Portal:South East England

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South East England is one of the nine official regions of England that are in the top level category for statistical purposes. It consists of the nine counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex. South East England is the third-largest region of England, with a land area of 19,072 square kilometres (7,364 sq mi), and is also the most populous with a total population of 9,642,942 in 2024.

South East England contains eight legally chartered cities: Brighton and Hove, Canterbury, Chichester, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Portsmouth, Southampton and Winchester. Officially it does not include London, which is a separate region. The geographical term for "South East England" may differ from the official definition of the region; for example, London, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex are sometimes colloquially referred to as being in the south east of England. This article only considers the South East as being the official statistical region.

In medieval times, South East England included much of the Kingdom of Wessex, which was the precursor to the modern state of England. Winchester was the capital of England after unification of the various states, including the kingdoms of Kent, Sussex and Mercia. Winchester stopped being the administrative capital of England some time in the 13th century as its influence waned while the City of London dominated commerce. The last monarch to be crowned at Winchester was Richard II in 1377, although the last monarch to be crowned by the Bishop of Winchester was Queen Mary I in 1553.

Today, the region's close proximity to London has led to South East England becoming a prosperous economic hub with the largest economy of any region in the UK, after London. The region is home to Gatwick Airport (the UK's second busiest airport). The coastline along the English Channel provides numerous ferry crossings to mainland Europe. South East England is also known for its countryside, which includes two national parks: the New Forest and the South Downs, as well as the North Downs, the Chiltern Hills and part of the Cotswolds. The River Thames flows through the region and its basin is known as the Thames Valley.

It is also the location of a number of internationally known places of interest, such as HMS Victory in Portsmouth, Cliveden in Buckinghamshire, Thorpe Park and RHS Wisley in Surrey, Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, Windsor Castle in Berkshire, Leeds Castle, the White Cliffs of Dover and Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, Brighton Palace Pier, and Hammerwood Park in East Sussex, and Wakehurst Place in West Sussex. The region has many universities; the University of Oxford is the oldest in the English-speaking world, and ranked among the best in the world.

South East England is host to various sporting events, including the annual Henley Royal Regatta, Royal Ascot and The Derby, and sporting venues include Wentworth Golf Club and Brands Hatch. Some of the events of the 2012 Summer Olympics were held in the south east, including the rowing at Eton Dorney and part of the cycling road race in the Surrey Hills. (Full article...)

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Worthing (/ˈwɜːrðɪŋ/ WUR-dhing) is a seaside town and borough in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, 11 miles (18 km) west of Brighton, and 18 miles (29 km) east of Chichester. With a population of 113,094 and an area of 12.5 square miles (32.4 km²), the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hove built-up area, the 15th most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Northern parts of the borough, including the Worthing Downland Estate, form part of the South Downs National Park. In 2019, the Art Deco Worthing Pier was dubbed the best in Britain.

Dating from around 4000 BC, the flint mines at Cissbury and nearby Church Hill, Blackpatch and Harrow Hill are amongst the earliest Neolithic monuments in Britain. The Iron Age hill fort of Cissbury Ring is one of Britain's largest. The recorded history of Worthing began with the Domesday Book. Worthing is historically part of Sussex, mostly in the rape of Bramber; Goring, which forms part of the rape of Arundel, was incorporated in 1929. Worthing was a small mackerel fishing hamlet for many centuries until, in the late 18th century, it developed into an elegant Georgian seaside resort and attracted the well-known and wealthy of the day. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the area was one of Britain's chief market gardening centres.

Modern Worthing has a large service industry, particularly in financial services. It has three theatres and one of Britain's oldest cinemas, the Dome. Writers Oscar Wilde and Harold Pinter lived and worked in the town. (Full article...)

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Image 1Leith Hill Tower, peak of the Greensand Ridge (from Portal:Surrey/Selected pictures)
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.Leeds Castle dates back to 1119, though a manor house stood on the same site from the 9th century.
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Image 3The Madejski Stadium in Reading (from Portal:Berkshire/Selected pictures)
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A Eurostar on High Speed 1 going through the Medway Towns
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Image 5Trees on Southampton Common in winter (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 6View of the Vale of Holmesdale and Winterfold Forest from Newlands Corner, near Clandon and Albury, east of Guildford (from Portal:Surrey/Selected pictures)
Image 7Virginia Water Lake on the southern edge of Windsor Great Park (from Portal:Berkshire/Selected pictures)
Image 8Portsmouth Cathedral (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 9Walton Bridge built in the 2010s is a landmark of the northerly Spelthorne and Elmbridge boroughs (from Portal:Surrey/Selected pictures)
Image 10Painshill Park in Cobham has follies on natural, but landscaped slopes by part of the Mole disguised as ornamental lakes and the Great Cedar thought to be the largest Cedar of Lebanon in Europe. In the mid-north of the county. (from Portal:Surrey/Selected pictures)
Image 11Hovercraft passing the mixed architecture, public gardens and shingle beach at Southsea, Portsmouth (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 12Nemesis Inferno at Thorpe Park in the north-west of the county (from Portal:Surrey/Selected pictures)
Image 13Pineferous forest of the sandy Bagshot Formation spanning parts of four boroughs towards the north-west and in the far west of the county, with defensive positions for historic army training near Deepcut and Pirbright (from Portal:Surrey/Selected pictures)
Image 14Seven reservoirs. View of four in Spelthorne with small lakes of lower elevation, from aggregate extraction, in the south of the borough to the right. Beyond three reservoirs in Elmbridge. The flattest areas of the far north of the county. Staines road and rail bridges span the Thames into Runnymede in the right of the photograph. (from Portal:Surrey/Selected pictures)
Image 15Beachy Head and lighthouse, Eastbourne, East Sussex (from Portal:East Sussex/Selected pictures)
Image 16 Aerial view of Oxford city centre (from Portal:Oxfordshire/Selected pictures)
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Eastwell Park was a British stately home at Ashford, Kent, that for a time served as a royal residence.
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Image 18Mermaid Street in Rye showing typically steep slope and cobbled surface (from Portal:East Sussex/Selected pictures)
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The Swale refers to the strip of water separating North Kent from the Isle of Sheppey.
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Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Image 21Windsor Castle, viewed from the Long Walk (from Portal:Berkshire/Selected pictures)
Image 22The Itchen Bridge in Southampton (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
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Hops are a flower used primarily as a flavouring and stability agent in beer. The principal production centres for the UK are in Kent.
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Image 24 Oxford skyline from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin (from Portal:Oxfordshire/Selected pictures)
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Scotney Castle is a country house with gardens in the valley of the River Bewl in Kent, England.
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Image 26Odiham High Street in the north-east of Hampshire (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 27One of the several golf courses in Woking's borough in the mid/north-west of the county (from Portal:Surrey/Selected pictures)
Image 28Breamore House in the west of the county, north of the New Forest (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 29A sunset near Horton Heath, Hampshire (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
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The Channel Tunnel terminal at Cheriton near Folkestone in Kent, from the Pilgrims' Way on the escarpment on the southern edge of Cheriton Hill, part of the North Downs.
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Image 31Twyford Post Office and stores, between Winchester and Southampton (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 32View looking east along West Street, New Alresford (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 33St John the Baptist Church, Boldre in the New Forest (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 34River Lambourn flowing through Eastbury, Berkshire (from Portal:Berkshire/Selected pictures)
Image 35Guildford Cathedral (from Portal:Surrey/Selected pictures)
Image 36McLaren Technology Centre, Woking (from Portal:Surrey/Selected pictures)
Image 37The seafront and beach at Lee-on-the-Solent (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
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The Kent & East Sussex Railway was opened by Colonel H.F. Stephens, the railway engineer, in 1900. At its fullest extent, it ran nearly 22 miles[35km] from Robertsbridge on the Tonbridge to Hastings main line to Headcorn on the main line between Tonbridge and Ashford, Kent.
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Image 40Windsor Castle Upper Ward Quadrangle (from Portal:Berkshire/Selected pictures)
Image 41The Rufus Stone in the New Forest (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 42Fawley Oil Refinery from the remains of Netley Hospital in the Royal Victoria Country Park (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
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Chartwell, located two miles south of Westerham, Kent, England, was the home of Sir Winston Churchill.
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Howletts Wild Animal Park was set up as a private zoo in 1958 by John Aspinall in Canterbury, Kent.
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Image 45The River Wey in Guildford, Surrey (from Portal:Surrey/Selected pictures)
Image 46The grandstand at Ascot Racecourse (from Portal:Berkshire/Selected pictures)
Image 47The Rose Bowl, near Southampton, home to Hampshire County Cricket Club (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 48Heathland in the New Forest (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 49East Sussex's County Hall in Lewes (from Portal:East Sussex/Selected pictures)
Image 50Cobbled streets in Lymington (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)

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Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983) is an English and American actor. He is known for his work across a variety of genres, from biographical dramas to action films, spanning both independent and blockbuster productions. His accolades include a Tony Award, two Critics' Choice Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a British Academy Television Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2022, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Garfield began his career on West End stage and British television. His breakout roles came as a juvenile convict in the television film Boy A (2007), followed by David Fincher's biographical drama The Social Network (2010) and as a dim young man caught in a love triangle in Mark Romanek's dystopian romance Never Let Me Go (2010). Garfield achieved wider recognition for starring as the title character in Marc Webb's Spider-Man films (2012–2014) and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).