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South East England is one of the nine official regions of England, designated in 1994 and adopted for statistics in 1999. Its boundaries include Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex.
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Berkshire is one of the oldest counties in England. It may date from the 840s, the probable period of the unification of "Sunningum" (East Berkshire) and "Ashdown" (the Berkshire Downs, probably including the Kennet Valley). The county of Berkshire is first mentioned by name in 860 ...
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Hampshire is a popular holiday area, with tourist attractions including the maritime area in Portsmouth. The New Forest National Park lies within the borders, as does a large area of the South Downs. Hampshire has a long maritime history and is famed as home of writers Jane Austen and Charles Dickens ...
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Due to its abundance of orchards and hop gardens, Kent is widely known as The Garden of England - an epithet often applied when marketing the county or its produce, although other regions have tried to lay claim to the title. The area has been occupied since the Palaeolithic era, as attested by finds from Swanscombe ...
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Oxfordshire has a major tourism industry and noted for performance motorsport companies and facilities. Oxford University Press has headed a concentration of print and publishing firms; the university is also linked to the concentration of local biotechnology companies. The main centre of population is the city of Oxford ...
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Surrey contains a good deal of mature woodland (reflected in the official logo of Surrey County Council, a pair of interlocking oak leaves). Among its many notable beauty spots are Box Hill, Leith Hill, Frensham Ponds, Newland's Corner and Puttenham & Crooksbury Commons. Surrey provides much in the way of rural leisure activities, with a very large horse population ...
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