North Midlands

North Midlands
proposed Combined authority area
Counties typically included in the North Midlands are highlighted in pink. Counties sometimes included in the North Midlands are highlighted in light pink.
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Regions	East of England East Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber West Midlands
Historic Counties	Nottinghamshire  Leicestershire  Lincolnshire and parts of:  Derbyshire some definitions also include parts or all of  Cheshire  Shropshire  Staffordshire  Northamptonshire  Rutland  Yorkshire
Established	N/A
HQ	Nottingham
Districts	List Amber Valley Ashfield Bassetlaw Bolsover Broxtowe Chesterfield Derby Derbyshire Derbyshire Dales Erewash Gedling High Peak Mansfield Newark and Sherwood North East Derbyshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Rushcliffe South Derbyshire
Government
• Type	Local enterprise partnership
• Body	D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership
• Leadership	Chairman and board
• Chairman	Peter Richardson
Area
• Total	1,847 sq mi (4,785 km2)
Population  (2022)
• Total	1,861,200
Time zone	UTC0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Website	www.northmidlands.org.uk

The North Midlands is a loosely defined area covering the northern parts of the Midlands in England. It is not an International Territorial Level region like the East Midlands or the West Midlands.

A statistical definition in 1881 included the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland, an area historically known as the Five Burghs of Danelaw. A Second World War civil defence region called North Midland included the five counties and Northamptonshire. It has remained in informal use for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, the northern parts of Lincolnshire and Staffordshire, and sometimes the far south of Northern England. A North Midlands combined authority area was proposed in 2016 for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, but cancelled later that year.