud. I think the majority of us in Sheffield would think so too though I’m from the South of Sheffield where the accent isn’t as strong but we still say bAth not BaRth. It seems anyone living North of the M25 is is classed as a “Northerner” to a Southerner.

[@philhogarth7191]

It's strange how much of a divided opinion the UK has. I'm from Newcastle and the majority of us class anywhere south of Leeds as The South

[@RuksanaAhmed]

Phil Hogarth Haha, feels so strange to be thought of as a Southerner

[@natm7932]

The amount of attempted Midlands erasure! 😂

[@olivertunnah3987]

As a Bristolian anything north of the M4 is The North. For a genuine answer I think whenever the motorway signs stop saying The North/ South as a direction is the answer.

[@hooman7893]

I'm from Newcastle and honestly, I think the north starts from the very north of Yorkshire, Manchester is is the middle of England to me

[@rcr76]

Scottish person here .northern Scot too.and you are 100% correct .

[@Jenniferlwarm]

Manchester is classed as North West.

[@hooman7893]

@@Jenniferlwarm I know but I personally think it's too low to be in the north

[@katr_i_na]

Manchester is the middle of Britain, not the middle of England lmao. That said, I'm from Cumbria and my Mancunian family seem somehow less Northern lmao

[@hooman7893]

@@katr_i_na surely the middle of Britain is the middle of the island in which case I'm in the middle of Britain

[@jenniedarling3710]

I'm from the South (Oxford) and I find there's too much focus on London.

[@personificafions]

The middle line is between Nottingham and Sheffield. So Nottingham is da SOUF and da seffy is da NORTH

[@tsb3208]

Chesterfield is the line. When you leave Chesterfield going south, you're in the Midlands. The Midlands then ends at Northampton and everything south of there is the south with the exception of East Anglia. East Anglia is it's own thing on the east side of the country. Like an English Wales. This is the correct answer to this question.

[@brothersman524]

Exactly. Totally 100% agreed here. Basically after Junction 30 on the M1 driving northwards after Chesterfield and Worksop is the official north when you enter Woodall Services and then to Sheffield. After Junction 15 southwards on the M1, which is the Northampton junction, is the official south which enters into Buckinghamshire. The guy from Doncaster actually got it right with his Neapolitan Ice Cream analogy

[@emilybygott9687]

6:14 is me this whole video 😂😂😂 Bring someone from West Midlands in 🙋‍♀️

[@tomhipkiss1785]

Im from Nottingham and I would much rather be considered northern than southern

[@rossgeller_23]

northerners gang wya->

[@lukewarburton1782]

I’m from Grimsby and we’re only just in the north

[@Oz-wb1lg]

As someone from Nottingham I say north south goes along the river trent

[@TheSlickest]

You're not in the North until you hit Teesside

[@MikoSquiz]

There's a Map Men video called "Where is the north/south divide?" which explains everything. TLDW: The north/south divide is different in the east than the west, making the line roughly a 45 degree angle with lots of squiggly bits. Nottingham and Worcester are both on the "north" side of the border, Leicester and Lincoln are on the "south" side.

[@YangSing1]

You can look up what the north, the Midlands and the south is. There is an official definition

[@poscom1071]

Sheffield is North. Oxford is South. Deal with it. (I'm from Warwickshire btw)

[@shrek13241]

Yorkshire and beyond is north

[@furboii9077]

North North (propa north): is probably past Middlesbrough to the Scottish borders North: I'd say Sheffield is where the North (borders) starts Midlands is Inbetweeneen South (border) Hereford, Northampton, Cambridge South South, Southampton, Portsmouth, Canterbury, and Inbetweeneen Exeter and Plymouth

[@MrMrsmijj]

I was working in London once and some woman asked where I was from. I said Liverpool (the accent isn’t exactly conspicuous). She asked where that is, I said the north, she asked if it was next to Watford..............

[@matthewdodds4683]

I'm sorry the northerners are right, no bias due to me being a northerner, as most of the southerners are living in london and the other low counties and so everything "north" of them is considered north to them

[@theworldisdark]

I am from Nottingham can we agree that there is a big chunk of land in the middle called the MIDLANDS which is the middle below is south above is north does anyone agree?

[@LukeGB003]

I live near Leeds. And we’re classed as northern.

[@JacobTrueman]

Midlands erasure as fucking usual. Literally got people who are all from places outside the midlands drawing lines through the midlands to fit their own perception. This shouldn't be annoying me as much as it is but IT NEVER FUCKING ENDS

[@jenniferflynn4948]

We in NYS have that debate. To us, who live in Upstate, anything that touches the Catskills & down, is downstate, but people IN NYC think anything above the city proper is Upstate & people who live in Catskills also think they live Upstate. They do not. Run the top border of PA across the bottom of NY and that is a rough divider of Upstate & Downstate

[@sharksn8905]

LOOOL "the north of London is still London" had me on the floor