West Midlands (region) - Definition and Overview

West Midlands Region
Admin HQ	Birmingham
Area  - Total	7th in England 13,004 km²
Population  - Total (2001)  - Density	5th in England 5,267,337 405/km²
NUTS 1:	UKG

The West Midlands is a geographical term describing the western half of central England, known as the Midlands.

There is some confusion in the use of the term "West Midlands", as the name is also used for the much smaller West Midlands county, and is still used by various organisations within that area such as West Midlands Police and West Midlands Fire Service.

The West Midlands Region is sometimes considered to spread as far as Cheshire, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, but the core area consists of the traditional counties of:

• Herefordshire
• Shropshire
• Staffordshire
• Warwickshire
• Worcestershire.

This same core area is now the official governmental West Midlands Region. It is divided into the following administrative counties:

• Herefordshire
• Shropshire
• Staffordshire
• Stoke-on-Trent
• Telford and Wrekin
• Warwickshire
• West Midlands (metropolitan county)
  • Birmingham
  • Coventry
  • Dudley
  • Sandwell
  • Solihull
  • Walsall
  • Wolverhampton
• Worcestershire.

External links

• Advantage West Midlands - Regional Development Agency (http://www.advantagewm.co.uk/home-page.html)
• Government Office for the West Midlands (http://www.go-wm.gov.uk)
• West Midlands Regional Assembly (http://www.wmra.gov.uk)

The United Kingdom (UK)
England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland
Regions of England
East of England | East Midlands | Greater London | North East | North West | South East | South West | West Midlands | Yorkshire and the Humber

Districts of England - West Midlands
Birmingham | Bridgnorth | Bromsgrove | Cannock Chase | Coventry | Dudley | East Staffordshire | Herefordshire | Lichfield | Malvern Hills | Newcastle-under-Lyme | North Shropshire | North Warwickshire | Nuneaton and Bedworth | Oswestry | Redditch | Rugby | Sandwell | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Solihull | South Shropshire | South Staffordshire | Stafford | Staffordshire Moorlands | Stoke-on-Trent | Stratford-on-Avon | Tamworth | Telford and Wrekin | Warwick | Walsall | Wolverhampton | Worcester | Wychavon | Wyre Forest
Administrative Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire