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Today is 19th February 2026 .
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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:

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The River Skell in Studley Royal Park, Yorkshire

Studley Royal Park

Studley Royal Park is an extensive landscaped park in the North Riding of Yorkshire and in which are contained a mansion and the ruins of Fountains Abbey, one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in Britain; all within exquisite landscape in the meadows of the River Skell, just west of Ripon.

The park is a World Heritage Site of 798 acres representing the endeavours of several ages: a great mediæval monastery, a Jacobean mansion, a deer park, an 18th-century landscaped garden and a Victorian church. (Read more)

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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.