Middle England

British  

noun

1. a characterization of a predominantly middle-class, middle-income section of British society living mainly in suburban and rural England

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Example Sentences

One imagines many inhabitants of Middle England at the time saying, “if only we still had a king like Offa.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

“Emotional baggage from our country’s legacy of aristocratic privilege has endowed Middle England with the kind of stridently meritocratic values that are a complete anathema to judging people by their color,” Jacobs argued.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2020

And yet, he has undoubtedly been travestied by a press who must somehow contrive to terrify Middle England with a man who looks as if he celebrates New Year’s Eve by edging the lawn.

From The Guardian • Dec. 22, 2018

The absurd name Throbbing Gristle, for instance, did not mitigate the fear and loathing that Margaret Thatcher’s Middle England felt for the band.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 29, 2016

From the family's home in suburban Northamptonshire, geographically almost the very middle of Middle England, she wields a power to influence debate unknown to other political spouses, save perhaps Bill Clinton.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2011