So, where exactly is the North of England?

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It’s a question that all proud Northerners have had at some point – where exactly is that border between the north and south, and how exactly does the Midlands fit into it? I’ve heard Geordies declare that Manchester isn’t in the north, and people from Chesterfield argue that Derbyshire is definitely Northern – but where exactly does the North start, and does your perception of that alter depending on where in the country you live? So I’ve created a little survey to collect some answers and see what the results are once I’ve got a decent sample.

Where is the North, really?


Techy stuff: It’s a Bootstrap-based JavaScript survey talking to a PHP recorder powered by Leaflet, MapQuest and the GeoNames database (all places in England with a population greater than 40k, so you’ve got a chance of hearing of them). Of course the code’s all on GitHub.