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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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It said water use was currently 10% above normal in the Thames Valley and Home Counties and 7% above normal in London, which amounted to an extra 100 million litres of water every day.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

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

A third tout - Jamal, who operates in the Home Counties - did not try to buy our login details but offered to sell us tests.

From BBC Dec. 6, 2025

"The whole of London gets so busy with filming nowadays because there is so much of it, so it is great to use the Home Counties more and more," she says.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2025

But in the twenties and the early thirties, it exerted a considerable influence over much of London and the Home Counties.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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