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  • ...lands]]. It stands on the south shore of [[Stanley Harbour]] on the island of [[East Falkland]]. ...f East Falkland's road network. Several bus and taxi companies operate out of Stanley.
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  • '''Usk''' is a small town in [[Monmouthshire]], standing 10 miles north-east of [[Newport, Monmouthshire|Newport]]. Usk is noted for its rural setting, tranquil lifestyle and quality of life. It feels more like a village than a town. The [[River Usk]], from whi
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  • ...miles south-east of [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] and 10 miles south-west of [[Windsor]]. ...was designated a new town in 1949 and developed accordingly. Very little of the pre-existing village remains.
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  • ...[[Houghton Regis]], form the Luton-Dunstable urban area with a population of over 240,000.<ref name=pop2009>Luton Borough Council, [http://www.luton.gov ...deposits in the east of the town. Its economy increased to a wide variety of further industries in the twentieth century, including car making and engin
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  • ...A1 between [[Cambridge]] and [[Bedford]]. The area is dominated by a range of hills known as the Sand Hills. The [[River Ivel]] runs through Sandy. The dedication of the parish church is to St Swithun.
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  • ...west through the town. The heart of the town stands all on the north side of the river, the newer residential areas up the hills to its south. ...dford Square, was formerly the local residence of the Dukes of Bedford and of their local agent. Tavistock’s most famous son is Sir Francis Drake,<ref>
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  • ...ashire's northernmost large town and the chief town of '''Lancashire North of the Sands'''. ...ay from the coast. Ten miles or so to the north-east is the southern edge of the [[Lake District]].
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  • ...ites with the alluvial lands at the mouth of the Conon, 14 miles northwest of [[Inverness]] It was once an east-coast port, before the sea receded and le ...es as the junction. Dingwall Station is served by some 26 trains a day, 14 of which go to Inverness.
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  • ...is a market town in [[Dorset]]. Located near the coast at the western end of [[Chesil Beach]], where the [[River Brit]] is joined by the [[Asker River|A Bridport has been subject of articles where it was nicknamed "Notting Hill on Sea"<ref>*[http://observer
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  • ...related, providing accommodation and facilities for the tens of thousands of people visiting the area each year. In the centre of the town stands the Moot Hall, which acts as its focal point and the centre
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  • | picture caption = Millport Bay across to the [[Isle of Arran]] ...the island of [[Great Cumbrae]], an island of [[Buteshire]] in the [[Firth of Clyde]]. The town is four miles south from the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry s
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  • ...ubilee. It is a rare example of a new town built afresh, not an expansion of an existing core, though it does incorporate pre-existing towns within its ...s name from the existing [[Milton Keynes Village]], lying a few miles east of Central Milton Keynes (the planned centre).
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  • ...algarth''' is a small market town in [[Brecknockshire]], with a population of around 2,000 people. ...al accounts, Talgarth was the capital of the early mediæval Welsh Kingdom of ''Brycheiniog''.
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  • ...n, the location of Enniskillen Castle, is on an island between two streams of the [[River Erne]]. ...ting and watersports, due to its place by Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,599 in the 2001 Census.
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  • ...market town of [[Lindsey]], [[Lincolnshire]]. It is known as "the capital of the [[Lincolnshire Wolds]]". The town grew up where the ancient trackway ' ...s point is marked with a plaque on the north side of the street, just east of the junction with ''Northgate''.
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  • | picture = View of Glasgow from Queens Park.jpg ...the title of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin and thus the "Kelvin" unit of temperature.
    33 KB (5,163 words) - 10:45, 30 March 2016
  • ...]. It stands in the middle of the county on the [[River Great Ouse]], one of the three towns in the county so to do. ...holme, the largest grass meadow in the land, an island between the streams of the Great Ouse.
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  • ...est known as the site of Southwell Minster, the cathedral of the [[Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham]], which covers Nottinghamshire. Its population is The town stands on the [[River Greet]], some 14 miles northeast of [[Nottingham]].
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  • ...shopping, markets, civic and cultural activities. The latter is much more of a tourist destination, with the former being much more locally oriented. ...towns, the wool trade was also prominent here, leading to the construction of the well-lit St Mary's Church.
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  • ...s Panorama Fields.jpg|fullwidth=1000|caption=Rolling hills and farm fields of the Cotswolds landscape}} ...[[Worcestershire]]. The hills have been designated as the Cotswold "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty".
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