{{infobox England region | name = South East England| short_name = South East |hq = Guildford |imagename = image:EnglandSouthEast.png |status = Region |area_km2= 19,096 |area_rank= 3rd |density = 419/km² |nuts= UKJ |euro= South East England |population = 8,000,550 (2001) |population_rank= 1st |assembly = South East England |election = non-directly elected |url = http://www.sera.gov.uk/ |South East England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics in 1999. Its boundaries include Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex.
Its population as of the 2001 census was 8,000,550; the most populous region. The highest point is Walbury Hill in Berkshire at 297m/974 ft. In common usage the area referred to by South East may vary.
In unofficial usage the South East can refer to a varying area - sometimes only to Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, and Surrey, but more usually to the former Standard Statistical Region, which corresponded approximately to the London commuter belt.
The traditional dialect of the region is middle-class use of Received Pronunciation; which is currently in decline. As of 2006, the working-class influenced Estuary English accent is more often found in the urbanised parts of the region.
