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• Carmarthenshire
  *WWT National Wetlands Centre, [[Llanelli]]
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• Norfolk
  In the centuries before the Norman Conquest the wetlands of the east of the county began to be converted to farmland, and settlement ...the largest town in East Anglia and the county's main business and culture centre.
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• Somerset
  ...Cheddar]], born in that Somerset village. Another traditional work in the wetlands is the cultivation of withies, or willow shoots, for basket weaving and fen ...limestone karst and lias of the north, the clay vales and wetlands of the centre, the oolites of the east and south, and the Devonian sandstone of the west.
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• Suffolk
  ...The rest of the county is largely arable land and wetland habitats. The wetlands of [[The Broads]] cover much of the north-east of Suffolk and large parts o *[[Ipswich]] Town Centre
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• Newport, Monmouthshire
  [[Image:Newportciviccentre.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Newport Civic Centre]]]] [[Image:Reen and viewing platform, Newport Wetlands.jpg|thumb|250px|Newport Wetlands National Nature Reserve]]
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• Flow Country
  ...Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have bought a large area in the centre of the Flow Country and have created the Forsinard nature reserve. More tha [[Category:Wetlands of the United Kingdom]]
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• Llanelli
  ...[[Carmarthen]]. The town is famous for its proud rugby tradition and is a centre of tinplate production.<ref>Paxton, J. (1999) The Penguin Encyclopedia of P ...anelli, is one of nine wetland nature reserves managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.
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• Westonzoyland
  Hidden in the centre of the village are the workshops of Westonzoyland Carnival Club<ref>[http:/ ...built on an island of high ground that would once have been surrounded by wetlands in summer and floodwater in winter. Its name is taken from its location on
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• Barnes
  ...ed into wetlands for the support of wildlife, known as the London Wetlands Centre.
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• Washington
  ...re, Washington, Tyne and Wear.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Galleries shopping centre]] ...hin the town. The Washington Arts Centre is a converted farm building. The Centre includes an exhibition gallery, community theatre, artist studios and a rec
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• River Mersey
  ...is a broad and noble river, cutting through the town and dividing the town centre from its Cheshire suburbs. It is tidal from Howley Weir in Warrington, alth ...is much affected by silting and has broad snadbanks and tidal flats. These wetlands are of importance to wildlife, and are listed as a Ramsar site.
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• Alderney
  ...ted islands, including [[Burhou]] and [[Ortac]], were designated as Ramsar wetlands of international importance. The Alderney Wildlife Trust helps to manage Al ...rday evening of the week, sees a parade of people walking through the town centre, carrying torches towards a large bonfire upon the green. The evening ends
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• Glastonbury
  ...town of the [[Somerset Levels]]. As with many towns of similar size, the centre is not as thriving as it once was but Glastonbury serves a large number of ...rimage, Anglican and Roman Catholic, has revived here. It is also a large centre for religious tourism and neo-pagan pilgrimage. For the latter there are c
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• Cuilcagh
  ...ed by the local council through the staff of the Marble Arch Caves Visitor Centre. The Cuilcagh Mountain Ramsar site (wetlands of international importance designated under the Ramsar Convention), is 6,7
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• Holderness
  ...sociated natural habitat remaining. The majority of the formerly extensive wetlands have been subject to drainage schemes and agricultural improvement. However ...ey are regularly used by Holderness people. Hull is the largest commercial centre which is regularly used and it provides employment for a significant propor
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• Sheerness
  ...| title=Chronology of Sheerness in the lifetime of the Sheerness Heritage Centre | publisher=SheernessHeritageCentre.com | url=http://www.sheernessheritage ...he west, the outlet of the River Medway flows into the Estuary. An area of wetlands known as The Lappel lies between the river and the south-western part of to
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• Romney Marsh
  .... vivax'' likes brackish waters and with the recreation of the old coastal wetlands coming into favour, this could expand the future malarial parasite host res ...t&task=view&id=82&Itemid=127 Romney Marsh Local Nature Reserve and Visitor Centre (Kent Wildlife Trust)]
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• Hundred Foot Washes
  ...]] (6 miles east of [[Chatteris]], between [[Ely]] and March). The visitor centre is open 9&nbsp;am to 5nbsp;pm daily except Christmas Day and Boxing Day. ...ney is one of nine wildfowl and wetland reserves managed by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. The reserve is at [[Welney]] in [[Norfolk]], 12 miles north of [[Ely
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• River Hipper
  ...hrough [[Holymoorside]] and down into Chesterfield, just south of the town centre, before flowing into the River Rother.
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• The Great Fen
  ...herlands, much of the Fenland originally consisted of fresh- or salt-water wetlands, which have been artificially drained and continue to be protected from flo ...sand years led to extensive development of both salt-water and fresh-water wetlands. Silt and clay soils were deposited by marine floods in the salt-water area
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• Onchan
  ...890s a 5,000 year old stone age axe was found in the Cassa Field by Onchan wetlands. ...the newly developed Village Green which links Church Road with the Onchan Wetlands to the north west. There is also a vehicle garage, highways department depo
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• Flixborough
  ...d Lower Trent valleys – An Archaeological Survey', pp. 159 - 163, Humber Wetlands Project Research Report No. 3, Hull: English Heritage/University of Hull.</ On Saturday 1 June 1974 at 16:53 Flixborough was at the centre of the UK's worst industrial accident, when the Nypro Works<ref>[http://www
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• Comber
  ...of the present main Square and Comber became established as an industrial centre with several mills. The Andrews family made Comber a centre of both linen production and grain processing by the second half of the 170
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• Threave Estate
  *Threave Nature Reserve, with landscape ranging from wetlands to woodlands. ...everal ponds and water features. There is also a visitor centre and plant centre.
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• Sandown
  ...oining cliffs. Nearby inland are Sandown Levels, one of the few freshwater wetlands on the Isle of Wight, where Alverstone Mead Local Nature Reserve is a very ...the golden sands of the beach below. Sandown Pier hosts a large amusement centre with arcade games and children's play areas, typical of a seaside resort. T
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• Dungiven
  ...been mostly to the east and north of the town. It is an important service centre for the surrounding rural hinterland; offering educational, health, commerc ...-acre Environmental and Conservation Park consisting of Victorian gardens, wetlands, woodlands, a duck pond and picnic area.
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• Partington
  ...own in [[Cheshire]] about 10 miles to the southwest of [[Manchester]] city centre, into whose conurbation it has become drawn. It stands on the southern bank The main shopping area of Partington is on Central Road, in the centre of town. Partington also has its own traditional market on Smithy Lane.
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• Sutton Bridge
  ...Washes]] and established a nature reserve of what is now the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.
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• Spalding
  ...nks, two newspapers. Market-day, Tuesday. Spalding is an important railway centre, while the river has been made navigable to the town for vessels of from 50 .../www.geograph.org.uk/photo/111332 river]. Land had been reclaimed from the wetlands in the area since mediæval times, and Spalding was subject to frequent flo
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• Pickering
  |picture=Centre of Pickering - geograph.org.uk - 246193.jpg Pickering Beck runs north to south through the centre of the town, the town centre on the east bank. It rises on the moors and drains southwards through Newto
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• Wath-upon-Dearne
  |picture=Wath upon-Dearne Town Centre - geograph.org.uk - 57208.jpg ...ansporting coal out of the area, and Wath-upon-Dearne became a railfreight centre of national importance. One of the biggest and, for its time, most modern r
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• Tullamore
  ...dst of the [[Republic of Ireland]]. It is Offaly's [[county town]] and the centre of the county. The [http://www.tullamore-dew.org Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre] on the banks of the [[Grand Canal]] focuses on the distilling, canal and u
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• Welney
  ...nservation. WWT Welney is a nature reserve in the care of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. Nearby, there are also the RSPB Ouse Washes, a reserve managed by th The Welney Croft Cricket Club (WCCC)has been a centre of attention and social gathering for over 50 years for the locals to the v
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• Nash, Monmouthshire
  ...rg.uk/newportwetlands/archive/2008/03/07/Friday-07-March-2008.aspx Newport centre is a wetland wonder!]</ref> ...(4) - geograph.org.uk - 1366553.jpg|thumb|200px|Ophrys apifera at Newport Wetlands Reserve]]
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• Rutland Water
  ...pply some of the driest and most densely populated parts of the land. The centre of its dam is at grid reference {{map|SK942078}}. It is one of the largest ...ound the lake. Birdwatching brings visitors from far afield. The butterfly centre is now closed.
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• Limassol Salt Lake
  ...st of Cyprus.<ref>School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton University</ref> ...considered to be one of the eastern Mediterranean region's most important wetlands. The fact that the water level over 50 percent of the lake is less than one
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• Thames Path
  ...the Thames Barrier (28 miles): Passing [[Kew Gardens]] and the [[Wetlands Centre]] at [[Barnes, Surrey|Barnes]] then through London, using parkland (for exa
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• Delamere Forest
  ...{map|SJ555704}}, around ½&nbsp;mile (800&nbsp;m) from the Linmere Visitor Centre. The B5152 road runs north–south through the forest, and Ashton Road runs ...a break in the [[Mid Cheshire Ridge]] which runs north–south through the centre of Cheshire. This region originated at the end of the last Ice Age, when gl
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• Cardiff Bay
  |picture=Wales Millennium Centre 16-08-2005.jpg |picture caption=The Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay
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• Slimbridge
  The village is best known as the home of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's Slimbridge Reserve which was started by Sir Peter Scott. ...imbridge Boat Station, which is a cafe, general store and boating resource centre.
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• Newport Wetlands
  ...wport Wetlands Centre.JPG|thumb|right|300px|The Visitors Centre at Newport Wetlands]] [[File:Wetlands map.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Map of Newport Wetlands RSPB Reserve]]
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• Glastonbury Lake Village
  ...hay.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Reconstruction of a roundhouse at the Peat Moors Centre]] ...1485517-detail/article.html | title=Roman invasion marks end of Peat Moors Centre | work=Western Gazette | publisher=This is Dorset | accessdate=16 January 2
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• Brynamman
  ...ll, scattered farming community to a built-up, highly populated commercial centre. The Welsh language was at the fore and the successful participation in loc ...tory projects, the results of which are proudly displayed at the Community Centre. One member is currently co-ordinating a collection of photographs depictin
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• Swords
  ...-high-31500623.html</ref> It is about eight miles north of [[Dublin]] city centre. The name "Swords" may also be applied to the [[townland]],<ref name="Place ...the heritage of the greater Swords area. The Society's Museum and Heritage Centre at the Carnegie Library on North Street is run by volunteers and is open we
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• Luddington, Lincolnshire
  ...ter lake finally disappeared the Luddington area became dry, surrounded by wetlands, on a branch of the [[River Don, Yorkshire#History|River Don]]. Luddington .... The parish church is situated in fields to the north-east of the village centre.<ref name=osmap>Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 map, 2006</ref>
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• Hatfield Chase
  ...Engine Drain before the junction, and then becomes the north channel. The centre channel is formed by the North Engine Drain and the River Torne, while the [[Category:Wetlands of Yorkshire]]
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• Beeston, Nottinghamshire
  ...in [[Nottinghamshire]] located 3½ miles south-west of [[Nottingham]] city centre. The town is generally regarded as a suburb of the city of Nottingham, and ...tre.co.uk/docs/anr-map.pdf Attenborough Nature Centre] Map of Attenborough wetlands</ref>
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• Eltham
  ...a plateau at about the 200ft level with the High Street running along its centre. There is a scarp slope to the west of the plateau from the top of which a ...m. The Quaggy receives additional water from Mottingham Tarn and feeds the wetlands in Sutclife Park. The only other significant watercourse is the [[River Shu
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• Abram
  ...largely coincided with the Industrial Revolution. Abram is situated in the centre of a coal district, and industrial scale coal mining was introduced to Abra ...To the south of the village lies Abram Flashes, a 98-acre area of shallow wetlands and a 'Site of Special Scientific Interest'.
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• Blackley
  ...] in the south of that county. It is three miles north of Manchester city centre, by a meander of the [[River Irk]]. Further north is [[Middleton, Lancashir Blackley is crossed by a main arterial road from the city centre, Rochdale Road (the A664), to Middleton.
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