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Home Counties

British  

plural noun

  1. the counties surrounding London

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Growing maintenance costs, tax changes and workers returning to the office have forced sellers to cut prices on large, luxurious estates from the Cotswolds to the northern Home Counties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

According to figures from construction researchers Barbour ABI, developers are applying to build 17 data centres in London, as well as another 39 in the Home Counties.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

London, the Home Counties and Cambridgeshire are the areas expected to record the warmest of the conditions.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

They are now focusing their efforts on positioning themselves as the main challenger in Tory-held areas mostly, but not entirely, in the Home Counties and southern England.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2023

The fair boy stopped and jerked his stockings with an automatic gesture that made the jungle seem for a moment like the Home Counties.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

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