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• Islay
  The island is home to many bird species and is a popular destination throughout the year with Islay is home to many different species of wildlife beyond the rich bird colonies. In th
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• Turks and Caicos Islands
  ...The islands have a total land area at high tide of 238 square miles or at low tide, 366 square miles. The islands are geographically appurtenant to the ...9 smaller islands have a total land area of 238 square miles, primarily of low, flat limestone with extensive marshes and mangrove swamps and 128 square m
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• Black Down, Sussex
  The great black mass of Blackdown looms over much of the Low [[Weald]] of Sussex. Geologically the hill is part of the Greensand Ridge a ...ion, from 1796 to 1816 Blackdown hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which connected the Admiralty in [[London]] to its naval ships in [[Portsmo
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• Brighton
  ...(1866) and the Palace Pier (1899). Before either of these structures, the Chain Pier was built, to the designs of Captain Samuel Brown. It lasted from 1823 ...a former royal palace in the heart of the town. It was built as a seaside home for the Prince Regent during the early 19th century, under the direction of
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• Bradford
  ...rnational Christian Centre and the World Outreach Church. Bradford is also home to the Abundant Life Church, a large nonconforming Church, that has around ..., colliery cages and other mining appliances where toughness was required. Low Moor also made pig iron and the company employed 1,500 men in 1929.<ref nam
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• Harrogate
  ...in the 17th century, with the joining of two villages, High Harrogate and Low Harrogate. It lies adjacent to [[Knaresborough]], with which it forms a sin ...h in iron and sulphur, Harrogate comprised two hamlets, High Harrogate and Low Harrogate, close to the historic town of [[Knaresborough]]. The first miner
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• Diego Garcia
  ...rial/im/im0125.html ''National Geographic'' profile</ref> topped by a long chain of coral reefs, atolls, and islands comprising the Laccadives, Maldives, an ...on some dunes on the ocean side of the rim of just 30&nbsp;feet above mean low water. The rim nearly encloses the lagoon.
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• New Romney
  ...ndbank just off the coast by Littlestone-on-Sea, and is clearly visible at low tide. Further up the coast during the Pipe Line Under The Ocean, or PLUTO, ...CL, report by David Martin, 2004). Researchers think it was originally the home of the Master of The Hospital of St John the Baptist, a large secular estab
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• Highlands
  ...est of all being [[Ben Nevis]]. Before the 19th century the Highlands were home to a much larger population, but due to a combination of factors including ...d, is in truth the land beyond the Highlands, largely an area of coast and low-lying bog perhaps having more in common with [[Orkney]] than the Highland s
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• Douglas
  ...entre, which draws people to Douglas from all over the island. It has many chain stores and other shops not found elsewhere on the island. ....<ref name=DouglasCen/> The town's later prosperity was facilitated by the low cost of living, and favourable legal status enjoyed by English debtors (who
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• Wigan
  ...rfs became a local heritage centre and cultural quarter. The DW Stadium is home to both Wigan Athletic Football Club and Wigan Warriors Rugby League Footba ...lls swiftly became infamous for their dangerous and unbearable conditions, low pay and use of child labour.<ref name="wiganhissoclatetextile">{{citation |
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• List of Queen Elizabeth II Fields
  | [[Halton, Lancashire|Halton]] || The Centre at Halton Recreation Area || Low Road <small>LA2 6NB</small> || {{map|}} || 3.5 | [[Staining]] || Staining Millennium Recreation Field || Chain Lane <small>FY3 0DB</small> || {{map|}} || 10
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• Alfreton
  Local iron working began in the low-lying land to the south of the current town in the vicinity of the A61, whe ..., now a private residence and events venue), Riddings House (now a nursing home), Swanwick Hall (c.1690, now a school), Swanwick Old Hall (1675, private re
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• Lake District
  ...Cumberland's coastal plain, and to the south [[Barrow in Furness]] sits on low gorund but otherwise the fell country reaches to the [[Irish Sea]]. ...south to Lindale. There are no high summits in this area which is mainly low hills, knolls and limestone cuestas such as [[Gummer's How]] and [[Whitbarr
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• Billingham
  ...wn is more ancient than its industry; it is Old English, believed to mean "Home of Billa's people" ...Town Centre has the main shopping street, including all he usual national chain stores, as well as several charity shops, estate agents and banks. There i
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• Brigg
  ...w ranges of hills the Ancholme river runs south to north through its flat, low&ndash;lying flood plain, with a north&ndash;south height difference of only ...ngel, a former coaching inn with an early mock Tudor façade, which is now home to Brigg Town Council. Another former coaching inn, the Exchange, stands in
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• Shepperton
  ...a has to offer". It offers two pub/restaurants including the first of the chain ''Blubeckers''<ref>[http://www.homecountiespubs.co.uk/shepperton/ Blubecker ...end; the bend being flanked by riverside meadows with small boat moorings, low rise chalet-style houses to the south west, the ''Las Palmas Estate'', name
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• Clevedon
  ...key rides during the summer. The shore is a mixture of pebbled beaches and low rocky cliffs, with the old harbour being at the western edge of the town at The shore at Clevedon is a mixture of pebbled beaches and low rocky cliffs, with the old harbour being at the western edge of the town at
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• Great Orme
  ...the county west of the [[River Conwy]], joined to the mainland only by the low isthmus which is filled with the seaside resort town of [[Llandudno]], whos ...itage Coast, Country Park, and Site of Special Scientific Interest). It is home to a long-established herd of about two hundred feral Kashmir goats (acquir
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• Wath-upon-Dearne
  Until the mid-19th century the town was home to a racecourse of regional importance, linked to the estate at nearby [[We ...stry. Recently several very large distribution warehouses for the clothing chain Next have opened. A significant amount of new housing is also being built
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