National league North consists of teams mostly located in Northern England, the English Midlands and East Anglia.

[1] The Conference North was introduced in 2004 as part of a major restructuring of English non-League football.

Teams from this division, as well as from the National League South, enter the FA Cup at the Second Qualifying Round.

[4][5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2020–21 National League North season was curtailed and voided after written resolutions were put to a vote.

[6] Expansion would be at last implemented before the 2022–23 season when the bottom club was relegated and four promoted from Step 3.