Main Page

Welcome to Wikishire

Today is 7th April 2026 .

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:

File:Dove Cottage - geograph.org.uk - 70618.jpg

Dove Cottage, Westmorland

Dove Cottage

Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in a green bowl amongst the high fells of Westmorland.

The cottage is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth from December 1799 to May 1808, the cottage where they spent over eight years of "plain living, but high thinking". During this period, William wrote much of the poetry for which he is remembered today, including his Ode: Intimations of Immortality, Ode to Duty, My Heart Leaps Up and I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, together with parts of his autobiographical epic, The Prelude. (Read more)

Recently featured: St George's, Bermuda • Ecclefechan • Milnathort

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.

Main Page

Dove Cottage

What is a wiki?

Navigation menu

Search