I suppose, given that I post a daily review, I ought to join in this debate and define my terms.
N - Durham and further N, including Scotland, though if there is a feature specifically affecting Scotland or indeed Shetland, I'll say so (far N, Inverness and further N)
S - Oxford and further S
W - Bristol and further W, including Wales
E - E Anglia up to Aberdeen
The parts excluded from the above get lumped together as central England
NW - Lancashire, Lake District and W Scotland (far NW, the coast N of the Clyde)
NE - Northumberland and E Scotland
SE - London and Home Counties
SW - Devon and Cornwall
I do avoid looking at, say, the London GEFS and generalising this as typical of the whole of Britain as some posters do, but there is a conscious weighting in terms of population. However, in a brief review, there will always be some approximation.
Nevertheless, our friends in the north may regard my classification as biased southwards. Bear in mind, though, that as a Kentish Man, I was bought up to believe that the north begins at Watford and Manchester was a town on the Scottish border (It's all right, I've lived in Manchester and realise that not everything you were told as a child is true
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Originally Posted by: DEW