Home Counties

plural noun

1. the counties surrounding London

Example Sentences

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.

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Matthew's father, an insurance agent from the Home Counties, was a keen amateur cyclist who spent his life following the local racing scene.

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

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Tax breaks make the Home Counties an attractive place to make film and high-end TV but there are other elements that have to come together, Tovey says.

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His former bandmates are among those expected to attend the private service in the Home Counties, alongside his family and closest friends.

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