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Today is 30th April 2025 .

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.

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Watford

Watford is a large town in Hertfordshire and the county's biggest commercial centre. Official estimates put its population at around 80,000. Along with nearby villages such as Croxley Green, Bushey, Rickmansworth, and Abbots Langley, it is within the ring of the M25 motorway but distinct and separated from the vast conurbation to the south.

The town stands on a low hill near the point at which the River Colne was forded by travellers between London and the Midlands; originally a pre-Roman trackway the route of which is still the line of the modern High Street. From small origins, Watford became an industrial hub and thence the Hertfordshire's major commercial town. (Read more)

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