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• Scarborough
  ...World War. Both bays have popular sandy beaches and numerous rock-pools at low tide. ...ll active, though only a shadow of its former self. The working harbour is home to a fish market including a shop and wooden stalls where fishermen sell fr
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• Derbyshire
  ...hills, culminating in the [[Peak District]], which merges into the Pennine chain. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derb [[File:Arbor low 274167 560a8cc3.jpg|thumb|250px|Arbor Low]]
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• Fife
  ...s the county's largest town [[Kirkcaldy]], an ancient trading port and the home town of the father of modern economics, Adam Smith. ...o the seat of one of Britain's oldest universities. St Andrews is also the home of golf; the games was invented or here or took its shape here, at the Roya
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• Northumberland
  ...hat undisturbed rural Northumberland seacoast. The coastline is generally low-lying and rocky, with numerous little bays and modest villages. Inland, Northumberland is a county of fells and dales, part of the Pennine chain. The fells fill most of the county, bleak and beautiful and largely unpopu
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• Littleport
  ...of 1816 after war-weary veterans from the Battle of Waterloo had returned home, only to find that they could get no work and the grain prices had gone up. Thomas Peacock, who founded the gentlemen's tailoring chain Hope Brothers, was born in Littleport in 1829. The first Hope Brothers shir
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• Manchester
  Manchester sits in the low ground of southern Lancashire drained by the [[River Mersey|Mersey]] basin ...eams, Manchester United and Manchester City, and just outside the city the home ground of Lancashire County Cricket Club. Manchester was the host of the 2
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• Eyemouth
  ...<ref>Historic Manuscripts Commission, ''Manuscripts of Colonel David Milne Home of Wedderburn Castle, N.B.'', London, 1902: 26.</ref> All landowners (porti ...ry 17, 1629, Alexander Lauder of Gunsgreen, acting as bailie for Sir David Home of Wedderburn, gave a sasine to Andrew Gray in Eyemouth, of some land on th
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• Dunwich
  ...s |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=10 October 2005 |title=Low Tide Reveals Lost City Find}}</ref> ...Street near [[Darsham]]. The CH system was supplemented with [[Chain Home Low]] (CHL) stations which, though having a shorter range, could detect much lo
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• Twickenham
  ...y aphoristic poet Alexander Pope. Among these is the Neo-Gothic prototype home of Horace Walpole which has given its name to a whole district, Strawberry ...mell, which caused objections from local residents. The area was also soon home to the world's first industrial production facility for gunpowder, on a sit
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• Gibraltar
  ...of the Mediterranean. It is a peninsula of 2.6 square miles connceted by a low-lying isthmus to the north with the European mainland. Its only land front ...or landmark of the region. At its foot is the densely populated city area, home to almost 30,000 Gibraltarians and other nationalities. The city now spread
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• Ulverston
  The town is home to many shops and pubs, some of which are located on the main street, Marke ...reaching out to the Westmorland boundary. South of the town is relatively low land. To the north are hills such as [[Coniston Old Man]].
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• Tiree
  ...its neighbour, [[Coll]], and in contrast to mountainous [[Mull]], it is a low-lying island; its highest point is Ben Hynish in the south of the island, a ...heavin for heiland galayis".{{#tag:ref|English translation from Scots: "a low-lying fertile fruitful country... Its entirety is inhabited and manured and
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• Bridgend
  ...Crack Hill", a Roman road. The Vale of Glamorgan would have been a natural low-level route west to the Roman fort and harbour at [[Neath]] (''Nidum'') fro Bridgend played an important part during the Second World War. It was home to a prisoner of war camp at Island Farm and a large munitions factory (ROF
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• Christchurch
  ...(1995) ''intro''.</ref> The harbour is a protected wildlife refuge and is home to large populations of swans, waders and other bird life. On the south sid ...It contains areas of salt marsh and freshwater marsh with reed beds and is home to grazing horses, rare birds, and 14 species of rare or endangered plants.
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• Basingstoke
  Basingstoke is an economic centre with low unemployment, and is the location of the UK headquarters of several substan ...became famous after he invented Gabardine and Milward founded the Milwards chain of shoe shops, which could be found on almost every high street until the 1
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• Portsmouth
  '''Portsmouth''' in [[Hampshire]] is the home of the Royal Navy, for which it is the greatest and most famous port. Port ...s, Portsmouth is home to the world's oldest dry dock still in use and also home to some famous ships, including the HMS ''Warrior'' and Lord Nelson's flags
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• Woolwich
  ...until it started to become a leading military and industrial town. It was home to the Woolwich Dockyard (founded in 1512), the Royal Arsenal (dating back Woolwich was home to the experimental Auto Stacker car park. Built on the site of the Empire
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• Norwich
  ...y housing a Hanseatic warehouse. To organise and control its export to the Low Countries, [[Great Yarmouth]], as the port for Norwich, was designated one ...ssident minorities, notably the French Huguenots and the Walloons from the Low Countries in the 16th and 17th centuries. The merchant's house—now a muse
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• Durness
  ...pped by Cambrian Quartzite. Therefore the local area is generally flatter, low lying and more fertile than other areas in the North West Highlands due to ...ain Home radar station at Sango near Durness. There was also a Chain Home Low radar station at Sango. After the war there was also a ROTOR radar station
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• Helmsdale
  ...a fishing port at the estuary of the [[River Helmsdale]], and was once the home of one of the largest herring fleets in Europe. The river itself is well kn ...onan, who had spent 17 years in the goldfields of Australia. On his return home, he was given the permission by the Duke of Sutherland to pan the gravels o
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• Islay
  The island is home to many bird species and is a popular destination throughout the year with Islay is home to many different species of wildlife beyond the rich bird colonies. In th
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• Turks and Caicos Islands
  ...The islands have a total land area at high tide of 238 square miles or at low tide, 366 square miles. The islands are geographically appurtenant to the ...9 smaller islands have a total land area of 238 square miles, primarily of low, flat limestone with extensive marshes and mangrove swamps and 128 square m
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• Black Down, Sussex
  The great black mass of Blackdown looms over much of the Low [[Weald]] of Sussex. Geologically the hill is part of the Greensand Ridge a ...ion, from 1796 to 1816 Blackdown hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which connected the Admiralty in [[London]] to its naval ships in [[Portsmo
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• Brighton
  ...(1866) and the Palace Pier (1899). Before either of these structures, the Chain Pier was built, to the designs of Captain Samuel Brown. It lasted from 1823 ...a former royal palace in the heart of the town. It was built as a seaside home for the Prince Regent during the early 19th century, under the direction of
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• Bradford
  ...rnational Christian Centre and the World Outreach Church. Bradford is also home to the Abundant Life Church, a large nonconforming Church, that has around ..., colliery cages and other mining appliances where toughness was required. Low Moor also made pig iron and the company employed 1,500 men in 1929.<ref nam
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• Harrogate
  ...in the 17th century, with the joining of two villages, High Harrogate and Low Harrogate. It lies adjacent to [[Knaresborough]], with which it forms a sin ...h in iron and sulphur, Harrogate comprised two hamlets, High Harrogate and Low Harrogate, close to the historic town of [[Knaresborough]]. The first miner
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• Diego Garcia
  ...rial/im/im0125.html ''National Geographic'' profile</ref> topped by a long chain of coral reefs, atolls, and islands comprising the Laccadives, Maldives, an ...on some dunes on the ocean side of the rim of just 30&nbsp;feet above mean low water. The rim nearly encloses the lagoon.
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• New Romney
  ...ndbank just off the coast by Littlestone-on-Sea, and is clearly visible at low tide. Further up the coast during the Pipe Line Under The Ocean, or PLUTO, ...CL, report by David Martin, 2004). Researchers think it was originally the home of the Master of The Hospital of St John the Baptist, a large secular estab
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• Highlands
  ...est of all being [[Ben Nevis]]. Before the 19th century the Highlands were home to a much larger population, but due to a combination of factors including ...d, is in truth the land beyond the Highlands, largely an area of coast and low-lying bog perhaps having more in common with [[Orkney]] than the Highland s
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• Douglas
  ...entre, which draws people to Douglas from all over the island. It has many chain stores and other shops not found elsewhere on the island. ....<ref name=DouglasCen/> The town's later prosperity was facilitated by the low cost of living, and favourable legal status enjoyed by English debtors (who
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• Wigan
  ...rfs became a local heritage centre and cultural quarter. The DW Stadium is home to both Wigan Athletic Football Club and Wigan Warriors Rugby League Footba ...lls swiftly became infamous for their dangerous and unbearable conditions, low pay and use of child labour.<ref name="wiganhissoclatetextile">{{citation |
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• List of Queen Elizabeth II Fields
  | [[Halton, Lancashire|Halton]] || The Centre at Halton Recreation Area || Low Road <small>LA2 6NB</small> || {{map|}} || 3.5 | [[Staining]] || Staining Millennium Recreation Field || Chain Lane <small>FY3 0DB</small> || {{map|}} || 10
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• Alfreton
  Local iron working began in the low-lying land to the south of the current town in the vicinity of the A61, whe ..., now a private residence and events venue), Riddings House (now a nursing home), Swanwick Hall (c.1690, now a school), Swanwick Old Hall (1675, private re
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• Lake District
  ...Cumberland's coastal plain, and to the south [[Barrow in Furness]] sits on low gorund but otherwise the fell country reaches to the [[Irish Sea]]. ...south to Lindale. There are no high summits in this area which is mainly low hills, knolls and limestone cuestas such as [[Gummer's How]] and [[Whitbarr
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• Billingham
  ...wn is more ancient than its industry; it is Old English, believed to mean "Home of Billa's people" ...Town Centre has the main shopping street, including all he usual national chain stores, as well as several charity shops, estate agents and banks. There i
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• Brigg
  ...w ranges of hills the Ancholme river runs south to north through its flat, low&ndash;lying flood plain, with a north&ndash;south height difference of only ...ngel, a former coaching inn with an early mock Tudor façade, which is now home to Brigg Town Council. Another former coaching inn, the Exchange, stands in
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• Shepperton
  ...a has to offer". It offers two pub/restaurants including the first of the chain ''Blubeckers''<ref>[http://www.homecountiespubs.co.uk/shepperton/ Blubecker ...end; the bend being flanked by riverside meadows with small boat moorings, low rise chalet-style houses to the south west, the ''Las Palmas Estate'', name
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• Clevedon
  ...key rides during the summer. The shore is a mixture of pebbled beaches and low rocky cliffs, with the old harbour being at the western edge of the town at The shore at Clevedon is a mixture of pebbled beaches and low rocky cliffs, with the old harbour being at the western edge of the town at
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• Great Orme
  ...the county west of the [[River Conwy]], joined to the mainland only by the low isthmus which is filled with the seaside resort town of [[Llandudno]], whos ...itage Coast, Country Park, and Site of Special Scientific Interest). It is home to a long-established herd of about two hundred feral Kashmir goats (acquir
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• Wath-upon-Dearne
  Until the mid-19th century the town was home to a racecourse of regional importance, linked to the estate at nearby [[We ...stry. Recently several very large distribution warehouses for the clothing chain Next have opened. A significant amount of new housing is also being built
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• Outer Hebrides
  The '''Outer Hebrides''' are an island chain in the [[Atlantic Ocean]], off the northwest coast of [[Great Britain]]. T ...h]] and the [[Sea of the Hebrides]], and form a distinct archipelago, in a chain from [[Lewis]] in the north to the tiny, scattered isles and skerries aroun
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• Southern Uplands
  ...stern ranges. All together these are essentially the northern part of one chain of hills with the [[Pennines]]. Both the Pennines and the Southern Uplands ...e south and [[Lammermuir]] to the north, the river and its basin providing low, fertile farmland in contrast to the rough hills each side. The hills neve
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• The Broads
  ...ntrol their numbers. These effects tend to create a stable ecosystem where low growing underwater plants dominate.<ref name="Madgwick 1999"/> The Broads are Britain's largest protected wetland and are home to a wealth of wildlife, especially birdlife. Amongst the waterfowl: Malla
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• Grampian Mountains
  ...this is the extensive mountain barrier of the Grampians which begins in a low range on the sea-coast immediately south of Aberdeen and rise through vario ...ut although children have to learn this at school, they do not learn it at home and nowhere is it used in local speech. Some map-makers have confused the i
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• Dunnet Head
  ...he site of the master station and a monitoring station of the northern GEE chain of radio navigation stations during Second World War. There was also an art
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• Henderson Island
  ...gareva (now part of French Polynesia); thus, Henderson was at the end of a chain of small, dependent colonies of Mangareva.<ref> ...n businessman Arthur "Smiley" Ratliff expressed interest in establishing a home for himself with an airstrip on the island.<ref>
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• Hurst Castle
  ..., built to guard the approaches to [[Southampton]] as part of King Henry's chain of coastal defences to protect England during the turbulent times of his re [[File:Hurst Castle Low Lighthouses 1.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Low lighthouses within the west wing of Hurst Castle]]
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• Skaw
  ...e radar station at Skaw. A combined Coastal Defence U-Boat and Chain Home Low station was also built at [[Saxa Vord]]; after the war this became a ROTOR
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• Bawdsey
  ...in [[Worcestershire]] in 1942. Bawdsey had both Chain Home and Chain Home Low early warning radar stations during the War.
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• Thorpeness
  ...in locations found in J M Barrie's novel such as the pirates lair, Wendy's home, and many others which children are encouraged to play on. The Meare was du ...ome to a small but thriving Thorpeness Rugby Club, the team who play their home games at the pavilion and sports ground are in the Eastern Counties Leagues
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• Wimbledon Common
  ...ee are appointed by three government departments: Environment, Defence and Home Office. The Commons are managed by the Clerk and Ranger, supported by a Dep ..., from 1796 to 1816 Putney Heath hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain, which connected the Admiralty in London to its naval ships in [[Portsmouth
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• St Cyrus
  A Home Chain Low radar station was once situated on the cliffs immediately to the south of t
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• River Dart
  ...of [[Dittisham]] to a point adjacent to the Greenway Estate. Formerly the home of the late crime writer Agatha Christie, this has stunning views across th ...ng to attack the harbour. The remains of the operating mechanisms for the chain are still visible in Dartmouth castle.
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• Plymouth Hoe
  ...d the west large south-facing open public space. Its face to the sea is a low limestone cliff forming the city's seafront ...Drake by Joseph Boehm (a copy of the original statue, which stands in his home town, [[Tavistock]]) was placed on the Hoe in 1884 to commemorate the great
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• South Woodford
  ...ict &mdash; and Woodford Green High Road. There are a number of well-known chain store shops and a good selection of smaller shops, restaurants, cafes, and This area was also, until 2004, home to the student residences of Queen Mary, University of London, but the dist
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• Skerries
  ...et and Church Street and between the surrounding hills of North Fingal and low-lying beaches. Red Island, Mill Hill, Hillside, The public Ardgillan Park a ...dal island at the time. When the invaders landed, they formed ranks and at low tide marched to the mainland, where they were promptly defeated at the anci
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• Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield
  ...opened as Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) in April 2005 after low-cost flights and rising passenger demand made a new commercial airport feas ...on and has the registration of G-OSRA. It can often be found circling at a low altitude above the airport as part of their training exercises.<ref>http://
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• Beeston, Nottinghamshire
  ...ed space of 140,000 sq. feet. Although most of the factory buildings were low rise, a Paternoster lift still survives in ''E block'' at the site. Beeston is home to a large number of national and international companies that have set up
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• Wicklow Way
  ...|Fewer|1993|p=188}} The trailhead comprises a map board, beside which is a low wall with a stone stile through which walkers pass in order to make their f ...ces of their farms can still be seen in the wintertime when the bracken is low.{{sfn|Fewer|1998|p=22}} Crossing the River Dargle, the trail ascends the ea
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• Clifton Suspension Bridge
  ...ed to pay for the upkeep of the bridge, including the strengthening of the chain anchor points, which was done in 1925 and 1939, and regular painting and ma ...e before landing at Filton Aerodrome.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Last Flight Home|url=http://www.avcollect.com/art_sb_concorde5.html|publisher=Aviation Art|a
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• Isle of Grain
  [[File:Grain4973.JPG|thumb|250px|The Grain Tower 1855, and causeway seen at low tide 2008]] The south of the Isle is an important industrial area. Until 1982 it was home to a major oil refinery. Construction of this facility for British Petroleu
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• Huyton
  ...owsley|isbn= 0-947739-01-7|page= 3}}</ref> The settlement was founded on a low hill surrounded by inaccessible marshy land. The first part of the name may ...ned as The Barker's Brewery on 23 January 2011, as part of the Wetherspoon chain of pubs. Several former landmark pubs have been demolished for new project
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• Birr
  The town is known for [[Birr Castle]] and its gardens, home of the Parsons family and also the [[Leviathan of Parsonstown]] which was t ...ame="birrhistsoc"/> The area is also known as the chains due to the sturdy chain railings enclosing the central plots in the centre of the Mall. Birr Town C
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• Lea Valley Walk
  ...town. A section of the route is shared with a link of the [[Hertfordshire Chain Walk]] approaching [[Hertford]]. Through Hertford town centre, past [[Hertf ...eservoir is directly in front and is the first in the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain. [[Turkey Brook]] joins the Lee on the opposite bank. The far bank now comp
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• Black Country Living Museum
  ...wide range of midsteel-based products from nails to the anchor and anchor chain for the ''Titanic''. ...by Black Country industry, cast iron hollow ware, animal traps, vehicles, chain, anchors, enamels, weighing scales, laundry irons, nails, locks and fire cl
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• Great Bromley
  ...tes to before the 17th century. One of the notable residents of the great home was Sir Thomas Bowes who was the Justice of the Peace for Essex during much ...was abandoned when bombing seemed to have little effect on any part of the chain system. Many of the above and below ground bunkers are still present. The w
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• The Grove, Dorset
  ...a field near Shepherds Croft is a World War II Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) radar station. The station, named site M73, was constructed by the ...and closed at the end of the 20th century.<ref>http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Plymouth/Our-Lady-and-St-Andrew-Grove-Portland</ref> Th
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• Dalkey Island
  ...part of the ridge of the Island. Parts of these rocks are only visible at low tide. The southern end of the Island is a favorite with kayakers especially Dalkey Island is home to a colony of seals which has greatly expanded in recent years. Black rabb
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• Crystal Palace
  ...l Palace was eventually served by two railway stations, the high level and low level stations, built to handle the large volume of passengers visiting the ...when it began to be built over.<ref name=BritHistNorwood /> It was also a home of Gypsies, with some local street names and pubs recording the link.<ref n
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• Theobalds House
  The house was a significant stately home and (later) royal palace of the 16th and early 17th centuries. Set in exten [[File:Women on the Home Front 1939 - 1945 H35517.jpg|right|thumb|200px|ATS women in the Gun Operati
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• Walmer
  ...ron arrived 2 January 1918 to take over, then in March 1918, it became the home station of 8 Naval Squadron which was absorbed into the Royal Air Force on In 1941 Chain Home Low was installed at Walmer by the Army to increase the coverage of coastal rad
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• Tetney
  ...elegrams were sent to Australia and India as part of the Imperial Wireless Chain.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tetney Community Plan|url=http://parishes.lincolnshir ...tramway running from the Humberstone Road (B1198) through Bishopthorpe to Low Farm. Such tramways often used WW1 narrowigauge trench railway equipment to
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• Balsall Heath
  ...Heath has one of the largest Muslim communities in Birmingham. It is also home to diverse communities from across the Commonwealth. Balsall Heath's low rents also attracted a bohemian student population. Its proximity to the [[
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• Ingoldmells
  ...longer-range warning for the area. RAF Skendleby was the other Chain Home Low station in Lincolnshire near [[Skendleby]], [[Spilsby]].
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• Skendleby
  ...mile north-east of Skendleby was the location of RAF Skendleby Chain Home Low radar station, with a 200-foot wooden mast on the top of a nearby manmade h
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• St Catherine's Hill, Christchurch
  ...and dry heathland, coniferous and broadleaf woodland and scrubland; and is home to some rare flora and fauna including the sand lizard, smooth snake, silve ...Catherine's Hill, in the south, forms the highest point of this three hill chain at 174 feet and has some of the steepest slopes at 1:1 or 45°. The 400 acr
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• Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills
  ...der. The mixture – now called the 'green charge' – was stored in small low houses called charge houses before being taken to the incorporating or comp ...pute over the introduction of new machinery which would cut their "already low wages" by 33 per cent. When they refused to accept the managers terms they
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• Moor Park, Farnham
  ...0. Former names for it are '''Morehouse''' and '''Compton Hall'''. It was home to philosophical writer and satirist Jonathan Swift at the end of the seven The house was to become the first in a chain of colleges for adult Christian education, under supervision of Canon R.E.
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• Culver Battery
  ...own from full-time night alerts. In 1943, a Coastal Defence(CD)/Chain Home Low(CHL) radar station was erected just to the east of Culver Battery.<ref name
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• The Naze
  This low peninsula is important for migrating birds and it has a small nature reserv ...Home Low radar station was built on the Naze to track German warships and low-flying aircraft, and extended in 1942 to include the old tower.<ref>Refs; W
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• Skaw, Unst
  During Second World War, the Royal Air Force built a Chain Home radar station at Skaw. The radar station was built in 1941 and closed in 19 A combined Coastal Defence U-boat and Chain Home Low station was also built during the Second World War at [[Saxa Vord]]; after
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