The Anglo-Saxons settled mainly in what is now England , especially in the central, eastern, and southern parts of the country.

Main areas of settlement

  • Angles : Largely in the north and east, especially:
    • Northumbria (north-east England).
* East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk today).
  • Saxons : More in the south and south-east, including:
    • Wessex (roughly Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset).
* Sussex (South Saxons – modern Sussex).

* Essex (East Saxons – around modern Essex).

* Middlesex (around modern London area).
  • Jutes : Mainly in Kent in south‑east England.

They did not usually settle in the mountainous far north and west (most of Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall remained largely Brittonic during the early period), but over time Anglo-Saxon influence spread across most of lowland Britain.

Key early English kingdoms they formed

  • Northumbria – powerful kingdom in the north.
  • East Anglia – in the east, home of sites like Sutton Hoo.
  • Wessex – in the south and south‑west, later the core of a united England under kings like Alfred and Æthelstan.
  • Essex, Sussex, Kent, Mercia – other major Anglo‑Saxon kingdoms in central and southern Britain.

In short: they came from areas of modern Denmark and northern Germany and settled mainly across eastern, central, and southern England, creating the early English kingdoms that became “England.”

TL;DR : When you ask “where did the Anglo-Saxons settle,” the answer is: mostly in England, especially the east, center, and south (Kent, East Anglia, Wessex, Sussex, Essex, and Northumbria). These regions turned into the early English kingdoms that laid the foundations of England.

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