Peak Bagging the Regions of England

For the purposes of Peak Bagging, and to avoid long and unwieldy lists of hills and mountains, England can be divided into 9 Regions.

These regions use the natural contours of the landscape as boundaries and ignore any administrative or county boundaries.

Most regions can be further divided into smaller areas to make keeping account of your bagging exploits even easier.

English Regions

East Anglia
The East Anglia region of England comprises the traditional counties of Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.

East Midlands
The East Midlands region of England comprises the traditional counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and parts of the Peak District National Park.

Heart of England
The Heart of England region of England comprises the traditional counties of Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Greater London, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.

North East
The North East region of England comprises the traditional counties of County Durham, Tyne and Wear and Northumberland and includes most of Northumberland National Park and The Northern Pennines.

North West
The North West region of England comprises the traditional counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Mersyside and includes The Lake District National Park, The Forest of Bowland, parts of The Yorkshire Dales National Park and parts of the Peak District National Park.

South East
The South East region of England comprises the traditional counties of East Sussex, Hampshire, The Isle of Wight, Kent, Surrey and West Sussex.

South West
The South West region of England comprises the traditional counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset and includes Dartmoor National Park and Exmoor National Park.

West Midlands
The West Midlands region of England comprises the traditional counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and parts of the Peak District National Park.

Yorkshire
The Yorkshire region of England comprises the traditional counties of East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.