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Today is 19th March 2024 .
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Wikishire is where you may find the best of Britain and Ireland.

Wikishire is where you are; whether you are on the Shetland islands or the South Shetland Islands, or the places between, Wikishire is a growing guide on all you need to know about the British and Irish lands.

Tell the world what you love about your home. Each shire, from Kent to Kerry is here, with ever-growing detail; if your town or village is not in Wikishire, or if something important is missed out, then log on, then -

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To begin, you can peruse the list of counties of the UK or Republic of Ireland, or even go directly to a random page! To accompany the encyclopædia we also have an interactive map of the counties of the British Isles. We also have Resources for GIS including KML files and postcode lookup tools.

Today's featured image is:

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal at the Standedge Tunnel, Yorkshire

Huddersfield Narrow Canal

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal is an inland waterway in the West Riding of Yorkshire and southern Lancashire, which runs just under twenty miles from Huddersfield to Ashton-under-Lyne. It crosses the Pennines by means of seventy-four locks and the Standedge Tunnel.

Operation ceased on the canal in the 1960s, but after restoration work the canal was fully re-opened to navigation in 2001, if for leisure craft, not its original industrial transport. (Read more)

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A wiki is a collaborative website with certain standard functions allowing easy editing of pages by anyone. At Wikishire, you may log on and start work right away.

Few things stay still for long, and here you can keep updating or improving the articles. A wiki is a constant work in progress.