Latest Anglian Region news...
- RELEASE OF BABY EELS AT MINSMERE
| 16/05/2008 |
Photo opportunity: What 2,000 elvers being released When Wednesday 14 May 11-12.30pm Where ...
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- FELIXSTOWE SOUTH FLOOD ALLEVIATION SCHEME
| 16/05/2008 |
Work is starting to replenish the beach at Felixstowe following the successful installation of the 2.1km sinker pipeline and the booster station Sliedrecht 27 at the frontage last week. Visitors ...
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Anglian Region Information
The Anglian Region covers more than 27,000 square kilometres, from the Thames Estuary in the south to Humber Estuary in the North, and from the East Anglian Coast to Daventry in the West and the main urban areas are Norwich, Peterborough, Ipswich, Chelmsford, Cambridge Northampton and Lincoln.
Almost six million people live in the region that has one of the fastest growing populations in the United Kingdom. The Region has large areas of flat, low lying land, a quarter of which is below sea level and more than 860 kilometres of coastline. East Anglia is 34 percent drier, 6 percent hotter and 6 percent sunnier than England & Wales as a whole, which makes this the driest Region. Land use is mainly agricultural with 58 percent of the most productive agricultural land in England and Wales found here.
