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  • ...[[Great Cumbrae]] and [[Little Cumbrae]]. Although Arran encompasses most of the shire's land, it has a sparse population and the main settlements are o ...the county, only four islands are inhabited ([[Isle of Bute|Bute]], [[Isle of Arran|Arran]], [[Great Cumbrae]] and [[Holy Isle, Buteshire|Holy Island]])
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  • ...a]]. Blackpool is the heart of the long pleasure coast of Lancashire, and of a conurbation formed along the coast as far as [[Fleetwood]]. ...f [[Liverpool]], 30 miles north-west of [[Bolton]] and 40 miles north-west of [[Manchester]].
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  • ...ow considered a suburb of that city.<ref>[CORSTORPHINE A Pictorial History of a Midolithian Village ISBN 1 85158 366 1]</ref> ...often heavy, as it forms part of the A8 main road between Edinburgh and [[Glasgow]]. The actual "High Street" itself is no longer the main street, an idiosyn
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  • |flag=County Flag of Hertfordshire.svg ...ordshire]] and [[Cambridgeshire]] to the north; [[Buckinghamshire]] to the west; and [[Essex]] to the east.
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  • |biggest town=[[Glasgow]] ...the Lowlands. It is [[Scotland]]'s most populous county, for the City of [[Glasgow]] and its eastern suburbs fill its northern parts.
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  • ...town]] is [[Elgin]], which has also given the county its alternative name of Elginshire. ...y are inland, locally situate in Inverness-shire, and a corresponding part of Inverness-shire interposes itself between coast Moray and its larger detach
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  • ...s north of the coast of [[Caithness]]. Orkney has approximately 70 islands of which 20 are inhabited.<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 336-403.</ref><ref>Wic ...largest island, known as the [[Mainland, Orkney|Mainland]] and has an area of 202 square miles making it the tenth-largest island in the [[British Isles]
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  • ...Campsie Fells]] to [[Loch Lomond]] and to within four miles of the [[Firth of Clyde]]. ...ced Stirlingshire in the heart of many dramatic and indeed bloody episodes of British history, in those long ages when war was known in these lands.
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  • |name=West Lothian |map image=West Lothian Brit Isles Sect 2.svg
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  • |LG district=City of Aberdeen ...rdeenshire]] and Scotland's third most populous city. It is a major centre of the North Sea oil industry.
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  • |constituency= Dundee East, Dundee West ...d the largest town of [[Angus]], standing on the north bank of the [[Firth of Tay]]. It is the fourth-largest city in [[Scotland]].
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  • ...gh Constable of Scotland, Hugh de Morville. It also served as the capital of [[Cunninghame]]. The poet [[Robert Burns]] lived here for a time, after wh ...nninghame and Largs. The dispute was resolved by Robert II's Royal Charter of 8 April 1372 conferring Royal Burgh status on Irvine.
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  • ...northwest of Glasgow Prestwick International Airport, opposite the [[Isle of Arran]]. Troon is also a port with freight and ferry services — the P&O E Fullarton House was built by William Fullarton of that Ilk in 1745 and altered by his son, however it was demolished in 1966
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  • ...rwickshire]], 27 miles south-east of [[Edinburgh]]. It stands on the edge of the [[Lammermuir Hills]], on the Southern Upland Way. ...ereditary baillies.<ref>Mackie, J.D., CBE., MC., LL.D., editor, ''Calendar of the State Papers relating to Scotland 1547-1603'', Edinburgh, 1969, vol. XI
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  • ...ashire's northernmost large town and the chief town of '''Lancashire North of the Sands'''. ...ow stands amidst the seas, washed on the east by [[Morecambe Bay]], to the west by the [[River Duddon|Duddon Estuary]] and all around by the [[Irish Sea]].
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  • | picture caption = Millport Bay across to the [[Isle of Arran]] ...the island of [[Great Cumbrae]], an island of [[Buteshire]] in the [[Firth of Clyde]]. The town is four miles south from the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry s
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  • | picture caption=Colquhoun Square and the West Kirk ...It lies on the north shore of the [[Firth of Clyde]] and the eastern shore of the entrance to the [[Gareloch]].
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  • | constituency = West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine '''Stonehaven''' is a town on the coast of [[Kincardineshire]], of which it is the county town.
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  • | name = Glasgow | picture = View of Glasgow from Queens Park.jpg
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  • ...It is known today as 'Scotland's National Book Town' with a concentration of second-hand book shops. The North Atlantic Drift of the Gulf Stream hitting the Galloway coast ensures the climate is mild, and
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  • ...''' is a major city in southern Lancashire. It stands on the eastern side of the [[Mersey]] Estuary. ...at the centre of the wider "Liverpool Urban Area", which has a population of 816,216.<ref>{{cite web |title= Key Statistics for urban areas in the North
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  • ...ds close to the [[Firth of Forth]], its port, [[Leith]], on the south side of the water looking out toward [[Fife]]. ...s the old town, down toward the royal palace of Holyrood House, a way full of history, commerce and academia, while across the Princes Street Gardens lie
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  • ...second-biggest city in [[Northern Ireland]]. The city stands at the mouth of the [[River Foyle]] as the rivermouth becomes [[Lough Foyle]]. ...s/urban_rural/ur_gaz.pdf |title=Statistical Classification and Delineation of Settlements - February 2005 |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2010-06-20}}</re
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  • '''Corby''' is an industrial town in [[Northamptonshire]] with a population of 49,222 in 2001, but figures released in March 2010 revealed that Corby has ..., [[Northampton]] and is located in what was once the Royal Hunting Forest of Rockingham Forest.
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  • |LG district=West Dunbartonshire |constituency=West Dunbartonshire
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  • |post town=Glasgow ...hire]]. It was created in 1956 as a population overspill for the City of [[Glasgow]]. It is the eighth most populous settlement in Scotland.
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  • |post town=Glasgow ...wn and burgh in [[Dunbartonshire]] some eight miles northeast of central [[Glasgow]]. The town stands on the Forth and Clyde Canal, which since it was built
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  • ...e [[River Nith]], north of [[Thornhill, Dumfriesshire|Thornhill]] and west of [[Moffat]]. ...contains a memorial to James Crichton, a 16th-century polymath. The ruins of Sanquhar Castle stand nearby.
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  • ...crest of a hill and was known originally as the "''Hill o' Beith''" (hill of the birches) after its ''Court Hill''. [[File:Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Beith.jpg|thumb|200px|Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church]]
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  • '''Sunderland''' is a city in [[County Durham]] standing at the mouth of the [[River Wear]] on the [[North Sea]] coast. ...called Sunderland, located toward the mouth of the river (modern day East End) was granted a charter in 1179.
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  • |name=Isle of Arran |map=Isle of Arran locator.png
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  • ...sports Centre and an 18-hole golf course which sweeps almost to the summit of the isle. The road around the island road is much favoured for family cycle ...n the island. From here an orientation point which indicates the locations of surrounding landmarks.
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  • |picture caption=Inchmarnock seen from the Isle of Bute ...sea to the west of the [[Isle of Bute]], at the northern end of the Sound of Bute.
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  • |picture=Satellite image of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in April 2002.jpg ...ains 83 of the UK's 92 [[Counties of the United Kingdom|counties]] &mdash; of the remaining nine, three are formed from the surrounding archipelagoes, na
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  • ...indeed the largest after Inverness in the Highlands. It is a town in and of the Highlands, surrounded by high and beauteous mountains. ...nhill mountain bike track and its connection to the West Highland Way from Glasgow and the Great Glen Way; a walk/cycle way from [[Inverness]] to Fort William
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  • ...ight]] and on the road between the towns of [[Dalbeattie]] and [[Gatehouse of Fleet]]. It is a Georgian new town, founded in 1792 by Sir William Douglas ...as is King Street. It is the largest town of the dale and has a good range of shops, more than just the bland chain stores, and restaurants. Castle Doug
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  • [[File:EastGlasgow.JPG|right|thumb|350px|The Clyde at Glasgow's Broomielaw]] [[File:Clyde.tributaries.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Tributaries of the Clyde]]
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  • |post town=Glasgow ...round on the south side of the Cathkin Braes, about 8 miles southeast of [[Glasgow]] city centre and close to the boundary with [[Renfrewshire]].
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  • |picture caption=The Ring of Brodgar ...[[Kirkwall]] and [[Stromness]], lie on the island, which is also the heart of Orkney's ferry and air connections.
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  • ...asgow]] city centre, set amongst the central Lowlands. The town forms part of a conurbation with neighbouring Airdrie. ...all been consigned to the heritage scrap heap".<ref>Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland (1994) Eds. J & J Keay, HarperCollins Publishers, p.175</ref>
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  • |picture caption=Over the West Coast Main Line at Motherwell ...that time. The town was a burgh from 1865 until it merged with the burgh of [[Wishaw]] in 1920.
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  • ...lf has a population of some 114,300, while the wider area has a population of 132,000. ...ovided evidence of ancient Roman activity in the area, largely in the form of a Roman road which led to a camp at [[Walton-le-Dale]]. The English establi
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  • |picture=Isle of barra-castlebay.jpg ...which it is connected by a causeway, is the southernmost inhabited island of the [[Outer Hebrides]]. It is a predominantly Gaelic-speaking and Roman Cat
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  • |picture caption=The mercat cross in the centre of the village ...thshire]] adjacent to the border with [[Angus]]. It lies three miles west of [[Dundee]] on the main A90 road.
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  • [[File:View of loch lomond.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Loch Lomond]] ...=1994 |page=17 |isbn=0-85112-736-3}}</ref> albeit beaten by several loughs of [[Northern Ireland|Ulster]] and [[Ireland]].
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  • |highest point=[[Paps of Jura#Beinn an Òir|Beinn an Òir]] 2,575 feet ...[[Argyll]], in the [[Inner Hebrides]], lying in the sea to the north-east of [[Islay]].
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  • ...f a broad lower reach of the [[River Tay]], with an estimated a population of some 44,800. ...rehistoric times, on a natural mound raised slightly above the flood plain of the [[River Tay]], where the river could be crossed at low tide.
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  • '''Skye''' or the '''Isle of Skye''' is a mountainous isle in the [[Inner Hebrides]], belonging to [[Inv ...ut from a mountainous centre dominated by the [[Cuillin]] hills. The Isle of Skye is renowned for its spectacular scenery, vibrant culture and heritage,
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  • ...f Scotland.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Saint Andrew's Saltire, the national flag of Scotland]] ...are the [[Hebrides]] spread out from the west coast and the Northern Isles of [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]].
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  • ...ms part of a contiguous urban area with [[Gourock]] to the west and [[Port Glasgow]] to the east. ...the "Tail of the Bank" where the [[River Clyde]] expands into the [[Firth of Clyde]].
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  • ...of [[Jura]] and around 25 miles north of [[Rathlin Island]], off the coast of [[County Antrim|Antrim]], which can be seen on a clear day. ...leach'' (and the plural is ''Ìlich''). Gaelic is spoken by about a third of the population.
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  • ...codes|BFS|EGAA}} is a major airport located 11.5 nautical miles north-west of [[Belfast]] at [[Aldergrove, County Antrim]]. It was formerly named '''Alde ...hern Ireland and the busiest airport on the island of [[Ireland]] in terms of passenger numbers after [[Dublin Airport]]. The next busiest is [[Belfast
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  • ...Kilda 20090611 Hirta - Village Bay overview.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Overview of Village Bay, Hirta]] ...westernmost, outermost of the [[Outer Hebrides]], and belong to the parish of [[Harris]], [[Inverness-shire]].
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  • |picture caption=The tower of St James rises over the County Ground ...an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. The town has over 1,000 years of Christian and military history. It has various transport links which suppor
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  • |post town=Glasgow ...hire]], found roughly halfway between [[Glasgow]] and [[Stirling]], a town of 10,100 folk by 2004 estimates.
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  • |county=West Lothian |picture=West Main Street, Armadale.jpg
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  • |county=West Lothian |LG district=West Lothian
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  • |picture caption=Rooftops of Stranraer ...with ''Rerigonium'', a settlement anciently noted by Ptolemy in this part of Britain.
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  • [[File:Seamill, Firth of Clyde.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The Seamill beach looks south down the outer fi [[File:Firthofclydemap.png|right|thumb|250px|Map of the Firth of Clyde and area]]
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  • ...many as a result of the song "The Bells of Rhymney", a musical adaptation of a poem by Idris Davies. ...mestone. From the mid-19th century, steam coal pits were sunk to the south of the town. The ironworks closed in 1891 and by the early 20th century the t
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  • ...right-bank tributary of the [[River Clyde]]; entering the tidal Clyde in [[Glasgow]]. ...loch]] it forms the border between [[Stirlingshire]] and the detached part of [[Dunbartonshire]]; from the Park Burn to Killermont it forms the border be
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  • ...Clyde]]; it joins the Clyde from the west roughly midway between the towns of [[Erskine]] and [[Renfrew]]. ...ery short, formed from the meeting of the '''Black Cart Water''' (from the west) and the '''White Cart Water''' (from the south east) and this united river
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  • [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|right|thumb|250px]] ...icipation in the Paralympic Games. The organisation is separate from that of the British Olympic Association, for although the Olympic and Paralympic Ga
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  • ...very south of the chain of the [[Outer Hebrides]] and lies 12 miles south of [[Barra]]. Mingulay is known for its important seabird populations, includi ...the lands of Clan MacNeil of Barra, but subsequently suffered at the hands of absentee landlords.
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  • |riding=West ...very edge of [[Yorkshire]] and its suburbs reaching out toward the [[Isle of Axholme]] in [[Lincolnshire]].
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  • '''North Uist''' is an island of [[Inverness-shire]] in the [[Outer Hebrides]]. At low tide it forms one lo ...[[Berneray]]. It is separated from the Isle of [[Harris]] by the [[Sound of Harris]]. Like Lewis and Harris, North Uist is staunchly Presbyterian, whi
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  • '''Benbecula''' is an island of [[Inverness-shire]] in the [[Outer Hebrides]], lying between [[North Uist]] The manner of the islands, that one might cross from one to the other on foot at the righ
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  • ...d considered part of the "Greater Glasgow" area. The town had a population of 20,705 in 2001. ...y workers' houses owned by Mr. Bell, who owned a stone quarry to the south of Belmill. After the quarry closed, the village disappeared and a settlement
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  • ...[[Sound of Raasay]] and separated from [[Applecross]] on and the mainland of Great Britain by the [[Inner Sound]]. ...d by the MacLeods from the 15th to the 19th century. Subsequently a series of private landlords held title to the island, which is now largely owned by t
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  • ...Isles]] of the [[Inner Hebrides]]. It is linked to the neighbouring island of [[Sanday, Inner Hebrides|Sanday]] by a road and sandbanks at low tide and t ...e. The isolated skerries of [[Hyskeir]] and Humla lie six miles south-west of the island.<ref name=Haswell-Smith>{{Haswell-Smith}}</ref>
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  • ...land]] valley to the north. The parish covers 1,645 acres on a long strip of land. East Carlton is 2 miles west of the town of [[Corby]]. At the time of the 2001, the parish's population was 270.
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  • Below is a '''list of the 486 [[King George V Playing Field|King George's Fields]]''', otherwise ...ss the land. The fields are typically named "King George V Playing Field" of "King George's Field" though not in every case.
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  • ...ce west of the Isle of [[Mull]]. Iona is world famous as the first centre of St Columba’s mission to bring the Scots and Picts to Christ, and the isla ...ique opportunity to live with people from all over the world and all walks of life."
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  • |picture=Eilean Garbh, Isle of Gigha.jpg ...t coast of the [[Kintyre]] peninsula of [[Argyllshire]], with a population of about 110. The climate is mild with higher than average sunshine hours and
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  • Below is a '''list of the 564 [[Queen Elizabeth II Field]]s''', otherwise known as '''Queen Eliza ...the [[King George V Playing Field]]s, provided for the community in memory of the late King from 1936.
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  • |picture=The Pass of Glencoe - geograph.org.uk - 224850.jpg |picture caption=The Pass of Glencoe
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  • ...of Loch Leven - geograph.org.uk - 362330.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Upper reach of the loch]] ...h, and opens into [[Loch Linnhe]]. A spectacular, narrow gash in the land west-to-east amongst beautiful, forbidding mountains, Loch Leven is set in some
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  • ...ort Pagnell]] and 4 miles north of [[Stony Stratford]], and 8 miles north of Central [[Milton Keynes]]. ...and knotted with footpaths to allow much wandering in this northern march of Buckinghamshire.
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  • ...population of 26,840 people at the 2001 Census. Fleetwood toay forms part of the “Greater Blackpool” conurbation. ...larger Bernard Wharf on the other side of the river, this makes navigation of the river difficult. Conversely, the port is highly sheltered from the prev
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  • |picture=Beach of Morecambe 05.jpg ...ng out to the parishes of the county [[Lancashire North of the Sands|north of the sands]]. Morecambe stands beside the [[county town]]; [[Lancaster]].
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  • ...vel''' or '''Dervel''' is a small town in [[Ayrshire]], at the eastern end of the [[Loudoun|Irvine Valley]]. It is sometimes referred to as ''The Lang T [[File:Darvel1832.JPG|thumb|200px|left|1832 map of Darvel, by John Thomson]]
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  • ...centre of which is about 2 miles south. It had a population of 14,934 as of the 2001 census. The town was the first home of the Open Golf Championship, which was played on the Prestwick Old Course fr
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  • ...nd seven miles east of [[Kilmarnock]] and twenty-five miles southwest of [[Glasgow]]. ..., whilst Greenholm lies to the south. The river also divides the parishes of [[Loudoun]] and [[Galston]], which is why the burgh, although generally ref
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  • |name=Glasgow-Prestwick Airport |operator=Glasgow Prestwick Airport Ltd
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  • '''Stevenston''' is a town in [[Ayrshire]]. It is one of the 'Three Towns' along with [[Ardrossan]] and [[Saltcoats]]. ...stable of Scotland, around 1170. The town is first mentioned in a charter of c. 1240.
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  • ...|Dunlop]] and [[Lugton]], it is a relatively large town, with a population of over 6,500. The town is served by Stewarton railway station. ...he traditional routes from Kilmarnock, Irvine and [[Ayr]] to the city of [[Glasgow]], though in recent times the [[M77 motorway]] has bypassed the town. The
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  • ...the foot of the peninsula, Kilcreggan is on the north shore of the [[Firth of Clyde]]. ...asgow]] at about 25&nbsp;miles west of the centre of Glasgow by boat. Many Glasgow shipowners and merchants made their summer retreats or even permanent resid
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  • ...e southern tip of [[Mainland, Shetland|Mainland]], 17 nautical miles south of [[Lerwick]]. The airport is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited ...br=on|0|x}} helicopter runway as opposed to usual helipad. The western end of runway 09 crosses the A970 road between [[Sumburgh]] and the northern mainl
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  • |picture=Wfm glasgow lilybank.jpg |post town=Glasgow
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  • ...on with its neighbour [[Coatbridge]]. The town is about 12 miles east of [[Glasgow]] city centre. Clustered around the own are [[Airdriehill]], [[Chapelhall]] ...not known for certain. It first appears in the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland (''Registrum Magni Sigilii Regum Scotorum'') in 1373 as ''Ardre''.
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  • |post town=Glasgow ...oximity to [[Glasgow]] now effectively makes it a suburb and commuter town of the city.
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  • |post town=Glasgow |LG district=Glasgow
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  • ...oast of the [[Firth of Forth]]. Portobello has effectively become a suburb of Edinburgh, but is a very distinctive town. It has a rightly famed promenad ...ns. From the 1980s onwards these also gradually disappeared and by the end of the 20th century the Promenade had almost no attractions specific to its se
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  • ...the broad waters of the [[River Clyde]]’s estuary open into the [[Firth of Clyde]]. ...the trappings of a holiday town are here still, but today the main aspects of Gourock are that it is a popular residential town and a ferry port for [[Du
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  • |picture=Isle of mull, loch scridain & ben more.jpg ...nd of [[Argyllshire]]. To the east it faces the Firth of Lorn, and to the west it faces [[the Minch]] and the open [[Atlantic Ocean]].
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  • ...shire]], 5½ miles north-west of [[Bridge of Orchy]]. It reaches a height of 3,576 feet at its summit, and is listed as a [[Munro]]. ...r Ba look impressive from this direction as does the neighbouring mountain of [[Stob a' Choire Odhair]] with which Stob Ghabhar is usually climbed.
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  • |picture caption=The western slopes of Sròn a‘ Choire Ghairbh ...]]. It is to be found on the northern side of [[Loch Lochy]] 8 miles north of [[Spean Bridge]].
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  • ...Five Sisters of Kintail and the river Shiel from Shiel Bridge at the foot of Glen Shiel]] [[File:The Cluanie Inn.jpg|thumb|The Cluanie Inn at the head of Glen Shiel, with the A87 (right) and the South Glen Shiel ridge (background
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  • ...ort}}</ref> is an airport located {{convert|5.5|nmi|mi|1|}} east-southeast of [[Birmingham]] city centre, at [[Bickenhill]] in [[Warwickshire]]. The airp ...Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
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  • ...W. Webster (1974)'' The Great North Road''</ref> However, virtually none of the surviving coaching inns can be seen while driving on the A1, because th ...as Smithfield in [[Clerkenwell]], [[Middlesex]], at the edge of the [[City of London]].
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  • [[File:Openstreetmap-ncn-20111013-hires.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Map of the National Cycle Network]] ...trans to encourage cycling throughout Britain, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring. In this effort, Sustrans were aided by a £42.5&nbsp;milli
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  • [[File:Rhins of Galloway Map.png|thumb|200px|right|Map of the Rhinns of Galloway]] ...n the very west of [[Wigtownshire]]. They have also been called the Rhins of Wigtownshire.
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  • ...ght|thumb|350px|Over the Silver Flowe from the Dungeon Hills on the Rhinns of Kells in winter]] ...f them. The Galloway Forest Park is here, an area of some 300 square miles of largely uninhabited wild land, managed by the [[Forestry Commission]].
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  • ...es it the southernmost village in Wigtownshire and indeed the southernmost of Scotland. It has two satellite hamlets, named Kirkmaiden and Damnaglaur. ...maiden]] and is about 16 miles from the nearest major town, the ferry port of [[Stranraer]].
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  • [[File:Roman Vallum of the Antonine Wall, Scotland.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Antonine Wall near Falkir [[File:Hadrians Wall map.png|thumb|200px|right|Location of the Antonine Wall (north) and Hadrian's Wall (south)]]
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  • ...iver Clyde]] at [[Bowling, Dunbartonshire]]. It also has a spur through [[Glasgow]] and in its day it had an important basin here at [[Port Dundas]]. ...could no longer pass through. The railway age further impaired the success of the canal, and in the 1930s decline had ended in dormancy.
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  • ...ccessful, but the construction of railways, particularly the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, opened in 1842, diminished its value as a transport medium. It fel It shares in the revival of interest in canals generally at the present day, and received a boost when
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  • |picture=Flooded slate quarry at the north end of the Isle of Luing. - geograph.org.uk - 168987.jpg ...t of [[Argyllshire]] about 16 miles south of [[Oban]]. It has a population of around 200 people, mostly living in Cullipool, Toberonochy (''Tobar Dhonnch
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  • ...ute from [[Glasgow]] to the west coast and [[Kintyre]]. This is the route of an old Military Road through the [[Arrochar Alps]] ...Kinglass Water]] (whose glen then leads westwards), and this highest point of the road, at {{map| NN230074}}, the watershed between Loch Lomond and Loch
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  • ...e:Loch Goil and Loch Long from Portincaple.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The mouth of Loch Goil, showing Loch Long, from Portincaple]] ...mall sea loch of [[Argyllshire]], branching of [[Loch Long]]. The village of [[Lochgoilhead]] stands at its head.
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  • [[File:WHW Rannoch-Moor.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Rannoch Moor, on the West Highland Way]] ...erness-shire]] ({{wmap|56.8215|-5.0941}}). There is a rather hefty amount of hill walking to be done on the route.
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  • ...between the main body of Wigtownshire and the northern arm of the [[Rhinns of Galloway]], and which opens onto the [[North Channel]] separating Galloway ...om Northern Ireland now sail from [[Cairnryan]] further north up the coast of Loch Ryan.
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  • |picture caption=Edinburgh Castle at the head of the Old Town ...h]]; a grand royal fortress steeped in history which dominates the skyline of the city from its position on the [[Castle Rock, Edinburgh|Castle Rock]].
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  • |island=Isle of Skye ...e River Conon which drains Glen Uig to the east. The lower courses of both of these small rivers are characterised by waterfalls.
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  • [[File:Scotia_Depicta_-_Trossacks_-Plate-.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Engraving of the Trossachs in ''Scotia Depicta'' (1804)]] ...and [[Ben Venue]] (2,393 feet) to the south, with [[Loch Katrine]] to the west and [[Loch Achray]] to the east, around {{wmap|56.231|-4.405|zoom=14}}.
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  • ...county, 2 miles south of the [[River Clyde]]. The village borders a number of nearby village, separated by fields and farms. The village was originally in the Parish of Erskine and consisted of two hamlets named Blackstown and Easter Rossland. These grew and combined
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  • ...ad, seven miles south of [[Kelso]], beside the [[Kale Water]], a tributary of the [[River Teviot]]. The [[St Cuthbert's Way]] long-distance footpath pass Surrounding villages include [[Cessford]] and [[Eckford]] to the west; [[Linton, Roxburghshire|Linton]] to the north; [[Town Yetholm]] and [[Kirk
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  • ...re]] border it becomes the [[A74(M) motorway|A74(M)]] which continues to [[Glasgow]] as the [[M74 motorway|M74]]. ...asgow]] via the industrial North of England. It is also part of the east−west route between the Midlands and the east-coast ports.
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  • ...s where the [[Pennine Way]] concludes, offering the intriguing possibility of a long walk from Derbyshire's [[Peak District]] all the way to the cape. ...e [[Highlands]] will be faced with finishing the walk with a tough stretch of backpacking on pathless ways through demanding terrain on the final leg to
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  • ...7 Glengarnock Castle above glen and river.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The ravine of Glen Garnock, and Glengarnock Castle]] ...alf south of this starting point the young stream tumbles over the [[Spout of Garnock]], the highest waterfall in Ayrshire, once thought to be the river'
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  • ...a moated triangular castle in the parish of [[Caerlaverock]] on the coast of [[Dumfriesshire]], overlooking the merse before the [[Solway Firth]]. It w ...astle was abandoned. It was besieged by Edward I during the Mediaeval wars of the two kingdoms, and underwent several partial demolitions and reconstruct
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  • |LG district=West Dunbartonshire |constituency=West Dunbartonshire
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  • ...ence of the English to the south and east and the Gaels from the north and west and from [[Ireland]]. ...bounds of the kingdom waxed and waned: [[Cumberland]] was probably a part of the kingdom, and may be named after it.
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  • ...n as the ''Rhu Narrows'' after the village of [[Rhu]] on the eastern shore of the loch. Rosneath lies approximately 44 miles from [[Glasgow]] by road. It is on the B833, a shoreside minor thoroughfare that serves th
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  • ...operate two runways over 3,280 yards in length. The airport covers an area of 1,440 acres. The terminals are {{convert|7.5|nmi|mi}} southwest of [[Manchester]] city centre.
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  • |picture caption=Shuttle Row, the birthplace of David Livingstone |post town=Glasgow
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  • ...west (beyond which lie the [[Galloway Hills]]) and the dale of the [[Water of Ken]] in the east, beyond which are the [[Scaur Hills]]. ...y local folk, for whom the hills have a special place in the folk memories of the communities. There are also many more communities immediately around th
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  • ...funding allocations, the numbers soon became used on maps and as a method of navigation. Two sub-schemes exist: one for motorways, and another for non-m ...an]], [[Jersey]], [[Guernsey]], and [[British overseas territories]]. All of these numbering schemes use identical basic conventions and road-sign desig
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  • {{county|West Lothian}} ...ian]] and [[Fife]]. It was opened on 4 March 1890 and spans a total length of 8,296 ft. It is sometimes referred to as the '''Forth Rail Bridge''' to dis
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  • ...in south-western [[Perthshire]], lying on the [[River Forth]] at the base of Craigmore, which rises to 1,378 feet above the village. The parish's wester ...r the eastern shoulder of Craigmore to join the older road at the entrance of the [[Trossachs]] pass, Aberfoyle has become the alternative route to the T
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  • ...es from the Gaelic ''An Neag'' meaning "the notch", referring to a feature of the hills above the parish church. ...niggoldtrust.org.uk/index.asp</ref> is preserved in a room at the west end of the church. This late 8th century Pictish cross-slab formerly stood in the
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  • |post town=Glasgow ...ide]]. It is an accessible, rural village within half an hour's drive from Glasgow City Centre.
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  • ...[[Houston and Killellan]]’ with neighbouring [[Crosslee]] and a number of smaller settlements in the villages' rural hinterland. ...d parish church dedicated to St Peter, which gave the area its former name of '''Kilpeter''' ("''Cille Pheadair''" in Gaelic). Houston as its stands tod
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  • |picture caption=East end of the High Street ...efly a residential commuter village serving nearby urban centres such as [[Glasgow]] and [[Paisley]].
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  • |post town=Glasgow ...,636. The village has become part of the conurbation spreading out from [[Glasgow]].
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  • |commander=James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar ...e centre of [[Stirling]], the county town of [[Stirlingshire]]. It is one of the largest and most important castles, both historically and architectural
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  • [[File:The Kyle of Tongue Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 84268 (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|350px|The ...bridge - geograph.org.uk - 163704 (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|275px|The Kyle of Tongue Bridge, with Ben Loyal behind]]
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  • ...[M74 motorway]] with the [[M80 motorway]], providing an eastern bypass for Glasgow. ...e reaching junction 2A at [[Gartcosh]]. There is then a further two miles of motorway, before traffic exits onto the M80 westbound.
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  • [[File:Moll - The South Part of the Shire of Air.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Kyle and Carrick – Herman Moll (1745)]] ...north and [[Carrick]] to the south. To the west it bounded by the [[Firth of Clyde]] and to the east by [[Lanarkshire]]. It had a population recorded at
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  • ...the Second World War which regularly penetrated the secret communications of the Axis Powers, and most importantly the German Enigma and Lorenz ciphers. ...a museum and educational centre, primarily to the work of the codebreakers of Bletchley.
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  • ...been the Giffen barony boundary with that of the adjacent barony and lands of Aiket castle. ...uch as the old chapel and the holy well add to the expected features, most of which no longer survive.
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  • ...e [[Forth and Clyde Canal]] and the North Clyde railway line. A small part of Kilpatrick railway station is situated underneath the bridge at the north s ...more|222560|Erskine Ferry River Clyde}}</ref> A nearby hotel uses the name of the bridge. It is known as Erskine Bridge Hotel.
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  • |post town= Glasgow ...zabeth Forest reaches down to the village edge, and the whole area is part of the [[Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park]]. The population at the
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  • |post town= Glasgow ...when ''Ceann'' was replaced by ''Cill''; denoting the presence of a house of worship.<ref name=>Knight R.[http://www.kcfc.co.uk/courier/Courier29.pdf "
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  • '''Gatehead''' is a hamlet in [[Ayrshire]], belonging to the Parish of [[Kilmaurs]]. It is a mile and a quarter from [[Crosshouse]] and one and a ...n, another to [[Springside, Ayrshire|Springside]] or [[Crosshouse]] by way of Craig and yet another to Crosshouse, branching off the main Kilmarnock road
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  • |constituency=Dunfermline and West Fife '''Crossford''' is a village in the western parts of [[Fife]]. Its recorded population in 2011 was 2,358.
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  • |post town=Isle of Bute ...sterly wind. The village faces the mainland to the east across the [[Firth of Clyde]]. A sandy bay known locally as the ''Wee Bay'' sweeps around to the
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  • ...s. It stands above the village of [[Glenridding]] and on the western shore of [[Ullswater]]. Although small and not of great elevation, its top is a fine viewpoint for Ullswater and for the fell
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  • ...towns of [[Linlithgow]], [[Falkirk]], [[Grangemouth]] and [[Stirling]] to end at [[Dunblane]] in [[Perthshire]]. ...un, instead of ending at the single carriageway A8000 road two miles short of the bridge.
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  • ...ited Kingdom, the northernmost point being a spur into the western suburbs of Perth at Broxden. The first section of the M90 opened in 1964 to coincide with the opening of the [[Forth Road Bridge]] and Masterton junction (junction 2). The next sec
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  • ...:Royal & Ancient Clubhouse.jpg|thumb|350px|The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews]] ...r the county in which the clubhouse is situated. Courses in detached parts of counties are listed under the county in which they are locally situate and
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  • |post town=Glasgow ...e]], close to the border with [[Stirlingshire]]. It lies between the towns of Kirkintilloch and [[Kilsyth]].
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  • |constituency=Dunfermline and West Fife ...Perthshire; by the [[Clackmannanshire]] parish of [[Clackmannan]] to the west; and by the [[River Forth]] to the south.
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  • ...to Glasgow. Its church, built in 1160, remains one of the finest examples of a Norman churches in Scotland.<ref>[http://guide.visitscotland.com/vs/guide == Meaning of place-name ==
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  • ...d early 20th centuries. The suburb of Kilbirnie in the New Zealand capital of Wellington is named after the town. ...III before the Battle of Largs.<ref name="Knight">Knight, James (1936), ''Glasgow and Strathclyde''. London ; Thomas Nelson & Sons. pp. 83 - 84.</ref>]]
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  • [[File:Glasgow Subway.svg|thumb|250px|Glasgow Subway]] ...so called when taken over by the Glasgow Corporation who renamed it the '''Glasgow Underground''' in 1936. Despite this rebranding, many Glaswegians continued
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  • ...ly the ''Metro'', is a rapid transit and light rail system in the counties of [[Northumberland]] and [[County Durham|Durham]], serving [[Newcastle upon T ...he [[United Kingdom]], after the [[London Underground]]; the other being [[Glasgow Subway]].
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  • ...kpool Transport (BTS), and runs for 11 miles. Excluding museums, it is one of only a few tramways in the world to use double-deck trams, others including ....tramway.com/fts/fts_bct.html | accessdate = 2010-11-19}}</ref> It was one of the first practical electric tramways in the world, just six years after We
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  • ...n opened on 28 June 2011, it now connects to the [[M8 motorway]] west of [[Glasgow]]. ...[[Polmadie]], [[Oatlands, Glasgow|Oatlands]] and parts of the nearby towns of [[Rutherglen]] and [[Cambuslang]] on an elevated embankment, with junctions
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  • ...erved. The route links [[London]] to [[Glasgow]] and [[Edinburgh]] via the west [[Midlands]] ([http://wikishire.co.uk/map/#/show=West_Coast_Main_Line map]) ...w, with many more smaller commuter stations, as well as providing a number of links to more rural towns. In 2008 the WCML handled 75&nbsp;million passeng
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  • ...''Clairinch''' is an island in [[Loch Lomond]], forming part of the parish of [[Buchanan]], [[Stirlingshire]]. ...lisher=Birlinn Limited| isbn=1-874744-04-1}}</ref> From above, the outline of the island bears a remarkable resemblance to a fish.<ref>"Above Scotland",
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  • |post town= Glasgow '''Balmaha''' is a village on the eastern shore of [[Loch Lomond]] in [[Stirlingshire]].
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  • |name=University of Aberdeen |arms=University of Aberdeen arms.svg
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  • ...ituated approximately 14 miles north-east of [[Campbeltown]]. To the north of Carradale is the coastal peak known as [[Torr Mor]]. ...s until the Second World War daily steamers went from [[Campbeltown]] to [[Glasgow]], calling at Carradale.
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  • ...Milton Keynes. The road bisects the village into east, the older part, and west, which is mostly 20th-century housing. ==West Coast Main Line==
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  • ...kshire]], around 14 miles south-east of [[Glasgow]]. It lies in the parish of [[Dalserf]]. ...all sits on the edge of the scenic Clyde valley and is a commuter town for Glasgow.
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  • [[File:Crawford Castle.jpg|thumb|300px|The ruins of Crawford Castle]] ...er''', after its former owners, the Lindsay family. The strategic location of the castle guards the approach into the upper Clyde Valley.
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  • ...ional Airport''') is an airport located 3.5 nautical miles north-northeast of [[Bournemouth]], in south-western [[Hampshire]]. Ryanair and Thomson Airways remain the primary users of the airport, which is owned and operated by Manchester Airports Group (MAG)
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  • ...ibus. It is the longest remaining transporter bridge in the world and one of only two transporter bridges operating in the United Kingdom; the other bei ...is often referred to simply as 'the Transporter'. It carries the traffic of the A178 Middlesbrough to Hartlepool road under its belly.
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  • [[File:Ulverston canal start.JPG|right|thumb|300px|The basin of Ulverston Canal]] ...d quarter long and runs east-south-east from the town centre to the coast of [[Morecambe Bay]].
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  • ...me airlines (especially low-cost airlines) refer to it as '''Knock Ireland West'''. ...21400006?opendocument</ref> Monsignor Horan died shortly after the opening of the airport, and his funeral was held at the then named Horan International
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  • ...umb|260px|none|Kilkee cliffs]] [[Image:Kilkee2.JPG|thumb|260px|none|A view of the bay from Hickie's pub]]</div> ...h in 1843 and a Methodist church in 1900, reflecting the cosmopolitan feel of the town in that era.<ref name="Clare Towns - Kilkee"/>
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  • ...ttle Junction on the [[Leeds]] to [[Morecambe]] line and Carlisle on the [[West Coast Main Line]]. The historic line was constructed in the 1870s and has s ...n the UK for charter trains and specials. After damage by a landslip, part of the line was closed from February 2016 to March 2017. To celebrate the reo
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  • |post town=Glasgow ...nt barony of Lenzie was held by William de Comyn, Baron of Lenzie and Lord of Cumbernauld in the 12th century.
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  • |post town=Glasgow ...int for the main path up [[Ben Lomond]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Walking the West Highland Way|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FQC07SWSIrIC&pg=PT18&d
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  • ...five miles south of the county town, [[Northampton]], and four miles north of [[Towcester]]. ...The [[Grand Union Canal]] passes through the village and the north portal of the [[Blisworth Tunnel]] is near Stoke Road.<ref name=pev>{{Pevsner|page=10
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  • ...rcase 2017 left.jpg|thumb|250px|Arial view of Neptune's Staircase from the west]]
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  • ...Standing Stones 20090610 01.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The circle at the centre of the Callanish Stones]] ...[[Outer Hebrides]], and in [[Ross-shire]]. The monument is an arrangement of tall standing stones placed in a cruciform pattern with a central stone cir
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  • ...and, Herd Point is accounted the southernmost point of the whole territory of [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]. ...' and named for R.D. Herd of Ferguson Brothers, Port Glasgow, the builders of the ''Discovery II''.
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  • ...2016, handling over 12.3&nbsp;million passengers in that year, an increase of 11.1% compared with 2015, and the sixth-busiest airport in the United Kingd ...re Partners, who are also the majority shareholder and lead the management of [[Gatwick Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://global-infra.com/transport.p
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  • |riding=West ...of Yorkshire]]). The house was built in 1927 for Noel and Kathleen Terry of the famed chocolate-manufacturing family Terry's with the house designed by
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  • ...]. Much of the railway's business is from summer tourists from the resorts of [[Torbay]], who travel to [[Kingswear]], where the Dartmouth Passenger Ferr ...ry, named Kingswear Cossing Halt, or later, Britannia Halt, for the Prince of Wales to bring his sons to enter the naval college based on HMS Britannia,
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  • ...of galleries now known as '[[Tate]]'. Tate had also taken over management of another museum in the town, the [[Barbara Hepworth Museum|Barbara Hepworth ...ach year. In 2015, it received funding for an expansion, doubling the size of the gallery, and closed in October 2015 for refurbishment. The gallery re-o
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  • ...aph-3098674-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|250px|Loch Libo and the railway to Glasgow]] ...let of [[Shillford]] lie nearby. Three miles to the south-west is the town of [[Neilston]].
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  • ...in]] in [[Morayshire]]. In its day, this was the cathedral of the Diocese of Moray. ...declined into the state in which its stands today. It is now in the care of [[Historic Environment Scotland]].
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  • |picture=Dornoch Firth Bridge (west side) - geograph.org.uk - 286814.jpg The bridge was built in 1989-1991 to complement the substantial improvements of the A9 being made between [[Inverness]] and [[Tain]], including the cable-s
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  • |church=Church of England ...line of the city's former [[London Wall|walls]], a part of the [[East End of London]].
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  • ...eduled destination is [[Glasgow Airport|Glasgow]], just across the [[Firth of Clyde]]. ...oint near the Irish Sea, and was used to guard the entrance to the [[Firth of Clyde]] where nuclear submarines were based at [[Holy Loch]] and where Roya
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  • [[File:Lower Ward - Lanarkshire.svg|thumb|250px|The Lower Ward of Lanarkshire]] ..., containing [[Glasgow]] city centre and many suburbs. It had a population of 433,617 in 2011.
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  • |picture caption=Remains of Saint Ninian's Kirk ...n, Lanarkshire|Hamilton]], [[Larkhall]] and [[Strathaven]]. The population of Stonehouse is around 7,500.
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  • The '''River Freshney''' is a river in the very north of [[Lincolnshire]], emptying into the [[Humber]] in [[Grimsby]]. ...ill]]. Originally it entered the tidal River Humber at Pyewipe, north west of Grimsby, but has been re-routed and now supplies Grimsby Docks.
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  • ...ing served for 72 years as the hub of municipal Battersea until the centre of local government was moved to neighbouring [[Wandsworth]] in 1965, after wh ...house its then 120 staff; it aspired to a building providing halls capable of seating 1,500 and 300 people, as well as a boardroom for the vestry board a
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  • |city=Glasgow ...[[M8 motorway|M8]] junction near the heavily congested [[Kingston Bridge, Glasgow|Kingston Bridge]].
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  • |city=Glasgow ...itches) to its north, and [[Oatlands, Glasgow|Oatlands]] (at the west side of Richmond Park) to its south, in [[Lanarkshire]].
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  • |crosses=Firth of Tay ...famed railway bridge, the [[Tay Bridge]]. At around 2,460 yards, it is one of the longest road bridges in Europe, and was opened in 1966, replacing the o
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  • ...county, between [[Ardrossan]] to the west and [[Kilwinning]] inland to the west. ...and [[Greenock]]. Previously the man road ran directly through the centre of the three towns.
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  • |picture=General view of castle from SE.jpg ...lace, signing, "apud Palatium nostrum."<ref>Charles Jobson Lyon, ''History of St Andrews'', vol.2, (1843), p.244</ref>
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  • ...iles north of [[Glasgow]]. It is on the A811 road, which follows the line of an eighteenth-century military road between [[Stirling]] and [[Balloch, Dun The village is within the [[River Forth|Carse of Forth]]: to the north is [[Flanders Moss]] and to the south are the [[Camps
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  • |city=Glasgow ...ve-art-gallery-and-museum|title=Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum|website=Glasgow Life}}</ref>
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  • |fullname=Cathedral Church of Saint Fin Barre |picture caption=West façade
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  • |picture caption=Modern houses on the north side of Cairneyhill '''Cairneyhill '''is a village in the west of [[Fife]], three miles west of [[Dunfermline]], on the A994. Its population was estimated as around 2,430
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  • ...idest point. The line of latitude 56° North cuts through the southern end of the peninsula. ...here nor great villages: the largest villages are the contiguous villages of [[Kilcreggan]] and [[Cove, Dunbartonshire|Cove]] at its southernmost tip.
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  • '''Coulport''' is a village on the east side of [[Loch Long]] in [[Dunbartonshire]]. The name ''An Cùl Phort'' means 'the ...The village looks across to the small settlement of [[Ardentinny]] on the west shore to which, in the 18th/19th century, there was a ferry.
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  • ...e:Wfm glasgow botanic gardens.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The main Greenhouse in Glasgow Botantic Gardens]] ...[[Glasgow]], [[Lanarkshire]]. It has several glasshouses, the most notable of which is the Kibble Palace.
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  • ...the 1820s following the long drainage of the fœtid Nor Loch and building of the [[New Town, Edinburgh|New Town]], beginning in the 1760s. ...he [[Old Town, Edinburgh|Old Town]]. When it was drained for the creation of the Georgian New Town, the steep valley in which it lay remained, and had t
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  • ...through the midst of [[Lanarkshire]] following the [[River Clyde]], from [[Glasgow]] to just above [[New Lanark]], a World Heritage Site. The path runs close to Clyde for most of its length.
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  • ...ct_full.php?id=201483</ref> The stones are Christian monuments to the dead of the Pictish warrior aristocracy, who are depicted on the stones bearing the ...symbol stones.<ref name=r9/> In 1936 the museum passed into the ownership of the State, it was renovated after the Second World War and reopened to the
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  • ...gs, structures, implements and whole farmsteads intended to give a flavour of the way life was lived in the [[Highlands]] in past ages. ...ly made up of three areas that represent and interpret three separate eras of the Highlands.
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  • ...[[Hampshire]]. The airport is located 3.5 nautical miles north-north-east of central [[Southampton]]. ...Airports which also owns and operates [[Aberdeen Airport|Aberdeen]] and [[Glasgow Airport]]s. It was previously owned and operated by Heathrow Airport Holdin
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  • |constituency=Rutherglen and Hamilton West |post town=Glasgow
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  • |LG district=West Northamptonshire ...all village of mediæval origin in [[Northamptonshire]], with a population of 472 recorded at the 2011 Census. It is to be found four miles from the coun
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  • |post town=Glasgow ...arkshire]], a few miles east of [[Glasgow]], and about one mile north-west of [[Coatbridge]].
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  • |arms=Coat of Arms of Balliol College Oxford.svg ...uk/about-balliol/history|title=History|website=Balliol College, University of Oxford}}</ref>
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