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• Marlborough
  ...d from [[London]] to [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]. It is reputed to have one of the widest high-streets in Britain: second only to [[Stockton-on-Tees]]. ...e town, and in the rebuilding the High Street became what is claimed to be the widest in England after Stockton's. This allows ample space for a local mar
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• Leith
  | picture caption=Harbour in the Water of Leith ...of Edinburgh at the mouth of the [[Water of Leith]] on the south shore of the [[Firth of Forth]].
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• Braemar
  |picture caption=Braemar from the hills ...of [[Aberdeen]]. It is the closest sizable village to the upper course of the [[River Dee, Aberdeenshire|River Dee]] sitting at an altitude of 1,110 feet
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• Edinburgh
  ...close to the [[Firth of Forth]], its port, [[Leith]], on the south side of the water looking out toward [[Fife]]. ...story, commerce and academia, while across the Princes Street Gardens lies the grand Georgian New Town, all together making Edinburgh a city magnificent i
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• St Clears
  ...ugh there is a marked difference between the southern and northern ends of the town in percentage terms. The town has a variety of local shops including two prize-winning traditional b
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• Brampton, Cumberland
  |constituency=Penrith and The Border ...d 2 miles south of [[Hadrian's Wall]]. It is a popular base for exploring the country round Hadrian’s Wall.
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• Furness
  [[File:Coniston from Old Man.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Coniston from the Old Man]] ...ashire North of the Sands', Accessed August 20, 2006.</ref> Furness forms the North Lonsdale hundred.
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• Downpatrick
  ...is named, the town's name is from ''Dún'' meaning "stronghold", to which the missionary saint's name has been added. ...umber of primary and post-primary schools educating students from all over the east Downshire area.
  11 KB (1,709 words) - 12:36, 30 April 2018
• Bangor, County Down
  ...ive], UTV News, 3 August 2007</ref> Bangor was granted [[List of cities in the United Kingdom|city status]] by Letters Patent on 2 December 2022.<ref>{{Ci ...y the A2 road and a direct railway line. Bangor is 13½&nbsp;miles east of the heart of Belfast and thirty minutes by train or bus with George Best Belfas
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• Holywood
  '''Holywood''' is a town on the north coast of [[County Down]]. It lies on the shore of [[Belfast Lough]], between [[Belfast]] and [[Bangor, County Down|B Holywood Exchange and Belfast City Airport are nearby. The town hosts an annual jazz and blues festival.
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• Cumbernauld
  ...eated in 1956 as a population overspill for the City of [[Glasgow]]. It is the eighth most populous settlement in Scotland. ...place where streams flow west into the [[River Clyde|Clyde]] and east into the [[River Forth|Forth]]. Cumbernauld was long a trysting place for cattle dr
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• Beith
  |picture=Beith Auld Kirk and The Cross - geograph.org.uk - 34617.jpg |picture caption=Beith Auld Kirk and The Cross
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• Nuneaton
  ...as a local centre for the surrounding towns and villages. The town lies on the [[River Anker]]. ...e marked as viewpoints on Ordnance Survey maps. In particular one point to the west of Hartshill Hayes Country Park gives views north to [[Atherstone]] an
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• Shirley, Warwickshire
  |picture=St James the Great, Shirley - geograph.org.uk - 85912.jpg |picture caption=St. James the Great Church, Stratford Road, Shirley
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• Harlow
  ...t|Stort Valley]], and close to the M11 motorway. It is considered part of the London commuter belt. ...agan temple remains have been found. Often a temple's remains lie beneath the church that superseded it.
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• Buckley, Flintshire
  ...f [[Ewloe]], [[Alltami]] and [[Mynydd Isa]]. The town is on the A549 road; the larger A55 road passes nearby. ...ntshire in terms of population after Connah's Quay. According to the 2001, the community had a total population of 14,568.
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• Prestatyn
  ...shire]]. It stands on the [[Irish Sea]] coast, to the east of [[Rhyl]]. At the 2001, Prestatyn had a population of 18,496.<ref name=2001Census>{{citation| ...e of [[Meliden]], have revealed the existence of early human habitation in the area.
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• Isle of Arran
  ...e]] peninsula and so might be better classed simply amongst the islands of the Firth. ...s a "geologist's paradise".<ref name=HSmith>Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) ''The Scottish Islands''. Edinburgh. Canongate. ISBN 1841954543</ref>
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• Vale of White Horse
  [[File:White Horse 1 db.jpg|right|thumb|350px|From White Horse Hill down to the Vale]] ...|White Horse of Uffington]], a huge and mysterious hill figure carved into the chalk hillside above Uffington.
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• Canterbury
  |picture caption=Butchery Lane and the Cathedral ...ral city which lies on the [[River Stour, Kent|River Stour]]. It has been the chief seat of English Christianity since Augustine's mission in 597.
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