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• Derbyshire
  ...of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The [[Pennine Way]]'s southern end is at [[Edale]] in Derbyshire. ...crushed stone for road building and concrete manufacture, and is moved by rail. The Limestone areas of central Derbyshire were found to contain veins of l
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• Dumfriesshire
  ...Longbridge Moor in the west, and Nutberry Moss in the east, all once under water, but now largely reclaimed. ...auty to them comparable to the glens of the [[Highlands]]. For part of the way, the [[Enterkin Pass]] runs between mountains rising sheer from the burn to
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• Hertfordshire
  ..., much of the county is given over to agriculture. One distinct product is water-cress, supported by reliable, clean chalk rivers. ...ty provides an aquifer that feeds streams and is also exploited to provide water supplies for much of the county and beyond. Chalk has also been used as a b
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• Inverness-shire
  ...cal character of Inverness-shire greatly impedes transport links; road and rail (which have come on somewhat since Johnson's day) must follow mountain pass ...across the county from [[Inverness]] to [[Fort William]], bearing road and rail. The lochs of the Great Glen have also been linked by the Caledonian Canal
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• Lancashire
  ...orested and mountainous, forming part of the [[Lake District]]. [[Coniston Water]], the west bank of [[Windermere]] lie in this part of Lancashire. ...he [[Manchester Ship Canal]] does indeed link Manchester to the oceans, by way of the Mersey.
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• Somerset
  ...r, with the construction of the Huntspill River. Pumping and management of water levels still continues.<ref name=williams>Williams, Michael (1970). ''The D ...ills]] were mined for iron ore in the late 19th century; this was taken by rail to Watchet Harbour for shipment to the furnaces at [[Ebbw Vale]].
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• Surrey
  ...y]], a scenic long-distance path. Accordingly, Surrey provides much in the way of rural leisure activities, and many farms have horses; riding stables are ...n by forces supporting Prince Louis of France, who passed through on their way from London to [[Winchester]] and back and occupied Guildford and Reigate c
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• Yorkshire
  ...roads while Halifax has a town-centre relief scheme made up of the Aachen Way and the North Bridge flyovers. The Office of the Traffic Commissioner centr ===Rail===
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• County Cavan
  ...ounty's largest lake situated in the south of the county and forms a three way border on its waters between the counties of Meath, Westmeath and Cavan.<re ===Rail===
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• County Clare
  Bodies of water define much of the physical boundaries of Clare. To the south-east is the [ ...ntre}}</ref> While this has stunted the population growth in a significant way, in the modern day it has meant that many people visit the area to trace th
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• County Kilkenny
  ...de and meandering Rivers Nore and Barrow are used for angling, boating and water sports. ...Nore-Valley-Walk--Inistioge-to-Thomastown-Section--/25/ |title=Nore Valley Way |work=IrishTrails |publisher=Irish Sports Council |accessdate=7 August 2011
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• Aberdeen
  ...ighting arrived in 1824 and an enhanced water supply appeared in 1830 when water was pumped from the Dee to a reservoir in Union Place. An underground sewer ...logy transfer from oil into renewable energy and other industries is under way. The "Energetica" initiative led by Scottish Enterprise has been designed
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• Wicken Fen
  ...include great crested grebe, cormorant, gadwall, teal, sparrowhawk, water rail, kingfisher, snipe, woodcock, great spotted and green woodpeckers; and barn ...ts and animals are dependent upon regular management of vegetation in this way to keep their habitats going. Konik ponies and highland cattle have now bee
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• Chepstow
  ...h begins at Sedbury, Glos., near the east bank of the Wye and runs all the way to the [[Irish Sea]] at Prestatyn in [[Flintshire]]. This was built in the ...ere independent of the English crown and the castle in Chepstow provided a way to deter the Welsh from attacking Gloucestershire. From the 14th century,
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• Luton
  ...ing an ancient route; that of the Roman Road, [[Watling Street]]. A major rail-link is being constructed through the town. ...a cholera epidemic in 1848 Luton formed a water company and had a complete water and sewerage system by the late 1860s. The first covered market was built (
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• Newport, Isle of Wight
  ...66 when its station closed, the site now run through by the A3054 ''Medina Way'' dual carriageway. Transport by water has Newport as a centre too as River Medina, that great cleft through the I
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• Omagh
  ...he same year as the Battle of the Boyne, James II arrived at Omagh, on the way to Londonderry. Supporters of William III, Prince of Orange, burnt the town ...and the Portadown-Londonderry main line in 1965, leaving the town with no rail service. The town's large military barracks, St Lucia Barracks, closed on 1
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• Liverpool
  * Bank Street (now Water Street) ...830, Liverpool and Manchester became the first cities to have an intercity rail link, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The population continued to ris
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• Ruislip
  ...llage square and are now Grade II listed. It originally featured a central water pump which was moved out of the road in the 1970s as a result of increased ...the Pinn Meadows, to make use of the natural spring there. The Colne River Water Company agreed, upon the guarantee of £45 per year, and the service was es
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• Crewe
  ...even though these places were the direct origin of the name of the town by way of the railway station, which was also not part of the town before 1936. An ...works was built and the works water supply was adapted to provide drinking water and a public baths. The railway also opened a cheese market in 1854 and a c
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• Runcorn
  During the 18th&nbsp;century, water transport had been improved in the area by the Mersey and Irwell Navigation ...Runcorn Railway Bridge was opened across the Mersey, giving Runcorn direct rail links with [[Liverpool]] in [[Lancashire]] and with the rest of the country
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• Pitcairn Islands
  ...pecies, Henderson Island has 16, including the unique flightless Henderson rail (Nesophylax alter); Oeno 12; Ducie 13 and Pitcairn six. Of the birds breedi ...caught in shallow water, while Snapper, Big Eye and Cod are caught in deep water and Yellow Tail and Wahoo are caught by trolling. A range of minerals have
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• Derby
  ...cape it is a disaster.' That section of the road is known as "St Alkmund's Way". The newer buildings along Ford Street and St Alkmund's Way include the Friargate Studios, The Joseph Wright Centre (a campus of Derby
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• Rugby
  ...of various kinds and many pubs. In 2002, Brownsover Fish Bar on Hollowell Way, Brownsover, was named as the best seller of Fish and Chips in the country. ...ugby. Rugby became an important railway junction, and the proliferation of rail yards and workshops attracted workers to the town. Rugby's population grew
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• Bermondsey
  [[File:MandelaWayT34.jpg|thumb|[[Mandela Way T-34 Tank]]]] * Mandela Way T-34 Tank
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• Bridgwater
  ...rossing of the town bridge. A 12-foot thick portion of the castle wall and water gate can still be seen on West Quay, and the remains of a wall of a buildin ...er]]. After 1827, it was also possible to transfer goods to [[Taunton]] by way of the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal at Huntworth.<ref>{{cite book |last=Haw
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• Shoreditch
  ...1 feet wide by 30 feet deep. The premises will be heated throughout by hot water coils, and provision has been made for lighting the house by electric light ...ly formed Transport for London agreed to revert most of the streets to two-way working, a project which was completed in late 2002.
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• Galashiels
  ...of [[Selkirkshire]] and [[Roxburghshire]]. The town stands on the [[Gala Water]] which in the vicinity forms the county border. Locally the name is freque ...]], just across the [[River Tweed]] from Galashiels. The "Sir Walter Scott Way", a long-distance path from [[Moffat]] to [[Cockburnspath]], passes through
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• Water Orton
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• Land's End to John o' Groats
  ...roximately 603 miles but such a route passes over a series of stretches of water in the [[Irish Sea]].) The one-way distance is similar to that of 875 miles London–Edinburgh–London, the l
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• Whitchurch, Glamorgan
  ...located on the Coryton Line where trains run between Coryton and Radyr by way of the city centre. ...s.<ref>[http://blog.stuartherbert.com/photography/category/merthyr-road/by-water/melingriffith-feeder/ Meligriffith Tin Works]</ref>
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• Bridgend
  ...ooded the town centre. Subsequent floods and extreme weather led the Welsh Water Authority to develop concrete flood defence walls along the banks of the Ri ...an and to the northern valleys. The Vale of Glamorgan link to [[Barry]] by way of [[Rhoose]] was re-instated in June 2005.
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• Gloucester
  Gloucester is a port, linked to the Severn Estuary by way of the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal which runs from Gloucester's docks, a ...24 hours, and the entire city and its surrounding areas were without piped water for 17 days.
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• Southampton
  ...] at the meeting of the [[River Test]] and [[River Itchen]]. Southampton Water provides a deep, broad, sheltered [[English Channel]] roadstead, which has ...rivers. The city lies at the northern tip of the Southampton Water, a deep water estuary, which is a ria formed at the end of the last Ice Age. Here, the ri
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• Basingstoke
  ...h the outlying villages of [[Upton Grey]] and [[Mapledurwell]]. The Harrow Way is an ancient route that runs to the south of the town. [[File:Churchill Way, Basingstoke.jpg|thumb|right|Churchill Way running through the centre of the town centre]]
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• River Clyde
  ...d to form the Daer Reservoir) and the Potrail Water. The [[Southern Upland Way]] crosses both streams before they meet at Watermeetings ({{getmapecho|NS95 ...River Clyde there has been a significant issue of oxygen depletion in the water column.<ref>C.Michael Hogan. 2011. [http://www.eoearth.org/article/Irish_Se
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• Maidstone
  ...joined the River Medway at Maidstone; though a short river it provided the water to drive numerous watermills. The [[Loose Stream]], that rises at [[Langley Because of its situation and the availability of water power for the mills, Maidstone grew an industrial base, and became a nodal
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• Folkestone
  ...pact disk since 2007</ref> Dredging the harbour, and the construction of a rail route down to it, began almost immediately, and the town soon became the SE ...& Hammer, has its British headquarters in the town. Silver Spring Mineral Water Company Limited, currently the largest independently-owned soft drinks manu
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• Pennines
  The Pennines are an important water catchment area with numerous reservoirs in the headwaters of the major rive ...tionaltrail.co.uk/PennineWay/text.asp?PageId=34|title=Trail stats, Pennine Way|accessdate=2007-08-03|work=National Trails Homepage|publisher=The Countrysi
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• Farnham
  ...mainly the result of its geography; a combination of river, streams, fresh water springs and varied soils, together with a temperate climate, attracted earl ...nment of the ridges and valleys has influenced the development of road and rail communications. The most prominent geological feature is the chalk of the [
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• Milford Haven
  The water of Milford Haven has long been known as a safe port and this quality was th ...distinguish it from the town which has assumed its name) is a natural deep-water harbour reaching deep into Pembrokeshire. The Haven is a ria or drowned val
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• Leicester
  ...' was founded around AD&nbsp;50 as a military settlement along the [[Fosse Way]], a Roman road. After the military departure, ''Ratae Corieltauvorum'' gre ...olsey was arrested on charges of treason and taken from York Place. On his way south to face trial at the Tower of London, he fell ill. The group escortin
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• River Mersey
  ...in after the [[River Severn]]. The bottleneck in the river estuary forces water to flow faster creating a deep channel at the narrows. ...nel dating back to 1886, which now forms a part of the Merseyrail commuter rail network. Initially a part of the Mersey Railway, the Mersey Railway Tunnel
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• Norwich
  The best way to confuse a visitor in Norwich is to tell them to turn left at the church, ...Norþwic (from which Norwich gets its name), Westwic (at Norwich-over-the-Water) and the secondary settlement at Thorpe.
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• Newark-on-Trent
  ...town are possibly Roman as it lies on an important Roman road, the [[Fosse Way]]. The town grew around Newark Castle, now ruined, and a large marketplace, ...d twenty miles away) and increasingly for London (1 hour and 20 minutes by rail).
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• North Shields
  ...ecame populated by wealthy families. However, due to the poor provision of water and drainage facilities, the wealthy families soon moved to the more centra ...ly, it was replaced by a new station further away from the river after new rail lines were developed. The parish church of North Shields, Christ Church, wa
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• Rotherhithe
  ...muter area, with redevelopment focused around a new urban centre at Canada Water. ...low.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Albion Channel linking Canada Water with Surrey Water]]
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• Glastonbury
  ...ewers,<ref name=swdt>[http://www.somerset-waterways.org/somerset-waterways-water.html Somerset Waterways Development Trust]</ref> for use as a drainage ditc ...isbn=1874336261|pages=104–108}}</ref> This was aided by accessibility by rail and road, and this connection with antiquarianism and with mysticism has co
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• Felixstowe
  ...and a depth of up to 15 metres alongside the quay, Felixstowe boasts deep-water able to accommodate the world’s latest generation of deep-draughted ultra ...ded to allow larger containers, and many containers are now transported by rail.
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• River Chess
  ...ckinghamshire|Waterside]]. The river banks are mostly not public rights of way, and only small stretches of the river are accessible. Beyond [[Latimer]] i The river suffered from a severe lack of water for approximately two years between 2004 and 2006. In 2011 it dried up enti
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• Irish Sea
  *[[Liverpool]] ↔ [[Belfast]] by way of [[Douglas]] ...ations. However, increasing seasonal storminess leads to greater mixing of water and tends to break down these divisions, which are more apparent when the w
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• River Brent
  ...the larger rivers of Middlesex, and has not been driven underground in the way that many have. It is forced through the suburban wastes and been dammed t ...e of [[Totteridge]], forming the Middlesex-Hertfordshire boundary for some way. The Mutton Brook rises in Cherry Tree Wood, [[East Finchley]] and flows we
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• Kingston upon Hull
  ...the actual site was not good, as it was remote and low-lying with no fresh water. ...ition, there was trade with France, Spain and Portugal. As sail power gave way to steam, Hull's trading links extended throughout the world. Docks were op
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• Bristol Channel
  ...d North Devon, such as [[Croyde]] and [[Woolacombe]], win awards for their water quality and setting, as well as being renowned for surfing. In 2004, ''The ...of the Bristol Channel. [[Bristol]] itself is not on the channel but some way inland, connected by the [[River Avon, Somerset|River Avon]]. Its port tho
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• Immingham
  ...gham; this actually refers to the nearby route of the A180 and the A160 by way of Immingham Dock and thence on to Amsterdam which implies there is a ferry ...e 1960s a comprehensive school and shopping centre/office complex (Kennedy Way) were opened to facilitate this increase.
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• Channel Tunnel
  ...nel Tunnel''' ({{lang|fr|Le tunnel sous la Manche}}) is a 31-mile undersea rail tunnel linking [[Folkestone]], Kent with Coquelles near Calais in northern The tunnel carries three sorts of service: passenger rail services ("Eurostar"); freight trains; and roll-on/roll-off vehicle transpo
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• Dartford
  ...story of religious, industrial and cultural importance. It is an important rail hub; the main through-road now avoids the town itself. ...Ages Dartford was an important waypoint for pilgrims and travellers on the way to [[Canterbury]] and Europe, and various religious orders established them
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• River Medway
  ...onbridge where bridges carry the A227 road and a Redhill to Tonbridge Line|rail link over the river, there is also a two-span viaduct which takes the A21 o ...osses the river using the Medway Viaduct or motorway bridge. The Greensand Way crosses the river at [[Yalding]]. At [[West Peckham]], it is joined by the
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• River Rother, Yorkshire
  ...the coal and waste from the mines and the towns on its banks got into the water. The fish died and the river became lifeless; by 1974 it was reckoned to be ...short distance, before turning to the north. The valley is shared with the rail line from Derby to Rotherham, which crosses the stream; the first two of a
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• Shaw and Crompton
  ...{Harvnb|Rathbone|2000|p=143.}}</ref> These hamlets were situated above the water-logged valley bottoms and below the exposed high moors.<ref name="Lives143" ...members, the site was sold and, in 1950, the house was demolished to make way for an exclusive development of bungalows.<ref name="Ballard19"/>
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• Lamberhurst
  ...ikely form before then. After the Industrial Revolution [[the Weald]] gave way to the North and Lamberhurst became important for hop-growing. ...ver Bewl]], was dammed and flooded between 1973 and 1975 creating the Bewl Water reservoir.
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• River Etherow
  ...rk.info/studyArea/factsheets/21.html | accessdate=2008-11-28}}</ref> Water Rail have been recorded at Etherow Country Park.<ref name=CNR/> Water was an important source of power for industry, and the Etherow and its trib
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• Monifieth
  ...weaving within the home and the start of manufacturing of linseed oil at a water-powered mill by the Dighty burn,<ref> ...ing converted to standard gauge when it was incorporated into the national Rail system.<ref>{{cite book |title=The World's First Railway System | url=http:
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• Longdendale
  ...00 million gallons. A tunnel was built at a depth of 200 feet to carry the water from Longdendale into the valley of the [[River Tame, Lancashire|River Tame |title=Manchester's water: the reservoirs in the hills
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• Teignmouth
  |title=Templer Way leaflet ...winter. In 2010 the sea walls and adjoining estuaries were costing Network Rail around £500,000 per year to maintain.<ref>{{cite web
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• Sleaford
  ...y years on Boston Road Recreation Ground. The wooden pavilion finally gave way to rot and decay in 2004, and their new stadium opened, located a little fu ...ugh sections were rebuilt following a thunder storm in 1884. The sanctuary rail (originally from Lincoln Cathedral) is by Sir Christopher Wren.<ref>{{cite
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• Ickenham
  ...tween [[Harrow on the Hill|Harrow]] and [[Uxbridge]], it brought with it a rail link to London. A great deal of residential development commenced in the vi ...Long Lane. After Gell's death in 1863, under the provisions of her will a water pump was sunk for the benefit for the community in 1866. The village pond n
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• Salford
  ...Road" terminates at Salford, entering the area from [[Pendlebury]]. Heavy rail lines pass through Salford. ...had been based on Arkwright-type designs. These relied on strong falls of water, but Salford is on a meander of the Irwell with only a slight gradient and
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• River Thurso
  ...generally east/south-east for about 2½ miles until it is joined by [[Glut Water]], and then generally north-east for five miles until it enters the souther ...it reaches its mouth in [[Thurso Bay]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. On its way it passes through the village of [[Halkirk]], about 5½ miles of the burgh
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• Chilterns
  ...m [[Goring-on-Thames]] in [[Oxfordshire]], through [[Buckinghamshire]], by way of the [[Dunstable Downs]] and [[Deacon Hill]] in [[Bedfordshire]], to near ...Natural England]</ref> The latter is the starting point of the [[Icknield Way]] Path and [[the Ridgeway]] long distance path, which follows the line of t
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• Brownhills
  ...ent Group|accessdate=2007-10-19}}</ref> but the only significant bodies of water in the area are human-made, namely the canal and the 750-acre reservoir, [[ ...s a country park. The reservoir supports a variety of activities including water-skiing, sailing, angling and bird watching.
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• Netherton, Black Country
  ...Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the Parish of Dudley in t ...regularly at the reservoir.<ref>[http://www.dudleywaterski.org.uk/ Dudley Water Ski Club]</ref>
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• Manchester Ship Canal
  ...he railway companies' charges as excessive. A ship canal was proposed as a way of giving ocean-going vessels direct access to Manchester. The region was s ...eld back the tide in the estuary, there was not always sufficient depth of water for a fully laden boat.<ref>Owen, 1983, p 7</ref> The Bridgewater Canal's R
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• Looe
  ...river, which is from the ancient Cornish language: ''Logh'' meaning ''deep water inlet''. The River is similarly divided, united only at the edge of the to ...r to carry copper and granite between the railhead at Liskeard (from where rail links reached to the [[Cheesewring]] on [[Bodmin Moor]]) and the port at Lo
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• Alston, Cumberland
  ...Thecumbriadirectory.com |date=|accessdate=2012-07-08}}</ref> The [[Pennine Way]], Britain's first National Trail, passes through Alston. ...e visited "in boats 30 feet in length, which are propelled in four feet of water by means of sticks projecting from the sides of the level; and thus may be
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• Millom
  The town is accessible both by rail and an A class road. The parish had a population of 7,132 in 2001. ...and the valley returned to its original form. This work was carried out by water network company United Utilities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Back to the future f
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• Kenilworth
  ...f at the university choose to live in Kenilworth. The town has good road, rail and air links. ...nt led to the Dictum of Kenilworth: a settlement that offered the rebels a way of recovering the lands that the Crown had seized from them. One copy of th
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• Fowey
  ...ornwall "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty" and at the end of the Saints' Way. There are many historic buildings in the town, including the ruins of [[St ...ss the river, to Bodinnick and to Polruan (on foot only). A ship to shore water taxi service operates from Easter until the end of October and a foot ferry
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• River Otter
  ...r Valley is one of Devon's largest groundwater sources, supplying drinking water to 200,000 people. ...dunlin, common sandpiper, ringed plover, grey plover, curlew, snipe, water rail, wigeon, teal, shelduck, brent goose, red-breasted merganser and little gre
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• Kennet and Avon Canal
  ...active brass and copper industry served by the river, which also provided water power for the cloth industry.<ref name=allsop17>{{harvnb |Allsop |1987 |p=1 ...tream of the Bottom Lock are a side pound and a pumping station that pumps water "upstream" of the locks, to replace that used each time a boat passes throu
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• South West Coast Path
  ...ll and Devon then [[Dorset]] to finish at [[Poole Harbour]]. It picks its way amongst some of the prettiest coasts in the land. ...] it follows the beach to [[Porlock Weir]] and connects with the Coleridge Way.
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• River Liffey
  ...ver Poddle]] and the [[River Camac]]. The river supplies much of Dublin's water, and a range of recreational opportunities.<ref name="River Liffey Informat ...], [[Clane]] and [[Celbridge]]. Then at [[Leixlip]] is swallows the [[Rye Water]], turns sharply east and enters [[County Dublin]].
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• Bassenthwaite Lake
  ...uvial plain between the two lakes. There has been speculation that Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite Lake were once one larger lake with the alluvial flats no ...of water in the Lake District to be named a "lake" as all the others are ''water'' or ''mere'' or ''tarn''.
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• Boho
  ...> They also contain the only Irish modern-day record of the cave-dwelling water beetle (''Agapus biguttatus'').<ref name=BohoASSI/> ...ous forest in Northern Ireland. The forest also forms part of the [[Ulster Way]] and the Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark. The area is notable for Aghanag
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• Dún Laoghaire
  ...the Gaelic spelling of Dunleary was adopted, though pronounced in the same way. ...apid Transit ("DART") suburban railway, and is also a stop on the mainline rail service from Dublin to Wexford and Rosslare. An Aircoach service links the
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• Barking
  ...ortant industry in Barking from the 14th century, until the mid-19th. Salt water fishing from Barking began before 1320, when too fine nets were seized by C The opening of direct rail links between the North Sea ports and London meant that it was henceforth q
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• Portishead
  ...dential property coincided with the construction of the dock, pier and the rail link to Bristol.<ref name="portisheadhist"/> The Royal Hotel by the pier wa ...ound the 1860s, at the height of the iron and steel era, a pier and a deep-water dock were built by the Bristol & Portishead Pier and Railway to accommodate
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• Northfleet
  ...] to [[Margate]]'. That grandiose scheme did not materialise in quite that way, but the area of Northfleet still bears that name. ...er, it was an obvious place for industry to be located. The river provided water supplies and the means whereby raw materials and products could be transpor
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• Strood
  ...od's history has been dominated by the river, the bridges and the road and rail links they carried. It is now a mainly residential suburb of Rochester, and ...te. Strood Market is held on part of this land, but is relocating to make way for a food store. An archaeological dig of the site was done in the 1970s.
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• Eccles
  ...1852 the streets were paved with boulders, sewerage was non-existent, and water supply was a local well. During the latter half of the 19th century new hou ...of tracks in the road, horse-drawn trams were used; these eventually gave way in 1902 to electric trams under the control of the Salford Corporation. Mot
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• Fleetwood
  ...and [[Glasgow]], he envisaged Fleetwood as the transfer point between the rail and the steamers to the Clyde, and set about encouraging a railway link fro ...oast, so there was a competitive advantage for a west-coast port with good rail links. By the start of the 20th century, Fleetwood's position as one of the
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• Wesham
  ...ol]]. From the 1920s to the 1950s huge numbers of steam trains plied their way to the coast via the station at 'Kirkham and Wesham'. Situated to the north of the rail station, from ½ a mile to 2½ miles North of [[Kirkham, Lancashire|Kirkham
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• Stretford
  ...line through Stretford was electrified in 1931, and was converted to light rail operation in 1992, when it became part of the [[Manchester Metrolink]] tram ...55–56 the holes in the top of the stone were filled with vinegar or holy water, through which coins were passed in the belief that would halt the spread o
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• Whitworth
  ..., such as Cowm Top which was removed to make way for Cowm Reservoir, now a water ski recreation centre, and Hades which lies at the foot of Hades Hill toget ...tury, of a turnpike road through the valley. It ran from [[Manchester]] by way of Rochdale and Whitworth to Bacup and then on to [[Burnley]], [[Colne, Lan
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• River Welland
  ...walls to protect the adjacent land from flooding, while 56 miles are fresh water, but run through low-lying land, and are therefore embanked. Within the riv ...sh}}</ref> The [[Macmillan Way]], a long distance footpath, crosses on its way from [[Abbotsbury]] in Dorset to [[Boston]] in Lincolnshire. Medbourne Broo
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• River Witham
  ...o for coarse fish such as roach, common bream and pike; small mammals like Water Voles, and native crayfish. ...dge not only restricts navigation due to its small size, but the volume of water that can pass through the gap is limited in times of flood. This is allevia
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• Sutton Bridge
  ...electricity into the National Grid was opened, it is situated on Centenary Way, close to the river Nene. ...ck across the marshes between Lincolnshire and Norfolk was passable at low water and needed a guide for a safe passage. Livestock, travellers, wagons and co
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• Fintona
  ...when the [[Omagh]] to [[Enniskillen]] line closed, and with it, Fintona's rail links to the rest of [[Ireland]]. When retired, it was the second last exis Towards the south-east about four miles away, about half-way between Fintona and the village of [[Fivemiletown]], the land rises to the
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• Wells-next-the-Sea
  ...here, and Wells once had many well from which water was drawn, supplied by water rising through the chalk. ...d after damage in the 1953 East Coast Floods, while the line to Norwich by way of Fakenham, Dereham and Wymondham was a victim of the "Beeching Axe" of th
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• Chelsea
  ...Chelchith; in the 16th century it began to be written Chelsey; the modern way of spelling seems to have been first used about a century ago. * Gavin Maxwell Novelist, journalist, explorer and author of Ring of Bright Water (9 Paultons Square)
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• Tynemouth
  ...ay on top, popular with Sunday strollers. On the lee side is a lower level rail track, formerly used by trains and cranes for loading ships. At the seaward ...e 16th century to defend against invasion. It continued to be used in this way for naval guns until the early 1950s. It is now a popular vantage point for
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• Cotgrave
  ...a Saxon church a century before the Norman invasion. The Roman road Fosse Way passes a mile to the East where it changes direction slightly. ...on of the village rose from around 700 to over 5,000 within a few years. A rail track was extended from Nottingham over the [[River Trent]] past Radcliffe
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• Crossings of the River Thames
  ...[[Teddington]], there are locks on its course, several of which provide a way to cross from one bank to another. | A433 Road Bridge, [[Fosse Way]] Roman Road
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• Markinch
  ...he village started to adapt to spinning and weaving production. The use of water wheels of the corn and meal mills encouraged new industries to begin along [[File:Markinch Rail Station.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Markinch railway station]]
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• Airdrie
  ...legend tells that William Wallace sharpened his sword on this stone on his way to the Battle of Falkirk. ...edrox; ''Mayeuth'' is now Myvot; ''Clarnephin'' refers to the North Calder Water in the east of the parish (from old Brittonic name ''claur n afon'' meaning
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• Uckfield
  ...her theory thinks it is form a Celtic word for 'High' or 'Height', or for "water", and others appear over the years with no certainty. ...connected to London Bridge station by way of East Croydon. Until 1969 the rail link continued to Lewes; after it was closed Uckfield became the terminus;
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• Ffestiniog Railway
  {{Infobox heritage rail ...y' wagons. To achieve this continuous grade (about 1 in 80 for much of the way), the line followed natural contours and employed cuttings and embankments
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• Welsh Highland Railway
  {{Infobox heritage rail ...Railway. In Porthmadog it uses the United Kingdom's only mixed gauge flat rail crossing.
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• Llyn Cwellyn
  ...d for its beautiful setting. As a working reservoir, it supplies drinking water to parts of [[Caernarfonshire]], [[Merionethshire]] and [[Anglesey]]. ...ce Jones, owner of the Castell Cidwm estate at the northern end, and Welsh Water, who own the side that supplies the weir. The lake was originally owned by
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• Ossett
  ...of Yorkshire]], to be found near junction 40 of the [[M1 motorway]], half-way between [[Dewsbury]], to the west, and [[Wakefield]], to the east. ...966. Pildacre pit shut due to flooding in 1875 but remained as a source of water for Ossett. Westfield shut in the early 1900s. The Chidswell riot in 1893 w
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• Beinn Achaladair
  The name of the mountain is Gaelic and means "Hill of the Field of Hard Water" or "Hill of the Mower". ...aversing the lower northern slopes before crossing [[Rannoch Moor]] on its way to [[Fort William]].
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• Radyr
  ...ironworks.<ref name=TC&G/> This was an astute move as feudalism was giving way to early industrialisation. William's descendants inherited a diminishing f ...parish is a spring of very cold water, called Y Pistyll Goleu, "the bright water-spout," issuing from the side of a hill, under a considerable depth of eart
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• River Wear
  ...rham]], subsequently turning southeast, and then northeast, meandering its way through the Wear Valley to the [[North Sea]] where it flows out to the sea The [[Weardale Way]], a long-distance public footpath, roughly follows the entire route, inclu
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• Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire
  ...ng the combined A14 and A11 roads, and a branch line of the Ipswich to Ely rail line. A public footpath runs along the top of the bank. ...uding the yet more ancient [[Icknield Way]], and may thus have served as a way of controlling trade and movement in and out of the area. Findings such as
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• Peak District
  ...of [[Lancashire]] and [[Yorkshire]], coupled with easy access by road and rail, have contributed to its popularity. The Peak District is sometimes claimed ...hority directly owns around 5%, and other major landowners include several water companies.
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• Lowther Hills
  Nithsdale to the west of the Lowthers carries both the A76 road and the rail line from [[Dumfries]] to [[Kilmarnock]]. The next range of hills to the we ...the [[Crawick Water]] in a north easterly direction from where the Crawick Water runs into the River Nith. This boundary follows the B740 road through [[Cra
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• The Broads
  ...arsh and reedbeds, and villages on the solid ground, once mainly linked by water and served by frequent staithes. *'''Broad''': a lake or broad water amongst the broads, whether on the course of a river or beside it.
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• Haddiscoe Cut
  ...old to a railway developer in 1842. It remained in railway ownership until rail nationalisation in 1948. The New Cut was damaged by floods in 1953 and the ...]]. Breydon Water, the largest of the Broads, is a wide expanse of shallow water which until the narrow navigation channel was dredged was impassable by lar
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• Cranham
  ...h the nearby villages of [[Romford]] and [[Hornchurch]] and with London by way of the [[River Thames]] at [[Rainham, Essex|Rainham]].<ref name="conservati ...minster in the early 20th century ran into problems because of the lack of water supply.<ref name="parishes cranham"/> In 1922 sewage works for Upminster an
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• M3 motorway
  ...Basingstoke Motorway", as there was insufficient money to take it all the way across Hampshire to Southampton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hansard.millbank ...988}}</ref> The completed road acts as a continuation of the A316 'Country Way', an express three-lane road from Apex Corner, [[Hanworth]] in [[Middlesex]
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• Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
  {{Infobox heritage rail ...03|-1.9517}}). It is a standard gauge railway and connects to the national rail network at Keighley railway station.
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• River Loughor
  ...Pantyffynnon]]. The area of the catchment is some 101 sq miles.<ref>"First Water Resources Survey : Report", South West Wales River Authority, Published 197 ...ower side near its mouth) is the region of the waterway below the road and rail bridges at Loughor, where it turns abruptly from a southerly to a westerly
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• Llangurig
  ..., the erection of which commemorates the completion of the village's piped water supply, a scheme begun by Colonel Lloyd-Verney to whom the fountain is also ...te across Wales, to enable the industrialised Northwest to access the deep-water port in [[Milford Haven]], [[Pembrokeshire]].
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• River Soar
  ...known as 'King Richard's Bridge'. King Richard III crossed the Soar on his way to battle at Bosworth Field in the county of Leicester in 1485 and after hi ...city the Soar passes [[Birstall, Leicestershire|Birstall]] and threads its way through the lakes of Watermead Country Park, until it reaches [[Wanlip]]. T
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• St Boswells
  The village is mostly known for being on the route of [[St Cuthbert's Way]], a long distance footpath linking [[Melrose Abbey]] (five miles north-wes ...treet erected by Lord Polwarth of Mertoun is a remnant of the first public water system fed from [[Clintmains]] by lead pipes. Paraffin street lamps introdu
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• Formby
  ...winters and warm summers. Formby's coastline faces an ongoing threat from water based erosion, with high tides washing away yards of sand dunes. In an atte ...ch runs from Liverpool to Southport. Trains are frequent and are a popular way of commuting, especially to Liverpool city centre.
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• Vale of Rheidol Railway
  {{Infobox heritage rail ...ion, the line was the sole steam-operated line on the nationalised British Rail network, steam traction having ceased in 1968 on all other parts of the sys
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• Bredbury
  ...nt. Names found in nearby villages suggest that Norse invaders found their way into the district, probably during the 10th century. ...[[Chester]], followed the main highway. Virtually all the townships on the way were systematically looted, part of the Harrying of the North. Bredbury see
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• Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
  {{Infobox heritage rail ...the points from a trailing direction when the points are set for the other rail line.
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• River Frome, Dorset
  ...er Piddle]], also known as the River Trent, flow into [[Poole Harbour]] by way of the Wareham Channel. ...ly this contained marshes and gave the name to the ''Durotriges'' tribe, ''water dwellers'', whom the Romans encountered here in their homeland. Thus indir
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• Netley Hospital
  [[Netley]] on the shore of [[Southampton Water]] was first suggested as a site for the new hospital by Sir Andrew Smith, a However construction was well under way, and it was too late to change the design significantly.<ref name=Fair15/>
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• Woodhall Spa
  ...then Lord of the Manor, Thomas Hotchkin, ascertained by analysis that the water was in fact valuable, being an iodine and bromine containing mineral spring *The [[Viking Way]], a 147-mile long-distance footpath which passes through Woodhall Spa.
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• Royal Albert Bridge
  ...ique design consists of two 455-ft lenticular iron trusses100 ft above the water, with conventional plate-girder approach spans. This gives it a total lengt ...is Isambard Kingdom Brunel took over as engineer and proposed to cross the water higher upstream using a bridge at Saltash instead. The Act enabling this sc
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• Chepstow Bridge
  ...real engineer at work, designing the bridge to suit the site and the best way of getting it into position". ...n London and Swansea from 15 hours, by rail, road and ferry, to 5 hours by rail.<ref name="chepsoc">Chepstow Society, ''Brunel's Tubular Suspension Bridge
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• High Level Bridge
  ...igh-water mark, and the railway is on the upper deck 112 ft above the high-water mark. The total weight of the structure is 5,000 tons.<ref name=Norrie>Char ...ilway nowadays known as the East Coast Main Line. The bridge was opened to rail traffic, without ceremony, on 15 August 1849. It was officially opened on 2
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• Forth Road Bridge
  ...ce to carry vehicular traffic, cyclists, and pedestrians across the Forth; rail crossings are made by the adjacent and historic [[Forth Bridge]]. It was it ...wn as the Maunsell Scheme, and was projected to run somewhat closer to the rail bridge than the present road bridge. The scheme was abandoned as being too
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• Forth Bridge
  ...ns a total length of 8,296 ft. It is sometimes referred to as the '''Forth Rail Bridge''' to distinguish it from the [[Forth Road Bridge]], though this has .... The bridge and its associated railway infrastructure is owned by Network Rail Infrastructure Limited. It is considered an iconic structure and a symbol o
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• Lugton
  ...rth and [[Burnhouse]] is to the south. The settlement lies on the [[Lugton Water]] which forms the boundary between the parishes of [[Dunlop]] and [[Beith]] ...'' is supposed by some to be of Celtic origin and may refer to 'black' or 'water'.
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• Quantock Hills
  The [[Coleridge Way]] has been created along the hills, a waymarked path inspired by the walks The streams and open water such as Hawkridge Reservoir and Ashford Reservoir on [[Cannington Brook]] a
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• Churnet Valley Railway
  {{Infobox heritage rail ...service between Leek & Stoke.<ref>http://www.tutbury.org/public_transport/rail/moorland_and_city/moorland_and_city_railways.pdf</ref> Hwever in 2014 the C
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• Lancing
  There is a shingle beach with good stretches of clean sand at low water. Part of the coast road does not directly adjoin the sea but instead the lo ...has existed since pre-Roman times, which ran from [[Chanctonbury Ring]] by way of [[Cissbury Ring]] to Lancing Ring and from then on to a probable ford ac
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• Manchester Metrolink
  ...name=saldel>{{cite web |url= http://www.salford.gov.uk/d/salford-idp-light-rail.pdf |publisher= Salford City Council |title=Salford Infrastructure Delivery ...80 years |first=John |last=Scheerhout}}</ref> making it the largest light rail system in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Metrolink line to W
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• West Kilbride
  ...estern coast of [[Ayrshire]] by the [[Firth of Clyde]], looking across the water to [[Goat Fell]] and the [[Isle of Arran]]. West Kilbride and adjoining dis ...Ayrshire towns specialising in potatoes. Since the town became linked by rail to Glasgow in 1878, it began to attract more visitors, particularly to the
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• Britannia Bridge
  ...was rebuilt as a two-tier steel truss arch bridge, carrying both road and rail traffic. ...popularity of rail travel necessitated a second bridge to provide a direct rail link between London and the port of [[Holyhead]], the Chester and Holyhead
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• Gwili Railway
  {{Infobox heritage rail ...dled along, often flagged down by market-bound farmers' wives making their way across the fields to board the carriages. In fact, nearly three hours was p
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• Teifi Valley Railway
  {{Infobox heritage rail |picture caption=Motor Rail ''Sammy'' at Henllan
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• BCN Main Line
  ...s: Smethwick Great Reservoir (now built upon, holding 1514 locks' worth of water), another smaller pool at Smethwick (holding 500 locks),<ref name=sbcn/> an ...n by way of another 20 locks<ref name=p/> (increased to 21 in 1784 to save water).<ref name=hadfield/><ref>{{cite book|last=Pearson|first=Michael|authorlink
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• Ballina
  ...ud Gonne unveiled the monument, and at the unveiling event famously poured water over another speaker's (an IRB member) head. The monument was moved to its ...estone, and have four and five arches respectively. Traffic flows in a one-way direction around these two bridges and is often heavily backed up on both s
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• Bourton-on-the-Water
  |picture=Bourton on the Water.jpg ...ics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120973&c=Bourton-on-the-Water&d=16&e=62&g=6426904&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1427022251873&enc=1|tit
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• Pencader
  ...years it was one of the main stops on the [[Carmarthen]] - [[Aberystwyth]] rail route, and was the junction for the service to [[Newcastle Emlyn]]. The dec ...ct the industrialised north-west of England and [[Manchester]] to the deep water port at [[Milford Haven]], to provide an alternative to the congested Port
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• Thamesmead
  ...Broadwater Canal) - used to connect to Woolwich Arsenal, now remains as a water feature]] ...level was significantly lower, and work by MOLAS in 1997 around Summerton Way revealed evidence of field ditches and pottery and quernstones from Germany
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• Strathspey Railway
  {{Infobox heritage rail ...though it has been retained as a fallback in case of problems with Network Rail. Its signal box, which was formerly at Garve West and transported from the
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• Severn Tunnel
  ...s (London East and West) were opened in 2007 as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. It takes approximately 3 minutes 40 seconds to travel through the tun There is a continuous drainage culvert between the tracks to lead ground water away to the lowest point of the tunnel, under [[Sudbrook, Monmouthshire|Sud
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• Woodhead Tunnels
  ...the Pennine Hills on what became known as the Woodhead Line, once a major rail link from [[Manchester]] in [[Lancashire]] to [[Sheffield]] in [[Yorkshire] ...was controversial as it would make it very much more difficult to restart rail services on the line, and it was resisted by a sizeable campaign.
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• Maud
  ...ober 2009</ref> Located 13 miles west of [[Peterhead]] on the [[South Ugie Water]],<ref>*[http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst4046.html Gazetteer ...g the old railway lines which now form part of the [[Formartine and Buchan Way]]; the railway tracks were removed following the ending of freight trains i
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• Dalry, Ayrshire
  ...a cliff which rises about {{convert|60|ft|m}} perpendicularly from the Rye Water. He stated in "Excavations of the forts of Castlehill, Aitnock and Coalhill ...replace of slabs set on edge, this he states was possibly used to heat the water in the cauldron. An irregular lump of sandstone was found, bearing two chis
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• Blackpool tramway
  ...s. It was constantly necessary to remove this sand, as the addition of sea water would leave the conduits filled with wet sand which short circuited the sup ...m had derailed on 30 May 2006 at Starr Gate loop during previous trials. A Rail Accident Investigation Branch report stated that the derailment was due to
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• Beeston, Nottinghamshire
  ...te the Victoria Hotel, but as of 2007 are scheduled for demolition to make way for housing. Demolition commenced in September 2012, and by the end of 201 ...s to/from the capital being typically just under 2 hours. The distance (by rail) to St Pancras is 123 miles.
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• Chesterfield Canal
  ...the Chesterfield Canal near Staveley. This tunnel was 1¾ miles long, its water level was one foot lower than that of the canal requiring the transshipment ...apse of the Norwood tunnel when the waterway was being used only to supply water to local industry). Another new lock will lift the Canal back to its origin
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• M2 motorway (Northern Ireland)
  ...t to both [[Belfast International Airport]] and less than a quarter of the way to [[Londonderry]]. ...re reaching Junction 5 north of [[Templepatrick]], then crosses [[Six Mile Water]] before arriving to the north of Burnside at Junction 6. Running around th
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• Trent and Mersey Canal
  ...anston water park.jpg|thumb|300px|The Trent and Mersey Canal near Branston Water Park]] ...st sod of soil. James Brindley was employed as engineer and work got under way."<ref>{{cite web |work=Canals & Waterways: Routes and Roots |title=The Tren
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• Standedge Tunnels
  Of the railway tunnels, only the one built in 1894 is currently used for rail traffic. Closed in 1943, the canal tunnel was re-opened in May 2001. The St ...the completion date. Tunnelling was hampered by much larger quantities of water entering the workings than had been expected. In September 1797, Outram adv
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• Par
  Par lies in a triangle of streets which form a one-way traffic system. There is a variety of shops, a post office, a public house ...encloses 35 acres of water which is tidal with a depth of only 16 feet of water and, unlike nearby [[Fowey]], it cannot accommodate large ocean-going ships
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• Mornington, Meath
  ...t velocity and thereby produced a scouring effect and created a reserve of water from the estuarine polders to supplement the falling tide.<ref>http://www.h ...old bridge at Mornington previously had a lock gate which restricted tidal water entering the Colpe stream.
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• Bundoran
  ...it is known in Irish ''Bun Dobhráin'' (which means the foot of the little water), was, up until over a century ago, two separate villages. Bundoran was the ===The Public Rights of Way===
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• Eltham
  ...ins the [[River Ravensbourne]] at Lewisham. The Quaggy receives additional water from Mottingham Tarn and feeds the wetlands in Sutclife Park. The only othe ...Ferrier Estate, which was completed in 1970 and demolished by 2012 to make way for "Kidbrooke Village".
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• Twyford, Hampshire
  ...uiforde'. From mediæval times, the river supported a very large number of water mills for grinding corn. ...rs Park and Northfields Park, as well as many footpaths and large areas of water meadow which are held in trust or otherwise protected from building develop
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• Penmanshiel Tunnel
  ...eston]], and the channel could not accommodate all of the water. The flood water then backed up the tunnel and flowed to sea in the opposite direction, towa ...ld be wise to shore up the affected piece of the tunnel and was making his way towards the site office to arrange this when he heard the sound of the tunn
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• Chadderton
  ...ted of a cluster of cottages centred on Chadderton Hall manor house, and a water-powered corn mill.<ref name=c7/> Chadderton Hall was owned and occupied by ...s to house bigger, better, and more efficient equipment became apparent. A water-powered cotton mill was built at Chadderton's [[Stock Brook]] in 1776.<ref
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• Didsbury
  ...remained standing until its demolition in the 1980s. The station clock and water fountain have survived, dedicated to local doctor and campaigner for the po ...cemetery for the victims, it being "inconvenient to carry the dead all the way to Manchester".<ref>{{brithist|41426}} {{VCH|vol=4}}</ref>
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• Milnrow
  ...ult of suburbanisation, urban renewal and its immediate proximity to road, rail and motorway networks. ...a mile towards Oldham, where it again spreads itself out in an umbrageous way.<ref name=Waugh>{{cite book|title=Sketches of Lancashire life and localitie
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• Thames and Medway Canal
  ...tect the water level from tidal change, but the canal walls leaked and the water level dropped between every spring tide. A steam-driven pumping station was ...6 in wide at the water line, a further 5 ft wide at towpath level, and had water 8 ft deep.<ref>Strickland, William. [http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/exhi
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• Thames Barrier
  ...Estuary. If the storm surge coincides with a spring tide, dangerously high water levels can occur in the Thames Estuary. ...threat has increased over time due to the slow but continuous rise in high water levels over the centuries (8 inches each a century) and the slow "tilting"
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• Broadstone, Dublin
  ...n 1810 a reservoir, the Blessington Basin, was dug from the spur to supply water to the locality. ...ation was completed in 1850. The building was one of Dublin's six original rail termini, the others being Westland Row (now Pearse Station) Amiens Street (
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• Dartford Crossing
  ...ublisher=Highways England|accessdate=5 August 2016}}</ref> The high-speed rail line [[High Speed 1]] from St Pancras International Station to Ebbsfleet In ...er, announced that the number of toll booths would be increased to 12 each way, but concern grew that two tunnels would not be able to cope with the full
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• Tower Bridge
  ...City of London | accessdate =18 November 2010}}</ref> The nearest National Rail stations are at Fenchurch Street and London Bridge. ...was opened, the Tower Subway – ¼ mile to the west – was the shortest way to cross the river from Tower Hill to Tooley Street in [[Southwark]]. Opene
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• Ulverston Canal
  ...n, 2015, p 48</ref> Ships of up to 150 tons could reach the shore at high water, and 70 vessels were registered there. ...6" and 7' 6", depending on the state of the tide. In order to maintain the water level, a supply was taken from Newland Beck. Delays in construction meant t
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• Jubilee River
  ..., [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]], and [[Eton]]. It achieves this by taking water from the left (at this point eastern) bank of the Thames upstream of [[Boul ...ontrol mechanisms, the scheme involved constructing many bridges for road, rail and foot traffic. One of these, Dorney Bridge, took the channel through a 1
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• Allhallows, Kent
  ...igable and fortified trade route, used from Roman times. The [[Saxon Shore Way]] passes close by the old boundaries, indicating silting over many centurie ...lowsOnSea5041.JPG|right|thumb|200px|The British Pilot, at the end of Avery Way]]
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• Kilkee
  ...kee Bay by a storm. As the tide was very high, the ship was driven all the way to Edmond Point, where it split in two. Of the 216 on board, 98 drowned in ...lar performer in the town and an incident on the West Clare Railway on the way to Kilkee prompted him to write the song "Are Ye Right There Michael". Alth
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• Newcastle West
  ...to medium employers include Pallas Foods, Rettig Myson, Ballygowan Spring Water and Filtertek. There are dozens of Businesses employing 10-50 including PSE ...il so that everyone can explore this beautiful region in a safe, leisurely way by foot or bicycle. This Group is based around the Newcastle West area.<ref
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• Settle–Carlisle line
  ...e Settle-Carlisle was scheduled for closure by British Rail. This prompted rail groups, enthusiasts, local authorities and residents along the route to fig ...hs were laid between the tracks at Garsdale enabling steam engines to take water without losing speed.
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• Mountmellick
  ...ll stands there, and is a Pennsylvania Historical site as it was used as a way station on the Underground Railroad during the civil war<ref>http://www.und ...Ballyfin and Anngrove in Irishtown. Initially these mills were powered by water, but steam engines were gradually introduced during the 19th Century.
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• Tallaght
  ...Templeogue, and were also dispersed. In 1936 a skeleton, sword-bayonet and water bottle were found in a hollow tree stump near Terenure. It is thought that ...ed to Dublin by Dublin Bus services, and by the Red Line of the Luas light rail system, which opened in September 2004. Though the first stop (Tallaght Cro
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• Thomastown
  ...early 1960s. The mills were Pilsworth's Mills. At one stage there were 12 water-powered mills, for grain and cloth, working in the parish. The last working ===Rail===
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• Tay Rail Bridge
  |carries=Rail traffic ...at no great depth under the river. At either end of the bridge the single rail track ran on top of the bridge girder, most of which therefore lay below th
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• Thames Tunnel
  ...self, soon fell ill from the poor conditions caused by filthy sewage-laden water seeping through from the river above. This sewage gave off methane gas whic .... Isambard was extremely lucky to survive this; the six men had made their way to the main stairwell, as the emergency exit was known to be locked. Isamba
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• Hapton, Lancashire
  ...e.co.uk/archive/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/Hapton.pdf |publisher=Community Rail Lancashire Ltd |accessdate=21 January 2018}}</ref> Perseverance Mill was bu ...it, yellow wagtail, woodcock and herons have all been spotted in the area. Water vole, newt and frog can be found on the steeper-sided river embankments an
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• The Grove, Hertfordshire
  Scudamore sold the estate in 1631 including two water-mills under one roof, called the Grove Mills, to Sir William Ashton who lef ...ent training centre for the British Transport Commission and later British Rail.<ref name="BRB">{{cite book|last=Lovett|first=Dennis |author2=Robert Heasma
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• Derby Canal
  ...innovative engineering solution called the Derby Arm being proposed, as a way of transferring boats across the river. ...diacre line. This began with a small basin under what is now St. Alkmund's Way, proceeding eastwards following a line south of the Nottingham Road. A shor
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• Laira
  ...broad, shining water to a mudflat through which the little river winds its way. ...e Laira - geograph.org.uk - 293055.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The Laira road and rail bridges at Cattedown]]
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• Grantham Canal
  [[File:Grantham Canal not in water.JPG|thumb|250px|A dry lock on the canal near Cropwell Bishop]] ...as used as a water supply for agriculture, most of the channel remained in water, although bridges were lowered. Since the 1970s, the Grantham Canal Society
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• Bracebridge Heath
  ..., overlooking Lincoln and the valley of the [[River Witham]]. The [[Viking Way]] runs along the cliff top, a 147-mile-long footpath, which runs from the [ ...oad, known locally as 'The Water Tower', as opposed to the white 'Hospital water tower', a header tank for the hospital laundry boilers, another prominent l
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• Crystal Palace
  ...e high level station was closed in 1954 and demolished seven years later. Rail services gradually declined, and for a period in the 1960s and 1970s, there [[File:Crystal Palace General view from Water Temple.jpg|thumb|250px|alt=Image of the Crystal Palace before it was destro
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• Keston
  ...Lodge remained until the late 1970s when they too were demolished to make way for three new houses in Forest Ridge. Keston Lodge was approached through t ...d. The ponds were constructed in the early nineteenth century to provide a water supply to Holwood House, and are now part of popular recreational area and
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• Foots Cray
  ...Orbital Path|"London LOOP" walk]] passes through Foots Cray Meadows on its way from [[Bexley|Old Bexley]] to Sidcup Place and [[Petts Wood]]. There is so ===Rail===
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• Annery Kiln
  ...tlehampton]] as well as being imported from Glamorgan and Pembrokeshire by way of Bideford.<ref name=grif>Griffith, R. S. Ll.: 'Annery Kiln, Weare Giffard ...sheltered and safe collection of the quicklime, which reacted violently to water.
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• Weston-on-Trent
  ...uth side from the north of the village".<ref name="wrr">By Water, Road and Rail: A History of Transport in Weston-on-Trent David Birt et al. Weston LHS {{I ...sturb the quiet of the village as the new line allowed traffic to make its way from Trent Junction, creating an express route past the central station in
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• Great Laxey Mine Railway
  {{Infobox heritage rail ...e entrance to the [[Laxey Washing Floors|washing floors]] along a right of way that passes through the Isle of Man's only remaining railway tunnel (anothe
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• Kent and East Sussex Railway
  {{Infobox heritage rail ...affic on 2 April 1900. A wind pump was provided at Robertsbridge to supply water for locomotives. The original Tenterden station, later renamed Rolvenden wa
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• Kineton, Warwickshire
  ...the village of [[Wellesbourne]] with its historic [[Wellesbourne Watermill|water mill]], [[Compton Verney House]] art gallery, the [[British Motor Museum]] ...tm</ref> It extends to several hundred acres and is linked to the mainline rail system by a branch line. The depot also stores spare railway carriages and
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• Moors Valley Railway
  {{Infobox heritage rail ...wo signal boxes, one in a Great Western Railway style and one in a British Rail Southern Region style.<ref name=Signaling>{{cite web|title=Moors Valley Rai
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• Lough Scur
  ...annon–Erne Waterway]], here lining a number of Leirtrim’s lakes on its way between the [[River Shannon]] and the [[River Erne]]. The waters draining ...the roscarbon shoal there is an isolated rock almost level with the summer water surface, nearly circular, measuring ten to fifteen feet across.
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• Kilburn, Middlesex
  ...ers" in the 18th century came to Kilburn when a well of chalybeate waters (water impregnated with iron) was discovered near the Bell Inn in 1714. In an atte ...ll in 1714, and the construction of gardens and a fine room to exploit the water, Kilburn did not attract any significant building until around 1819 in the
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• Stamford Bridge
  ...teriorated and by Sunday 7 March large areas of Stamford Bridge were under water and a final flooding depth of approximately five feet was recorded by Monda The flood defences were breached, and much of the village square was under water, on the morning of 26 June 2007, in the wake of exceptional rainfall over t
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• Churchdown
  ...itter status and details</ref> and two reservoirs operated by Severn Trent Water. ...access to Cheltenham and Gloucester, and also to the [[M5 motorway|M5]] by way of the ''Golden Valley Bypass'' section of the A40. There are some segrega
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• Puxton
  ...weed, along with many scarce invertebrates such as the hairy dragonfly and water scorpion. Birds seen at the site include; skylarks, reed and sedge warblers ...buildings. On the opposite side of the line is an old milk depot that was rail-connected from 1925 to 1966 but is now used by a business that repairs road
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• Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum
  ...sday Book]] of 1086 recorded that drainage of the higher grounds was under way.{{sfn|Williams|Williams|1992|p=71}} In the Middle Ages, the monasteries of ...Pumping Station - geograph.org.uk - 676871.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The light rail track leading to the pump house]]
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• Bardney
  ...to the river, the railway, and a wetland bird found in the area, the water rail.
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• Branston, Lincolnshire
  [[File:Branston Water Wheel (geograph 3712221).jpg|left|thumb|150px|Waterwheel on the beck]] [[file:Branston_Water_Wheel_(geograph_1812150).jpg|left|thumb|200px|Victorian water pump on Waterwheel Lane]]
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• Langrick
  ...ns.org.uk/sustrans-near-you/midlands/easy-rides-in-the-midlands/water-rail-way|archive-date=30 March 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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• Warrington Transporter Bridge
  ...me=r>Rennison, p. 267</ref> is 30 feet wide, and stands 76 feet above high water level, to permit ships to sail beneath. It has an overall length of 339 fe ...p works of Joseph Crosfield and Sons. It was originally designed to carry rail vehicles up to 18 tons in weight, and was converted for road vehicles in 19
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• Tay Bridge
  |carries=Rail traffic ...om Wormit on the south bank.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The second (current) Tay Rail Bridge from Wormit]]
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• Cubbington
  ...ere fleeing from London after the arrest of Guy Fawkes. They were on their way to Wales (via [[Warwick Castle]] to steal fresh horses), after a meeting at ...to burst its banks, flooding streets in the village with over two feet of water.
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• River Don Navigation
  ...f a five-mile channel from Newbridge near Thorne eastwards to Goole, where water levels in the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|Ouse]] were between 5 and 10 ft lower ...ls at Rotherham, Kilnhurst forge, Thrybergh dam and Sprotborough mills and water engine were specifically mentioned.<ref>{{harvnb |Willan |1965 |pp=17–22}
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• Clumber Park
  ...{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Notes by the way | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000228/18840712/ ...dian.co.uk/news/Where-has-all-the-water.853450.jp |title=Where has all the water gone? - Local news |publisher=Worksop Guardian |access-date=2013-08-10}}</r
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• Great Island
  ...abála Érenn'', eimheadh was the leader of a group who invaded Ireland by way of Cork Harbour in prehistoric times.<ref>{{cite book |author=Geoffrey Keat ...Heritage-Assessment-for-Cobh-Outfalls-Estuary-Crossing.pdf | website=Irish Water | publisher=Nicholas O’Dwyer Consulting Engineers | title=Cultural Herita
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• Fife Heritage Railway
  {{Infobox heritage rail ...nded design for the NCB, it is one of few Barclay saddle tanks with higher water capacity, larger boiler and backhead injectors. Spending its working life a
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• Pitsford
  ...er.co.uk/leisure/what-to-see/water-parks/pitsford/ Anglian Water: Pitsford Water Park]. Retrieved 16 November 2009</ref> is north-west of the village, but o ...of the road from the A508 to Pitsford and Brampton Station and worked its way eastward to the A508. From 1959 the quarry was on the east side of the A508
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• Noel Park
  ...planned from the outset as a self-contained community close enough to the rail network to allow its residents to commute to work. In line with the princip ...a scarecrow paid 1 penny per day,<ref>Long, p. 3</ref> and had worked his way up to become a drainage contractor.<ref name=sl>{{cite web|url=http://www.n
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• Moor Park, Farnham
  The [[North Downs Way]] runs along the pavement north of the site and runs east through woods of ...r areas to view. A major spur of a long-distance footpath, the [[Greensand Way]] starts in the grounds, passes the front of the house, leading to Moor Par
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• Mizens Railway
  ...ilway rolling stock on static display. The largest of these is the British Rail Class 423 (also known as 4-VEP) driving trailer unit number 76887 from unit ...uge style to scale bodied. Facilities to run the steam locomotives such as water and coal can be seen on the station.
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• Hythe Pier, Railway and Ferry
  {{Infobox heritage rail ...t is used both by commuters and tourists, and forms a link in the [[Solent Way]] coastal path.
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• Langstone, Hampshire
  ...gs, and several historically significant buildings, including a converted (water) millhouse and a converted 18th century windmill, the latter of which is a The village gives its name to [[Langstone Harbour]], the water south of the village between Hayling Island and [[Portsea Island]].
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• Invergowrie
  ...en reclaimed from the [[Firth of Tay]] in recent times, and it is now some way inland. This was an early Christian site, dedicated to St Curetán. An arti ...t a spring at the beginning of the 20th century and the quarry filled with water. The former quarry can be seen as you leave Invergowrie station by train he
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• Yeadon
  ...re farmed and the wool made into cloth locally, while Yeadon Gill provided water power for a corn mill.<ref name=History/> Yeadon had a rail connection from [[Guiseley]] which opened in 1894. The line was closed in 1
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• Ashurst Wood
  ...the village and [[Lewes]] Road (now part of the A22) were used as a ridge-way track for animals and people 5,000 years ago.<ref>{{cite book | title=Susse ..., with Water Farmhouse being built in the 16th century,<ref>{{NHLE|1353502|Water Farmhouse|grade=@}}</ref> Great Surries dating from the 17th century,<ref>{
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• Southease
  The [[South Downs Way]] winds its way through the village towards the nearby River Ouse and the railway station. ...st. Water rail can still be heard from the thick cover of the ditches, and water shrew and great silver diving beetle are present. Redshank, oystercatcher,
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• Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda
  ...essed him and, while brandishing a knife, rushed forward to the separating rail. He called out to the other prisoners in Gaelic and many joined him in atte ...ced into position. The tanks were then emptied to lift the ship out of the water for repairs below its waterline.
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• Chew Valley Lake
  ...unding area, taking its supply from the [[Mendip Hills]]. Some of the lake water is used to maintain the flow in the [[River Chew]]. ...ching, with over 260 species recorded. The lake has indigenous and migrant water birds throughout the year, and two nature trails have been created. The flo
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• Woodsmith Mine Tunnel
  Transporting the product out by way of a railway line involved crossing the River Esk at [[Larpool Viaduct]], a Both the pipeline and rail options were dropped in favour of a tunnel with conveyors in it during the
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• Anlaby
  ...ile to the south, separated by agricultural fields. The B1231 (Springfield Way) passes through the village. ...ringleaders are said to have been hanged at [[York]]. Disputes over Hull's water supply continued until the 1410s, with the villages fouling the freshwater
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• Bell Busk
  ...ge mill pond with a long mill race were constructed on the Aire to provide water power for a silk mill.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bell Busk Mill - Cotton and Si ...nce Paths |url=https://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Rail+To+Trail+Walk+-+The+Bentham+Line |website=www.ldwa.org.uk |access-date=29 J
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• Bramhope Tunnel
  |ownership=Network Rail .... At the same time the tunnel was draining away the local farmers' natural water supply and the source of Bramhope town well. Litigation on this subject con
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• Cottingham, Yorkshire
  ...complaint was the extraction of water which they said had deprived them of water, as well the dike having damaged their fields. ...builders attacked; later salt water was let into the Hull supply, and the water was tainted with the carcasses of dead animals. Disputes over the matter co
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• Crofton, Yorkshire
  ...cpc/> There is also a disused well, from which villagers used to get their water. It can still be seen, but the well itself has since been filled in, as a h ...rant. Of other earlier pubs, ''Weavers Green'' has been demolished to make way for new houses, and ''The Slipper'' has been converted into flats. ''The Go
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• Damems
  ...|archivedate=2008-03-30}}</ref> although it is no longer part of the main rail network. It is used as a request stop for heritage trains, on the [[Keighle Damems is located on the Worth Way, a circular hiking path connecting Keighley with Oxenhope and the communiti
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• Eccleshill, Yorkshire
  ...08}}</ref> In 2019 both mills were demolished and the site cleared to make way for a retail complex. Unfortunately the digging of the coal pits caused many local water wells to run dry.
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• Malvern Link
  ...are. There are several kilns in the Malvern Link-Newland area and numerous water-filled clay pits, now lined with trees.<ref>{{cite book|isbn=9781841712048| ...acknowledged by mourners, who would rest a coffin on the Link Stone on its way to Leigh from the Pickersleigh side of the Link, a practice probably not di
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• Kettleness
  ...s a pot or cauldron. In this sense, the cauldron refers to the cauldron of water around the headland. 'Ness' means a headland. ...ast1=Dillon |first1=Paddy |title=The Cleveland Way and the Yorkshire Wolds Way. |date=2016 |publisher=Cicerone |location=Milnthorpe |isbn=978-1-85284-823-
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• Barton Seagrave
  ...the [[River Ise]]. The village used to be connected with [[Cambridge]] by rail on the Kettering, Thrapston and Huntingdon Railway, until this was closed i There is a Community Centre on Castle Way, along with the Masque Theatre, and a village hall.
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• Marriott's Way
  [[File:Thorpe Marriott.JPG|right|thumb|300px|The Marriott’s Way on Thorpe Marriott village green]] [[File:Marriott'sWayinSummer.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The way in summer close to Cawston]]
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