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'South East England' is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics in 1999. Its boundaries include Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex. In common usage, however, the area referred to as the 'south east' can vary considerably.
Its population as of the 2001 census was 8,000,550, making it the most populous English region. The highest point is Walbury Hill in Berkshire at 297m/974 ft. The major urban areas of the region include Brighton and Hove, Portsmouth, Southampton, and Reading. Settlements closer to London are part of the Greater London Urban Area.
The official region consists of the following subdivisions:
Until 1999, there was a South East Standard Statistical Region which also included the counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Greater London. The former South East Civil Defence Region covered the same area as the current government office region.
In unofficial usage, the ''South East'' can refer to a varying area - sometimes only to Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, and Surrey, but more usually to the former Standard Statistical Region, which corresponded approximately to the London commuter belt.
The South East of England is the most Conservative voting region of the UK both in terms of seats and votes. The area also has some strong supporting seats for other parties such as Slough for Labour and Lewes for the Liberal Democrats. However, the safest Conservative seat in the country, Buckingham has a majority of over 38%. The South East England Regional Assembly quango is based on the A3100 in Guildford near the ''London Road'' train station.
The main transport routes are along the M3 through Hampshire, and the M2 motorway/A2 and M20 through Kent; the M4 through Berkshire; the A34 through Hampshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire; and the A23 through West Sussex. The east-west corridor through the south of the region is provided by the A27. The main airports are Southampton Airport, Gatwick Airport, Kent International Airport (next to the A253 at Ramsgate), and Shoreham Airport. The runways of Heathrow Airport are on the boundary of Surrey, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. The Great Western Main Line passes through Berkshire and Reading. The South Eastern Main Line and Channel Tunnel Rail Link pass through Kent. The Brighton Main Line passes through Surrey and West Sussex. The Port of Dover and the port at Folkestone have many connections to France and Belgium.
The South East of England is a very prosperous area. Many high technology companies are located near to the M3 in Surrey and the M4 in Berkshire. Sun Microsystems have their UK base in Blackwater near Camberley. Microsoft and Oracle have their UK headquarters next door to each in Reading, as do the Yell Group. The Army have a large garrison in Aldershot, with Sandhurst being nearby. Allianz Cornhill Insurance have their UK headquarters in Guildford. George Wimpey and RAF Air Command are based in High Wycombe. B&Q is based in Chandler's Ford. Farnborough has many aerospace companies including BAE Systems. The Ordnance Survey and a factory of Ford are based in Southampton, and Skandia Insurance have their UK base there. Geographer's A-Z Map Company is based in Sevenoaks. Oxford University Press is in Oxford. The AA is based in Basingstoke. Vodafone is based in Newbury. Virgin Media is based in Hook, and Virgin Atlantic in Crawley. Motor company McLaren are based in Woking.
Buckinghamshire, Medway and Kent have an almost completely selective education system - not just a few grammar schools as other English areas may have; Kent has 33, Buckinghamshire has 11 and Medway has 6. The other areas are comprehensive. In the top thirty schools at A level, all but four are selective schools. However, the results for each county as a whole are not always directly related to the number of grammar schools. At GCSE, the best performing area in the South East (and England) is Buckinghamshire. Berkshire is split into unitary authorities, and Wokingham and Slough perform the next best at GCSE. All of Berkshire's unitary authorities perform above the England average. Surrey and Hampshire perform well at GCSE as well, and Oxfordshire, West Sussex and Kent are above average. In general, the South East does perform well at GCSE compared to many regions of England, however there are a numnber of districts performing significantly below average including the unitary authorities of Portsmouth and Southampton and the districts of Adur in West Sussex, Sevenoaks in Kent and Oxford city.
At A-level, the results do not follow the same variation at GCSE except that Buckinghamshire again does very well. In general, many areas of the South East perform below the UK average. Reading unitary authority performs the best, followed closely by Buckinghamshire. The only other ceremonial county to perform well at A level is Hampshire. West Berkshire, Wokingham and Brighton and Hove unitary authorities also perform above average. The lowest performing area at A level is Southampton, followed by Bracknell Forest and East Sussex.
★ Dr Challoner's Grammar School (1064)
★ Kendrick School
★ Aylesbury Grammar School
★ The Judd School
★ Barton Court Grammar School
★ Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
★ Dover Grammar School for Girls
★ Highsted Grammar School
★ The Sixth Form College, Farnborough
★ Tonbridge Grammar School
★ Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
★ Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham
★ Peter Symonds College
★ Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
★ Dartford Grammar School
★ Ford Pitt Grammar School
★ Invicta Grammar School
★ Reading School
★ Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
★ Dane Court Grammar School
★ Faringdon Community College
★ The Rochester Grammar School for Girls
★ Aylesbury High School
★ Sir Roger Manwood's School
★ Dartford Grammar School for Girls
★ Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
★ The Cherwell School
★ Chatham House Grammar School for Boys
★ Rainham Mark Grammar School
★ Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School (926)
Local media include:
★ The BBC South region is based on ''Havelock Road'' in Southampton; it has the ''South Today'' regional programme. The BBC South East is based in Tunbridge Wells; it has the ''South East Today'' regional programme. Buckinghamshire is covered by the BBC East region from Norwich, with the ''Look East'' programme. The ITV region for Buckinghamshire is Anglia Television with the ''Anglia Tonight'' programme from Norwich. The ITV region for the south of the area is Meridian Broadcasting, which has the ''Meridian Tonight'' with South and South-East editions. In the northern part of the region, around Oxford is the ITV Thames Valley region, which has the ''Thames Valley Tonight''. All three ITV news programmes come from the ITV broadcasting centre at Whiteley near Fareham.
★ BBC Radios Southern Counties, Solent, Oxford, Three Counties (Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes), and Kent.
★ Commercial radio stations including Southern FM (Brighton), Horizon Radio (UK) (Milton Keynes), 2-Ten FM (Reading), Invicta FM (Whitstable), Power FM (Segensworth), Radio Mercury (Crawley), Passion Radio (Worthing), Fox FM (Cowley), Kick FM (Newbury), Kmfm (Kent), 107.8 Arrow FM (Hastings), Bright 106.4 FM (Burgess Hill), Mix 107 (High Wycombe), 107.4 The Quay (Portsmouth), Spirit FM (Chichester), 107.5 Sovereign Radio (Hailsham), Isle of Wight Radio (Newport), Mix 96 (Aylesbury), 107.2 Win FM (Winchester), Delta FM (Bordon), Wave 105 (Fareham), Juice 107.2 (Brighton), 96.4 The Eagle (Guildford), 107.7 Splash FM (Worthing), Ocean FM (Segensworth), Reading 107 FM, The Saint (Southampton), and 107.6 Kestrel FM (Basingstoke).
★ Local regional newspapers are the Southern Daily Echo (Southampton), Oxford Times, Oxford Journal, Portsmouth News, Argus (Brighton), Oxford Mail, Reading Evening Post, Kent Messenger, Surrey Advertiser, Reading Chronicle, and Medway News.
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★ List of schools in the South East of England
★ Traveline South East Journey Planner
★ Government Office for the South East
★ South East England Regional Assembly
★ South East England Development Agency
★ Government's list of councils in the South East
★ Tourism Information - Visit South East England
'South East England' is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics in 1999. Its boundaries include Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex. In common usage, however, the area referred to as the 'south east' can vary considerably.
Its population as of the 2001 census was 8,000,550, making it the most populous English region. The highest point is Walbury Hill in Berkshire at 297m/974 ft. The major urban areas of the region include Brighton and Hove, Portsmouth, Southampton, and Reading. Settlements closer to London are part of the Greater London Urban Area.
Local government
The official region consists of the following subdivisions:
| Ceremonial county | County/ unitary | Districts |
|---|---|---|
| Berkshire | West Berkshire | |
| Reading | ||
| Wokingham | ||
| Bracknell Forest | ||
| Windsor and Maidenhead | ||
| Slough | ||
| Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire | South Bucks, Chiltern, Wycombe, Aylesbury Vale |
| Milton Keynes | ||
| East Sussex | East Sussex | Hastings, Rother, Wealden, Eastbourne, Lewes |
| Brighton & Hove | ||
| Hampshire | Hampshire | Gosport, Fareham, Winchester, Havant, East Hampshire, Hart, Rushmoor, Basingstoke and Deane, Test Valley, Eastleigh, New Forest |
| Southampton | ||
| Portsmouth | ||
| Isle of Wight | ||
| Kent | Kent | Dartford, Gravesham, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Swale, Ashford, Shepway, Canterbury, Dover, Thanet |
| Medway | ||
| Oxfordshire | Oxford, Cherwell, South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse, West Oxfordshire | |
| Surrey | Spelthorne, Runnymede, Surrey Heath, Woking, Elmbridge, Guildford, Waverley, Mole Valley, Epsom and Ewell, Reigate and Banstead, Tandridge | |
| West Sussex | Worthing, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, Crawley, Mid Sussex, Adur | |
Historical boundaries
Until 1999, there was a South East Standard Statistical Region which also included the counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Greater London. The former South East Civil Defence Region covered the same area as the current government office region.
Common usage
In unofficial usage, the ''South East'' can refer to a varying area - sometimes only to Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, and Surrey, but more usually to the former Standard Statistical Region, which corresponded approximately to the London commuter belt.
Politics of the area
The South East of England is the most Conservative voting region of the UK both in terms of seats and votes. The area also has some strong supporting seats for other parties such as Slough for Labour and Lewes for the Liberal Democrats. However, the safest Conservative seat in the country, Buckingham has a majority of over 38%. The South East England Regional Assembly quango is based on the A3100 in Guildford near the ''London Road'' train station.
Transport
The main transport routes are along the M3 through Hampshire, and the M2 motorway/A2 and M20 through Kent; the M4 through Berkshire; the A34 through Hampshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire; and the A23 through West Sussex. The east-west corridor through the south of the region is provided by the A27. The main airports are Southampton Airport, Gatwick Airport, Kent International Airport (next to the A253 at Ramsgate), and Shoreham Airport. The runways of Heathrow Airport are on the boundary of Surrey, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. The Great Western Main Line passes through Berkshire and Reading. The South Eastern Main Line and Channel Tunnel Rail Link pass through Kent. The Brighton Main Line passes through Surrey and West Sussex. The Port of Dover and the port at Folkestone have many connections to France and Belgium.
Economy
The South East of England is a very prosperous area. Many high technology companies are located near to the M3 in Surrey and the M4 in Berkshire. Sun Microsystems have their UK base in Blackwater near Camberley. Microsoft and Oracle have their UK headquarters next door to each in Reading, as do the Yell Group. The Army have a large garrison in Aldershot, with Sandhurst being nearby. Allianz Cornhill Insurance have their UK headquarters in Guildford. George Wimpey and RAF Air Command are based in High Wycombe. B&Q is based in Chandler's Ford. Farnborough has many aerospace companies including BAE Systems. The Ordnance Survey and a factory of Ford are based in Southampton, and Skandia Insurance have their UK base there. Geographer's A-Z Map Company is based in Sevenoaks. Oxford University Press is in Oxford. The AA is based in Basingstoke. Vodafone is based in Newbury. Virgin Media is based in Hook, and Virgin Atlantic in Crawley. Motor company McLaren are based in Woking.
Education
Buckinghamshire, Medway and Kent have an almost completely selective education system - not just a few grammar schools as other English areas may have; Kent has 33, Buckinghamshire has 11 and Medway has 6. The other areas are comprehensive. In the top thirty schools at A level, all but four are selective schools. However, the results for each county as a whole are not always directly related to the number of grammar schools. At GCSE, the best performing area in the South East (and England) is Buckinghamshire. Berkshire is split into unitary authorities, and Wokingham and Slough perform the next best at GCSE. All of Berkshire's unitary authorities perform above the England average. Surrey and Hampshire perform well at GCSE as well, and Oxfordshire, West Sussex and Kent are above average. In general, the South East does perform well at GCSE compared to many regions of England, however there are a numnber of districts performing significantly below average including the unitary authorities of Portsmouth and Southampton and the districts of Adur in West Sussex, Sevenoaks in Kent and Oxford city.
At A-level, the results do not follow the same variation at GCSE except that Buckinghamshire again does very well. In general, many areas of the South East perform below the UK average. Reading unitary authority performs the best, followed closely by Buckinghamshire. The only other ceremonial county to perform well at A level is Hampshire. West Berkshire, Wokingham and Brighton and Hove unitary authorities also perform above average. The lowest performing area at A level is Southampton, followed by Bracknell Forest and East Sussex.
Top thirty state schools in South East England (2006 A level results)
★ Dr Challoner's Grammar School (1064)
★ Kendrick School
★ Aylesbury Grammar School
★ The Judd School
★ Barton Court Grammar School
★ Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
★ Dover Grammar School for Girls
★ Highsted Grammar School
★ The Sixth Form College, Farnborough
★ Tonbridge Grammar School
★ Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
★ Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham
★ Peter Symonds College
★ Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
★ Dartford Grammar School
★ Ford Pitt Grammar School
★ Invicta Grammar School
★ Reading School
★ Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
★ Dane Court Grammar School
★ Faringdon Community College
★ The Rochester Grammar School for Girls
★ Aylesbury High School
★ Sir Roger Manwood's School
★ Dartford Grammar School for Girls
★ Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
★ The Cherwell School
★ Chatham House Grammar School for Boys
★ Rainham Mark Grammar School
★ Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School (926)
Local media
Local media include:
★ The BBC South region is based on ''Havelock Road'' in Southampton; it has the ''South Today'' regional programme. The BBC South East is based in Tunbridge Wells; it has the ''South East Today'' regional programme. Buckinghamshire is covered by the BBC East region from Norwich, with the ''Look East'' programme. The ITV region for Buckinghamshire is Anglia Television with the ''Anglia Tonight'' programme from Norwich. The ITV region for the south of the area is Meridian Broadcasting, which has the ''Meridian Tonight'' with South and South-East editions. In the northern part of the region, around Oxford is the ITV Thames Valley region, which has the ''Thames Valley Tonight''. All three ITV news programmes come from the ITV broadcasting centre at Whiteley near Fareham.
★ BBC Radios Southern Counties, Solent, Oxford, Three Counties (Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes), and Kent.
★ Commercial radio stations including Southern FM (Brighton), Horizon Radio (UK) (Milton Keynes), 2-Ten FM (Reading), Invicta FM (Whitstable), Power FM (Segensworth), Radio Mercury (Crawley), Passion Radio (Worthing), Fox FM (Cowley), Kick FM (Newbury), Kmfm (Kent), 107.8 Arrow FM (Hastings), Bright 106.4 FM (Burgess Hill), Mix 107 (High Wycombe), 107.4 The Quay (Portsmouth), Spirit FM (Chichester), 107.5 Sovereign Radio (Hailsham), Isle of Wight Radio (Newport), Mix 96 (Aylesbury), 107.2 Win FM (Winchester), Delta FM (Bordon), Wave 105 (Fareham), Juice 107.2 (Brighton), 96.4 The Eagle (Guildford), 107.7 Splash FM (Worthing), Ocean FM (Segensworth), Reading 107 FM, The Saint (Southampton), and 107.6 Kestrel FM (Basingstoke).
★ Local regional newspapers are the Southern Daily Echo (Southampton), Oxford Times, Oxford Journal, Portsmouth News, Argus (Brighton), Oxford Mail, Reading Evening Post, Kent Messenger, Surrey Advertiser, Reading Chronicle, and Medway News.
See also
★
★ List of schools in the South East of England
External links
★ Traveline South East Journey Planner
★ Government Office for the South East
★ South East England Regional Assembly
★ South East England Development Agency
★ Government's list of councils in the South East
★ Tourism Information - Visit South East England
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