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• Warwickshire
  ...nd its suburbs form Britain's second city (albeit that [[Manchester]] in [[Lancashire]] contests the title), and [[Coventry]] to the east is another major centre ...hire as such was in 1001, as ''Wæringscir'' named after Warwick (meaning "weir village").
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• Warrington
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• River Mersey
  ...'River Mersey''' for its whole natural course marks the boundary between [[Lancashire]] to the north and [[Cheshire]] to the south. The river is 68 miles long, ...butaries: the [[River Etherow]], the [[River Goyt]], and the [[River Tame, Lancashire|River Tame]]. The modern accepted start of the Mersey is at the meeting of
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• Swirl How
  |county=Lancashire '''Swirl How''' is a fell in the [[Furness Fells]] of northern [[Lancashire]]. It stands between [[Coniston]] and the [[River Duddon|Duddon Valley]].
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• River Calder, Yorkshire
  ...in its youthful stretch it forms the boundary between [[Yorkshire]] and [[Lancashire]], though at Todmorden its stream has been diverted eastward to serve a can ...ebden Water at Hebden Bridge, and is linked to the town of [[Rochdale]], [[Lancashire]] across the [[Pennines]] by way of the [[Rochdale Canal]].
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• River Roch
  The '''River Roch''' ({{IPA|roʊtʃ}}) is a river in southern [[Lancashire]], a tributary of the [[River Irwell]]. It flows through [[Rochdale]], but ...Lancashire|Belfield]], and then by the [[River Spodden]] from [[Whitworth, Lancashire|Whitworth]].
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• ParalympicsGB
  ...|| {{Medal|B}} || [[Wisbech]] || [[Cambridgeshire]] || [[Manchester]] || [[Lancashire]] ...al|G}} || [[St Stephen-in-Brannel]] || [[Cornwall]] || [[Manchester]] || [[Lancashire]]
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• Bury
  |county=Lancashire '''Bury''' is a large town in [[Lancashire]]; one of the industrialised towns close in with the contiguous townscape o
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• Manchester Ship Canal
  ...r Ship Canal''' is a river navigation 36 miles long in the very south of [[Lancashire]] and its border with [[Cheshire]], built broad to take sea-going ships fro ...f the rivers Mersey and [[River Irwell|Irwell]] through [[Cheshire]] and [[Lancashire]]. Several sets of locks lift vessels about 60 feet up to [[Manchester]] wh
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• Bacup
  |county=Lancashire '''Bacup''' is a town in [[Lancashire]], sitting amongst the southern [[Pennines]], close to the border with the
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• River Irwell
  The '''River Irwell''' is a river in in [[Lancashire]], 39 miles long from source to its outlet into the [[River Mersey]] and th ...ar [[Farnworth]] before turning southeast through [[Kearsley]], [[Clifton, Lancashire|Clifton]] and [[Agecroft]].
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• List of Queen Elizabeth II Fields
  | [[Rayleigh]] || Hollytree Gardens || Weir Farm Road <small>SS6 7AG</small> || {{map|}} || 6.67 ==Lancashire==
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• New Mills
  ...of [[Stockport]] (Cheshire) and 15 miles from the City of [[Manchester]] (Lancashire). In the great storm of June 1872, Grove Mill and Torr Vale weir were destroyed; at Rock Mill, then being used to make paper, two blocks of
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• Seathwaite Tarn
  {{#vardefine:shire|Lancashire}} ...The tarn is on the saddle between the [[Old Man of Coniston]], which is [[Lancashire]]'s [[county top]], and [[Grey Friar]] (to the north). Above its head, to
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• Whalley
  |county=Lancashire ...village on the banks of the [[River Calder, Lancashire|River Calder]] in [[Lancashire]]. It is overlooked by Whalley Nab, a large picturesque wooded hill over th
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• River Darwen
  ...River Darwen, Lancashire - geograph.org.uk - 389351.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Weir on the Darwen]] ...is a river running through [[Darwen]] and [[Blackburn]] in the midst of [[Lancashire]].
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• River Lune
  ...own as [[Lonsdale]], which has given a name to the [[Lonsdale Hundred]] of Lancashire. ...rowdale, Westmorland|Borrowdale]], and flows through Westmorland, entering Lancashire just south of [[Kirkby Lonsdale]].
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• River Wyre
  The '''River Wyre''' is a river in [[Lancashire]] which flows into the [[Irish Sea]] at [[Fleetwood]]. It is approximately ...he Marshaw Wyre, whose confluence is near the village of [[Abbeystead]] in Lancashire.
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• Brim Fell
  |county=Lancashire ...''' is a fell in the [[Lake District]], amongst the [[Furness Fells]] of [[Lancashire]]. It stands to the west of [[Coniston]] village, in the central part of th
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• Dow Crag
  |county=Lancashire '''Dow Crag''' is a fell in the [[Furness Fells]] of [[Lancashire]], within the [[Lake District]]. It stands amongst the Coniston Fells, nea
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• Grey Friar
  |county=Lancashire '''Grey Friar''' is a fell amongst the [[Furness Fells]] of [[Lancashire]], within the [[Lake District]]. It is one of the main group of Furness, t
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• Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
  {{Hatnote|Not to be confused with the [[Bridgewater Canal]] in Lancashire}} ...also had powers to construct a lock and a short length of canal at French Weir, to connect with the Grand Western Canal, while the Conservators were allow
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• Bredbury
  ...outlier of the [[Peak District]] between the valleys of the [[River Tame, Lancashire|River Tame]] and [[River Goyt]], headwaters of the [[River Mersey]]. [[File:Bredbury - Otterspool Bridge.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The industrial weir at Otterspool]]
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• List of golf courses in the United Kingdom
  *Ashton on Mersey Golf Club - [[Manchester]] (extends into Lancashire) *Lymm Golf Club - [[Lymm]] (extends into Lancashire)
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• Huddersfield Broad Canal
  ...as a branch of the Calder and Hebble, with links to Yorkshire, rather than Lancashire. The Calder and Hebble brought prosperity to the area, and Ramsden's Canal ...assing under the bridge which carries the A62 road over the river. A large weir is directly ahead, protected by a boom, and the first lock is on the right,
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• North Pennine Ring
  ...es at a crossing. Straight ahead is the channel to the enormous Castleford weir. Immediately to the left is Castleford Flood Lock, and traffic lights must ...ine Ring]] makes a U-turn after the flood gates, to pass the Cooper Bridge weir and then follows the [[Huddersfield Broad Canal]], the [[Huddersfield Narro
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• Outer Pennine Ring
  ...ford Junction, with three other routes. Straight ahead leads to Castleford weir, and no boats should enter that section. To the left is a flood lock and th [[Category:Canals in Lancashire]]
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• South Pennine Ring
  ...onto the [[Huddersfield Broad Canal]]. Care is needed as there is a large weir beside the entrance to the first lock.<ref name=jane89/><ref>{{harvnb |Nich [[Category:Canals in Lancashire]]
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• Masson Mill
  A weir was built across the Derwent to build up a head for Arkwright's Mill and a File:Masson Mills WTM 12a pre1867 Lancashire Loom 5876.JPG|Lancashire loom
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• Cromford Canal
  ...that water should be obtained from the river by raising the height of the weir at [[Masson Mill]]. This was an unwelcome complication (which would mainly ...kwright had suggested that water be drawn from the Derwent (by raising his weir at Masson Mill and feeding it via an aqueduct to Cromford Meadows - thus im
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• Milnrow
  |county=Lancashire '''Milnrow''' is a suburban town in [[Lancashire]]. It stands beside the [[River Beal]] at the foothills of the South [[Pen
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• Northenden
  ...nds on the south bank of the [[River Mersey]], which marks the border of [[Lancashire]] and whose riverside meadows provide a brief breathing space between the C There was a weir on the Mersey there in the 14th century (where Mill Lane stands now) and a
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• Radcliffe, Lancashire
  |county=Lancashire ...h-northwest of [[Manchester]]. It has grown contiguous with [[Whitefield, Lancashire|Whitefield]] to the south. The disused [[Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal]]
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• River Medlock
  ...:Weir on the River Medlock - geograph.org.uk - 56721.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Weir on the Medlock at Clayton Vale]] {{county|Lancashire}}
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• Hollinwood Branch Canal
  {{county|Lancashire}} ...doned canal near [[Hollinwood, Lancashire|Hollinwood]], in south-eastern [[Lancashire]], though one with a possibility of revival. The branch left the main line
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• Halton, Lancashire
  |county=Lancashire ...lton-on-Lune''' is a village on the north bank of the [[River Lune]] in [[Lancashire]], just upriver from [[Lancaster]] itself, three miles to the east of the c
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• Lowick, Lancashire
  |county=Lancashire '''Lowick''' is a village in [[Lancashire]], running down to a bridge over the [[River Crake]] two miles south of the
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• Staveley, Westmorland
  ...veley-in-Cartmel]], a small village close by across the county border in [[Lancashire]]. ...ill building from this time. The cotton industry shifted to the towns of [[Lancashire]] though, and the Staveley mills were converted to work wood. By 1850 bobbi
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• Barrowford
  |picture=Road junction in Barrowford, Lancashire - geograph.org.uk - 776422.jpg ...the area of Lowerford (not to be confused with its neighbour [[Higherford, Lancashire|Higherford]]). The parish has a population of 6,171.<ref name=pop>{{NOMIS20
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• Latchford
  ...ship in [[Cheshire]] that forms a suburb of [[Warrington]], otherwise in [[Lancashire]]. It is around one mile south-east of Warrington town centre and has a tot ...al area, lying between the [[River Mersey]], which forms the border with [[Lancashire]], and the [[Manchester Ship Canal]]. It broadly consists of 19th-century t
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• Lymm
  '''Lymm''' is a village and parish in [[Cheshire]], on the border with [[Lancashire]]. It incorporates the hamlets of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Dea *David Weir, Rangers and Scotland footballer
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• River Dearne
  ...map</ref> The viaduct is curved, with 21 tall arches, and was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1884.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1313339 |desc=Denby Dale rai ...tton Hall]] with the [[Yorkshire Sculpture Park]] on the north. There is a weir on the river and one on the outflow from the lakes, after which the {{conve
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• Runcorn to Latchford Canal
  ...where it crosses the old course of the [[River Mersey]], and hence into [[Lancashire]]. ...t Latchford, it joined the Mersey at a lock which was located above Howley Weir.<ref>{{harvnb |Wood |2006 |p=87}}</ref> At its terminus a dock was built wh
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• Millennium Footbridge, Stretford
  |county 2=Lancashire ...rway spur road rather unwelcoming of pedestrians. The bridge runs above a weir.
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• Ashton Bridge (Mersey)
  |county 2=Lancashire ...ad running from Junction 8 of the [[M60 motorway]] near [[Stretford]] in [[Lancashire]], across to [[Ashton upon Mersey]] in [[Cheshire]].
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• Pendle Water
  '''Pendle Water''' is a minor river in [[Lancashire]]. Rising on [[Pendle Hill]], Pendle Water cuts a deep valley between Barle ...he village of [[Blacko]]. The river then flows south through [[Higherford, Lancashire|Higherford]] and [[Barrowford]] where it is joined by [[Colne Water]]. It c
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• Walverden Water
  [[File:Walverden Water, Nelson, Lancashire - geograph.org.uk - 1211915.jpg|thumb|250px|Walverden Water and the Leeds R ...above ground.<ref name=OS1893>{{Cite web |publisher=Ordnance Survey |title=Lancashire and Furness |series=County Series |scale=1:2,500 |edition=1st |year=1893}}<
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• Blagdon Lake
  ...maintained in the River Yeo through a compensation channel and an overflow weir and spillway take flood water downstream.<ref name=hist/> ...ameter and with a 3 ft 3 in stroke, were supplied by steam from horizontal Lancashire-type twin flue boilers with Green's economisers at 100 psi. The low-pressur
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• River Worth
  ...mall streams that feed Watersheddles Reservoir (yards over the border in [[Lancashire]]) from which the River Worth is fed. From the reservoir, the river flows e |File:River Worth and Weir - geograph.org.uk - 595606.jpg|River Worth and Weir
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