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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • 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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  • ...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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  • 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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  • ...] 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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...stern end of Liathach, beyond Mullach an Rathain, drops more gently to sea level than any of the burns.
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  • ...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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  • ...section of secluded farmland near Belmesthorpe, at 56&nbsp;feet above sea level.
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  • ...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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  • ...[[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
    42 KB (6,548 words) - 10:39, 3 November 2016
  • ...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
    14 KB (2,054 words) - 17:49, 3 July 2022
  • ...nty]] is the summit of [[Ben Lomond]], which rises to 3,196 feet above sea level.
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  • ...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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  • ...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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