The Northern Design Competition welcomes entries from across areas of the United Kingdom. This includes all of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and parts of England.
Students and tutors from further and higher education backgrounds are invited to enter their best work under each of the competition categories. Entrants must either live or study in one of the areas shown on the map and listed below. For a full list of rules, please click here.
You can click on the numbered areas on the map to check that your county is listed and therefore eligible to enter. Areas shown in white are not eligible for entry into the competition.
1: Scotland (includes highlands and islands)
- Aberdeen City
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus
- Argyll and Bute
- Clackmannanshire
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Dundee City
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Lothian
- East Renfrewshire
- City of Edinburgh
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Glasgow City
- Highland
- Inverclyde
- Midlothian
- Moray
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Perth and Kinross
- Renfrewshire
- Scottish Borders
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- Stirling
- West Dunbartonshire
- West Lothian
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Orkney Islands
- Shetland Islands
- Fermanagh
- Tyrone
- Londonderry
- Antrim
- Down
- Armagh
- Clwyd
- Dyfed
- Gwent
- Gwynedd
- Mid Glamorgan
- South Glamorgan
- West Glamorgan
- Powys
4: England - North East (RDA: ONE)
- Northumberland
- Tyne and Wear
- Durham
- Tees Valley
5: England - North West (RDA: NWDA)
- Cumbria
- Lancashire
- Merseyside
- Greater Manchester
- Cheshire
6: England - Yorkshire & The Humber (RDA: Yorkshire Forward)
- North Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
- East Yorkshire
- South Yorkshire
- North East Lincolnshire
7: England - East Midlands (RDA: EMDA)
- Derbyshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Lincolnshire
- Leicestershire
- Rutland
- Northamptonshire
8: England - West Midlands (RDA: AWM)
- Staffordshire
- Shropshire
- West Midlands
- Herefordshire
- Worcestershire
- Warwickshire
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