SOUTHERN ENGLAND,

Southern England, The South and The South of England are imprecise terms used to refer to the southern counties of England bordering the English Midlands. It has a number of different interpretations of its geographic extents. The South is considered by many to be a cultural region with a distinct identity from that of the rest of England. The special cultural, political and economic characteristics of "the South" are, however, not universally agreed upon, nor are its geographical limits and stereotypes of the South mask the cultural, physical and historical differences within this region. This makes up the South east and the South West of England. The significant cities and towns in the South East are: Southampton, Portsmouth, Brighton, Working, Slough, Cambridge and Maidstone. With the South West, they are as follows: Bristol, Bournemouth, Exeter, Poole, Oxford, Bath, and Barnestaple.