West Country

The West Country is a name for the West of England. The area is mostly rural, with a few notable cities. Principal industry is Dairy farming and other agriculture. The landscape is principally granite moorland in the west, chalk and limestone downland and clay vales in the east.

Related Articles

• Britain
• England
• South England
• South West England
• Wessex
• West England
• United Kingdom

Counties (and unitary authorities)

• Avon
  • Bath and North East Somerset
  • Bristol
  • North Somerset
  • South Gloucestershire
• Cornwall
  • Isles of Scilly
• Devon
  • Plymouth
  • Torbay
• Dorset
  • Bournemouth
  • Poole
• Gloucestershire *
• Somerset
• Wiltshire *
  • Swindon

Key: * debated as to whether in "West Country"

Notable Towns and Cities

• Barnstaple
• Bath
• Bournemouth
• Bristol
• Dorchester
• Exeter
• Penzance
• Plymouth
• Taunton
• Truro
• Weston-super-Mare
• Weymouth
• Yeovil

(See county pages for more.)

Places of interest

• Bodmin Moor
• Dartmoor
• Exmoor
• Jurassic Coast
• Mendip Hills
• South West Coast

(See county pages for more.)