Northern England, also known as the North of England, or simply the North, is the northern area of England. It partly corresponds to the former borders of Anglian Northumbria, the Anglo-Scandinavian Kingdom of Jorvik and the Brythontic Celtic Hen Ogledd kingdoms.
Scafell Pike, England's highest peak, alongside Wastwater, its deepest lake
Urban sprawl in the southern Pennines and north east coast is clearly visible in night-time imagery.
The daffodils of the Lake District are immortalised in Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".
Rudston Monolith, from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, is the tallest megalith in Great Britain.
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. The country is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers roughly 62%, and over 100 smaller adjacent islands. It has land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west, and is otherwise surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. The population was 56,490,048 at the 2021 census. London is both the largest city and the capital.
Stonehenge, a Neolithic monument
The Battersea Shield is one of the most significant pieces of ancient Celtic art found in Britain.
Replica of the 7th-century ceremonial Sutton Hoo helmet from the Kingdom of East Anglia
King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt, fought on Saint Crispin's Day and concluded with an English victory against a larger French army in the Hundred Years' War
