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The West Country is a name for the West of England. The area is mostly rural, with a few notable cities. Principal industry is Dairy farming and other agriculture. The landscape is principally granite moorland in the west, chalk and limestone downland and clay vales in the east.1 Related Articles
1.1 Counties (and unitary authorities)
- Avon
- Bath and North East Somerset
- BristolThis article is about the English city of Bristol. For other uses please see Bristol (disambiguation). Bristol is a city in south-western England, on the River Avon. It borders on the Unitary Districts of Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and S
- North SomersetNorth Somerset is a unitary authority in England, historically part of the county of Somerset but now administered independently. Between 1974 and April 1, 1996, it was the Woodspring district of the short-lived administrative county of Avon. It borders t
- South GloucestershireSouth Gloucestershire is a local government area in South West England. It was created in 1996 when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon. The district borders the city of Bristol, Bath and North East
- CornwallCornwall ( Cornish: Kernow is the part of Great Britain's south-west peninsula that is west of the River Tamar. It is generally regarded as a county of, and a part of England, although advocates of Cornish independence regard it as a separate nation, and
- Isles of ScillyThe Isles of Scilly are an archipelago of islands off the English coast. Forming part of England, they have their own local government in the form of a unitary authority and have also been designated the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- DevonThis page is about the English county, for alternative meanings see Devon (disambiguation). Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. The name Devonshire was common but is no longer used,
- PlymouthThis article is about Plymouth, England. For articles about other uses of Plymouth, see Plymouth (disambiguation). Plymouth (Latitude: 50°25N, Longitude: 4°5W) is a city and unitary authority in South West England, situated in the traditional county of De
- TorbayTorbay is an east facing bay at the eastern most end of Lyme Bay in the south west of England. Historically part of the county of Devon, situated in the south, Torbay was made a unitary authority on April 1, 1998. There are three main towns around the bay
- Dorset
- Gloucestershire *
- Somerset
- Wiltshire *
Key: * debated as to whether in "West Country"
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