The South Midlands is an area of England. The term is not widely used and it is not one of the administative regions of England. Its main usage is as a label for one of the areas identified by the Government for urban development. It consists of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, and northern Buckinghamshire - the latter two areas not usually being considered part of the general Midlands area.
The government area is defined as
From Northamptonshire:
From Bedfordshire:
From Buckinghamshire:
It is split between three Government Office Regions - East Midlands, East, and South East.
