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Today is 1st January 2026

Happy New Year.

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 -

Add it and Edit

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:

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceans. It lies to the west of the British Isles and reaches southward to the Falkland Islands and the Southern Ocean. With a total area of about 41,000,000 square miles, the Atlantic covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area.

The ocean contains numerous islands including the British Isles themselves, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Ascension St Helena, Ascension, and in the south the Falklands and South Georgia, while Gibraltar marks the gateway between the ocean and the Mediterranean. (Read more)

Recently featured: Out Skerries • Whissendine • Kyle of Sutherland

What is a wiki?

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.

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