Nations & regions focus: The South West

At 23,800 sq km, the South West is the largest of the nine English regions. Bigger than Wales, it stretches from Gloucestershire to the Channel Islands.Although it has seen urban growth in recent years, half of the region’s 5.5 million residents live in towns and villages of fewer than 20,000 people. Much of the rest of the population is concentrated in larger urban areas that........