East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of the nine statistical regions of England, established in 1994. Covering an area similar (but not identical) to the combined extent of the traditional counties Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, the East Midland broadly corresponds to the eastern half of the area of England traditionally known as the Midlands which, in a statistical context, consists of the East and West Midlands combined.

Composition

As of 2024, the East Midlands consists of the following council areas:

• Derby City Council
• Derbyshire County Council
• Leicester City Council
• Leicestershire County Council
• Lincolnshire County Council
• Nottingham City Council
• Nottinghamshire County Council
• North and West Northamptonshire Council
• Rutland County Council

In terms of counties, the East Midlands comprises:

• most of Derbyshire
• Leicestershire (except for a small area of No Man's Heath)
• much of Lincolnshire (except northern Lindsey)
• much of Nottinghamshire
• central and western Northamptonshire
• Rutland

with the addition of smaller areas of other counties, including:

• two sparse areas of north and east Cheshire
• the village of Thurning in Huntingdonshire
• a sparse area of north west Norfolk