South East England

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South East England

South East region shown within England
Geography
Status	Region
Area — Total	Ranked 3rd 19,096 km² 7,373 sq mi
NUTS 1	UKJ
Demographics
Population — Total — Density	Ranked 1st 8,000,550 (2001) 419/km²
GDP per capita	£22,624 (2nd)
Government
HQ	Southampton
Leadership	South East England Partnership Board
Regional development	SEEDA
European parliament	South East England
Website

South East England is one of the nine official regions of England, designated in 1994 and adopted for statistical purposes in 1999. Its boundaries include Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex. In common usage, however, the area referred to as the 'south east' can vary considerably.

As with the other regions of England, apart from Greater London, the South East has no elected government and few central powers, the creation of elected regional governments proposed by the Labour Party after its election in 1997 having been aborted. The headquarters for the region's governmental bodies are in Guildford.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Historical boundaries 2 Alternative definitions 3 Demographics 4 Local government 5 Politics of the area 6 Transport 6.1 Transport policy 7 Economy 7.1 Berkshire 7.2 Surrey 7.3 Buckinghamshire 7.4 Hampshire 7.5 Sussex 7.6 Kent 7.7 Oxfordshire 8 Education 8.1 Schools 8.2 Universities 9 Local media 10 See also 11 External links 12 References

[edit] Geography

The largest city in the region (by population) is Brighton and Hove, but the dominant influence on the region's economy is neighbouring London. The highest point is Walbury Hill in Berkshire at 297 metres (974 ft). The highest point in the South-East's biggest county, Kent, is Ide Hill at 260m/850 ft.

[edit] Historical boundaries

Until 1999, there was a South East Standard Statistical Region which also included the counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Greater London. The former South East Civil Defence Region covered the same area as the current government office region.

[edit] Alternative definitions

In unofficial usage, the South East can refer to a varying area - sometimes only to London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, and Surrey ; but sometimes to an area corresponding to the former Standard Statistical Region (above), which corresponded approximately to the London commuter belt. Before the creation of the current Region, the idea that London was not in the SouthEast of England would have seemed ridiculous.

[edit] Demographics

The population of the region as of the 2001 census was 8,000,550, making it the most populous English region. The major conurbations of the region include Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton (population in 2001 461,000), Portsmouth (442,000), Reading (370,000) and Southampton (304,000).^[1] Settlements closer to London are part of the conurbation known as the Greater London Urban Area.

The South East has the highest percentage of people born outside of the UK other than London. 2007 Estimates state 87.2% of people as White British, 4.8% Other White (inc. 1.0% Irish), 3.5% South Asians, 1.5% Mixed Race, 1.6% Black British, 0.7% Chinese, 0.7% Other.^[2]

[edit] Local government

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The official region consists of the following subdivisions:

Ceremonial county	County/ unitary	Districts
Berkshire	West Berkshire U.A.
	Reading U.A.
	Wokingham U.A.
	Bracknell Forest U.A.
	Windsor and Maidenhead U.A.
	Slough U.A.
Buckinghamshire	Buckinghamshire	a.) South Bucks, b.) Chiltern, c.) Wycombe, d.) Aylesbury Vale
	Milton Keynes U.A.
East Sussex	East Sussex	a.) Hastings, b.) Rother, c.) Wealden, d.) Eastbourne, e.) Lewes
	Brighton & Hove U.A.
Hampshire	Hampshire	a.Fareham, b.) Gosport c.) Winchester, d.) Havant, e.) East Hampshire, f.) Hart, g.) Rushmoor, h.) Basingstoke and Deane, i.) Test Valley, j.) Eastleigh, k.) New Forest
	Southampton U.A.
	Portsmouth U.A.
Isle of Wight
Kent	Kent	a.) Dartford, b.) Gravesham, c.) Sevenoaks, d.) Tonbridge and Malling, e.) Tunbridge Wells, f.) Maidstone, g.) Swale, h.) Ashford, i.) Shepway, j.) Canterbury, k.) Dover, l.) Thanet
	Medway U.A.
Oxfordshire		a.) Oxford, b.) Cherwell, c.) South Oxfordshire, d.) Vale of White Horse, e.) West Oxfordshire
Surrey		a.) Spelthorne, b.) Runnymede, c.) Surrey Heath, d.) Woking, e.) Elmbridge, f.) Guildford, g.) Waverley, h.) Mole Valley, i.) Epsom and Ewell, j.) Reigate and Banstead, k.) Tandridge
West Sussex		a.) Worthing, b.) Arun, c.) Chichester, d.) Horsham, e.) Crawley, f.) Mid Sussex, g.) Adur

See: List of districts in south east England by population

[edit] Politics of the area

The South East of England is the most Conservative voting region of the UK in terms of both seats and votes. The area also has some strong supporting seats for other parties such as Slough for Labour, Lewes for the Liberal Democrats and Brighton Pavilion which is held by the Green Party. However, the safest Conservative seat in the country, Buckingham, has a majority of over 38%.

The South East England Regional Assembly was based on the A3100 road in Guildford near the London Road railway station.

[edit] Transport

The main road transport routes are along the M1 through Buckinghamshire; the M40 through Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; the M4 through Berkshire and Buckinghamshire; the M2 motorway/A2 and M20 through Kent; the M23 through West Sussex; the M3 through Hampshire. All these routes connect to the M25, which runs near to and occasionally through the region's border with Greater London.

The A34 provides a north-south road link through Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Hampshire. The east-west corridor through the south of the region is provided by the A27 and the M27.

The main intercontinental airport is Gatwick Airport, with regional airports at Kent International Airport (Ramsgate), Shoreham Airport and Southampton Airport. Heathrow Airport is in Greater London but also serves (and is serviced by) the South East region.

The Great Western Main Line passes through Berkshire and southern Buckinghamshire. The South Eastern Main Line and High Speed 1 pass through Kent; the latter connects to the Channel Tunnel. The Brighton Main Line passes through Surrey and West Sussex. The West Coast Main Line passes through northern Buckinghamshire. The Chiltern Main Line is a major commuter line between Birmingham and London passing through central Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. The Port of Dover and the port at Folkestone have many ferry services to France and Belgium.

[edit] Transport policy

As part of the transport planning system the Regional Assembly is under statutory requirement to produce a Regional Transport Strategy (RTS) to provide long term planning for transport in the region. This involves region wide transport schemes such as those carried out by the Highways Agency and Network Rail.^[3]

Within the region the local transport authorities carry out transport planning through the use of a Local Transport Plan (LTP) which outlines their strategies, policies and implementation programme.^[4] The most recent LTP is that for the period 2006-11. In the South East region the following transport authorities have published their LTP online: Bracknell Forest U.A.,^[5] Brighton & Hove U.A.,^[6] Buckinghamshire,^[7] East Sussex,^[8] Hampshire,^[9] Isle of Wight,^[10] Kent,^[11] Medway U.A.,^[12] Milton Keynes U.A.,^[13] Oxfordshire,^[14] Portsmouth U.A.,^[15] Reading U.A.,^[16] Slough U.A.,^[17] Southampton U.A.,^[18] Surrey,^[19] Windsor and Maidenhead U.A.,^[20] Wokingham U.A.^[21] and West Sussex.^[22]

[edit] Economy

The South East of England is a very prosperous area with the second largest regional economy in the UK (after London), valued at £177 billion in 2006.^[23] GDP per capita in 2007 was estimated at £22,624, compared with a UK average of £19,956, making South East England the second richest region per capita, behind London.^[24] The South East England Development Agency is in Guildford, with another site in Chatham.

Many high technology companies are located near the M3 in Surrey and the M4 in Berkshire. Sun Microsystems have their UK base in Blackwater near Camberley. Microsoft and Oracle have their UK headquarters next door to each other in Reading, as do the Yell Group and Logica (near junction 11 of the M4). Symantec UK is in nearby Whitley. The Gatwick Diamond is also a hub for hi-tech industry, centred at Gatwick Airport with Epsom to the north and Burgess Hill to the south. The largest company, by turnover, in the South East is Vodafone, followed by Ineos.

[edit] Berkshire

Companies in Berkshire essentially follow the M4 corridor. PepsiCo have their UK base in Theale as have Nvidia UK and Wolseley, the builders' and plumbers' merchants who own Bathstore and Plumb Center. Harley-Davidson UK is in Pangbourne. Vodafone, High and Mighty and Bayer UK are based in Newbury. The Atomic Weapons Establishment is in Aldermaston on the Hampshire boundary and the Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre is at Thatcham. The Royal School of Military Survey is in Hermitage.

Pentax UK and Groupe SEB UK (owner of Krups, Moulinex, Rowenta, and Tefal) are in Langley near Slough. Mars Limited has a large chocolate factory, run under the name of Effem Holdings Ltd, also in Slough on the enormous Slough Trading Estate, as is ICI Paints, who own Cuprinol, Polyfilla, and Dulux. Horlicks is made by GSK there. Honda UK, Citroën UK, Fiat UK, Douwe Egberts UK (and its owner Sara Lee UK), Research In Motion UK (BlackBerry), Black & Decker Europe, Kidde UK (fire detection), Logitech UK, McAfee UK, Polycom UK, LG Group UK, The Garden Centre Group (former Wyevale), Furniture Village, Amazon UK, Ingres UK, Telefónica O2 Europe UK and Reckitt Benckiser are also in Slough.

Hovis, Nintendo UK and Morgan Crucible, are in Windsor; Centrica is in Dedworth, next to Windsor Racecourse. Interserve, are based in Twyford, whilst, BG Group, Primark UK, Baumatic UK, Thames Water, Jacobs Engineering UK, Verizon Communications UK and Guide Dogs for the Blind are in Reading. Porsche Cars Great Britain is in nearby Calcot. Bang & Olufsen UK is in Winnersh. Foster Wheeler UK is in Shinfield in the old headquarters of Berkshire County Council, next to the M4, and Trader Media Group is in nearby Earley. The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) are based at Arborfield Garrison, partly in Barkham. Borland UK and Mabey Group, the bridge manufacturer, are in Twyford and Cawston Vale is in Hurst.

HMV Group, Nortel UK, Hitachi Europe, Hutchison 3G UK, NSK Europe, Weight Watchers UK, the The Rank Group (leisure), and Costain are in Maidenhead, and GSK makes Sensodyne, Corsodyl and Macleans there. Toys "R" Us UK and Mattel UK are next to the A404(M). Cable & Wireless, Dell UK, Panasonic UK, BMW UK, HP UK, Syngenta UK, Honeywell UK, Avis Europe (with Budget UK), Novell UK, 3M UK, and Waitrose are in Bracknell. Just to the north, Syngenta have their main worldwide (pesticide) research centre at Jealott's Hill, formerly owned by ICI. The Transport Research Laboratory and Broadmoor Hospital are in Crowthorne.

[edit] Surrey

Allianz Insurance have their UK headquarters in Guildford as do Ericsson, Colgate-Palmolive UK, Constellation Brands Europe, Sanofi-Aventis, the CTC, Avaya UK, and Philips UK. BOC Gases UK are also in Guildford. The former company, now owned by The Linde Group, was based in Windlesham. British Car Auctions is in Farnham. Motor company McLaren is based in Woking as are the UK base of Yum Restaurants (owner of KFC), SPSS (statistical software), and Capgemini; Tupperware UK is in Knaphill. Canon UK, Esure, Sheilas' Wheels and Kimberley Clark Europe are in Reigate. Scotia Gas Networks is in Horley. Bristow Aviation is at Redhill and the food research centre Campden-BRI is at Nutfield.

In the area straddling the M25, the huge Compass Group is based in Chertsey as is Samsung UK, Siemon UK, the business facilities company Regus, Britax, and the European headquarters of Electronic Arts. Thales Group UK and Royal Caribbean Cruises UK are in Addlestone; at Hamm Moor on the A317 is the UK corporate headquarters of Toshiba, with another base in Camberley. Near Weybridge are the UK headquarters of Sony (situated in Byfleet) and Procter & Gamble (next door to each other near the Brooklands racing circuit), the local newspaper group Newsquest, Gallaher Group (cigarettes), Kia Motors UK, Petroleum Geo-Services UK, Yamaha Motors UK; the Central Veterinary Laboratory, which is run by the Veterinary Laboratories Agency, is in New Haw to the west.

Mouchel is in West Byfleet. Air Products UK is in Walton-on-Thames. Atkins, the civil engineering company, and Toyota UK (towards Banstead) are in Epsom. Dairy Crest is in Esher. SHL Group (former Saville & Holdsworth) is just to the north-east at Thames Ditton. Samaritans is in Ewell. Ann Summers is in Whyteleafe near Caterham. Swift Cover, Berkeley Group Holdings and Cargill Europe are in Cobham. Pfizer UK is in Walton-on-the-Hill. Friends Provident and Kuoni Travel are in Dorking. Edmund Nuttall, City Link Ltd., Adaptec UK, Stihl UK, Fluor UK (construction and civil engineering), and Krispy Kreme UK are in Camberley and S.C. Johnson UK is in Frimley Green. Siemens UK, Novartis UK, BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies, and AMD UK are in Frimley, home to the Lakeside Leisure Complex.

ExxonMobil UK (Esso) is in Leatherhead, as is the research centre Leatherhead Food International, Unilever Bestfoods (in Crawley before 2008), Puma UK, the Wates Group, and Robert Dyas. Photo-Me International is in Great Bookham. Although BP has its international headquarters in central London, most of its UK division (chemicals and energy) is headquartered at Sunbury-on-Thames, with Kingston Technology Europe (the world's second largest producer of flash memory), just inside the Surrey boundary, and Chubb Security. Enterprise Rent-a-Car UK is near Thorpe, near to Cemex UK and Thorpe Park (situated on a series of former gravel pits). Del Monte Foods UK is in Staines on the side of the A30; British Gas is on the A308 in Pooley Green nearby to the west.

[edit] Buckinghamshire

George Wimpey, RAF Air Command, Hyundai UK, Dreams, the UK base of Ariston (now owned by Indesit), Wilkinson Sword, the food technology centre of Premier Foods and Rank Hovis's HQ, Merisant UK, and Staples are based in High Wycombe; Swedish Match UK (all their matches are made in Sweden) are in Totteridge. Johnson & Johnson UK have their base at Booker next to the M40 near Handy Cross. Kawasaki UK and Psion Teklogix UK are in Bourne End. Wyeth UK (pharmaceuticals) is in Burnham, next to the M4 Huntercombe Spur junction.

The UK base of Robert Bosch is in Denham. Martin-Baker is in Higher Denham, and InterContinental Hotels Group is in Denham Green (formerly in Windsor). Pioneer UK is in Stoke Poges and Cummins have a design plant in Iver, with Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath. Servier Laboratories UK is in Wexham. The Barracuda Group (owner of Varsity), Lexmark UK and Trend Micro UK are in Marlow. GE Healthcare has its world HQ in Little Chalfont. Uniq plc is in Gerrards Cross.

Milton Keynes is home to many national companies such as Santander UK operations (née Abbey). The Home Retail Group (Argos and Homebase), Filtrona and BP Oil UK (retail) are in Central Milton Keynes. Rightmove is in Winterhill, Campbell Park. Nearby, on the other side of A5, Leica Geosystems is in Loughton. Further north, Luminar Leisure in Rooksley, Bradwell at the A5/A509 junction near the National Badminton Centre. To the west, the European HQ of WD-40 is in Kiln Farm, Bradwell Abbey. To the north, NEFF UK is in Wolverton and Greenleys. To the east, near the M1 and the A422 in Great Linford, Chrysler UK (Jeep and Dodge), Scania UK (part of VW), Rohan (clothing), and Mercedes-Benz UK (including Smart Cars) are in Tongwell. VAG UK (VW and Audi) is nearby on the other side of the A422 in Blakelands. In the south of Milton Keynes, The Open University is in Walton Hall, in Walton. Domino's Pizza UK and Fisher & Paykel UK (fridges) are in Kingston, Milton Keynes Village. Red Bull Racing is off the A4146 in Tilbrook, Bow Brickhill. Welcome Break is in Newport Pagnell, where Aston Martin had a factory until 2007.

[edit] Hampshire

The Army have a large garrison in Aldershot, with Sandhurst being nearby. Elica also make extractor hoods in Aldershot. B&Q and Draper Tools are based in Chandler's Ford. Farnborough has many international aerospace companies including BAE Systems and QinetiQ, as well as Nokia UK, Autodesk UK, Johnson Controls UK, and Thomson Local directory. The Ordnance Survey and a factory of Ford are based in Southampton, and Skandia Insurance have their UK base there. Garmin Europe is in Hounsdown just west of Southampton. VT Group is based in Hedge End, with VT Education & Skills and VT Flagship based in North Harbour, Portsmouth. Chemring Group is in Fareham, and the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is in Swanwick, and at Locks Heath is Estée Lauder UK, next to the A27. At Southwick House is the home of the Defence Police College and the Royal Military Police, which was where D-Day was planned, being known as SHAEF. Esso has its main UK refinery at Fawley (the largest refinery, by production, in the UK).

Much of the Royal Navy is based at HMNB Portsmouth with BAE Systems Surface Ships. IBM is headquartered in Cosham, North Portsmouth, with large laboratories in Hursley House. Kenwood Limited is in Havant. Virgin Media and Serco Group are based in Hook. The Police Staff College, Bramshill, the Police's main training centre, is nearby to the north. The AA is based in Basingstoke as are Shire plc the pharmaceuticals group, Eli Lilly UK, Scott Wilson, Fyffes UK, the Gas Safe Register (as was predecessor CORGI), De La Rue, and GAME.

Motorola UK is in Chineham. Ineos, the third largest chemicals company in the world, is in Lyndhurst. Twinings (who also own Ovaltine) and Stannah Lifts are in Andover. Bacardi-Martini are in Winchester and four miles north-west, Arqiva are based in Crawley, Hampshire. The Army Air Corps trains at Middle Wallop.

[edit] Sussex

The RSPCA and Campina UK are in Horsham, and Cats Protection is in Haywards Heath. Roche Diagnostics' UK Headquarters and CAE Inc. UK are in Burgess Hill. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars make vehicles at Westhampnett. Vie at Home is at Tangmere. Virgin Atlantic is in Crawley as is Spirent, G4S, Doosan Babcock Energy, Pilz UK and TUI Travel PLC. The Caravan Club is in East Grinstead. Sofa Workshop is in Petworth. The Body Shop is in Littlehampton. Palmer and Harvey is in Hove. American Express UK is in Brighton. Metro Drinks are in Arlington. Southern Water is in Worthing. Ricardo plc, the engineering consultancy, is in Shoreham-by-Sea.

[edit] Kent

Geographer's A-Z Map Company is based in Borough Green. Bovis Homes is near Gravesend. Fairy is made by Procter & Gamble in Dartford, and Mazda UK is based there. Shepherd Neame Brewery is in Faversham. Brake Bros Ltd is in Ashford. Cummins Power Generation is in Ramsgate, and Pfizer, the largest pharmaceutical company in the world, has its European R&D site there. Hornby Railways is in Margate. South East Water is in Snodland. The Royal Engineers and the Royal School of Military Engineering are based in Chatham.

[edit] Oxfordshire

Oxford University Press, Electrocomponents and Amey plc are in Oxford. Motoring company Prodrive and Kraft Foods Banbury are based in Banbury along with Ascari. The UK base of Miele and Sophos are in Abingdon. BMW assemble the much-lauded MINI at Cowley, also the base of Unipart. Renault F1 is in Enstone. Eurocopter UK is at London Oxford Airport. Travelodge UK and W. Lucy & Co., who make switchgear are in Thame.

RM plc, Kaspersky Lab UK and Smeg UK are at Milton Park. Rowse Honey is in Wallingford. All parachute training for the RAF and Army takes place at RAF Brize Norton. Siemens Magnet Technology, the main provider of superconducting magnets for MRI scanners is in Eynsham. The Joint European Torus is developing fusion power at Culham on a former airfield. Towards Wiltshire, the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom is in Shrivenham and the Joint Services Command and Staff College is in Watchfield.

[edit] Education

[edit] Schools

Buckinghamshire, Medway and Kent, and Slough have an almost completely selective education system - not just a few grammar schools as other English areas may have - with secondary modern schools as the alternative. Kent has 33 grammar schools, Buckinghamshire 13, Medway 6 and Slough 4. The other areas are comprehensive. In the top thirty schools at A level, it is almost exclusively selective schools; one or two are sixth form colleges. However, the results for each county as a whole are not always directly related to the number of grammar schools, as Kent and Medway perform under average at A-level.

At GCSE, the area in the South East (and England) with the highest results is consistently Buckinghamshire. Berkshire is split into unitary authorities, and Wokingham, Windsor and Slough have the next best GCSE results. All of Berkshire's unitary authorities have results above the England average, with West Berkshire considerably above average. Schools in Surrey and Hampshire also have consistently good GCSE results, and they are above average in Oxfordshire, West Sussex, Kent, Medway, and East Sussex. There are a small number of districts where results are significantly below average including the unitary authorities of Portsmouth (one of the lowest LEAs in the country), the Isle of Wight, Southampton, Brighton, and the districts of Oxford in Oxfordshire, Adur in West Sussex and Hastings in East Sussex.

At A-level, the region gets lower results than it does at GCSE overall. Reading gets the second best A level results in England (after Sutton in London). Also good results are in Buckinghamshire, Hampshire., West Berkshire, and Wokingham. Also above average are Milton Keynes, Brighton, and Oxfordshire.

School children in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, West Berkshire, Wokingham, Bracknell Forest, Windsor and Maidenhead, and Surrey are most likely to go to university, followed by Hampshire and West Sussex.

There are forty-nine FE colleges in the region. The two main FE colleges are Northbrook College in Sussex and Farnborough College of Technology in Hampshire. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshore share an LSC (which fund FE colleges), and Sussex has a combined LSC. The region's LSC office was in Reading, looking after five areas.

[edit] Universities

The most well known university by far in the region is the University of Oxford, famous for its ornate colleges and its rowing teams on the Thames. Much important research has taken place within its walls.

Other well-known universities include:

• University of Kent
• University of Reading
• University of Southampton
• University of Surrey
• University of Sussex
• Open University
• Buckinghamshire New University
• University of Winchester

By total funding, the biggest university is Oxford.^[25]. It has around three times as much funding as any other university in the region, and the largest research grant in England (as of 2009). The University of Southampton gets the second largest amount of funding, with the next largest research grant, one of the largest in England. Other universities with a large research grant are Reading, Sussex and Surrey. Oxford gets twice as much total income (around £700 million) as the next largest, Southampton. Surrey and Reading get the next largest total income.

Oxford and Southampton have the most numbers of students, followed by Brighton. For total students in the region, around 45% are from the region and 35% from other regions. For full-time first degree students in the region, over 35% are from the region, 15% are from London, and 10% each are from the East of England and the South-West; in total, around 70% are from the south of England. Very few are fom the North-East or Scotland. Around 35% of the region's native students stay in the region, with 15% going to London and over 10% going to the South-West. In general, for other regions of the UK, the South-East's students are more prepared to study in other regions than those regions' students are prepared to study in the South-East. Once graduated, over 50% stay in the South-East, with 25% going to London, around 5% going to the East of England, and around 10% going to the South-West; around 90% stay in the south of England.

[edit] Local media

As elsewhere in England, the media landscape in South East England is dominated by national television, radio, newspapers and magazines, most of which are based in London. Local media include:

• The BBC South region is based on Havelock Road in Southampton; it has the South Today regional programme. The BBC South East is based in Tunbridge Wells; it has the South East Today regional programme. Most of Buckinghamshire is in the BBC South and ITV South region but most of Milton Keynes UA is covered by the BBC East region from Norwich, with the Look East programme. The ITV region for most of Milton Keynes is Anglia Television with the Anglia Tonight programme from Norwich. The ITV region for the south of the area is Meridian Broadcasting, which has the local news programme Meridian Tonight broadcast from the ITV broadcasting centre at Whiteley, near Fareham.
• BBC Radios Berkshire, Surrey, Sussex, Solent, Oxford, Three Counties (Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes), and Kent.
• Commercial radio stations including Heart Sussex (Brighton), Heart MK (Milton Keynes), Heart Berkshire (Reading), Heart Kent (Whitstable), Galaxy South Coast (previously known as Power FM) (Segensworth), Radio Mercury (Crawley), Passion Radio (Worthing), Heart Oxfordshire (Cowley), Kick FM (Newbury), the KMFM network of seven stations (Kent), 107.8 Arrow FM (Hastings), Bright 106.4 FM (Burgess Hill), Mix 107 (High Wycombe), 107.4 The Quay (Portsmouth), Spirit FM (Chichester), 107.5 Sovereign Radio (Hailsham), Isle of Wight Radio (Newport), Mix 96 (Aylesbury), 107.2 Win FM (Winchester), Delta FM (Bordon), Wave 105 (Fareham), Juice 107.2 (Brighton), 96.4 The Eagle (Guildford), 107.7 Splash FM (Worthing), Heart Hampshire (Segensworth), Reading 107 FM, The Saint (Southampton), and 107.6 Kestrel FM (Basingstoke).
• Local regional newspapers are the Southern Daily Echo (Southampton), Oxford Times, Oxford Journal, Portsmouth News, Argus (Brighton), Oxford Mail, Reading Evening Post, the KM Group titles (Kent), Surrey Advertiser, Reading Chronicle, Medway News, KOS Media titles (Kent).
• Play Radio UK, based out of Sussex, is a British internet radio station. Its output comprises two mainstream music radio streams, a talk radio stream, and several other genre-specific music streams.

[edit] See also

• Portal:South East England
• List of schools in the South East of England

[edit] External links

• Traveline South East Journey Planner
• Government Office for the South East
• Opportunities to tender from SE Local Councils
• South East England Regional Assembly
• South East England Development Agency
• Government's list of councils in the South East
• Tourism Information - Visit South East England
• Information and History of Southern England
• South East England Intelligence Network - facts, figures and research on the South East
• South East England Business Community Directory

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