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{{infobox England region |
name = East of England|
short_name = Eastern |
hq = [[Cambridge]] |
imagename = image:EnglandEastEngland.png |
status = [[Regions of England|Region]] |
area_km2= 19,120 |
area_mi2= 7,382 |
area_rank= 2nd |
density = 282/km² (2001) |
nuts= UKH |
euro= [[East of England (European Parliament constituency)|East of England]] |
population = 5,388,140 (2001) |
population_rank= 4th |
gdp_rank= 3rd |
gdp= 16,086 |
assembly = [[East of England Regional Assembly|East of England]] |
development_agency = [[East of England Development Agency|EEDA]] |
election = not directly elected |
url = http://www.eera.gov.uk |
}}
The '''East of England''' is one of the nine official [[regions of England]]. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of [[Essex]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Bedfordshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Norfolk]] and [[Suffolk]].
Its population as of the 2001 census was 5,388,140. The area is mostly low-lying, and the highest place is an unnamed point near the hill of [[Ivinghoe Beacon]], near [[Tring]], reaching 817 feet. [[Peterborough]], [[Luton]] and [[Thurrock]] are the region's most populous urban areas.
==Historical use==
Before the creation of the East of England region there had been a smaller [[Historical and alternative regions of England#Standard statistical regions|standard statistical region]] of [[East Anglia]] which did not include [[Essex]], [[Hertfordshire]] or [[Bedfordshire]]. They had previously been included in the [[South East England|South East]] region. The East of England [[Historical and alternative regions of England#Civil defence regions|civil defence region]] shared the boundaries of the current region.
==Common use==
In common usage the easterly parts of this area, have long been and, continue to be known as [[East Anglia]]. The areas closer to London are more commonly called part of the [[South East England|South East]] with Hertfordshire and Essex included in the "[[Home Counties]]".
==Local government==
The official [[Regions of England|region]] consists of the following subdivisions:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Map ||Ceremonial county||Shire county / unitary || Districts
|-
| rowspan="10" | [[Image:EnglandEastNumbered.png]] || rowspan="3" | [[Essex]] || colspan="2" | 1. [[Thurrock]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" | 2. [[Southend-on-Sea]] U.A.
|-
| 3. Essex || a.) [[Harlow]], b.) [[Epping Forest (district)|Epping Forest]], c.) [[Brentwood (borough)|Brentwood]], d.) [[Basildon (district)|Basildon]], e.) [[Castle Point]], f.) [[Rochford (district)|Rochford]], g.) [[Maldon (district)|Maldon]], h.) [[Chelmsford (borough)|Chelmsford]], i.) [[Uttlesford]], j.) [[Braintree (district)|Braintree]], k.) [[Colchester (borough)|Colchester]], l.) [[Tendring]]
|-
| colspan="2" | 4. [[Hertfordshire]] || a.) [[Three Rivers, England|Three Rivers]], b.) [[Watford]], c.) [[Hertsmere]], d.) [[Welwyn Hatfield]], e.) [[Broxbourne (borough)|Broxbourne]], f.) [[East Hertfordshire]], g.) [[Stevenage]], h.) [[North Hertfordshire]], i.) [[City and District of St Albans|St Albans]], j.) [[Dacorum]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Bedfordshire]] || colspan="2" | 5. [[Luton]] U.A.
|-
| 6. Bedfordshire || a.) [[Bedford (borough)|Bedford]], b.) [[Mid Bedfordshire]], c.) [[South Bedfordshire]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Cambridgeshire]] || 7. Cambridgeshire || a.) [[Cambridge]], b.) [[South Cambridgeshire]], c.) [[Huntingdonshire]], d.) [[Fenland]], e.) [[East Cambridgeshire]]
|-
| colspan="2" | 8. [[Peterborough]] U.A.
|-
| colspan="2" | 9. [[Norfolk]] || a.) [[Norwich]], b.) [[South Norfolk]], c.) [[Great Yarmouth]], d.) [[Broadland]], e.) [[North Norfolk]], f.) [[King's Lynn and West Norfolk]], g.) [[Breckland]]
|-
| colspan="2" | 10. [[Suffolk]] || a.) [[Ipswich (borough)|Ipswich]], b.) [[Suffolk Coastal]], c.) [[Waveney]], d.) [[Mid Suffolk]], e.) [[Babergh]], f.) [[St Edmundsbury (borough)|St. Edmundsbury]], g.) [[Forest Heath]]
|}
== Regional assembly ==
An [[East of England Regional Assembly]] exists to co-ordinate the work of the local councils in the area and provides other functions. It is based in [[Flempton]] on the A1101 north-west of [[Bury St Edmunds]].
==Economy==
===Hertfordshire===
The Greater [[Watford]] area is home to [[Camelot Group]] (owners of the [[National Lottery]]), the UK headquarters of international firms [[Total Oil]] and [[Skanska]] construction, retailers [[TK Maxx]] and [[Costco]], [[Leavesden Film Studios]], [[Sanyo]], [[Kenwood]] and [[Beko]] electronic goods manufacturers, [[Wetherspoons]] pub chains, the European HQ of the [[Hilton]] hotel group and [[Nestlé]] Waters. In [[Elstree]] and [[Borehamwood]] (close to the [[A1 road|A1 motorway]]) are the [[Elstree Studios]], where the ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Star Wars]]'' films were made and more recently ''[[Big Brother (TV series)|Big Brother]]''. Borehamwood is also home to BBC Elstree, The [[Boy's Brigade]] and [[DSG International (retailer)|DSG International]] (owners of [[Currys]] and [[PC World (retailer)|PC World]]), while [[3Com]], [[Steria]] (formerly Bull and Honeywell), and [[Kodak]] have their UK bases in [[Hemel Hempstead]]. In [[Welwyn Garden City]] are the headquarters of the [[Thresher Group]] and the UK headquarters of [[Xerox]] and [[Hoffmann–La Roche]]. ''[[Shredded Wheat]]'' and ''[[Shreddies]]'' are manufactured in the town by Nestlé, at least until 2008. [[Tesco]] is based in [[Cheshunt]] and [[Computacenter]] in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]].
===Bedfordshire===
[[Moto Hospitality]] have their headquarters are [[Toddington, Bedfordshire|Toddington]] in Bedfordshire (at the service station). Luton is home to easyJet and [[InBev]] while its neighbour in Dunstable is home to [[Whitbread]].
===East Anglia===
The economy in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk is traditionally mostly agricultural. Nationally known companies include [[Bernard Matthews]] and [[Norwich Union]] in Norwich, [[Greene King]] in Bury St Edmunds, In [[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]] is the base of the UK [[horse racing]] industry. The main water company for the area, [[AWG plc]] is based in [[Huntingdon]]. Around Cambridge on numerous [[science park]]s, are high technology companies which form the so-called [[Silicon Fen]]. Cambridgeshire has a few [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] bases. The [[United States Air Force|USAF]] still have bases in Suffolk.
==Education==
Essex and Southend-on-Sea [[Local Education Authority|LEA]]s have selective schools. The others do not. Nine out of the top ten schools in the region (by A level results) are either in Essex or Southend-on-Sea. However, at [[GCSE]], the best performing LEA is Hertfordshire, followed by Cambridgeshire and Southend-on-Sea. Suffolk also performs better than the England average of 45.8% attaining 5 grades A-C including Maths and English. In general, the region performs well at GCSE, with only Luton being low performing. Thurrock and Peterborough are next lowest, but are not underperforming areas. At A level, the best performing area is Southend-on-Sea, followed by Cambridgeshire and Essex. No other areas are above the England average. Thurrock is the least performing area, followed closely by Luton. At A level, Norfolk does not perform well for a rural county.
Cambridge has an eponymous very well known [[Cambridge University|university]] as well as a [[Anglia Ruskin University|second]], much less well-known one. There are also other towns and cities in the region which have universities including Norwich ([[University of East Anglia]]) and Hatfield ([[University of Hertfordshire]]).
===Top twenty state schools in the East of England (2007 A level results)===
* 1. [[Colchester Royal Grammar School]] (1323)
* 2. [[King Edward VI Grammar School (Chelmsford)]]
* 3. [[Chelmsford County High School]]
* 4. [[Colchester County High School]]
* 5. [[Southend High School for Boys]]
* 6. [[Southend High School for Girls]]
* 7. [[Hockerill Anglo-European College]]
* 8. [[Hills Road Sixth Form College]]
* 9. [[Westcliff High School for Boys]]
* 10. [[Westcliff High School for Girls]]
* 11. [[Wymondham High School]]
* 12. [[The Broxbourne School]]
* 13. [[St Alban's Catholic High School]]
* 14. [[Farlingaye High School]]
* 15. [[St Martin's School, Brentwood]]
* 16. [[St Benedict's Catholic School]]
* 17. [[The King's School, Peterborough]]
* 18. [[The Boswells School]]
* 19. [[Loreto College, St Albans]]
* 20. [[Roundwood Park School]] (931)
==Local media==
* The [[BBC East]] region is based in Norwich, where the ''[[Look East]]'' regional programme is based. The BBC East region also includes [[Buckinghamshire]], [[Milton Keynes]] and [[Northamptonshire]]. [[Anglia Television]] is also based in Norwich, which has the ''[[Anglia Tonight]]'' regional programme.
* BBC radios [[BBC Radio Norfolk|Norfolk]], [[BBC Radio Suffolk|Suffolk]], [[BBC Three Counties Radio|Three Counties]], [[BBC Radio Cambridgeshire|Cambridgeshire]] and [[BBC Radio Essex|Essex]].
* Commercial radio stations include [[Kiss 105-108]], [[Q103 Cambridge]], [[The Beach (radio station)|The Beach]] ([[Lowestoft]]), [[SGR-FM]] (Ipswich), [[96.9 Chiltern FM]] ([[Bedford]]), [[97.6 Chiltern FM]] (Dunstable), [[Mercury 96.6]] ([[St Albans]]), [[Radio Broadland]], [[99.9 Radio Norwich]], [[North Norfolk Radio]], [[KL.FM 96.7]] ([[Kings Lynn]]), [[Hereward FM]] (Peterborough), [[Lite FM 106.8]] (Peterborough), [[SGR Colchester]], [[Ten 17]] ([[Harlow]]), and [[Essex FM]] (Chelmsford).
* Local newspapers include the ''[[Bedfordshire on Sunday]]'', ''[[Cambridge Evening News]]'', ''[[East Anglian Daily Times]]'', ''[[Eastern Daily Press]]'', ''[[Evening Gazette (Essex)]]'', ''[[Evening Star (Ipswich)]]'', ''[[Norwich Evening News]]'' and the ''[[Times & Citizen (Bedford)]]''.
==See also==
* [[East of England (European Parliament constituency)]]
* [[East of England Regional Assembly]]
* [[List of schools in the East of England]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.direct.gov.uk/Dl1/Directories/LocalCouncils/LocalGovernmentByRegion/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4003594&chk=sZ9xcb Government's list of councils in the East of England]
*[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/popest_mid00.asp Office for National Statistics]
*[http://www.go-east.gov.uk Government Office for the East of England]
*[http://www.eeda.org.uk East of England Development Agency]
*[http://www.visiteastofengland.com Official Visitor site for the East of England]
*[http://www.eera.gov.uk East of England Regional Assembly]
*[http://www.eeia.com East of England International]
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