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  • Scarborough
    ...on the [[North Sea]] coast, standing behind a bold, jutting headland into the [[North Sea]]. ...fs. The older part of the town lies around the harbour and is protected by the rocky headland.
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  • Derbyshire
    ...in the plain of the [[River Trent]] and its northern and western parts in the [[Peak District]] and its tributary hills. ...as long been an industrial region and encompasses suburbs and outgrowth of the [[Yorkshire]] city of [[Sheffield]].
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  • Lincolnshire
    [[File:Parts of Lincolnshire.svg|thumb|200px|The Parts of Lincolnshire]] ...land. It is a low-lying county with much drained fenland, particularly in the south-east.
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  • Somerset
    |picture=Cows in Orchard - geograph.org.uk - 94917.jpg |biggest town=[[Bristol]] ''(partly in Gloucestershire)''
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  • Warwickshire
    ...[[Manchester]] in [[Lancashire]] contests the title), and [[Coventry]] to the east is another major centre. ...s its name, is [[Warwick]], but its largest town by far is [[Birmingham]], the heart of a vast conurbation spreading over much of Warwickshire, Staffordsh
    12 KB (1,771 words) - 17:53, 3 July 2022
  • Worcestershire
    |picture=Great Malvern from the Hills - geograph.org.uk - 180560.jpg |picture caption=Great Malvern from the Hills
    12 KB (1,791 words) - 21:21, 28 February 2021
  • County Cavan
    |irish=Contae an Chabháin ...of the Republic of Ireland. Cavan lies along the border with the [[United Kingdom]].
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  • Builth Wells
    | picture caption =Bridge over the Wye at Builth Wells ...meeting of the [[River Wye]] and the River Irfon, in the upper reaches of the [[Wye Valley]].
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  • Llanwrtyd Wells
    ...aims to be the smallest town in Britain, a status argued with [[Fordwich]] in [[Kent]]. ...become known as the site of the "World Bog Snorkelling Championships" and the annual "Man versus Horse Marathon", and other such yearly events.
    2 KB (261 words) - 08:18, 20 October 2017
  • Buxton
    ...capital of the Peak District, stands between the lower, pastured hills and the forbidding High Peak. The main shopping street is pedestrianised, and has an indoor shopping centre.
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  • Birmingham
    ...ire portion accounts for 468,812; the Worcestershire portion, 435,033; and the Staffordshire portion 168,484. ...nurbation in Britain, with an overall population of 2,284,093 according to the 2001 census.<ref name="KSUA">{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/s
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  • Torquay
    ...n the west of the bay. It is a holiday resort, part of the area billed as "the English Riviera". ...'s population swells to around 200,000.<ref><cite>The New English Riviera, The Mayor's Vision For A New Torbay, Torbay Council Publication, 2007</cite></r
    16 KB (2,556 words) - 10:38, 4 July 2019
  • Hartlepool
    ...l''' is a town and port in [[County Durham]] standing on the north bank of the [[River Tees]]. ...Ordnance%20Survey%20of%20Scotland%20First%20Series Ordnance Survey plan of the 'Hartlepools']</ref>
    21 KB (3,333 words) - 16:24, 7 September 2014
  • Bournemouth
    |picture caption=The beach and pier at Bournemouth ...t does have a beach; seven miles of beaches stretching away either side of the town.
    21 KB (3,346 words) - 17:48, 14 January 2021
  • Gloucester
    ...estershire]] of which it is the [[county town]]. It stands on the banks of the [[River Severn]], some 32 mles above [[Bristol]]. ...town of the bank Cheltenham & Gloucester and historically was prominent in the aerospace industry.<ref>http://www.glosfirst.co.uk/docs/Technical%20Appendi
    19 KB (3,089 words) - 09:13, 30 March 2016
  • Cheltenham
    |picture caption=The Promenade, Cheltenham ...'''Cheltenham Spa''', is a spa town in [[Gloucestershire]], on the edge of the [[Cotswolds]].
    13 KB (1,943 words) - 08:19, 20 October 2017
  • Llandrindod Wells
    ...f local government. Before the 1860s the site of the town was common land in Cefnllys parish. The town is known locally as "Llandod".
    10 KB (1,577 words) - 08:17, 20 October 2017
  • Yorkshire Dales
    ...77 5721238c-Healaugh(CharlesRawding)Apr2006.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Healaugh in Swaledale]] ...kshire Dales" is generally used to refer specifically to the dales west of the [[Vale of York]].
    10 KB (1,572 words) - 16:55, 17 May 2018
  • The Wash
    [[File:The Wash, Heacham beach.jpg|thumb|300px|The Wash, as seen looking west from Heacham, just south of Hunstanton]] ...nd is among the largest estuaries in the [[United Kingdom]]. It is fed by the Rivers [[River Witham|Witham]], [[River Welland|Welland]], [[River Nene|Nen
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  • Bath
    |picture caption=The Royal Crescent in Bath ...is far older though: in the centre of the city is the Roman Bath built on the gushing hot water springs which are its origin and that of its name.
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  • Malvern Hills
    [[File:Malvern Hills in June 2005.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Malvern Hills in June, looking north]] The '''Malvern Hills''' are a range of hills in [[Worcestershire]] and [[Herefordshire]], with a small area of northern [[G
    26 KB (3,873 words) - 11:03, 30 January 2016
  • Grand Union Canal
    [[File:Grand Union Canal at Braunston.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The canal at Braunston, Northamptonshire]] ...and Union Canal - geograph.org.uk - 1397385.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Boats on the canal at Croxley Green]]
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  • Harrogate
    ...S Harlow Carr gardens, and Bettys Tea Rooms. From the town one can explore the nearby [[Yorkshire Dales]] national park. ...t to [[Knaresborough]], with which it forms a single urban area, and is in the [[River Nidd|Nidd valley]].
    15 KB (2,371 words) - 16:51, 29 January 2016
  • Royal Tunbridge Wells
    |picture caption=The Pantiles, the historic and tourist centre of the town ...], the sandstone geology of which is exemplified by the rock formations at the Wellington Rocks and High Rocks.
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  • Doncaster
    ...[[Yorkshire]] and its suburbs reaching out toward the [[Isle of Axholme]] in [[Lincolnshire]]. ...mpus, currently the largest education investment of its kind in the United Kingdom.
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  • Saltash
    ...It is one of the larger towns of Cornwall, swollen by its connection with the City of Plymouth. ..."the gateway to Cornwall" for the ferries from Devon and two bridges cross the broad Tamar here.
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  • Tenbury Wells
    |picture=The Pump Rooms, Tenbury Wells.jpg |picture caption=The Tenbury Wells Pump Rooms
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  • Droitwich
    ...ich''' or '''Droitwich Spa''' is a town in [[Worcestershire]], standing on the [[River Salwarpe]]. ...; this is the result of the subsidence of the ground beneath the centre of the town due to salt extraction.
    12 KB (1,936 words) - 21:06, 28 January 2016
  • List of Queen Elizabeth II Fields
    ...Elizabeth Fields''', set forth county by county. All are in the [[United Kingdom]]. The list is presented as in February 2013, though other fields may be designated as time goes on.
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  • Seaham
    ...in [[County Durham]], 6 miles south of [[Sunderland]] and 13 miles east of the county town, [[Durham]]. ...irgin is regarded as one of the 20 oldest surviving churches in the United Kingdom.
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  • Ilkley Moor
    ...sea level at {{map|SE114452}}, and is world-famous as the inspiration for the [[Yorkshire]] "county anthem" ''On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at''. This is a place far removed from the industrial towns of Yorkshire not far beyond; wild, bleak and beautiful.
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  • Peak District
    ...rder, though it is conventional to assign all beyond that county border to the Staffordshire Moorlands. ...city of [[Derby]], and becoming higher and more forbidding to the north. The High Peak by contrast is uncompromising fell country, high, steep, wind-bla
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  • New Forest
    [[File:Beaulieu river at longwater lawn.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The Beaulieu River near Lyndhurst]] ...rgest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in the heavily populated south-east of Great Britain.
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  • National Cycle Network
    [[File:Openstreetmap-ncn-20111013-hires.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Map of the National Cycle Network]] [[File:Bristol-Bath Cyclepath 08.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Bristol & Bath Railway Path]]
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  • M5 motorway
    [[File:M5 motorway, Cullompton.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The M5 near Cullompton, Devon]] ...king into a smaller hub of routes around the conurbation of Birmingham and the Black Country.
    18 KB (2,381 words) - 10:34, 17 May 2018
  • Llangammarch Wells
    | picture = Cammarch Hotel, Llangammarch Wells in 2006.jpg ...' is a village in the parish of Llangammarch, [[Brecknockshire]], lying on the [[River Irfon]].
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  • Minsmere
    ...rea of marshes and broads. Once Minsmere was inhabited, but all traces of the village and abbey here have vanished. ...RSPB reserve, in the marshes where Leiston Abbey once stood. All is within the ‘Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’.
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  • Gilsland
    |constituency=Hexham /<br/>Penrith and The Border ...t of [[Hexham]] in Northumberland, and about 18 miles east of [[Carlisle]] in Cumberland.
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  • List of place names with royal patronage
    ...ch as "King's" or "Regis" that relate to historic ownership of the area by the Crown. ...the practice.<ref>{{cite news|title=Royal Boroughs|date=26 April 1926|work=The Times|page=16}}</ref>
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  • Matlock Bath
    |picture caption=Matlock Bath, viewed from the [[Heights of Abraham]] ...e resort, and it has just that appearance in the cheap resort shops lining the street, if without a sea to be beside.
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  • Leamington Hastings
    '''Leamington Hastings''' is a small village and parish in the [[Knightlow]] hundred of [[Warwickshire]]. ...he A426 road between Rugby and [[Southam]]. To the north of the village is the Draycote Water reservoir.
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  • Harbury
    |post town=Leamington Spa ...The parish includes the hamlet of Deppers Bridge. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,420.<ref name="2011 census">{{NOMIS2011 |id= 11702
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