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The region consists of the counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire. The region has seven cities; Birmingham, Coventry, Hereford, Lichfield, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton and Worcester .
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The Midlands is the central part of England, bordered by...
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Located in the West Midlands region of England,...
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Categories: region of England and ITL 1 statistical regions of England. Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude of center. 52.557° or 52° 33' 25" north. Longitude of center. -2.2036° or 2° 12' 13" west. Population. 5,800,000.
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The metropolitan county exists in law, as a geographical frame of reference, and as a ceremonial county. As such it has a Lord Lieutenant and a High Sheriff. Between 1974 and 1986, the West Midlands County Council was the administrative body covering the county; this was abolished on 31 March 1986, and the constituent metropolitan boroughs effectiv...
Although the modern county has only existed since 1974, the settlements of the West Midlands have long been important centres of commerce and industry as well as developing a good local infrastructure. Coventry was one of England's most important cities during the Middle Ages, with its prosperity built upon wool and cloth manufacture. Birmingham an...
The West Midlands is a landlocked county that borders the counties of Warwickshire to the east, Worcestershire to the south, and Staffordshireto the north and west. The West Midlands County is one of the most heavily urbanised counties in the UK. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, the Black Country and Solihull together form the third most populous conurba...
The West Midlands contains ten universities, seven of which are located in Birmingham: 1. Aston University 2. University of Birmingham 3. Birmingham City University 4. University College Birmingham 5. BPP University 6. University of Law 7. Newman University Both of Coventry University and the University of Warwick are located in Coventry whilst Uni...
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The area is served by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central which both broadcast from Birmingham, the local based-television station TalkBirmingham also covers the area. Television signals are received from the Sutton ColdfieldTV transmitter.
The West Midlands is home to numerous sports teams. In rugby union, the West Midlands is home to various clubs including Wasps RFC, Birmingham Barbarians, Sutton Coldfield RFC, Moseley Rugby Football Club, Birmingham & Solihull RFC, and Coventry RFC. In rugby league, the Midlands Hurricanes are the only team from the county playing in the professio...
Images of West Midlands Archived 2 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine at the English Heritage Archive- 1 April 1974
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The West Midlands is an official Region of England, covering the western half of the Midlands. Geography. The official region contains the large conurbation that includes Birmingham and Wolverhampton and includes also the mainly rural shire counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire .
Counties. The West Midlands region includes several traditional English counties as well as a central urban county called, confusingly enough, the West Midlands: West Midlands (region) regions - Color-coded map. Cities and towns. Cities [ edit] 1 Birmingham ( West Midlands) 2 Coventry ( West Midlands) 3 Hereford ( Herefordshire)
Understand. The West Midlands county, covering 902 km 2 (348 sq mi), is primarily urban. Nonetheless, there is countryside, the 'Meriden Gap', between Coventry and the rest, and Sutton Park, the largest urban park in Europe.
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