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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

A location has to reach a threshold temperature - 25C for northern and western areas and 28C in London and Home Counties - for three days in a row.

From BBC May 26, 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

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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