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We-ell... the county as a whole is (I think) West Country, and I tend to agree that Gloucs shouldn't be classed as Midlands (though I certainly have heard people who live in the county call it that, and I'm surprised you haven't).  Mind you, I also think it's pushing it a bit to call somewhere like Tewkesbury ""South West"". I think you could make a decent case for Tewkesbury being a Midlands town, though, although as with most of these things it's not that clear-cut.  (Talk) "