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• Aberdeenshire
  ...e south, [[Inverness-shire]] and [[Banffshire]] to the west, and the North Sea to the north and east. It has a coast-line of 65 miles. Aberdeenshire has a ...south of [[Peterhead]], are the Bullers of Buchan – a basin in which the sea, entering by a natural arch, boils up violently in stormy weather. Buchan N
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• Argyll
  Argyllshire is a large county of breathtaking scenery. It is deeply cut by sea lochs, and divided into peninsulas and scattered islands stretching into th ...y were ruled by Norse-speaking Gall-Gaels.<ref>Woolf, Alex "The Age of the Sea-Kings: 900-1300" in Omand (2006) pp. 94-95</ref>
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• County Armagh
  ...nally flatlands in the north where rolling flats and small hills reach sea level at [[Lough Neagh]]. ...ic seeking out cheaper goods than are available under their native state's level of taxation.
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• Ayrshire
  ...[Wigtownshire]] to the south; [[Dumfriesshire]] to the south-east; and the sea to the west. ...nghame in the north includes the royal burgh of Irvine. It is a generally level and fertile land.<ref name=Douglas-2/>
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• Buckinghamshire
  The two highest points in Buckinghamshire, both 876&nbsp;feet above sea level, are Coombe Hill near [[Wendover]] and Haddington Hill in Wendover Woods. ...in [[Northamptonshire]] and flows through six counties before reaching the sea. In its upper reaches it passes through [[Buckingham]], along the northern
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• Berwickshire
  ...d and its eastern edge is its 21-mile cliff-bound coastline on the [[North Sea]]. The Merse stretches to the south and east, and is a comparatively level landscape.
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• Buteshire
  ...d geomorphology of the area is complex and the islands and the surrounding sea lochs each have distinctive features. The influence of the Atlantic Ocean a ...'et al.'' (2007) pp. 297- 301.</ref> After the last retreat of the ice sea level changes and the isostatic rise of land makes charting post glacial coastlin
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• Caernarfonshire
  The county is bounded to the north by the [[Irish Sea]], to the east by [[Denbighshire]], to the south by [[Cardigan Bay]] and [[ ...e north of the county, between the mountains and Menai Strait, is a nearly level plain. The east of the county is part of Vale of Conwy, with the [[River Co
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• Menai Strait
  ...bedrock hollows across the region, the deepest of which was flooded by the sea as world ocean levels rose at the end of the last ice age. ...south-west, causing the water in the strait to flow north-eastwards as the level rises. The tide also flows around Anglesey until, after a few hours, it sta
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• Caithness
  ...eastern tip of [[Great Britain]], bounded to the north and the east by the sea and to the west by [[Sutherland]]. ...e contrast to the mountainous shires elsewhere in the north. It is largely level county of wind-blown moors and seascape. Inland, the [[Flow Country]] stre
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• Cambridgeshire
  ...llage of [[Castle Camps]] at the edge of the county, at 413 feet above sea level. The county's only notable heights are [[Little Trees Hill]] and [[Wandlebu ...l lines from the [[Great Ouse]] (at the [[Huntingdonshire]] border) to the sea are the [[Old Bedford River]] and [[New Bedford River]], two great, tidal d
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• Cumberland
  ...coast, stretching along the coast of the [[Solway Firth]] and the [[Irish Sea]]. ...s [[Scafell]] in Cumberland, Scafell Pike standing at 3,208 feet above sea level, though not far from the seacoast. Many of the highest and most famous of
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• Denbighshire
  ...rn [[Wales]]. It is a maritime county, bounded to the north by the [[Irish Sea]], to the east by [[Flintshire]], [[Cheshire]] and [[Shropshire]], to the s ...is the south summit of [[Cadair Berwyn]], standing at 2,726 feet above sea level in the [[Cambrian Mountains]], approaching [[Snowdonia]], and it is in thes
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• Dumfriesshire
  ...ountainous districts of the [[Southern Uplands]] in the north, down to the sea; lofty hills alternating in parts with stretches of tableland or rich ferti [[Loch Skeen]] in the north (found 1,750 feet above sea level) and the group of lochs around [[Lochmaben]], are the principal lakes. Out
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• East Lothian
  ...ngdom|shire]] on the south coast of the [[Firth of Forth]] and the [[North Sea]]. ...rth and, rounding the corner at [[Dunbar]], to the north-east is the North Sea. To landward, on the west and south-west is [[Midlothian]]; and to the sou
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• Hertfordshire
  The [[County top|highest point in the county]] is 803 feet above sea level, on the border with Buckinghamshire at the edge of [[Pavis Wood]] a quarter
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• Huntingdonshire
  ...'s highest point is Boring Field, near [[Covington]] at 263 feet above sea level; the lowest highest point of all the counties. ...e county's share of the [[Great Fen]]. Much of the land here is below sea level and the landscape in the northeast in particular presents a vast, flat appe
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• Inverness-shire
  ...f the river Ness, in several of the glens and on the shores of some of the sea lochs, the county is wild and mountainous in the extreme and characterised ...ble across the scenery and ultimately drown themselves in the lochs or the sea. Of these:
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• Kirkcudbrightshire
  ...e north and north-west across the hills is [[Ayrshire]], while the [[Irish Sea]] and the [[Solway Firth]] wash its coast at the south. To Kirkcudbrightsh ...Standard]] (2,290&nbsp;feet). The southern section of the shire is mostly level or undulating, but characterised by picturesque scenery.
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• Lanarkshire
  ...de the remains of old beaches at 25, 50 and 100 feet above the present sea-level are to be observed.
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• Lincolnshire
  ...nshire has borders with seven counties, but its longest border is with the sea. The [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East]] and [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West ...he industrial towns along the south bank of the [[Humber]] and the [[North Sea]] coast around [[Grimsby]] and [[Scunthorpe]].
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• Middlesex
  ...f the county]] is on the High Road, [[Bushey Heath]] at 502 feet above sea level, just yards from the [[Hertfordshire]] border.
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• Midlothian
  The county is surrounded by sea and seven other counties. It is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth ...and Hills]] advance boldly from the south-west to within five miles of the sea. The loftiest Pentland summits are [[Scald Law]] (1,898 feet), Carnethy (1,
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• Blakesley
  ...hire]], about five miles west of Towcester. It is about 1,400 ft above sea level according to [[Ordnance Survey]]. North-west of Blakesley, and now contiguo
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• Morayshire
  Along the sea coast the shores are mostly low and sandy. It is a fishing and farming coas Thus Elginshire is naturally divided into two sections, the level and fertile coast and its hinterland, known as "the Laigh o' Moray," a trac
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• Nairnshire
  ...] and on the east by [[Morayshire]]. The county's northern edge is on the sea, its coast washed by the Moray Firth. It has an area of just 200 square mil .... Several of these border hills of Nairnshire exceed 2,000 feet above sea level, the highest being [[Carn Glas-choire|Carn Glas]], the [[county top]] at 2,
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• Norfolk
  ...nning across the drained [[Terrington Marsh]] to [[the Wash]]. The [[North Sea]] washes Norfolk to the east and to the north, a long, flat coast.
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• Northumberland
  ...nty Durham]] to the south, while its eastern side is washed by the [[North Sea]]. ...ent. Opposite Bamburgh are the [[Farne Islands]] stretching into the North Sea and well known for their abundant birdlife, and north of them the largest a
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• Lancaster Canal
  ...struction of the Glasson branch, so that the canal had a connection to the sea.<ref name=hadfield183/> ...1819, and it opened in 1826, with six locks carrying the canal down to the sea.<ref>{{harvnb |Hadfield |Biddle |1970 |pp=195–196}}</ref>
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• Peeblesshire
  ...ire, Selkirkshire and Berwickshire to [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] and the North Sea, and the [[River Clyde]] flowing west and through the heart of Lanarkshire ...es Tweeddale to enter Selkirkshire, where the banks are 450 feet above sea level.
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• Perthshire
  ...m|shire]] in central Scotland. In the midst of the land, its outlet to the sea is the [[River Tay|Firth of Tay]], and most of the towns lie near that rive ...er streams, and the Carse of Gowrie is formed by the beach at the 50-foot. level. The gravel cones poured out at the mouths of many of the glens which open
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• Liathach
  ...stern end of Liathach, beyond Mullach an Rathain, drops more gently to sea level than any of the burns.
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• Ross-shire
  ...otland, reaching from the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast to the [[North Sea]]. ...county town]] of Ross-shire is [[Dingwall]] in Easter Ross, near the North Sea coast.
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• Rutland
  ...section of secluded farmland near Belmesthorpe, at 56&nbsp;feet above sea level.
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• Selkirkshire
  ...st the [[Manor Hills]], its gentle slopes reaching to 2,441 feet above sea level, on the border of [[Peeblesshire]]. The grandest peaks here are:
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• Somerset
  ...[[Bristol Channel]] as the estuary of the [[River Severn]] opens into the sea. The border with [[Gloucestershire]] is the River Avon. ...Mendips and Quantocks, is large expanse of flat land, much of it below sea level, known as the [[Somerset Levels]], once flooded in winter and inhabited onl
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• Staffordshire
  ...at the very northern edge of Staffordshire, stands at 1,518 feet above sea level. This record was confirmed in 2007 by the [[Ordnance Survey]] after [[Wanlo
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• Stirlingshire
  ...nty]] is the summit of [[Ben Lomond]], which rises to 3,196 feet above sea level.
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• Surrey
  ...indeed close to the Thames in the very north-east some areas are below sea level. Gentle hills rise in places. This area is not one of unbroken brick and ...cross Surrey from [[Farnham]] in the very west into Kent, falling into the sea as the [[White Cliffs of Dover]]. In Surrey the Downs provide a fine, wild
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• Wiltshire
  ...ey]], just to the north of [[Salisbury Plain]], at 968&nbsp;feet above sea level. ...–2000), and its low unemployment rates. The gross domestic product (GDP) level in Wiltshire did not reach the UK average in 1998, and was only marginally
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• Yorkshire
  ...shire is the [[River Tees]], the eastern boundary is marked by the [[North Sea]] coast and the southern boundary the [[River Humber|Humber Estuary]] and [ ...ters into the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]] which reaches the North Sea via the Humber Estuary.<ref name="rivers">{{cite book | year = 1992 | titl
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• County Kilkenny
  ...reland with the county top being [[Brandon Hill]], at 1,690 ft above [[sea level]]. The majority of the rest of the county is hilly except for the centre, j Although County Kilkenny lies inland it has access to the sea via Belview Port, Port of Waterford, on the [[River Suir|Suir Estuary]] and
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• Terminology of the British Isles
  ...ajority of individual sports (e.g. tennis and athletics), at international level competitors are identified as GB if they are from Great Britain or Northern ...echanical Engineering, The University of Leeds</ref> the UK's Internet top-level domain is '''.uk''', a break from the practice of following ISO 3166 (a '''
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• Oakham
  ..., and varies from 325ft above sea level (Ladywell area) to 400ft above sea level (Brooke School area).
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• Turriff
  ...to the border with [[Banffshire]]. It is approximately 166 feet above sea level, and has a population of 5,708. The western boundary of the parish also for
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• Ballycastle, County Antrim
  ...nto one river. This is known as the Margy River which flows into the Moyle Sea at the start of The Strand... ...of an iron salt pan) is at the far end of the beach which, jut out to the sea and are a popular location for fishing. They are easily accessible by a foo
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• Cambridge
  Cambridge is very low-lying, its height between 20 and 80 feet above sea level. [[East Anglia]] west of Cambridge is flat too and the local legend oft to
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• Littleport
  ...Cambridgeshire]], about six miles north of [[Ely]]. It lies on the Bedford Level South section of the [[River Great Ouse]], close to [[Burnt Fen]] and [[Mar ...trig point in Britain is near Little Ouse; it sits at three feet below sea level.<ref>[https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2016/04/happy-80th-birthday-to-
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• Irvine, Ayrshire
  ...d higher prominence as sea ports. Despite this, there was still commercial sea traffic, though the harbour went into further decline in the 20th century. ...system attached to the mast. At night, a number of lamps marked the tidal level. Unfortunately the building has fallen into some disrepair and the mast par
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• Manchester
  ...Mersey were made navigable by 1736, opening a route from Manchester to the sea docks on the Mersey. The [[Bridgewater Canal]], Britain's first wholly arti ...addition the ground level was lowered by approximately 10m and the entire level&nbsp;1 seating area was constructed. The capacity for the Games was approxi
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• Rothesay
  ...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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• River Irfon
  From its source at 1,770 feet above sea level on the upper slopes of Bryn Garw in the [[Cambrian Mountains]] the Irfon fl
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• Buxton
  ...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
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• Birmingham
  ...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
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• Louth, Lincolnshire
  ...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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• Dunwich
  ...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
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• Horsham
  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
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• Great Malvern
  ...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-
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• London Underground
  ...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
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• Leeds
  ...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
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• Liverpool
  ...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.
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• Princetown
  ...ailway line in England, its Princetown terminus being 1,427 feet above sea level.
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• Torquay
  ...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
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• Muckle Flugga
  ...'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
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• Ramsey, Huntingdonshire
  ...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.
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• Ben Nevis
  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
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• Kintyre
  ...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>
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• Mormond Hill
  ...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
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• Dartmoor
  ...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]].
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• Weymouth
  ...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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• Dingle
  ...o saw the demolition of the exterior walls to below the original clerstory level, and, most notably, of the attic and upper ranges of the west elevation. ...ve burgesses. The area of jurisdiction of the corporation was all land and sea within two Irish miles of the parish church. The borough also had an admira
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• Braemar
  ...itain; across 182,000 acres nowhere is lower than 1000&nbsp;feet above sea level. The village centre is at 1110&nbsp;feet.
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• Rock of Gibraltar
  ...its highest summit, O'Hara's Battery. It stands between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, commanding the Strait. ...g Main Street and up and over to Europa Point, though reclamation from the sea has allowed the city to spread far westward of the Watergate and indeed nor
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• Beachy Head
  ...the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, rising to 530&nbsp;feet above sea level. The peak allows views of the south east coast from [[Dungeness (headland)| ...nd all through Sussex, hemming the coastal towns in behind it, reaches the sea.
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• Westonzoyland
  ==Langmead and Weston Level== ...ta'' and ''Stenomicra cogani''.<ref>{{cite web | title=Langmead and Weston Level | work=English Nature | url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citat
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• Deddington
  ...dge is on the western boundary of the parish, more than 490 feet above sea level.
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• Runcorn
  ...resulted in a doubling of the population from around 30,000 to its present level. ...with most of the interior of England through the canal system and with the sea along the River Mersey, thus forming the basis for the development of the P
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• Gibraltar
  ...other as ''Poniente'' which is westerly and brings fresher air and colder sea. Rain occurs mainly in winter, with summers being generally dry. ...ic value increased with the opening of the Suez Canal as it controlled the sea route between the British Isles and the British Empire east of Suez.
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• Brampton, Huntingdonshire
  ...ain. Brampton is generally low-lying, mostly being about 33 feet above sea-level, although the ground rises towards the south west boundary where it reaches
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• Whitehaven
  In 1778 during the American War of Independence, the British-born American sea captain John Paul Jones led a naval raid upon the town. His sailors were s ...nk Saltom Pit in 1729. Saltom Pit was the first pit to be sunk beneath the sea. At Saltom pit, Carlisle Spedding pioneered the use of explosives in sinkin
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• Peterborough
  ...e city stands on the banks of the [[River Nene]], which enters the [[North Sea]] some 30 miles to the north-east. Peterborough is the heart of the [[Soke ...successful experiments at [[Fletton]] using the harder clays from a lower level had resulted in a much more efficient process.<ref>Davies (pp.23–24).</re
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• British Indian Ocean Territory
  ...he terrain is flat and low, with most areas not exceeding 6 feet above sea level. The climate is tropical marine; hot, humid, and moderated by trade winds. ...Maldivian oral tradition, traders and fishermen were occasionally lost at sea and got stranded in one of the islands of the Chagos. Eventually they were
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• River Duddon
  ...dary between [[Cumberland]] and [[Lancashire]] before entering the [[Irish Sea]] at Duddon Sands. It known for its salmon and its quiet beauty. ...er tumbles south and southwest through Dunnerdale for fifteen miles to the sea.
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• Llangollen
  ...The plans were altered and instead of connecting Trevor northwards to the sea along the route of the [[River Dee]] and southwards to the Severn, the cana ...ler local good causes that tend to get overlooked on a national, or county level. Dee Rocks night is usually held during May when the Town Hall is transform
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• Kirkby-in-Furness
  The nearby Kirkby Moor rises to 1,098&nbsp;feet above sea level, atop which is found not the wild, unspoilt moor but a 12-turbine wind farm
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• Poole Harbour
  *[[Brownsea Island]] is near the sea entrance at [[Sandbanks]]. ...is a danger to sailors. It is now gradually being submerged by rising sea-level.<ref>[http://www.dcda.org.uk/Cartography/3detailed.html Dorset Coast Digita
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• Shaftesbury
  ...order 20 miles west of [[Salisbury]]. The town is built 718 feet above sea level on the side of a chalk and greensand hill, which is part of [[Cranborne Cha
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• Downpatrick
  ...nding the north east of the town recorded as being 1.3&nbsp;feet below sea level.
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• Holywood
  ...stal villages throughout the British Isles, became popular as a resort for sea-bathing. Many wealthy [[Belfast]] merchants chose the town and the surround ...o longer be played at this venue unless the ground were raised to the same level as the GAA pitch.
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• Dumfries
  ...is argument is that the town is actually eight to nine miles from the open sea. *[[Wanlockhead]] - Britain's highest village measured at 1,531 feet above sea level and the Lead Mining Museum
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• Lough Erne
  ...n windy, navigation on, can be something of a challenge with waves of open-sea dimensions. ...ior to two extensive drainage schemes in the 1880s which dropped the water level by 5 feet.
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• Windermere
  ...ught among the high fells as it is, its surface is just 128 feet above sea level. Its maximum depth is 219 feet. ...ly surrounded by foothills of the Lake District which provide pleasant low-level walks; to the north and north-east are the higher fells of the central Lake
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• Sunderland
  ...County Durham]] standing at the mouth of the [[River Wear]] on the [[North Sea]] coast. ...ning parallel to the coast. On average, it is around 250&nbsp;ft above sea level. Sunderland is divided by the River Wear which passes through the middle of
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• Tranent
  ...wns in East Lothian, and built on a gentle slope, about 300 feet above sea level.
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• Bridgwater
  Bridgwater stands, on the edge of the [[Somerset Levels]], in a level and well-wooded country, having to the north the [[Mendip Hills]] and on th ...ruary 2010 |format=|work=Somerset County Council }}</ref> The town is in a level and well-wooded area, on the edge of the [[Somerset Levels]]. To the north
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• Somerset Levels
  ...ccupy an area of about 160,000 acres. Much of the land is at or below sea level and once these lands were a great fen, flooded all year or by seasonal floo In the Roman period, sea salt was extracted and a string of settlements were set up along the Polden
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• Burntisland
  ...k of the Fife coastline; a volcanic plug, it rises 632&nbsp;feet above sea level. ...n the early 20th century, closing in 2002. Industries related to the North Sea oil industry remain important for the town.
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• Blaenau Ffestiniog
  ...the Ffestiniog Railway which runs from the town down the mountains to the sea. The town's population together with [[Llan Ffestiniog]] is some 5,000, but ...laenau Ffestiniog in the nineteenth century to bear the slates down to the sea for export.
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• Isle of Arran
  ...onnected to mainland Great Britain.<ref>Murray (1973) pp. 68-69.</ref> Sea level changes and the isostatic rise of land makes charting post-glacial coastlin ...100 feet long and up to 50 feet high, lies well above the present day sea level.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.virtual-geology.info/vft/2004-andy/Arran.ht
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• Isle of Bute
  ...ul sporting club on the island is Bute Shinty Club who play at the highest level of shinty (the Marine Harvest Premier League). In 2006 Bute won promotion t ..., a village towards the north of the island, is the centre for sailing and sea-fishing on the island. It has two boat yards and a marina for 200 vessels.
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