1. Location
For statistical reasons, the East Midlands is one of England's nine official regions at the first
level of ITL. It can be found that the northern and eastern areas of the state of Lincoln and the
counties of Derby and Leicester. More than 4.5 million people lived in 2011 in this 15,627square-kilometer (6,034-square-mile) territory. Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Mansfield,
Northampton, and Nottingham are the most populous cities. Boston, Buxton, Chesterfield,
Corby, Gainsborough, Glossop, Grantham, Hinckley, Kettering, Loughborough, Louth,
Mansfield, Market Harborough, Matlock, Newark-on-Trent, Oakham, Skegness,
Wellingborough, and Worksop are just a few of the notable towns in the region. Other
noteworthy towns include:
The East Midlands' position on the national motorway and trunk road networks and its proximity
to London and the Northern Powerhouse towns all contribute to the region's economic success.
The Globalization and World Cities Research Network have designated Nottingham as a
sufficiency-level world city, the only town in the region to do so.
A major airport in the area serves the three cities of Derby, Leicester, and Nottingham.
Located in northwest Derbyshire near Glossop, Kinder Scout is a mountain peak with a top
elevation of 636 meters in the Peak District of the southern Pennines (2,087 feet). Lakes and
reservoirs are interspersed throughout the Charnwood Forest, located north of Peterborough,
Leicestershire's Wolds, and the surrounding Charnwood Forest, which varies in elevation from
95 to 280 meters (312-919 feet).
Many rivers flow north of the Humber and Wash, including the Nene, Soar, Trent, and Welland.
They are all heading northeast. The Derwent River, which originates in the High Peak and flows
into the Soar a few miles upstream from its confluence with the Soar, gets its name from the
Derwent River's origins in the High Peak. The Witham forms an arch before flowing south to
Wash, initially heading north to Lincoln. [citation needed]
The geographical centre of the East Midlands is located between the towns of Bingham in
Nottinghamshire and Bottesford in Leicestershire. Higham on the Hill, located on the
Leicestershire/Warwickshire boundary and is the geographic centre of the United Kingdom, is
located nearby. Even though agriculture employs fewer than 3% of the region's workers, most of
the region's land is rural (88 per cent of the total).
Because to the shelter offered by Spurn Head and the North Norfolk shoreline, Lincolnshire has
an accurate North Sea coastline of approximately 30 miles (48 kilometres) in length."
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"Church Flatts Farm in Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire, is the most remote location in the United
Kingdom, with no other place in the country being further distant from the sea (70 miles, 110
km). The first trig point for the Ordnance Survey was created near Peterborough,
Northamptonshire, around the beginning of April 1936. A short walk from Newark Castle train
station and the Trent River are the offices of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts and The
Wildlife Trusts, both of which are dedicated to wildlife conservation. At the University of
Leicester, there is a facility known as the National Center for Earth Observation (NCEO).
2. Geology of the Region
The East Midlands Oil Province and vast quantities of limestone may be found. The abundance
of volcanic rock in Charnwood Forest, which is thought to be roughly 600 million years old, is a
notable feature of the forest.
A quarter of the cement produced in the United Kingdom is produced in the region at three sites
in Derbyshire: Hope and Tunstead and Ketton Cement Work in Rutland. Derbyshire accounts for
25% of the aggregates produced in the region, with Leicestershire accounting for 4% of total
aggregate production. Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire are individually responsible for
producing approximately 30% of the region's sand and gravel output.
On December 24, 1965, a meteorite weighing 7 kg (15 lb) fell near Barwell, Leicestershire,
making it Britain's largest meteorite site. The earthquake that struck Lincolnshire in 2008 had a
magnitude of 5.2.
Forestry of the Region
Rockingham Forest, which was designated a royal forest by William the Conqueror and was long
hunted by English kings and queens, is now a nature reserve in the southern part of the region,
including Market Harborough, Desborough, Rothwell and Corby.
The National Forest Company oversees a large-scale environmental initiative in the heart of
England called The National Forest. Approximately 200 square miles (520 km2; 52,000
hectares) of land in north Leicestershire, south Derbyshire, and south-east Staffordshire are being
planted to blend ancient woodland with new plantings. It will connect the ancient woodlands of
Needwood and Charnwood, which lie east of Leicester and west of Burton upon Trent,
respectively.
Nottinghamshire's Sherwood Forest, where Robin Hood is said to have lived, is a popular tourist
destination.
4. Human-environment Interactions
Culture and Identity
Dialect and International language
There are numerous dialects and accents in the East Midlands region. Received Pronunciation
and southern English accents also have a history with this word. However, the Northern English
dialect and accent predominate in the northern part of the East Midlands.
Identity
There is no such thing as an East Midlander or a modern Midlander. "No one is more sceptical
than Midlanders themselves regarding the existence of an overarching Midland identity," wrote
Robert Shore. East Midlands residents tend to identify themselves on a county or town basis,
viewing the East Midlands area as a bureaucratic entity that brings together disparate locations.
Residents of North Nottinghamshire and North Derbyshire are referred to as Northerners because
of their cultural identity. According to a YouGov poll conducted in 2018, a quarter of the people
in the area considered themselves Northerners. A new sector of the North Midlands has been
proposed, but it has not taken off yet. ' Many of the East Midlands' shared services, such as the
NHS, are located in South Yorkshire, not Bassetlaw, the region's northernmost local authority.
BBC Look North and Calendar News are the primary local news sources, with Emley Moor
transmitting station providing the bulk of the television feed. BBC Radio Sheffield serves as the
city's official BBC Local Radio station in terms of radio coverage. Because of the close ties to
the community, the Bassetlaw District Council opted in 2016 to join the Sheffield City Region.
Cuisine and food
Traditions like Red Leicester, Lincolnshire sausage, Melton Mowbray pork pie with Stilton and
Bramley apple have made the region famous for its cuisine.
In other words, the arts.
Lord Byron and D. H. Lawrence are two of the region's most well-known writers, though
Lawrence's fame only grew in the latter half of the twentieth century. Ladybird of Loughborough
initially published Peter and Jane's Key Words Reading Scheme in 1964; it is still in publication
today. Douglas Keen wrote the first book, British Birds and Their Nests of Heanor, in 1948.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Ladybird Books were produced in Loughborough, with the
plant closing in 1998.
Joseph Wright of Derby symbolized the conflict between science and religion in the Age of
Enlightenment as a painter. "The first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial
Revolution" has also been attributed to him.
Charles Frederick Worth, born in Lincolnshire in 1825, is often regarded as the first true fashion
designer in the world.
Religion
1865 saw the founding of The Salvation Army by Nottingham man William Booth. The Pilgrim
Fathers, a monastic order based at Babworth near Retford, was founded there. He was born in
Leicestershire (Fenny Drayton) and moved to Mansfield, where he had an epiphany and founded
the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers. Thomas Cranmer, a native Aslocktonian, penned
the Book of Common Prayer for the Church of England.