sparko Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Officially this starts when you enter Derbyshire, but do you consider places like Dronfield, Eckington, Killamarsh, and Chesterfield part of the Midlands or the North? If not, where do you consider the Midlands starting? Personally I think geographically it's anywhere south of Alfreton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl1986 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Make yourself a drink and go watch some tv or enter the chat room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparko Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Make yourself a drink and go watch some tv or enter the chat room :hihi::hihi::hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I live in Chesterfield and consider it to be part of the Midlands... just. It's right on the border between the midlands and the north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparko Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 I live in Chesterfield and consider it to be part of the Midlands... just. It's right on the border between the midlands and the north. Although directly west of you is Macclesfield, Northwich, and Chester, all in Cheshire, so all in the North. It's strange that some places in the East Midlands are more northerly than parts of the North West. Doesn't make sense really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Not really, borders don't have to be straight. Some parts of Scotland are further south than parts of England. The border crossing from Detroit to Windsor in Canada is from north to south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparko Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Not really, borders don't have to be straight. Some parts of Scotland are further south than parts of England. The border crossing from Detroit to Windsor in Canada is from north to south. True but you would expect somewhere in Central England to be further south than somewhere in Northern England, hence our regions in England being more compass references than named regions (Yorkshire aside), i.e South East, North West, East Midlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoatwobbler Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 On one side of the Bowshaw roundabout it's Sheffield, Yorkshire, The North. On the other side of the Bowshaw roundabout it's Dronfield, Derbyshire, East Midlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Sheffield and Chesterfield are really in the midlands but people call it the North because it is industrialised and around other industrialised cities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 No, Chesterfield is in the Midlands but Sheffield is in the North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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