What is East of England?
[[Image:England Region - East England.svg|thumb|The East of England region]] The '''East of England''' is a [[region]] in [[England]]. There are nine [[regions of England]]. It was made in 1994 and was used as a [[category]] for [[statistics]] in 1991. The counties of [[Bedfordshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Essex]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Norfolk]] and [[Suffolk]] are in the region. Also [[Peterborough]] is in the region. In 2001 the [[census]] in England found that 5,388,140 persons lived in the region. The land is mostly low. The highest place is the [[hill]] of Ivinghoe Beacon, near Tring in the county of Hertfordshire. The top of the hill is 249 [[metre]]s above the level of the sea. It is an informal region, serving as the area of land between [[Southern England]] and [[Midlands|The Midlands]]. {{UK-stub}} [[Category:East of England| ]] [[Category:1994 establishments in England]]