East England

Countries in East England
1. Thurrock 2. Southend-on-Sea 3. Essex* 4. Hertfordshire* 5. Luton	6. Bedfordshire* 7. Cambridgeshire* 8. Peterborough 9. Norfolk* 10. Suffolk*
Essex
a.) Harlow b.) Epping Forest c.) Brentwood d.) Basildon e.) Castle Point f. ) Rochford,	g.) Maldon h.) Chelmsford i. ) Uttlesford j. ) Braintree k.) Colchester l. ) Tendring
Hertfordshire
a.) Three Rivers b.) Watford c.) Hertsmere d.) Welwyn Hatfield e.) Broxbourne	f.) East Hertfordshire g.) Stevenage h.) North Hertfordshire i.) St. Albans j.) Dacorum

Bedfordshire
a.) Bedford	b.) Mid Bedfordshire	c.) South Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
a.) Cambridge b.) South Cambridgeshire	c.) Huntingdonshire d.) Fenland	e.) East Cambridgeshire
Norfolk
a.) Norwich b.) South Norfolk c.) Great Yarmouth	d.) Broadland e.) North Norfolk	f.) King's Lynn and West Norfolk g.) Breckland
Suffolk
a.) Ipswich b.) Suffolk Coastal c.) Waveney	d.) Mid Suffolk e.) Babergh	f.) St. Edmundsbury g.) Forest Heath

The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Its population as of the 2001 census was 5,388,140. The area is mostly low-lying, and the highest place is an unnamed point near the hill of Ivinghoe Beacon, near Tring, reaching 817 feet. Peterborough, Luton and Thurrock are the region's most populous urban areas.

Education

Essex and Southend on Sea LEAs have selective schools. The others do not. Nine out of the top ten schools in the region (by A level results) are either in Essex or Southend on Sea. However, at GCSE, the best performing LEA is Hertfordshire, followed by Cambridgeshire and Southend on Sea. Suffolk also performs better than the England average of 45.8% attaining 5 grades A-C including Maths and English. In general, the region performs well at GCSE, with only Luton being low performing. Thurrock and Peterborough are next lowest, but are not underperforming areas. At A level, the best performing area is Southend on Sea, followed by Cambridgeshire and Essex. No other areas are above the England average. Thurrock is the least performing, followed closely by Luton. At A level, Norfolk does not perform well for a rural county.

Cambridge has an eponymous very well known university as well as a second much less well known one. There are also other towns and cities in the region which have universities including Norwich (UEA) and Hatfield (University of Hertfordshire).

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