South West England is one of nine official regions of England. It consists of the counties of Bristol, Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly), Dorset, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Large cities and towns in the region include Bristol, Bournemouth, Cheltenham, Exeter, Gloucester, Plymouth and Swindon. It is geographically the largest of the nine regions of England covering, but the third-least populous, with approximately five million residents. The region includes the West Country and much of the ancient kingdom of Wessex. It includes two entire national parks, Dartmoor and Exmoor (a small part of the New Forest is also within the region); and four World Heritage Sites: Stonehenge, the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, the Jurassic Coast and the City of Bath. The northern part of Gloucestershire, near Chipping Campden, is as close to the Scottish border as it is to the tip of
El suroeste de Inglaterra es una de las nueve regiones oficiales de Inglaterra. Se compone de los condados de Bristol, Cornwall (incluyendo las Islas de Scilly), Dorset, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset y Wiltshire. Grandes ciudades y ciudades en la región incluyen Bristol, Bournemouth, Cheltenham, Exeter, Gloucester, Plymouth y Swindon. Es geográficamente el más grande de las nueve regiones de Inglaterra cubriendo, pero el tercer menos poblado, con aproximadamente cinco millones de residentes. La región incluye el país occidental y gran parte del antiguo reino de Wessex. Incluye dos parques nacionales enteros, Dartmoor y Exmoor (una pequeña parte del Nuevo Bosque también está dentro de la región); y cuatro Sitios del Patrimonio Mundial: Stonehenge, el Cornwall y el West Devon Mining Landscape, la Costa Jurásica y la Ciudad de Bath.