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- |picture=Big Mere and church at Marbury - geograph.org.uk - 205379.jpg ...The north encompasses industrial towns and the suburbs from [[Manchester]] and [[Liverpool]], fading into the agricultural south of the county. The City o18 KB (2,625 words) - 09:43, 6 June 2019
- |county=Lancashire |picture caption=Blackpool Tower and beach29 KB (4,432 words) - 20:31, 13 December 2016
- ...Kingdom]], exceeding only [[Rutland]], [[West Lothian]], [[Kinross-shire]] and [[Clackmannanshire]] in size. However, it is also one of the most populous, ...habitants. London by whatever definition is a unique and fascinating city, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.16 KB (2,522 words) - 17:27, 28 January 2023
- ...he south and south-west by [[Lancashire]] and to the east by [[Yorkshire]] and [[County Durham]]. ...'s most unspoilt county, almost entirely rural, dotted with small villages and modest towns in the dales, each looking up at the fells.11 KB (1,588 words) - 18:52, 22 February 2019
- |name=Yorkshire |map image=Yorkshire - British Isles.svg21 KB (3,184 words) - 20:45, 6 November 2023
- |county 1=Lancashire |county 2=Yorkshire12 KB (1,809 words) - 21:28, 24 September 2014
- ...rimarily industrial conurbation, it is now a centre for service industries and distribution centres. ...town of [[Stoke-upon-Trent]], where the administration and chief mainline railway station were located. After the union, [[Hanley, Staffordshire|Hanley]] eme20 KB (3,037 words) - 18:14, 28 September 2021
- ...e [[River Mersey]], where the rivers [[River Goyt|Goyt]] and [[River Tame, Lancashire|Tame]] meet to become the infant River Mersey, 6 miles southeast of [[Manch ...ntre of Stockport the Mersey, which forms the boundary, has been culverted and the main shopping street, ''Merseyway'', built above it.17 KB (2,581 words) - 13:41, 27 January 2016
- ...]] of [[Yorkshire]]. It is situated on the A646 road between [[Todmorden]] and [[Burnley]]. Nearby settlements include the village of [[Cornholme]], which ...er and Leeds Railway. It was renamed by British Rail to Portsmouth (Lancs) and closed on 7 July 1958.1 KB (176 words) - 20:17, 12 June 2017
- ...Delph Main Street - geograph.org.uk - 904865.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Delph, Yorkshire]] [[File:Yeoman hey and dovestones from hollin brown knoll.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Yeoman's Hey, Sadd11 KB (1,646 words) - 19:35, 28 July 2015
- |county=Yorkshire |constituency=Oldham East and Saddleworth3 KB (425 words) - 18:34, 11 November 2014
- |county=Yorkshire ...ersfield]] at the confluence of the [[River Colne, Yorkshire|River Colne]] and the [[Wessenden Valley|Wessenden Brook]]. It was formerly an important cent10 KB (1,540 words) - 08:03, 16 July 2016
- |county=Yorkshire |constituency=Oldham East and Saddleworth2 KB (344 words) - 06:25, 19 August 2014
- |county=Lancashire |constituency=Oldham East and Saddleworth<br>Oldham West and Royton38 KB (5,853 words) - 21:47, 5 April 2020
- [[File:Clougha heather.jpg|thumb|300px|The Forest of Bowland, Yorkshire]] ...h rise the [[Cheviots]]. The Pennines form the watershed between the west and the east.23 KB (3,576 words) - 09:06, 15 January 2017
- ...erised by the delightful dales cut by the rivers coming out of the hills. "Yorkshire Dales" is generally used to refer specifically to the dales west of the [[V ...e]] and [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] and most of the land falls within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, created in 1954; now one of the fifteen National Parks10 KB (1,572 words) - 16:55, 17 May 2018
- |county=Lancashire |constituency=Preston, Wyre and Preston North21 KB (3,338 words) - 08:41, 31 March 2016
- ...t the centre of Lincolnshire and an ancient city, old when the Romans came and yet preserving today the name they gave it. ...am physically divides the city into two parts, known locally as ''uphill'' and ''downhill''.23 KB (3,588 words) - 11:29, 30 July 2018
- ...th. The river is 68 miles long, beginning in [[Stockport]], [[Cheshire]], and discharging in [[Liverpool Bay]] in the [[Irish Sea]]. [[File:Confluenceoftameandgoyt.JPG|left|thumb|120px|The Tame (left) and the Goyt (right) meet to form the Mersey in Stockport]]11 KB (1,747 words) - 18:37, 4 June 2019
- |picture caption=The Lower Close and Norwich Cathedral ...ng the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom.34 KB (5,393 words) - 12:57, 30 March 2016
- {{Hatnote|This article is about the town in Lancashire, for other places, see [[Blackburn (disambiguation)]]}} |county=Lancashire30 KB (4,592 words) - 13:34, 27 January 2016
- |county=Yorkshire ...he West Riding. It is a cathedral city, and one of the largest towns of [[Yorkshire]].26 KB (3,916 words) - 20:04, 29 September 2020
- |county=Yorkshire ...a cathedral city in 1888, at the creation of the [[Diocese of Wakefield]] and the town's elevation to city status in that year.28 KB (4,236 words) - 14:58, 30 March 2016
- ...Yorkshire]], flowing through the [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]], and forming Calderdale, the dale carving through some of the West Riding's grea ...in its youthful stretch it forms the boundary between [[Yorkshire]] and [[Lancashire]], though at Todmorden its stream has been diverted eastward to serve a can10 KB (1,554 words) - 07:46, 1 February 2016
- |county=Lancashire ...ennines]] on the [[River Roch]], 5½ miles north-north-west of [[Oldham]], and 10 miles north-north-east of the city of [[Manchester]]. Rochdale is surrou18 KB (2,696 words) - 13:14, 8 June 2018
- |name=Shaw and Crompton |county=Lancashire39 KB (5,978 words) - 19:46, 10 October 2016
- The '''River Etherow''' is a border river of [[Cheshire]] and [[Derbyshire]]. A river of the [[Peak District]], it is ultimately a tribu The Etherow is 19 miles long and drains a basin of some 30 square miles.12 KB (1,760 words) - 14:30, 22 December 2016
- ...tself is green and pleasant, with the slopes alternately farmed and wooded and the river blue beneath, openining into the Longdendale Chain of man-made la ...erted; the B6105 runs here but to nothing but the fells and a few cottages and down to [[Glossop]].9 KB (1,458 words) - 15:12, 19 July 2019
- ...[Black Hill, Peak District|Black Hill]], the county's highest point on the Yorkshire border. ...ich it is traditionally the first-night stop after a start from [[Edale]], and has a youth hostel.<ref>[http://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommodation/peak-dist2 KB (231 words) - 22:16, 14 August 2014
- |county=Yorkshire ...ne-built cottages, the sights of which are familiar to many as it inspired and provided the backdrop for the long-running situation comedy ''Last of the S6 KB (987 words) - 17:01, 15 September 2014
- |county=Lancashire ...ide resort town in [[Lancashire]], found 16½ miles north of [[Liverpool]] and 15 miles southwest of [[Preston]], standing on the [[Irish Sea]] coast, fri17 KB (2,657 words) - 22:54, 27 January 2016
- |county=Lancashire '''Littleborough''' is a mill town in southern [[Lancashire]], standing in the upper [[River Roch|Roch Valley]] by the foothills of the6 KB (877 words) - 10:10, 8 June 2018
- |county=Yorkshire ...s on the [[River Calder, Yorkshire|River Calder]] and an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation.10 KB (1,619 words) - 16:49, 29 January 2016
- |county=Lancashire |picture=Albert Road and Municipal Hall, Colne, Lancashire - geograph.org.uk - 356851.jpg9 KB (1,466 words) - 16:36, 7 August 2015
- |county=Yorkshire |constituency=Westmorland and Lonsdale5 KB (880 words) - 22:30, 24 September 2017
- |county=Lancashire |picture caption=Leigh Parish Church and the Boar's Head30 KB (4,552 words) - 08:23, 19 September 2019
- |county=Lancashire ...]]. Ashton is 4 miles south of [[Oldham]], 6 miles north of [[Stockport]], and 6 miles east of the City of [[Manchester]].21 KB (3,225 words) - 21:50, 18 September 2019
- |county=Lancashire ...ion of 28,998 in 2001. It lies 4 miles north of [[Burnley]] on the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]].7 KB (1,107 words) - 18:11, 9 January 2024
- ...to take sea-going ships from the [[River Mersey]] inland to [[Manchester]] and [[Salford]]. ...the world, and Trafford Park, the world's first planned industrial estate and still the largest in Europe.36 KB (5,463 words) - 22:27, 9 September 2016
- |county=Lancashire |picture=Yorkshire Street, Bacup.jpg13 KB (2,007 words) - 19:53, 10 June 2016
- [[File:Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Burscough.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Ainscoughs Mill in Burscou ...ol_Canal map]). Over a distance of 127 miles, it crosses the [[Pennines]], and includes 91 locks on the main line.20 KB (3,116 words) - 08:22, 19 September 2019
- ...m]]. To the west is the [[River Erewash]], which forms the county border, and beyond it [[Long Eaton]] in Derbyshire. ...he vast area of Toton Sidings, which mark a boundary to the west, and this railway depot, built to move coal, may be the greatest agent for change in the town5 KB (791 words) - 23:01, 17 January 2017
- ...town is in the hills, at between 500 and 1,000 feet above mean sea level, and promotes itself as "the gateway to the Peak District National Park". It had ...links to Manchester make it a popular town for commuters to [[Manchester]] and its surrounding towns.30 KB (4,759 words) - 14:21, 27 January 2016
- [[File:Keswick Panorama - Oct 2009.jpg|right|thumb|800px|Keswick and Derwent Water, from Walla Crag]] ...of [[Cumberland]], [[Westmorland]] and [[Lancashire North of the Sands]], and in this narrow compass are found some of the greatest natural spectacles of45 KB (6,982 words) - 17:48, 19 June 2017
- ...eographically, the political and economic capitals of the kingdom are here and so much of Britain's history has happened in Middlesex. ...s left here now other than at its outermost fringes and in its urban parks and the town squares of the gentry.14 KB (2,209 words) - 22:57, 29 April 2013
- |county=Yorkshire |picture=Barnoldswick, Lancashire.jpg6 KB (868 words) - 16:46, 29 January 2016
- |county=Lancashire |picture=Railway View, Brierfield, Nelson, Lancashire - geograph.org.uk - 1379036.jpg3 KB (465 words) - 09:51, 27 June 2016
- |county=Lancashire |picture caption=Carnforth railway station5 KB (732 words) - 22:46, 27 January 2016
- |county=Lancashire ...village on the banks of the [[River Calder, Lancashire|River Calder]] in [[Lancashire]]. It is overlooked by Whalley Nab, a large picturesque wooded hill over th7 KB (1,175 words) - 22:55, 27 January 2016
- ...It is for the most part in the land of [[Craven]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. ...es website]. Retrieved 24 July 2011.</ref> the system between the Aire Gap and the [[Peak District]].<ref name= brittanica>Encyclopædia Britannica</ref>5 KB (829 words) - 00:22, 19 December 2015
- |county=Lancashire ...[[Lancashire]] found to the north of [[Bootle]] and south of [[Southport]] and [[Formby]]. It is effectively within the conurbation of towns stretching o9 KB (1,361 words) - 22:07, 10 June 2013
- |county=Lancashire |picture=Fleetwood - Mar 2008 - Marine Hall and Gardens from the Mount.jpg23 KB (3,678 words) - 09:26, 6 April 2020
- |county=Lancashire |constituency=Heywood and Middleton18 KB (2,795 words) - 22:49, 27 January 2016
- |county=Lancashire ...he West Pennine Moors with the [[M61 motorway]] passing close to the south and west. According to the 2001 Census, Horwich had a population of 19,312.18 KB (2,702 words) - 12:30, 13 June 2013
- |county=Lancashire |constituency=Morecambe and Lunesdale14 KB (2,165 words) - 14:52, 14 October 2014
- |county=Lancashire |LG district=West Lancashire9 KB (1,396 words) - 09:06, 14 June 2013
- |constituency=Stretford and Urmston ...orage facility in the north-eastern corner of the town was once a gasworks and another significant employer.5 KB (797 words) - 08:50, 19 September 2019
- |county=Lancashire |constituency=Knowsley<br/>St Helens South and Whiston4 KB (557 words) - 07:09, 19 November 2015
- |county 2=Lancashire |constituency=Stalybridge and Hyde34 KB (5,211 words) - 13:39, 28 April 2022
- |county=Lancashire ...of [[Bolton]]. Westhoughton was once a centre for mining, cotton-spinning and textile manufacture. However, today it is predominantly a residential town13 KB (2,008 words) - 19:27, 16 June 2013
- |county=Lancashire |constituency=Rossendale and Darwen6 KB (1,017 words) - 21:09, 2 February 2017
- {{Hatnote|Not to be confused with [[Coniston, Yorkshire]]}} |county=Lancashire6 KB (930 words) - 17:44, 7 August 2014
- |county=Yorkshire ...in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], on the A19 road between [[Doncaster]] and [[Selby]]. It became a spa town in the late 19th century, but this stopped4 KB (638 words) - 16:40, 29 January 2016
- |county=Yorkshire |LG district=East Riding of Yorkshire9 KB (1,373 words) - 13:56, 24 October 2015
- |county=Yorkshire ...Rochdale]], at the meeting of the [[River Calder, Yorkshire|River Calder]] and the River Hebden (Hebden Water).12 KB (1,911 words) - 16:48, 2 May 2018
- |county=Yorkshire ...orth-west of [[Bradford]] at the meeting of the rivers [[River Aire|Aire]] and the [[River Worth|Worth]].14 KB (2,090 words) - 09:52, 27 June 2016
- |county=Yorkshire |constituency=Wentworth and Dearne8 KB (1,328 words) - 10:53, 23 October 2023
- ...The Peak itself trespasses outside it own county into [[Cheshire]] and [[Yorkshire]]. The [[County top|highest point]] of [[Staffordshire]] is in the Peak Di ...uncompromising fell country, high, steep, wind-blasted, unsullied by roads and unpeopled.44 KB (6,715 words) - 07:54, 12 May 2024
- [[File:Bristol-Bath Cyclepath 08.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Bristol & Bath Railway Path]] ...d railways, minor roads, canal towpaths and traffic-calmed routes in towns and cities.20 KB (2,523 words) - 14:00, 6 April 2017
- ...r-Lyne]], [[Lancashire]]. It crosses the [[Pennines]] by means of 74 locks and the Standedge Tunnel. ...sing the Pennines, the others being the [[Rochdale Canal]] and the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]], both broad canals.13 KB (2,032 words) - 13:11, 28 June 2016
- ...from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from Worsley to Leigh. ...ey Canal]] at [[Preston Brook]], south-east of Runcorn; and to the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] at Leigh. It once connected with the [[River Mersey]] at45 KB (6,981 words) - 09:40, 7 June 2018
- |name=Keighley and Worth Valley Railway |county=Yorkshire12 KB (1,870 words) - 12:57, 7 August 2014
- |name=Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway |county=Yorkshire11 KB (1,686 words) - 12:24, 29 March 2017
- |name=Kirklees Light Railway |county=Yorkshire6 KB (955 words) - 22:35, 7 August 2014
- |county=Lancashire |picture=Walsden - Travis Mill Lock and Church.jpg2 KB (281 words) - 22:03, 11 January 2017
- {{county|Yorkshire}}{{riding|North}} ...am]]. Deepdale is on the south side of the Tees, in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], in the lower reaches of Teesdale, by the town of [[Barnard Castle]].2 KB (391 words) - 07:09, 19 September 2019
- ...ennine scenery.jpg|right|thumb|450px|From the Pennine Way, near Marsden in Yorkshire]] {{county|Yorkshire}}24 KB (3,721 words) - 14:51, 22 December 2023
- {{county|Yorkshire}} ...[High Peak Trail]] along the trackbed of the former Cromford and High Peak Railway.9 KB (1,377 words) - 17:26, 31 July 2019
- ...[Stockport]] in Cheshire, [[Sheffield]] in Yorkshire and [[Manchester]] in Lancashire. ...e eastern border of the parish, with [[South Head, Derbyshire|South Head]] and [[Mount Famine]] to the north-east.6 KB (912 words) - 21:13, 20 May 2021
- ...miles northwest of [[Macclesfield]] and 15 miles south of [[Manchester]], and it serves as a commuter town for the latter. ...kly wooded sandstone ridge which is the area's chief topographical feature and overlooks the [[Cheshire Plain]]. The village is named from the ridge.28 KB (4,579 words) - 08:51, 25 May 2019
- ...is a suburban town in [[Cheshire]], found two miles east of [[Stockport]] and four miles south-west of [[Hyde, Cheshire|Hyde]]. It is eight miles south- ...istrict]] between the valleys of the [[River Tame, Lancashire|River Tame]] and [[River Goyt]], headwaters of the [[River Mersey]].20 KB (3,361 words) - 23:23, 16 November 2018
- ...''Merpille'' by the early 13th century, probably from the words ''mære'' and ''pyll'' meaning "a pool or stream near the boundary".<ref>{{cite web | url ...igh Lane]] beyond it, and over the river are [[Mellor, Derbyshire|Mellor]] and [[New Mills]].8 KB (1,347 words) - 10:44, 29 June 2016
- |county=Yorkshire ...the Brontë sisters and its landscape as the inspiration for their novels, and this connection brings visitors to Haworth from across the world.9 KB (1,390 words) - 09:45, 27 June 2016
- |county=Lancashire ...Cistercian monastery in the country, behind only [[Fountains Abbey]] in [[Yorkshire]].<ref name="History of the abbey">[http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/abbey9 KB (1,459 words) - 08:50, 19 April 2015
- |county=Lancashire |constituency=Worsley and Eccles South15 KB (2,306 words) - 22:48, 19 November 2018
- ...n Hull|Hull]] via [[Manchester]] and [[Leeds]]. The road is 107 miles long and for seven miles shares its route with the [[M60 motorway|M60 orbital motorw35 KB (5,006 words) - 18:48, 5 September 2023
- |county=Lancashire '''Ramsbottom''' is a market town in [[Lancashire]], on the [[River Irwell]] four miles north of [[Bury]]. It sits in the va14 KB (2,088 words) - 20:36, 30 December 2015
- |name=East Lancashire Railway |county=Lancashire15 KB (2,206 words) - 15:54, 7 June 2016
- |constituency=Westmorland and Lonsdale ...arnforth]], at a point around midway between [[Lancaster]] and [[Kendal]], and is in the shadow of the nearby limestone outcrop known as Farleton Knott.5 KB (764 words) - 18:53, 5 December 2020
- ...tals are at [[Dunford Bridge]], near [[Penistone]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. ...d almost exactly 100 years later in 1953. Passenger services ended in 1970 and the last train passed through in 1981.17 KB (2,529 words) - 17:55, 26 December 2016
- {{county|Lancashire}} ...e]], and providing a taste of how the Industrial Revolution took flight in Lancashire.4 KB (671 words) - 22:28, 29 April 2016
- |constituency=Brigg and Goole ...atistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123674&c=Garthorpe+and+Fockerby&d=16&e=62&g=6382114&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1461086107757&6 KB (995 words) - 16:32, 16 June 2016
- ...re|Wales]] to the north-east, [[Harthill, Yorkshire|Harthill]] to its east and the Rother Valley Country Park to its north. ...nities within the town. '''Norwood''', '''Nethergreen''', '''Westthorpe''' and '''Upperthorpe''' surround the main town centre.9 KB (1,342 words) - 09:39, 22 June 2016
- |county=Lancashire |constituency=Salford and Eccles19 KB (2,952 words) - 23:24, 16 November 2018
- ...eived as the first part of a trans-Pennine motorway between [[Manchester]] and [[Sheffield]] connecting the [[A57(M) motorway]] to the [[M1 motorway]]; ho ..., the A57/A628 Mottram in Longdendale, Hollingworth and Tintwistle Bypass, and the 'Glossop spur' linking to the A57 road are currently at the public inqu8 KB (1,219 words) - 20:43, 22 December 2016
- |constituency=Stalybridge and Hyde ...orms the distinctive 'pan handle' of Cheshire between [[Derbyshire]] and [[Yorkshire]].7 KB (1,125 words) - 09:36, 28 June 2016
- ...pg|thumb|300px|The castellated railway viaduct of the Manchester and Leeds Railway just south of Todmorden]] ...le broad canal in [[Lancashire]] and [[Yorkshire]], between [[Manchester]] and [[Sowerby Bridge]] ([http://wikishire.co.uk/map/#/show=Rochdale_Canal map])24 KB (3,651 words) - 09:16, 9 June 2018
- {{county|Yorkshire}} ...asin RLH.jpg|thumb|300px|Aspley Basin, near the junction between the Broad and Narrow canals]]18 KB (2,769 words) - 10:44, 4 July 2016
- {{county|Yorkshire}} ...nd hebble.jpg|thumb|300px|Looking towards the terminal basin of the Calder and Hebble Navigation, from a point near the junction with the Rochdale Canal]]17 KB (2,648 words) - 13:31, 2 June 2019
- |county=Yorkshire |LG district=East Riding of Yorkshire3 KB (446 words) - 10:31, 15 August 2018