Talk:Cotswolds

Geographical location of the Cotswolds
I grew up in the Cotswolds (Painswick, Glos), and no, they are not described by people who live there as "south central England"; there is a strong identity with the South-West. That said, the northern end of the Cotswolds is more clearly "south midlands"; a Proper Printed Book to hand lists Gloucestershire and Worcestershire in something called "Lower Middle England", which sounds like an attempt at "southern midlands". The problem with "south central England" is that as shown on the outline map, to a person who thought that Wales was part of England, it does look right in the middle, but to a person who knows about Wales, the cotswolds are plainly to the west. To me, "south central" sounds more like the Isle of Wight or Hampshire, though the same PPB lists those under just "southern England", which seems reasonable. "Let's discuss!" Imaginatorium (talk) 11:36, 17 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I'm from Stroud and would agree with the above. I do at the moment currently reside in Northamptonshire and especially in the Southwest of the county particularly in places like Brackley, Aynho and Croughton, it looks and feels very much like the northern Cotswolds in particular places like Stow and Moreton-in-Marsh. Be interested in hearing more thoughts on this to be honest. I supplied a link on an edit I did of a 'Natural England' National Character Area Profile which seems to suggest that the Cotswolds do extend from Somerset all the way to South-west Northamptonshire. I don't think it came through quite well when I added it, but was an interesting document nevertheless. http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/file/4868690241650688 Stroudie91 (talk) 22:53, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Sounds a bit like conversations around the Brecon Beacons (National Park) with some saying they're in mid Wales and some saying (at least largely) in South Wales - rather depends where you draw those boundaries and in truth they're best drawn in different places, if you're talking geology or dialect or economic ties or farming patterns and so forth. I'd suggest both landscapes, the one in England and the one in Wales are both places which help to separate what I shall loosely call regions and the description of their location might best take account of that. cheers Geopersona (talk) 16:31, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

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