West Country - Definition and Overview

The West Country is a name for the West of England. The area is mostly rural, with a few notable cities. Dairy farming and other agriculture and tourism play a significant role in the economy. The landscape is principally granite moorland in the west, chalk and limestone downland and clay vales in the east.

Related Articles

• Britain
• England
• South England
• South West England
• Wessex
• West England
• United Kingdom

Counties (and unitary authorities)

• Avon
  • Bath and North East Somerset
  • Bristol
  • North Somerset
  • South Gloucestershire
• Cornwall
  • Isles of Scilly
• Devon
  • Plymouth
  • Torbay
• Dorset
  • Bournemouth
  • Poole
• Gloucestershire *
• Somerset
• Wiltshire *
  • Swindon

Key: * debated as to whether in "West Country"

Notable Towns and Cities

• Barnstaple
• Bath
• Bournemouth
• Bristol
• Dorchester
• Exeter
• Penzance
• Plymouth
• Taunton, Somerset
• Truro
• Weston-super-Mare
• Weymouth
• Yeovil

(See county pages for more.)

Places of interest

• Bodmin Moor
• Dartmoor
• Exmoor
• Jurassic Coast
• Mendip Hills
• South West Coast

(See county pages for more.)

See also

• West Country Accent
• Scrumpy and Western music
• UK topics