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  • ...and pier all on land reclaimed from the sea, and at the highest tides the sea occasionally seeks to take its own back. The Pavilion standing out on the [[File:Scotland Rothesay bordercropped.jpeg|thumb|The sea front at Rothesay]]
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  • From its source at 1,770 feet above sea level on the upper slopes of Bryn Garw in the [[Cambrian Mountains]] the Irfon fl
    3 KB (417 words) - 22:54, 1 March 2016
  • ...highly visible landmarks. Atop Grinlow Hill 1,441 feet (439 m) above sea level) is Grinlow Tower (locally also called "Solomon's Temple"), a two-storey gr
    14 KB (2,206 words) - 12:12, 23 June 2018
  • ...area of relatively high ground, ranging around 500 to 1,000 feet above sea level and crossed by Britain's main north-south watershed between the basins of t
    34 KB (4,887 words) - 11:07, 10 February 2023
  • ...ood.jpg|thumb|left|A stone plaque on Bridge Street showing the flood water level]] ..., causing 23 deaths. Several stone plaques in the town show the high water level reached. Other, less devastating floods occurred on 25 June and 20 July in
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  • ...carucate. Dunwich nevertheless remained a busy seaport until 1286, when a sea surge hit the East Anglian coast ...of the town had been lost, and most of the rest of Dunwich was lost to the sea over a period of 200–300 years through a form of coastal erosion known as
    12 KB (2,011 words) - 19:57, 5 October 2010
  • Horsham stands at some 160 feet above sea level in [[The Weald#The Low Weald|the Low Weald]], at the very western edge of t ...am in Parliament, and controlled the Eversfield Estate in [[St Leonards-on-Sea]], where the seaside promenade is named for the family.<ref>[http://www.nat
    12 KB (2,014 words) - 12:47, 5 February 2019
  • ...ills. The altitude of the town ranges from about 160 to 660 feet above sea level as it scrambles up the hill slope. The [[River Severn]] runs roughly north-
    7 KB (1,100 words) - 06:59, 1 June 2015
  • ...s '''the Tube'''. The latter term was originally applied only to the deep-level bored lines, along which run slightly lower, narrower trains along standard A deep level line running between ''Harrow and Wealdstone'' station and ''Elephant and C
    17 KB (2,485 words) - 22:49, 31 January 2023
  • ...ills of the [[Pennines]]. The city centre lies at about 206 feet above sea level, while the landscape around the city rises in the west towards [[Ilkley Moo
    28 KB (4,212 words) - 10:50, 30 March 2016
  • ...of sandstone hills rising up to a height of around 230&nbsp;feet above sea-level at Everton Hill, which represents the southern boundary of the [[West Lanca ...to choose county flowers and also city flowers for the major cities. The sea-holly was Liverpool's final choice.
    56 KB (8,428 words) - 11:13, 27 June 2016
  • ...ailway line in England, its Princetown terminus being 1,427 feet above sea level.
    8 KB (1,354 words) - 21:33, 27 October 2010
  • ...he Fleetwalk shopping mall, which features street level shops and an upper level shopping deck. The long curved building, which follows the street, is magno ...hing facilities with, underneath, a large public swimming bath open to the sea. The stone arches of this public bath can still be seen today and have been
    16 KB (2,556 words) - 10:38, 4 July 2019
  • ...'s ships. A temporary lighthouse 50 feet high was built 200 feet above sea level and lit on 11 October 1854. It was thought to be high and safe enough to wi
    4 KB (578 words) - 21:38, 26 May 2017
  • ...s across the fenland, of which the highest place is Ramsey Heights, at sea level. ...St Mary's. It is the highest place in the Parish of Ramsey; it is at sea level.
    11 KB (1,827 words) - 18:58, 27 January 2016
  • The summit, at 4,412&nbsp;feet above sea level, features the ruins of an observatory, which was permanently staffed betwee ...wn as the CIC Hut), a private mountain hut located at 2,230 feet above sea level, owned by the Scottish Mountaineering Club<ref name="CIC">{{cite web|url=ht
    30 KB (4,853 words) - 15:21, 12 March 2022
  • ...e trick was played, according to the ''Orkneyinga Saga'', by the legendary sea-king Beiti to claim a peninsula at Namdalseid in Norway.) ...ing of the reign of King Edgar of Scotland<ref>Woolf, Alex "The Age of the Sea-Kings: 900-1300" in Omand (2006) p. 101</ref>
    9 KB (1,436 words) - 20:33, 13 December 2016
  • ...in 1870, is much larger than the nearby horse, is about 500 feet above sea level. It is 240 feet long and unlike the other figures it is constructed from qu
    4 KB (648 words) - 22:21, 19 December 2019
  • ...dlife varies. The highest point is [[High Willhays]], 2,037 feet above sea level. The entire area is rich in antiquities and archaeology. ...rough [[Totnes]] below where it opens up into a long estuary, reaching the sea at [[Dartmouth]].
    25 KB (3,925 words) - 17:57, 9 April 2019
  • ...rchivedate =October 24, 2007|deadurl=yes}} </ref> In the 1980s and 1990s a sea wall was built around Weymouth Harbour and along the coast road in Preston; ...[[Castletown, Dorset|Castletown]]. Parts of Sandsfoot have fallen into the sea due to coastal erosion.<ref name="sandsfoot">{{cite web | year =2000 | url
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