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  • Berkshire
    ...Queen in 1958, and letters patent were issued confirming it in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/collections/jubilee/jubile ...change was officially approved with effect from the summer of 1869. {{cite news |title=Berkshire Quarter Sessions |author= |newspaper=Jackson's Oxford Jour
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  • Scarborough
    ...of Europe|last=Asquith|first=Ed|date=14 May 2009|work=Scarborough Evening News|accessdate=2009-05-15}}</ref> and However the dominant theme of the town is {{cite web
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  • Menai Strait
    ...status as a ''Special Area of Conservation with marine components''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2007-12-05f.170889.h&s=mena ...Bridge Website] Menai Bridge Town Partnership Website with details on the news, council, events and businesses of Menai Bridge
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  • Cornwall
    ...n. Recent years have seen revived interest in the Cornish language.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cornish Language Development Project - Evaluation - Final Re {{cite book
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  • Devon
    ...von as ''culm'', or from the contortions commonly found in the beds.<ref>{{cite book|last=Edmonds|first=E. A.|coauthors=McKeown, M. C.; Williams, M.|others ...olives commercially.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weather/article1785059.ece|title=Britain warms to the taste for home-grown
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  • Dorset
    ...Dorset coast from the Devon border to South Haven Point near Poole.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southwestcoastpath.com/main/sections/index.cfm?fsa=dspSe ...ondon Clay) with wide flood plains.<ref name="Geology of Britain Viewer">{{cite web |url=http://maps.bgs.ac.uk/geologyviewer_google/googleviewer.html |titl
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  • Blackpool
    {{cite web ...oad, St.Annes Road and Highfield Road.<ref name="Blackpool Tourism">{{cite news|title=Blackpool History |publisher=Blackpool Tourist Office |url=http://www
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  • Essex
    ...19th and 14th richest towns in the United Kingdom respectively.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3361038/Britains-richest-towns-20- ...of the political term ''Essex man'', and of the ''Essex girl'' joke.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Elliott |first=Michael |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/arti
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  • Boa Island
    Boa is the largest island in Lough Erne, approximately 5 miles long,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fermanaghlakelands.com/Portals/3/downloads/Find%20Ferman ...wnland of [[Dreenan]] in [[Fermanagh]], at {{getmapecho|H08526197}}.<ref>{{cite web | title=Dreenan (Boa Island) | work=Environment and Heritage Service NI
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  • Glamorgan
    ...al mine closes with celebration | accessdate = 2009-12-26| publisher = BBC News | date=2008-01-25}}</ref> A few small drift mines like Unity Mine, formerly *{{cite book|last=Conduit|first=Brian|title=Brecon Beacons and Glamorgan Walks|publ
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  • Hampshire
    ...Hampshire has historically been referred to as ''Southamptonshire''<ref>{{cite book | last = Cox | first = Thomas | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = M ....<ref>[[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC News]], 5 May 2004. ''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3684291.stm UK counties choose floral emblems]''.</
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  • Herefordshire
    ...in the county, as some people see them as a "blot on the landscape".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polytunnelcontrol.org.uk/press.htm |title=CPC&nbsp;— P ...l emblems'&#39;, BBC News online, accessed October 31, 2007 |publisher=BBC News |date=2004-05-05 |accessdate=2010-09-25}}</ref>
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  • Kent
    ...] is the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.<ref name="downs">{{cite web | title=Kent Downs | publisher=KentDowns.org | url=http://www.kentdowns ...the English Channel where similar coalfields are located.<ref name="gkb">{{cite web | title=Geology of Kent and Boulonnais | publisher=The Geology Shop | u
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  • Whitstable
    ...here salt-making and coastal trade were carried out.<ref name="agrarian">{{cite book | last=Hallam, et al|first=|title=The Agrarian history of England and ...built there in 1325 to prevent coastal flooding.<ref name="1000 - 1500">{{cite web | title=1000 - 1500 | publisher=Canterbury City Council | url=http://
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  • Leicestershire
    ...ending in 2007 making it the largest British regional food festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastmidlandsfoodfestival.co.uk/ |title=East Midlands Foo * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leicester/hi/ Leicester News]
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  • Lincolnshire
    ...shed on Tue May 13 09:56:11 BST 2008 |url=http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/UPDATED-Fenland-Foods-workers-to.4075959.jp |title=UPDATED: Fenland Foods w ...he unique smoking methods used by certain local fish companies.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article
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  • Norfolk
    ...ct of climate change.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3642929.ece|publisher=''The Times''|title=Climate change
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  • Nottinghamshire
    ...heap left by the former Silverhill colliery, which reaches 672 feet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livefortheoutdoors.com/Destinations/Search-Results/UK/En ...tle=Laser to scan Robin Hood's prison under Nottingham city |publisher=BBC News |date=2010-04-20 |accessdate=2010-09-25}}</ref>
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  • Orkney
    ...pushes back date of Orcadian site"] (3 November 2007) Stone Pages Archaeo News. Retrieved 6 September 2009.</ref> ...ral events, the Festival of the Horse and the Boys' Ploughing Match.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orcadian.co.uk/features/articles/ploughingmatch.htm|titl
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  • Yell
    ...in a peat blanket, often as much as 10 feet thick,<ref name=undiscovered>{{cite web|url=http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/yell/yell/index.html|title=Ye ...ws| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/04/06/db0601.xml | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=
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  • Colinton
    ...name="burnet">JJ Burnet retired to 55 Woodhall Road where he died in 1938{{cite web|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=225999|ti ...er house of Graeme Souness<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1285361/Fred-Shred-Ex-RBS-boss-returns-Scotland-buying-3-5m-WAG-dre
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  • Surrey
    ...d on 24 March 1603. From Richmond, Sir Robert Carey pelted north to bring news to King James in [[Edinburgh]] of his succession to the crown. * {{cite web |url=http://uk.geocities.com/guildfordian2002/AngloSaxon/PrinceAlfred.h
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  • Tweed Bridge, Peebles
    ...ding or maintenance of an existing one.<ref name=et/><ref name=can/><ref>{{cite book|last=Renwick|first=Robert|title=Peebles: Burgh and Parish in Early His ...but these were removed when the Peebles Railway was built.<ref name=can>{{cite web |url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/51465/details/peebles+tweed+b
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  • Yorkshire
    ...ture of Yorkshire, ranging from its history to its own dialect.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www2.army.mod.uk/yorkshire_regiment/regiment/history/battle_hono ...]] which reaches the North Sea via the Humber Estuary.<ref name="rivers">{{cite book | year = 1992 | title = Yorkshire Rivers: A Canoeists Guide | publis
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  • County Clare
    ...he population of the county is 117,196 according to the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2011/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=CTY&Geog_Cod ...ty Galway]] to the north. Clare's nickname is ''the Banner County''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/ACounty/Clare.html |title=Cla
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  • County Kilkenny
    ...the 21st largest in terms of population.<ref name="Corry 2005 186–191">{{cite book| first=Eoghan| last=Corry| title=The GAA Book of Lists| publisher=Hodd {{Cite journal
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  • County Laois
    ...s 32 counties in area and also 23rd largest in terms of population.<ref>{{cite book| first=Eoghan| last=Corry| title=The GAA Book of Lists| publisher=Hodd ...tandChallenges_FEB08.pdf | accessdate=2008-06-28}}</ref> as follows:<ref>{{cite web | title=Draft Stradbally Town Plan | work=Laois County Council | url=h
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  • County Mayo
    ...1 census.<ref name="STATISTICAL TABLES Census 2011 – Town and Country">{{cite web|url=http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/documents/census2011vol1and ...eland's 32 counties in area and 15th largest in terms of population.<ref>{{cite book| first=Eoghan| last=Corry| title=The GAA Book of Lists| publisher=Hodd
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  • County Offaly
    ...s 32 counties by area and the 24th largest in terms of population.<ref>{{cite book| first=Eoghan| last=Corry| title=The GAA Book of Lists| publisher=Hodd ...which date to between 6,800 - 6,000 BCE.<ref name="Activities in Ofally">{{cite web
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  • County Roscommon
    ...title=Roscommon tops life expectancy study |date=12 August 2008 |work=RTÉ News |publisher=RTÉ Commercial Enterprises |location=Dublin |accessdate=19 Augu
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  • County Wexford
    ...olmens) exist at Ballybrittas (on Bree Hill)<ref name="TombBallybrittas">{{cite web |url= http://www.megalithomania.com/show/image/2148/Ballybrittas.htm }}</ref> and at Newbawn<ref name="TombNewbawn">{{cite web |url= http://www.megalithomania.com/show/image/7881/Newbawn.htm
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  • County Wicklow
    ...d Joy|location=London|page=v}}</ref> and 15th largest by population.<ref>{{cite book| first=Eoghan| last=Corry| title=The GAA Book of Lists| publisher=Hodd ...rom ''Barry Lyndon'' to ''Haywire'', have been filmed in the county.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wicklowfilmcommission.com/filmhistory.htm |title=Wicklo
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  • Terminology of the British Isles
    ...o official definitions, but Scotland has over 790 offshore islands - see {{cite book| author=Haswell-Smith, Hamish| year=2004| title=The Scottish Islands| ...tyleguide/page/0,,184840,00.html Guardian Unlimited Style Guide], Guardian News and Media Limited, 2007</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">"Great Britain", Ne
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  • Abingdon
    ...places that claim to be Britain's oldest continuously-occupied town<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/abingdon.html|title=Abingd ...ber 1980, when British Leyland closed it as part of rationalisation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishv8.org/Articles/Abingdon-For-MG-Enthusiasts.htm
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  • Roybridge
    ...Ruaidh'', meaning, appropriately enough, "the bridge over the Roy".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Gaelic/placenamesP-Z.pdf| title= ...n Roybridge, prior to emigrating to Australia.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Saintly-daughter-of-Scotland-honoured.6585457.jp |t
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  • Aberdeen
    ...tal of Europe'' or the ''Energy Capital of Europe''.<ref name="uni-abdn">{{cite web |url=http://www.abdn.ac.uk/central/abdn/|title=About Aberdeen|publisher ...seaport is the largest in the north-east of Scotland.<ref name="seaport">{{cite web |url=http://uk.archiseek.com/scotland/aberdeen/index.html|archiveurl=ht
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  • Fraserburgh
    .../1/hi/scotland/north_east/5255716.stm Trawlermen land haul of support] BBC News, August 8, 2006</ref> ...oet of the Scottish literary renaissance<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-bruce-749745.html George Bruce Poet of the Scottish liter
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  • Cleethorpes
    ...of the Parish of Clee is thought to come from a local word for clay.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53616 |title=I ...By the time of the 1801 census the population was 284.<ref name=timeline>{{cite web |url=http://www.cleethorpesuk.com/timeline.php?id=301&f=Cleethorpes |ti
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  • Dundee
    ...ts.gla.ac.uk/2081/1/languagepictland.pdf | accessdate =2009-01-27 }}<br>{{ cite web | author= Pont, T. | title =Lower Angus and Perthshire east of the Tay. ...ontinuously occupied since the Middle Stone Age.<ref name="Stannergate">{{ cite web | author = Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of
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  • Arbroath
    ...s well as the [[#Arbroath Smokies|Arbroath Smokie]].<ref name="brhisabb">{{cite web|url=http://www.angus.gov.uk/history/features/2004-08-oldarbroath.htm |t {{cite book
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  • Montrose
    ...industry. It is known for its wide thoroughfare and high street<ref>{{cite news | title = Montrose High Street| curly = y | url = http://www.montrosereview ...entral/5051746.stm |title=Historic golf course erosion fear |publisher=BBC News |date=5 April 2006 |accessdate=3 January 2010}}</ref>
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  • Belfast
    ...river bank and Bridge Street to the site of an early Farset bridge.<ref>{{cite web | title = Belfast City: Did you know? | work = Discover Ireland | publi ...eill, a 16th-century chieftain who controlled the area at that time.<ref>{{cite web | title = About the Cave Hill | publisher = The Cave Hill Conservation
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  • Milton, Cambridgeshire
    ...d static and according to the 2001 census it was still around 4,275.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/0DEE0DFE-F07D-4095-81 The Cambridge Science Park lies within the parish boundaries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milton.org.uk/businesses.html|title=Businesses in Milton
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  • Loch Leven, Kinross-shire
    ...he is supposed to have landed after her escape from the castle.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.londonancestor.com/bells/1827-relics.htm|title=Ancient Relic
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  • Newry
    ...racting large numbers of shoppers from as far away as [[Cork]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/david-mckittrick-the ...uros enjoy a currency discount averaging 30 percent or more"''.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/world/europe/18ireland.html | work=T
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  • Chepstow
    ...after-landslide.5822158.jp Rail delays after landslide, Edinburgh Evening News]</ref> ...pubs, and 15 restaurants and cafes.<ref>[http://chepstow.towncrier.org.uk/news/31/84 Chepstow Town Crier]</ref> Chepstow Community Hospital was opened in
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  • Hawarden
    ...rden, which includes Ewloe, was 13,539.<ref name="2001 Census: Hawarden">{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView. .../1/hi/wales/north_east/3388685.stm|title=Star's old home for sale|work=BBC News|accessdate=3 April 2008 | date=12 January 2004}}</ref>
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  • Todmorden
    ...therhill became the last person to be publicly hanged in Manchester.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/victorian/poplit/curiosities/small/c *{{cite book |author=Nicolaisen W. F. H., Gelling M., & Richards M. |title=The Name
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  • Stanley, Falkland Islands
    ...r Platinum Jubilee |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61505857 |access-date=2022-05-20}} ...anley received the letters patent, formally awarding it city status.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Page 11466 {{!}} Issue 63732, 17 June 2022 {{!}} London Gazette
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  • Manchester
    ...to be Britain's second city.<ref name="Second city">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2253035.stm|title=Manchester 'England's second city' <br />• {{Cite web | url= http://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/p
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  • Tredegar
    ...movement.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/3812011.stm BBC NEWS | Wales | South East Wales | Arson destroys historic pavilion<!-- Bot gener ...ilt at Tredegar Works and made its maiden trip on December 17, 1829.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tredegar.co.uk/history/|title=Transaport|publisher=Trede
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  • Reading
    ...me=readinglanguage>{{cite web | url = http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2845343/Reading-is-the-town-with-127-different-languages.html | title = The ...ngas''), from an Anglo-Saxon tribe whose name means "Reada's People"<ref>{{cite book |first=Kenneth|last=Cameron|title=English Place Names|publisher=Taylor
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  • Luton
    ...ded in the [[Domesday Book]] as ''Loitone'' and also as ''Lintone''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/bedfordshire2.html|title=Doomsday boo ...le was built in 1139 (now Castle Street) but was demolished in 1154.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shoutluton.com/page8.html |title=Luton Castle only laste
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  • Dunstable
    ...the town's name was ''Durocobrivis'' or possibly ''Durocobrivae''. <ref>{{cite book|author=Rivet, A. L. F. and Smith, C.|title=The Place Names of Roman Br ...al satisfaction that the new community bore his name.<ref name="Brewers">{{cite book|title=Brewer's dictionary of Fame and Fable|edtion=1st|editor=Adrian R
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  • Tavistock
    ...eir local agent. Tavistock’s most famous son is Sir Francis Drake,<ref>{{cite book|last=Turner|first=Michael|title=In Drake's Wake - The Early Voyages|pu ...and the cheese shop behind the Pannier market. In 2006 the town was in the news for having successfully cold-shouldered to closure the local branch of the
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  • Wick
    ...lified for the record because it did not have a full postal address.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6101968.stm
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  • Barrow-in-Furness
    ...n air force looking to disable the town's shipbuilding capabilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/september2.html |title=The Battle of ...name with ''barro-'' and Old English or Old Norse ''ey'' ("island").<ref>{{cite book |last= Mills|first= David|title= The Place Names of Lancashire|year= 1
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  • Ullapool
    ...founded in 1788 as a herring port by the British Fisheries Society.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ullapool-harbour.co.uk/publick/history.jsp |title=History | ....uk/2/hi/science/nature/7314329.stm Biggest UK space impact found] — BBC News
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  • Portrush
    *Air Show: held each year at the beginning of September.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niinternationalairshow.co.uk|title=Northern Ireland Inte ...al years and does great credit to the RNLI's popularity in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portrushrnli/|title=Portrush Royal National Lifeboat Ins
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  • Giant's Causeway
    ...determined by the speed at which lava from a volcanic eruption cools<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Toronto (2008, December 25). Mystery of Hexagonal ...alled the Thulean Plateau, which formed during the paleogene period.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Laurent|last1=Geoffroy|first2=Françoise|last2=Bergerat|firs
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  • Amersham
    ...Tuesday and establishing a statute fair on 19 September.<ref name="hunt">{{cite book | last =Hunt | first =J | title =A History of Amersham | publisher =Ph * [http://www.amersham.org.uk/ Amersham News, Views & Information]
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  • Slough
    ...Council's planning committee on 9 July 2009.<ref>[http://www.slough.gov.uk/news/articles/19344.aspx Heart of Slough planning approval]</ref> Work is schedu ...Centre in Farnham Road, Slough<ref>[http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/article-14142-progress-for-heart-of-slough-project/<Progress for Heart of S
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  • Filey
    {{cite web | url = http://www.fileymercury.co.uk/floods/BREAKING-NEWS-Floods-hit.3041242.jp
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  • Hay-on-Wye
    ...Wye to be an 'independent kingdom' with himself as its monarch.<ref>{{cite news ...second-hand book lovers and this transformed the local economy"<ref>{{cite news
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  • Yarm
    ...s High Street was voted the "Best High Street".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/6262159.stm|title=High Street Blues|pub ...serious structural damage.<ref>[http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2010/03/01/leven-bridge-cracks-cause-chaos-84229-25936481/]</ref>
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  • Strangford Lough
    ...reland/7790494.stm| title=Tidal energy system on full power| publisher=BBC News | accessdate=13 September 2009 | date=18 December 2008}}</ref> ...rtaferry Ferry landing.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.oceanflowenergy.com/news-details.aspx?id=6| publisher=Ocean Flow Energy Ltd| title=First Testing of
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  • London
    ...Mastercard}}</ref> and has the largest city GDP in Europe.<ref name="UN">{{Cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unup/index.asp?panel=2|title=World Urbanization P London is the World's most visited city <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.euromonitor.com/Top_150_City_Destinations_London_Leads_the_W
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  • Birmingham
    ...ll population of 2,284,093 according to the 2001 census.<ref name="KSUA">{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=8271&More ...fourth-most visited city by foreign visitors in the United Kingdom,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=178 |title=National
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  • Kirkcaldy
    ...''Kirkcaldy Remembered'', p.49.</ref><ref name="Fife Festival of Music">{{cite web |url=http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/events/index.cfm?fuseaction=event.dis ...e of Kirkcaldy is a conservation area.<ref name="conversation area">{{cite news |title=Conversation Area granted |publisher="The Fife Free Press" |page=1 |
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  • Stroud
    ...ef>[http://archive.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/2004/10/13/1127.html] Stroud News and Journal</ref> The Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty surrounds ...y. Jasper Conran called Stroud 'the Covent Garden of the Cotswolds',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stroudtown.com/|title= Stroud Town Centre}}</ref> the Da
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  • Louth, Lincolnshire
    ...ion of independent retailers, in particular specialist grocers.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/healthyeating/3338353/Shop-loc ...rth Sea to the east and northwards to the Humber estuary and beyond.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louthmuseum.co.uk/|title=Louth Museum|accessdate=2009-09
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  • Stonehaven
    ...on and became an important centre of the 19th century herring trade;<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townfirst184.html| title=Sto ...us article on Independent news website]</ref><ref>[http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/40791/life_on_earth_began_in_stonehaven/ Pneumodesmus article on sc
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  • Glasgow
    ...ancial centres and is home to many of Scotland's leading businesses.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/AboutGlasgow/Factsheets/| title=About ...oximately 2.3 million people, 41% of Scotland's population.<ref name=spt>{{cite web| url=http://www.spt.co.uk/Publications/interchange/issue07.html| archiv
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  • Banbury
    ...ef>{{cite news |title=John Brooke-Little |url= http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/community/obituaries/obits/695454.John_Brooke_Little/?ref=arc |newspaper=Ox ...mmar School (now Banbury School) for several years during the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Burgess… a brief life |url= http://www.anthonyburgess.org/abou
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  • Ludlow
    ...beneath the [[Clee Hills]] which are clearly visible from the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~jphb/shropshire/Ludlow_General.html|titl .... The parish church, St Laurence, is the largest in the county.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2006/10/04/et
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  • Witney
    ...-name "Witney" is derived from the Old English for "Witta's island".<ref>{{cite book |last=Ekwall |first=Eilert |authorlink=Eilert Ekwall |origyear=1936 |y ...the Virgin and Holy Trinity are now members of a single team parish.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.witneyteamparish.org.uk/ |title=Church of England Pari
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  • Woodstock
    ...alogues by Humfrey Wanley and Franciscus Junius make no mention of this. {{cite book |last=Griffiths |first=Bill |year=1991 |title=Alfred's Metres of Boeth ...when King Henry II gave Woodstock a Royal charter in 1179.<ref name=BBC>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/content/articles/2007/10/17/glyme_feat
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  • Dunwich
    ...{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7187239.stm | work=BBC News | title=Underwater city could be revealed | date=14 January 2008 | accessda
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  • Horsham
    ...standing 28&nbsp;ft high.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/hail-to-thee-blithe-spirit-1285416.html|title=Hail to thee, blithe spirit ...fenced off for repairs<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/Repairs-to-Horsham-fountain.4861180.jp|title=Repairs to Horsham fountain|da
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  • Linlithgow
    ...an ambulance depot by Polish servicemen during the Second World War.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1st-mac.com/ |title=1ST MOTOR AMBULANCE CONVOY - The sto ...was-Black.3353034.jp |title=What! Mr Scott was Black Bitch? - Scotsman.com News |author=Grant Stott |date=9 March 2007 |publisher=[[The Scotsman]] |accessd
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  • Ambleside
    ...ularly travelled between Keswick and Kendal by way of Ambleside<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.golakes.co.uk/places/towns/ambleside-history.aspx|title=Hist
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  • Leeds
    ...ey, Horsforth, Alwoodley, Seacroft, Middleton and Morley.<ref name=UAmap>{{Cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_urban_north_pa ...the most spectacular scenery and countryside in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitbritain.co.uk/destinations/England/englands-north-c
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  • Liverpool
    ...the wider "Liverpool Urban Area", which has a population of 816,216.<ref>{{cite web |title= Key Statistics for urban areas in the North – Contents, Intro ...European Capital of Culture title together with Stavanger in Norway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/culture/pdf/doc1155_en.pdf|format=PDF|title=Rep
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  • St Ives, Huntingdonshire
    ...m|title=£8.8m flood defence scheme opened|date=22 June 2007|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=6 September 2009}}</ref> Building on the flood plain is now disc ...ilding were fought by an action group called "Action Corn Exchange".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foolsprofit.org/cx/documents/supplement.pdf|title=St Ive
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  • Exeter
    ...tiful and commanding elevation [and] its rapid and navigable river".<ref>{{cite book|last=Oliver|first=George|title=History of the City of Exeter|year=1861 ...sh Archaeology magazine|date=June 2002|accessdate=2008-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/02_romanfortress/bath_house.htm
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  • Plymouth
    ...cted from the sea by the [[Plymouth Breakwater]], in use since 1814.<ref>{{cite book|last=Otter|first=R. A.|title=Civil Engineering Heritage: Southern Engl ...ouncil|accessdate=2008-09-01}}</ref> the largest being Central Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/centralpark|title=Central Park|publisher
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  • Torquay
    ...ra, The Mayor's Vision For A New Torbay, Torbay Council Publication, 2007</cite></ref> ...Christie Mile", a tour with plaques, dedicated to her life and work.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/outdoors/walks/agatha_walk.shtml | ti
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  • St Ives, Cornwall
    ...the name of this saint, and the name St Ives itself derives from it.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mills|first=A. D.|title=The Popular Dictionary of English Place-N ...= The Independent | date = 2004-07-23 | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/maurice-sumray-550144.html | accessdate = 2009-08-30}}</ref>
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  • Black Country
    ...metimes referred to as being the Black Country's unofficial capital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/uncovered/what_is.shtml |title=Wh ...he expression "Black Country" first arising, it seems, in the 1840s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Peter M.|title=Industrial Enlightenment: Science, tec
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  • Wallington, Surrey
    ...ble for several hours.)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6908852.stm BBC news story (see photo in West London section)]</ref> ...th £1 10s 0d, 11 ploughs, 8 acres of meadow. It rendered 10 pounds.<ref>{{Cite book| last=Morris | first=J. | year=1975 | title=Domesday Book Surrey | pub
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  • Enfield
    ...35 major centres in the "Greater London" area.<ref name=london_plan_f08>{{cite web|url=http://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf | auth ...ompany of his sister Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, could break the news to Edward, formally announcing the death of their royal father, in the pres
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  • Acton, Middlesex
    ...the 17th century, even on the extensive Old Oak common.<ref name=growth>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22546|title=Act ...Renault Dauphine, at a factory in North Acton from 1926 until 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://londonist.com/2015/11/london-made-motors|title=London's Los
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  • Bow
    {{cite web ...8 it was the largest asylum in London with capacity for 443 inmates.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lost Hospitals of London|url=http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/camberwell
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  • Camden Town
    ...d off the tracks and onto the roads of London by 250 000 workhorses.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Town|first=Camden Town Unlimited and Euston|date=2019-07-12|title= ...considered an "unfashionable" locality.<ref name="world and its people">{{cite book |last=Dunton |first=Larkin |title=The World and Its People |url=https:
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  • Isleworth
    ...st by the [[M4 motorway]] separating the Brent and Crane catchments.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://lwt.elmbrook.eu/NatureReserves/IsleworthAit/tabid/136/Defa ...e original workhouse. The hospital was rebuilt on the adjacent site.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hospitals|url=http://www.derelictlondon.com/hospitals.html|publis
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  • Northwood
    ...11,068 in 2008, by the Office for National Statistics<ref name=northwood>{{cite web |url=http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/media/pdf/4/d/Northwood_10.pdf |title ...(now West End Road) to West End in [[Northolt]].<ref name=boltonkingwyld>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22442 |title=R
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  • Pinner
    ...est tower and south porch date from the 15th century.<ref name="Weinreb">{{cite book|authors=Weinreb, Ben and Hibbert, Christopher|title=The London Encyclo ...in nearby [[South Harrow]], is buried in Pinner New Cemetery.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/380082.stm www.bbc.co.uk]. Retrieved 13 August 2
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  • Ruislip
    ...It received Grade B listed status in 1950.<ref name="Hillingdon listed">{{cite web | url=http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/media/pdf/j/s/Listed_Buildings.pdf | ...914, following the Housing and Town Planning Act 1909.<ref name=delafons>{{cite book|title=Politics and preservation|last=Delafons|first=John|year=1997|pag
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  • Southall
    ...jor centres in in the metropolitan conurbation.<ref name=london_plan_f08>{{cite web|url=http://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf| autho ...[Elthorne Hundred|Elthorne]] hundred of [[Middlesex]].<ref name="Youngs">{{Cite book| first=Frederic |last=Youngs | title=Guide to the Local Administrative
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  • Twickenham
    ...entury buildings and pleasure grounds, many of which survive intact.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thames-landscape-strategy.org.uk/visitor-guide/the-arcadian- ...ishop of London, "for the salvation of our souls".<ref name="Tuican hom">{{cite web | url=http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk/detail.asp?ContentID=1 | titl
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