West Midlands County, the second largest county in England by area, covers 2,741 square miles (7,065 km2). It comprises parts of the historic counties of Warwickshire and Worcestershire and smaller areas of Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. The county borders with Warwickshire to the east, Birmingham to the northeast, Solihull to the north, Staffordshire to the northwest, Leicestershire to the west and southwest and Worcestershire to the south.