This map shows the current but often changing Goverment Administrative counties of England. These are the counties you will find on most maps and road atlases and that are sadly more widely used today than the historic traditional counties of England. See key below for each counties full name. See links on right for more information, pictures and attractions of each county.

County Key: Yorks = Yorkshire, Wars = Warwickshire, Leics = Leicestershire, Mancs = Manchester, Lancs = Lancashire, Derbys = Derbyshire, Staffs = Staffordshire, Notts = Nottinghamshire, Shrops = Shropshire, Northants = Northamptonshire, Herefs = Herefordshire, Worcs = Worcestershire, Bucks = Buckinghamshire, Beds = Bedfordshire, Cambs = Cambridgeshire, Herts = Hertfordshire.

To the right is a list of the counties of England. To learn more about each county, click on its name.
This includes some counties not on the map above which is based on administrative counties. For a map of the historic counties (traditional counties of England) see here

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