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• Alnwick
  | picture caption = The town of Alnwick, nestling behind Alnwick Castle ...t town in northern [[Northumberland]] of some 8,000 people, 32 miles south of [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] and 5 miles inland from the [[North Sea]] at [[Alnmo
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• County Antrim
  ...Ireland|Ulster's]] north-eastern coast. It is bounded almost all round by water; the sea to the north and east, [[Lough Neagh]] and the [[River Bann]] to t ...also famed for natural treasures; the [[Glens of Antrim]] in the northeast of the county offer isolated rugged landscapes, while the [[Giant's Causeway]]
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• Somerton
  ..., reckoned the [[county town]], and around AD 900 was possibly the capital of [[Wessex]]. ...proximately 9 miles northwest of [[Yeovil]], and had a recorded population of 4,706 in 2001.
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• Berwickshire
  ...Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the [[River Tweed]]. It is part of the "[[Middle Shires]]". ...rmuir reaches 1,746 feet in Berwickshire, at Meikel Says Law on the border of East Lothian.
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• Scarborough
  '''Scarborough''' is a large town in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], a seaside holiday resort standing on the [[North Sea]] coast, ...eply 230 feet above the harbour onto limestone cliffs. The older part of the town lies around the harbour and is protected by the rocky headland.
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• Menai Strait
  ...[[Caernarfonshire]] and the mainland of [[Great Britain]]. The shoreline of Caernarfonshire on the strait is known as ''Arfon'', which means "by Angles ...selves and cause small boats to founder on the rocks. This caused the loss of the training ship HMS ''Conway'' in 1953.
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• Cheshire
  ...a. The [[county town]], after which it takes its name, is the ancient City of [[Chester]]. ==The lie of the land==
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• Cornwall
  |flag=Flag of Cornwall.svg ...th-west of the mainland, are part of Cornwall and are the westernmost land of [[England]] and the southernmost land in the United Kingdom.
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• Cumberland
  ...ountains of the [[Lake District]] to the coast, stretching along the coast of the [[Solway Firth]] and the [[Irish Sea]]. ...[[Helvellyn]], and the summits of several, including Helvellyn, form part of the county boundary with Westmorland.
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• Dorset
  ...shire]] to the east. Outside the “South East Dorset conurbation”, most of the county is largely rural and agricultural. ...here the remarkable [[Chesil Beach]] stretches for 18 miles to the cliffs of the “[[Jurassic Coast]]” as far as [[Lyme Regis]], close to the border
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• Blackpool
  ...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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• Dumfriesshire
  ...mfries''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the north shore of the [[Solway Firth]]. Its [[county town]] is [[Dumfries]]. ...[Selkirkshire]] to the north; and [[Roxburghshire]] to the east. The coast of the [[Solway Firth]] forms its southern edge.
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• Hampshire
  ...thead]]. The [[county town]] is [[Winchester]], capital of [[Wessex]] and of [[England]] until about 1100. Its place on the [[English Channel]] and the presence of several excellent natural harbours has given Hampshire a pre-eminent place
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• Hertfordshire
  |flag=County Flag of Hertfordshire.svg ...s an inland [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]], considered to be one of the [[Home Counties]]. Five counties surround it: [[Middlesex]] to the sou
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• Inverness-shire
  |motto=Air son Math na Siorrachd<br />(For the good of the county) ...t coast and includes many of the isles of the [[Hebrides]], including most of the Outer Hebrides.
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• Kent
  ...towns of Kent are within the [[London]] suburbs. Kent is considered is one of the [[home counties]]. ...Garden of England" for the richness of its agriculture, and the abundance of orchards and hop gardens.
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• Kincardineshire
  |picture=Craig of Garvock - geograph.org.uk - 197897.jpg |picture caption=Craig of Garvock in the Howe O' the Mearns
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• Lanarkshire
  ...t of the Lowlands. It is [[Scotland]]'s most populous county, for the City of [[Glasgow]] and its eastern suburbs fill its northern parts. ...Lanarkshire, after which it leaves the county and widens into the [[Firth of Clyde]].
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• Midlothian
  ...nating presence is [[Edinburgh]], from which it takes its alternative name of Edinburghshire. The county lies along the southern shore of the Firth of Forth between, as the name suggests, East Lothian and West Lothian. Midloth
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• Morayshire
  ...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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• Norfolk
  ...], which along with [[Suffolk]], is one of only two counties entirely east of the [[Prime Meridian]]. ...r Waveney]] from its source to the sea, the two rivers rising within yards of each other in Little Fen and flowing in opposite directions. To the west l
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• Orkney
  ...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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• Lancaster Canal
  ...and much of the southern end leased to the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]], of which it is now generally considered part. ...part, from Johnson's Hillock to Wigan Top Lock, remains navigable as part of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The planned continuation to Westhoughton was
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• Perthshire
  ...he north, and Perthshire is bounded and surrounded by nine counties, which may be told anti-clockwise from the Tay, [[Angus]], [[Aberdeenshire]], [[Invern ...xtends from [[Strathmore, Perthshire|Strathmore]] in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, [[Rannoch Moor]] and [[Ben Lui]] in the west, and
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• Renfrewshire
  ...a small but populous [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the banks of the [[River Clyde]]. Its [[county town]] is [[Renfrew]], though Renfrew is ...mall detached portion of the parish of Renfrew stands on the northern bank of the Clyde, surrounded on the landward side by [[Dumbartonshire]].
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• Selkirkshire
  ...to the south. It takes its name from its [[county town]], the royal burgh of [[Selkirk]]. ...alleys. The chief landowner (once holding third of the shire) is the Duke of Buccleuch.
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• Yell
  |highest point=[[Hill of Arisdale]], 689 feet ...ed island after [[Unst]]. In the 2001 it had a usually resident population of 957.
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• Somerset
  ...[[Bristol Channel]] from the [[River Avon, Somerset|Avon]] to the borders of [[Devon]] on Exmoor and deep inland blessed with rich farmland. ...d the Georgian glories of [[Bath]] and the southern half of the great city of [[Bristol]].
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• Stirlingshire
  ...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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• Surrey
  ...e United Kingdom|shire]] in the south-east of [[Great Britain]]. It is one of the "Home Counties". ...green areas but otherwise it is a vast, continuous urban sprawl, a mixture of poor neighbourhoods and wealthy.
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• West Lothian
  ...the head of the [[Firth of Forth]]. Its [[county town]] is the royal burgh of [[Linlithgow]], from which it takes its alternative name, Linlithgowshire. ...estuary lie to the north, across which are [[Fife]] and the detached part of [[Perthshire]].
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• Westmorland
  |picture caption=The summit of Helm Crag ...[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]], with some of the grandest scenery of the land. It is bounded to the north and west by [[Cumberland]], to the so
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• Tweed Bridge, Peebles
  ...dge of five spans over the [[River Tweed]] in [[Peebles]], the county town of [[Peeblesshire]]. This is the town's only road bridge over the river: ther ...esburghand00renwgoog/page/n77 61]}}</ref> A mason known as John of Peebles may have worked on the bridge at that time.<ref name=can/> A plaque on the brid
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• Yorkshire
  ...nnine Hills]] to again meet the River Tees. It is bordered by the counties of [[County Durham|Durham]], [[Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], [[Nottinghamshire|Notti ...idings]], whose boundaries meet at the [[York City Walls|walls of the City of York]]:
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• County Cavan
  ...counties of the ancient province of [[Ulster]] to be part of the Republic of Ireland. Cavan lies along the border with the [[United Kingdom]]. ...land| year=2005| id=| pages=186–191}}</ref> It is also the sixth largest of Ulster's nine counties in size and the seventh largest by population.
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• County Clare
  ...n]], a bleak, barren rocky land in stark contrast to the green of the rest of the county. ...h largest of Ireland’s 32 counties in area and the 19th largest in terms of population. It is bordered by two counties in Munster and one county in Con
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• County Kilkenny
  ...Clonageera, Course, Durrow Townparks, Glebe and Knockanoran in the parish of Durrow: {{wmap|52.841599|-7.402759|zoom=14|base=outline_detached}}</ref> ...ird largest of Leinster's 12 counties in size and seventh largest in terms of population.
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• County Offaly
  ...cording to the 2011 census. Offaly borders seven counties, the second most of any county after [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]], which borders eight. Offal ...id= | pages=186–191| isbn=0-340-89695-7}}</ref> It is the fifth largest of Leinster’s 12 counties by size and the 10th largest by population. It is
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• Ringsend, County Dublin
  ...nd the city centre to the west. A key feature of the area is the chimneys of Poolbeg power station. ...re given the names Merryon (Merrion) and Donny Brook. The original village of Ringsend would have been (approximately) where Sandymount Green is now.
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• Oakham
  ...Water]], one of the largest man-made lakes in Europe. It is in the [[Vale of Catmose]] and the town itself is built on an incline, and varies from 325ft ...rade-I listed building).<ref>{{cite web | title=Market Cross | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=186
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• Aberdeen
  |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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• Whittington Castle
  ...with buildings around a courtyard whose exterior wall was the curtain wall of the inner bailey. ...he historic fort of [[Old Oswestry]].<ref name=gallery>[http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castlexq.htm Castle Photo Gallery: Whittington Castle] - Castle
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• Wicken Fen
  '''Wicken Fen''' is a wetland nature reserve situated near the village of [[Wicken, Cambridgeshire|Wicken]] in [[Cambridgeshire]]. ...laimed by drainage for arable cultivation. The reserve includes a variety of habitats once found throughout the [[Great Fen]], including fenland, farmla
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• Montrose
  ...in [[Angus]]. It lies 38 miles north-east of [[Dundee]] between the mouths of the North and South Esk rivers. It is the northernmost coastal town in Angu ...nctions as a port, but the major employer is GlaxoSmithKline. The skyline of Montrose is dominated by the 220 foot steeple designed by James Gillespie G
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• Belfast
  ...[[county town]] of [[County Antrim]] and the capital and the largest city of [[Northern Ireland]]. It is a major urban and industrial centre. ...hold a population of 3 million, or half the total population of the island of Ireland.
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• Ae
  |picture=The Village of Ae.jpg |picture caption=The village of Ae
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• Zennor
  ...north coast, about 11 miles northeast of [[Land's End]] and 6 miles north of [[Penzance]] on the south coast. The village has one pub, the Tinner's Arm ...s believed, from 3000 BC, farming tools and others. It also has a working water wheel.
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• County flowers
  '''County flowers''' are wildflowers representative of counties. A county flower was chosen for each county in the United Kingdom ...and for the largest cities; 109 in all. The results were announced on 5th May 2004 and are published on PlantLife’s website.
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• Braunston-in-Rutland
  ...s south-west of the county town, [[Oakham]], and to the south of [[Rutland Water]]. The [[River Gwash]] flows through the village. A curious sculpted stone stands in the churchyard, at the west end of the church, close to the tower. Known as the Braunston "Goddess", it was fo
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• Chepstow
  ...is 16 miles east of [[Newport, Monmouthshire|Newport]] and 124 miles west of [[London]]. ...own is on the west bank of the Wye; adjoining villages on the eastern bank of the Wye, [[Tutshill]] and [[Sedbury]], are located in Gloucestershire.
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• Stanley, Falkland Islands
  ...lands]]. It stands on the south shore of [[Stanley Harbour]] on the island of [[East Falkland]]. ...f East Falkland's road network. Several bus and taxi companies operate out of Stanley.
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• Usk
  '''Usk''' is a small town in [[Monmouthshire]], standing 10 miles north-east of [[Newport, Monmouthshire|Newport]]. Usk is noted for its rural setting, tranquil lifestyle and quality of life. It feels more like a village than a town. The [[River Usk]], from whi
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• Bracknell
  ...miles south-east of [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] and 10 miles south-west of [[Windsor]]. ...was designated a new town in 1949 and developed accordingly. Very little of the pre-existing village remains.
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• Luton
  ...[[Houghton Regis]], form the Luton-Dunstable urban area with a population of over 240,000.<ref name=pop2009>Luton Borough Council, [http://www.luton.gov ...deposits in the east of the town. Its economy increased to a wide variety of further industries in the twentieth century, including car making and engin
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• Sandy
  ...A1 between [[Cambridge]] and [[Bedford]]. The area is dominated by a range of hills known as the Sand Hills. The [[River Ivel]] runs through Sandy. The dedication of the parish church is to St Swithun.
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• Tavistock
  ...west through the town. The heart of the town stands all on the north side of the river, the newer residential areas up the hills to its south. ...dford Square, was formerly the local residence of the Dukes of Bedford and of their local agent. Tavistock’s most famous son is Sir Francis Drake,<ref>
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• Barrow-in-Furness
  ...ashire's northernmost large town and the chief town of '''Lancashire North of the Sands'''. ...ay from the coast. Ten miles or so to the north-east is the southern edge of the [[Lake District]].
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• Dingwall
  ...ites with the alluvial lands at the mouth of the Conon, 14 miles northwest of [[Inverness]] It was once an east-coast port, before the sea receded and le ...es as the junction. Dingwall Station is served by some 26 trains a day, 14 of which go to Inverness.
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• Bridport
  ...is a market town in [[Dorset]]. Located near the coast at the western end of [[Chesil Beach]], where the [[River Brit]] is joined by the [[Asker River|A Bridport has been subject of articles where it was nicknamed "Notting Hill on Sea"<ref>*[http://observer
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• Keswick
  ...related, providing accommodation and facilities for the tens of thousands of people visiting the area each year. In the centre of the town stands the Moot Hall, which acts as its focal point and the centre
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• Millport, Great Cumbrae
  | 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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• Milton Keynes
  ...ubilee. It is a rare example of a new town built afresh, not an expansion of an existing core, though it does incorporate pre-existing towns within its ...s name from the existing [[Milton Keynes Village]], lying a few miles east of Central Milton Keynes (the planned centre).
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• Talgarth
  ...algarth''' is a small market town in [[Brecknockshire]], with a population of around 2,000 people. ...al accounts, Talgarth was the capital of the early mediæval Welsh Kingdom of ''Brycheiniog''.
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• Enniskillen
  ...n, the location of Enniskillen Castle, is on an island between two streams of the [[River Erne]]. ...ting and watersports, due to its place by Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,599 in the 2001 Census.
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• Louth, Lincolnshire
  ...market town of [[Lindsey]], [[Lincolnshire]]. It is known as "the capital of the [[Lincolnshire Wolds]]". The town grew up where the ancient trackway ' ...s point is marked with a plaque on the north side of the street, just east of the junction with ''Northgate''.
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• Glasgow
  | picture = View of Glasgow from Queens Park.jpg ...the title of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin and thus the "Kelvin" unit of temperature.
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• Huntingdon
  ...]. It stands in the middle of the county on the [[River Great Ouse]], one of the three towns in the county so to do. ...holme, the largest grass meadow in the land, an island between the streams of the Great Ouse.
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• Southwell
  ...est known as the site of Southwell Minster, the cathedral of the [[Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham]], which covers Nottinghamshire. Its population is The town stands on the [[River Greet]], some 14 miles northeast of [[Nottingham]].
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• Chipping Norton
  ...shopping, markets, civic and cultural activities. The latter is much more of a tourist destination, with the former being much more locally oriented. ...towns, the wool trade was also prominent here, leading to the construction of the well-lit St Mary's Church.
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• Cotswolds
  ...s Panorama Fields.jpg|fullwidth=1000|caption=Rolling hills and farm fields of the Cotswolds landscape}} ...[[Worcestershire]]. The hills have been designated as the Cotswold "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty".
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• Horsham
  |picture caption=The bandstand in the centre of the Carfax ...north-west of [[Brighton]] and 26 miles north-east of the [[county town]] of [[Chichester]]. Nearby towns include [[Crawley]] to the north-east and [[Ha
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• Great Malvern
  ...town in [[Worcestershire]]. It is the historical centre of the wider area of Malvern. ...centre for hydroptherapy and the townscape swelled to take in the villages of [[Barnards Green]], [[Little Malvern]], [[Malvern Link]] with Link Top, [[M
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• Wembley
  ...suburbs to the north; North Wembley and Wembley Park, the latter the home of Wembley Stadium and the Arena. The town is at the meeting of railway lines, which have contributed to its growth, and four stations bear
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• Leeds
  '''Leeds''' is a city in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. It is [[Yorkshire]]'s biggest city and its prime commercial ce ...n, expanded and absorbed the surrounding villages to become by the opening of the 20th century a populous urban centre, and now a major regional city.
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• Liverpool
  ...''' 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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• Torquay
  ...town of [[Paignton]] on the west of the bay. It is a holiday resort, part of the area billed as "the English Riviera". ...atistics_for_torbay_apr.pdf|format=PDF|title=Key Statistics for Torbay — May 2005|pages=2|publisher=The Consultation and Research Team, Torbay Council|w
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• Brentford
  ...n 1769, a lively affair in which John Wilkes was elected, though the House of Commons rejected him (a scandal which has never been repeated). In 1795 New Brentford was considered as the county-town, but the justices of Middlesex met in [[Clerkenwell]]. Pevsner noted that Brentford possessed n
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• Enfield
  ...et place, and the streets reaching out from there. It and has a full range of shops and residential roads. ...ttp://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf | author=Mayor of London | publisher=Greater London Authority | title=London Plan (Consolidat
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• Edmonton
  ...der with [[Essex]]. It is thoroughly contiguous with the surrounding towns of the metropolitan conurbation. ...nuous theme to Tottenham High Road to the south. Fore Street is the heart of the town.
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• Hampstead
  ...mfy, prosperous residential character. It is in the [[Ossulstone]] Hundred of Middlesex. ...m here. A string of ponds on either side of the Heath are the twin sources of the [[River Fleet]], no longer the fine river it once was, now its lower re
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• Inner Temple
  |ownership=The Honourable Society<br />of the Inner Temple ...elf governed by the Parliament of the inn and an executive council made up of the elected Benchers.
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• Ruislip
  ...nd and meadow. Manor Farm, though surrounded by houses, remains a reminder of the village's vanished agricultural foundation. ...entral water pump which was moved out of the road in the 1970s as a result of increased traffic.
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• Southall
  ...http://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf| author=Mayor of London | publisher=Greater London Authority | title=London Plan (Consolidat ...first linked London with the rest of the growing canal system. It was one of the last canals to carry significant commercial traffic (through the 1950s)
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• Uxbridge
  ...s, as well as various animal bones and traces of charcoal from the remains of campfires.<ref name="Cotton p.8"/> ...l centre, and is the location of Brunel University and the Uxbridge campus of Buckinghamshire New University.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bucks.ac.uk/abou
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• Stoke-on-Trent
  | picture caption = Sights of Stoke-on-Trent ...tle-under-Lyme]], Stoke forms "the Potteries Urban Area" with a population of 457,165.
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• Hoy
  |picture caption=Cliffs on the Atlantic coast of Hoy '''Hoy''' is an island in [[Orkney]]. With an area of 55 square miles, it is the second largest in the group, exceeded only by [[
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• Ben Nevis
  ...tains]] in the [[Lochaber]] area of [[Inverness-shire]], close to the town of [[Fort William]]. ...ur some classic scrambles and rock climbs of all difficulties, and are one of the principal locations in the UK for ice climbing.
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• St Andrews
  |name = Royal Burgh of St Andrews ...Fife. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle. With a population of 16,680, St Andrews is the fifth largest town in Fife.
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• Baltasound
  '''Baltasound''' is the main village on the island of [[Unst]], in the bay of [[Balta Sound]]. It has is a large and well sheltered harbour, with a mari ...head stands the village. The Sound in turn takes its name from the island of [[Balta]] which lies across its mouth. Balta derives the Old Norse ''Balte
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• Ealing
  ...k/history/was-ealing-the-queen-of-the-suburbs/|title=Was Ealing the 'Queen of the Suburbs'? - Ealing News Extra|date=30 October 2015|website=ealingnewsex ...rter/10054404.Ealing___The_Queen_of_the_Suburbs_/|title=Ealing- 'The Queen of the Suburbs'|website=Your Local Guardian}}</ref> AT its heart is Ealing Bro
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• Dartmoor
  ...ers, the East Dart and West Dart, though the moor is the source of several of Devon's great rivers. ...use that term for the exposed tops (which appears indeed to be the origin of the word if not the local usage).
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• Weymouth
  |picture caption=Weymouth, Wyke Regis and Portland Harbour<br />from the Isle of Portland ...is eight miles south of [[Dorchester]] and five miles north of the [[Isle of Portland]].
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• Leith
  | picture caption=Harbour in the Water of Leith ...h at the mouth of the [[Water of Leith]] on the south shore of the [[Firth of Forth]].
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• Edinburgh
  ...e 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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• Nomansland, Hertfordshire
  ...of [[Wheathampstead]] and north of [[Sandridge]]. The hamlet is a clutch of houses and a farm, the whole named after '''Nomansland Common''' (sometimes ...land and scrubby woodland bisected by Ferrers Lane. The land to the south of the Lane is open grassland and is mostly used for dog walking and picnics.
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• Hampton-in-Arden
  ...of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance".<ref name="Solihull">[http:// ...s mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, when it was held by Geoffrey of la Gurche:
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• Carmarthen
  ...town of [[Carmarthenshire]]. It stands on the [[River Towy]] 8 miles north of its mouth at [[Carmarthen Bay]]. ...and 18th centuries and was described by William Camden as "the chief citie of the country". However, population growth stagnated by the mid 19th century
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• Runcorn
  ...ngton]] in [[Lancashire]], and downstream 16 miles to the west is the city of [[Liverpool]]. ...of private housing have been established; this has resulted in a doubling of the population from around 30,000 to its present level.
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• Stockport
  ...ancashire|Tame]] meet to become the infant River Mersey, 6 miles southeast of [[Manchester]]. ...to spread over the river with some streets in Lancashire and in the centre of Stockport the Mersey, which forms the boundary, has been culverted and the
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• Bodmin
  ...t of [[Bodmin Moor]]. Bodmin, the county town of Cornwall, was the centre of its judicial administration after 1835 when the courts moved to from [[Laun ...ism and later made wealthy from tin mining and the attentions of the Duchy of Cornwall.
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• Falmouth
  ...atistics for urban areas in England and Wales | publisher =National Office of Statistics| url =http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_ua_ew The name Falmouth comes from the river Fal but the origin of the river's name is unknown.
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• Penzance
  ...ination, with beaches and within easy reach of the Lands End and the sites of the wild [[Penwith]] peninsula. Penzance is also the port for sailing to the [[Isles of Scilly]], and outside the town is also the heliport for Scilly.
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• Gibraltar
  |arms=Coat of arms of Gibraltar1.svg |flag=Flag of Gibraltar.svg
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• Penrith
  ...for exploring the Lake District, and lies just 3 miles outside the bounds of the National Park. ...l and Eamont. For many centuries, the Beck provided the town with its main water supply.
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• Godmanchester
  ...uth bank of the [[River Great Ouse]], south of [[Huntingdon]]. The centre of the town has a distinctive pattern, with roads set in a pentagon, on which ...was founded here with a ''mansio'' (an inn). The town was at a crossroads of two Roman roads; [[Ermine Street]] and a military road from [[Sandy, Bedfor
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• St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  |flag=Flag of Saint Helena.svg |arms=Coat of arms of Saint Helena.svg
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• Bermuda
  |flag=Flag of Bermuda.svg ...na, about 640 miles to the west-northwest, and it is about 850 miles south of Halifax in Nova Scotia. The territory's capital is [[Hamilton, Bermuda|Ham
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• Northampton
  ...e [[county town]]. The town stands on the [[River Nene]] and is a mixture of old and new; the town is an ancient borough and the town centre has many hi [[File:Holy Sepulchre, Northampton.jpg|thumb|upright|Interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre]]
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• Peterborough
  ...h is the heart of the [[Soke of Peterborough]], the north-easternmost part of Northamptonshire. ...n centre has been greatly redeveloped and is surrounded but a great number of twentieth-century residential neighbourhoods, many entirely replacing older
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• St Helena
  ...a]]. The island was named by its Portuguese discoverer after Saint Helena of Constantinople. St Helena has a population of 4,255. It rises sheer out of the ocean, a cleft in the cliffs giving a place for its chief town (and the
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• Ascension Island
  ...he South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the [[British overseas territory]] of [[St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]. ...ic Ridge some 994 from the coast of Africa, and 1,398 miles from the coast of South America, and 800 miles from [[St Helena]] which lies away to the sout
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• Tristan da Cunha
  |picture caption=Edinburgh of the Seven Seas |main settlement=[[Edinburgh of the Seven Seas]]
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• Pitcairn Islands
  ...named the '''Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands''', form a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The islands are a [[Br ...miles across, and its population of just 50 souls is the whole population of the territory.
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• United Kingdom
  [[File:Europe location UK.png|right|thumb|300px|The location of the United Kingdom]] [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|right|thumb|200px|The flag of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the Union Jack]]
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• Isle of Wight
  |name=Isle of Wight |picture=Isle of Wight coastline.jpg
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• Llangollen
  |picture caption=Brick houses and slate roofs of Llangollen ...[River Dee]] and on the edge of the Berwyn mountains. It had a population of 3,412 in 2001.
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• Seathwaite, Lancashire
  ...ashire]] with a population of some 130. It lies in Dunnerdale, the valley of the [[River Duddon]]. The village lies within the [[Lake District|Lake Dis ...believed to have stayed here when travelling hereabouts. The poet's love of the [[River Duddon]] is shown by his having written 35 poems in its honour.
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• Derby
  ...t the townscape has long since spread across the bridges and engulfed many of the villages and neighbourhoods all around the town. ...x.php/resources/diocese/brief-history/729-the-diocese-of-derby The Diocese of Derby – History]</ref> City status came to the town in 1977, when the Qu
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• Grange-over-Sands
  ...nds on the eastern side of the [[Furness]] coast; part of Lancashire North of the Sands. ...razed over by small flocks of sheep. The river though is still moving and may in coming years swamp the meadow once more.
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• Furness
  ...%20BEYOND%20THE%20SANDS Furness Family History Society], 'Lancashire North of the Sands', Accessed August 20, 2006.</ref> Furness forms the North Lonsda ...sed August 20, 2006 </ref> and its islands, while High Furness is the rest of the land, encompassing the Furness Fells.
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• Poole
  ...vide shelter to many large ships and which is also blessed by a scattering of attractive islands. ...d War the town was one of the main departing points for the D-Day landings of the Normandy Invasion.
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• Walsall
  ...It is found in the [[Black Country]], northwest of [[Birmingham]] and east of [[Wolverhampton]], and within the conurbation which joins these and the Bla ...rs".) In the nineteenth century, Walsall became known for the manufacture of horse-brasses.
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• Burton upon Trent
  ...Burton''', is a large town standing across the [[River Trent]] in the east of [[Staffordshire]]. Burton is best known for brewing, part of the town's heritage for several centuries. It was home to over a dozen bre
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• Moffat
  ...nnandale]] in [[Dumfriesshire]], on the [[River Annan]], with a population of around 2,500. It developed as a spa town. ...tar Hotel, a mere 20&nbsp;feet wide, boasted a record in the Guinness Book of Records as the narrowest hotel in the world. Moffat also won the famous "Br
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• Sanquhar
  ...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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• Durham
  |constituency=City of Durham ...nated by the vast Cathedral, atop a precipitous cliff tumbling down to the water.
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• Garrison, Fermanagh
  ...h River]] runs through the village. In the 2001 Census it had a population of just 357 people. ...ugh Melvin Holiday Centre] caters for large groups and there is a plethora of local guesthouses and chalets to let. Two local pubs, The Melvin Bar and Th
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• Rugby
  ...th [[Northamptonshire]] and [[Leicestershire]]. The town had a population of 61,988 in the 2001 census. The town is most famous as the birthplace of rugby football, which came from the famous public school here.
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• Beith
  ...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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• Winchester
  ...]]. It stands at the western end of the [[South Downs]], along the course of the [[River Itchen]]. ...of Wessex and of the Kingdom of England. It developed from the Roman town of ''Venta Belgarum''.
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• Bermondsey
  ...is completely contiguous with the towns around it. Immediately to the west of Bermondsey lies [[Southwark]] and to the east is [[Rotherhithe]]. To the s ...'s kingdom and the origins of Surrey', in Bassett, S. (ed.), ''The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms'', Leicester University Press, 1989.</ref>
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• Sunderland
  '''Sunderland''' is a city in [[County Durham]] standing at the mouth of the [[River Wear]] on the [[North Sea]] coast. ...n 930. A small fishing village called Sunderland, located toward the mouth of the river (modern day East End) was granted a charter in 1179.
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• Carshalton
  ...the village.<ref>{{cite web|title=London Biodiversity Partnership - audit of rivers document.|url=http://www.lbp.org.uk/02audit_pdfs/22_rivers.pdf|forma ...Carshalton Village Conservation Area.<ref>{{cite web|title=London Borough of Sutton Conservation Areas.|url=http://www.sutton.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C6C0DF
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• Cranleigh
  ...age in England". It lies 8 miles south east of [[Godalming]], to the east of the A281 which links [[Guildford]] with [[Horsham]]. ...old drinking water fountain of 1874, that can still be found in the middle of the village in 'Fountain Square'.
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• Arnside
  ...f the sands. The whole village is within the Arnside and Silverdale ''Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty''. ...19th century, the village had been used as a local port, but the building of the viaduct caused the estuary to silt up.
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• Haddington
  ...a county also named Haddingtonshire. It stands approximately 20 miles east of [[Edinburgh]]. ...1748 according to a plan by William Adam. When first built, it consisted of a council chamber, jail and sheriff court, to which assembly rooms were add
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• Boston
  ...ncolnshire]]. It is the major town of [[Holland]], the south-eastern part of that county. Boston lies astride the [[Greenwich Meridian]]. |title=Church sells bits of Boston Stump
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• Dulwich
  ...llage, lying in a valley between the neighbouring and contiguous districts of [[Camberwell]], [[Crystal Palace]], [[Denmark Hill]], [[Forest Hill, Surrey ...have appeared. Then name may come from two old English words meaning "dill water-meadow".
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• Colchester
  ...ter claims to be the oldest town in Britain. It was for a time the capital of Roman Britain and also claims to have the United Kingdom's oldest recorded ...n'', to the Romans as ''Camulodunum'' or ''Colonia Victricensis'' ("Colony of the victors") and to the early English as ''Colneceaster''.
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• Dudley
  '''Dudley''' is a large town in [[Worcestershire]], in a detached part of the county deep within the [[Black Country]]. Dudley is the largest town in ...y by a gap of just 650 yards. The town centre is at the very northern part of the enclave and it development has spread beyond those confines into [[Staf
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• Bray, Berkshire
  ...nhead]]. It is most famed as the village in the satirical song ''The Vicar of Bray''. Though located on the very edge of Maidenhead, Bray is separate and still very much an idyllic British village
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• Grimsby
  ...olnshire]]. The port was well known to the Norse in the great seagoing age of that nation, and it was named in their language. According to local legend ...town of [[Cleethorpes]], and 11,000 of its inhabitants live in the village of [[Scartho]] which was absorbed into Grimsby before laws on the green belt w
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• River Usk
  The '''River Usk''' ({{lang|cy|Afon Wysg}}) flows through the heart of [[Monmouthshire]] to the sea. ...in (range)|Black Mountain]] in [[Brecknockshire]], in the westernmost part of the [[Brecon Beacons]] National Park, and enters the [[River Severn#Severn
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• Bridgwater
  ...on the west the [[Quantock Hills]]. The town The town stands on the banks of the [[River Parrett]], 10 miles above its mouth at [[Highbridge]], which ri ...ton]] by the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal. It stands between two junctions of the M5 motorway. Bridgwater railway station is on the main railway line be
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• Shoreditch
  ...x]] deep within the metropolitan conurbation, a little north of the [[City of London]]. Shoreditch is entirely contiguous with its surrounding towns. ...a monument to civic pride and permanence built by the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch created in 1899 and gone by 1965. The Hall has been restored an
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• Dunfermline
  ...d Saint Margaret; Malcolm III's English queen. Dunfermline received [[List of cities in the United Kingdom|city status]] by Letters Patent on 3 October 2 ...ne's abbey, and the remains of the Royal Palace of Dunfermline, birthplace of King Charles I.
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• Tiree
  ...n Tiree and Coll lies the small island of Gunna. Its coasts are a mixture of sea-beaten cliffs and long, crescent-shaped, sandy bays. ...It is also a very fertile isle. Crofting and tourism are the main sources of employment for the islanders.
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• Holywell, Flintshire
  ...'' is a market town in [[Flintshire]], standing to the west of the estuary of the [[River Dee]]. ...guous village of [[Greenfield, Flintshire|Greenfield]] is to the northeast of the town on the B5121 road.
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• Isle of Arran
  |name=Isle of Arran |map=Isle of Arran locator.png
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• Great Cumbrae
  ...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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• Inchmarnock
  |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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• Water Orton
  |name=Water Orton |picture caption=Farmland by Water Orton
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• Denshaw
  |picture caption=A view of Denshaw ...illage of [[Delph]], 3½ miles north of [[Uppermill]]. It has a population of around 500.
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• Stroma
  ...lly it may be reckoned part of the Orkney group. It is the more southerly of the two islands in the Firth between Orkney and mainland Caithness, with [[ ..." or "current". A lighthouse at the northern end of the island warns ships of the nearby Swilkie whirlpool. Once populous, this uninhabited island is ow
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• John o' Groats
  ...rs for its place as the last of the land and the most northerly settlement of mainland Great Britain. The traditional measure of the length of Britain, and the longest distance between two inhabited places on the mainl
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• Rickmansworth
  ...markets off at the fringes. The houses of the town surrounding the middle of town all around form a large belt from the modest to the very wealthy. ...]] and the [[River Colne, Hertfordshire|River Colne]], at the northern end of the Colne Valley regional park.
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• Whitchurch, Glamorgan
  ...e of the city on the A470 road and A4054 road. Its estimated population as of 2004 was 15,649. ...to acknowledging its suburban status. The modern suburb contains a number of schools, a shopping centre, Whitchurch Library, Whitchurch Hospital, a psyc
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• Hemel Hempstead
  ...Henry VIII in 1539. The Old Town still remains and is the prettiest part of town. The biggest change for the town was after Second World War when Heme ...d Hemel Hempstead "The most attractive town in Herts".<ref>''The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire'' by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner</ref> This however was bef
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• Ware
  ...he county town, [[Hertford]] The [[Greenwich Meridian]] passes to the east of Ware. ....6&nbsp;million two-mile bypass opened on 17 August 1976. At the north end of the bypass is the Wodson Park Sports Centre, with an athletics track, and H
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• St Albans
  ...Verulamium are still visible in Verulam Park, and its bricks in the tower of St Albans Cathedral. ...ot therefore built on the site of ancient Verulamium but on the other side of the river, albeit that the town has since spread to envelop Verulam and the
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• Harwell
  |picture caption=Parish church of St Matthew |LG district=Vale of White Horse
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• Port Talbot
  |picture caption=The A48 road near the centre of Port Talbot ...rgam Sands (or more popularly known as Morfa Beach). The northeastern edge of the town is marked by the River Neath. The most significant landmark in the
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• Bridgend
  ...is the [[River Ogmore]] but the [[River Ewenny]] also passes to the south of the town. ...nd has greatly expanded in size since the early 1980s and had a population of 39,429 in 2001.<ref>http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_ua
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• Merthyr Tydfil
  '''Merthyr Tydfil''' is a town in [[Glamorgan]], with a population of about 30,000 and which was once the largest town in Wales. The town is oft ...valents, in place names, are ''merther'' and ''merzher''.<ref>''University of Wales Dictionary'', vol. III, page 2436.</ref>
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• Gloucester
  |picture caption=Skyline of Gloucester from Painswick Beacon ...oucestershire]] of which it is the [[county town]]. It stands on the banks of the [[River Severn]], some 32 mles above [[Bristol]].
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• Tewkesbury
  ...the rivers and is dominated by its main church, Tewkesbury Abbey, a relic of the town's past as a monastic centre. ...healings_chaceley/ThumbnailFrame.htm End of an Era - Healings Mill (photos of barges leaving Tewkesbury)]</ref>
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• Redbourn
  ...h is [http://www.stmarysredbourn.org/ St Mary's], a fine church with parts of its structure dating form the 12th century. ...least since Anglo-Saxon times and it is recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Redborne''.
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• Cheltenham
  ...as '''Cheltenham Spa''', is a spa town in [[Gloucestershire]], on the edge of the [[Cotswolds]]. ...the Cheltenham Festival held every March. The town hosts several festivals of culture. The internationally renowned Cheltenham Ladies' College is here t
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• River Thames
  [[File:Thames_map.svg|right|thumb|250px|The course of the Thames]] ...d [[Richmond, Surrey|Richmond]], and then many riverside towns and suburbs of the metropolitan conurbation.
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• Southampton
  ...pshire]] and the busiest commercial port in the United Kingdom, indeed one of the largest commercial ports in Europe. ...] at the meeting of the [[River Test]] and [[River Itchen]]. Southampton Water provides a deep, broad, sheltered [[English Channel]] roadstead, which has
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• Andover
  ...ciond World War and redeveloped after it, leaving little to be found there of any great charm. ...web |url=http://www.localhistories.org/andover.html |title=A Brief History of Andover, Hampshire |author=Tim Lambert |accessdate=7 March 2010}}</ref>
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• Christchurch
  '''Christchurch''' is a town in [[Hampshire]] on the south coast of [[Great Britain]]. The town adjoins [[Bournemouth]] in the west and the [[N ...ally named Twynham but became known as Christchurch following the building of the priory in 1094.
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• Basingstoke
  ...[River Loddon]], 48 miles south-west of [[London]] and 19 miles north-east of the [[county town]], [[Winchester]]. ...rapidly, along with nearby [[Andover]] and [[Tadley]], to accommodate part of the London 'overspill' as perceived under the Greater London Plan, 1944.<re
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• Fort William
  ...indeed the largest after Inverness in the Highlands. It is a town in and of the Highlands, surrounded by high and beauteous mountains. ...untains rise nearby; Fort William markets itself as the ''"Outdoor Capital of the UK"''. It is also known for its nearby downhill mountain bike track and
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• Newtonmore
  ...alder a little downstream from [[Kingussie]]. The village has a population of about 1,000. ...miles from a location that is claimed to be the exact geographical centre of Scotland. The Highland Main Line runs down the glen by here, but the main s
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• Castle Douglas
  ...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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• Rochester
  ...athedral city in [[Kent]]. It has from ancient times long borne the status of a city, though this status was attached as property to a council abolished ...ring [[Chatham]], [[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]], [[Strood]] and a number of outlying villages have grown together to make a single conurbation standing
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• Tintern
  ...is popular with tourists, who visit for the natural scenery and the ruins of Tintern Abbey. ...es, previously separate parishes - Tintern Parva, forming the northern end of the village and Chapel Hill which forms the southern end. The whole village
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• Maidstone
  ...cultural county of Kent, known as the Garden of England. There is evidence of a settlement in the area dating back to beyond the Stone Age. Maidstone was once a town of heavy industry, now changed more to light industrial works and service indu
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• East Kilbride
  ...igh ground on the south side of the Cathkin Braes, about 8 miles southeast of [[Glasgow]] city centre and close to the boundary with [[Renfrewshire]]. ==The lie of the land==
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• Eastbourne
  ...primarily known as a seaside resort, its long beaches lapped by the waters of the [[English Channel]]. ...de resort and still is today. It had an estimated population of 97,992 as of 2009.
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• Folkestone
  ...rently Folkestone has the only sandy beach and coastal park within an hour of north London. ==Name of the town==
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• Greenwich
  ...ther buildings are used by University of Greenwich and the Trinity College of Music. ...Park spreads up the hill, a popular place of resort and also the location of Royal Greenwich Observatory and National Maritime Museum.
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• South Ronaldsay
  ...[[Mainland, Orkney]] by the Churchill Barriers which carry the road by way of [[Burray]], [[Glimps Holm]] and [[Lamb Holm]]. ...h Ronaldsay are the northernmost and southernmost of the inhabited islands of Orkney.
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• Llandrindod Wells
  |picture=Llandrindod Wells-Junction of South Crescent with Temple Street.jpg |picture caption=Junction of South Crescent and Temple Street
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• Rhayader
  ...of the [[River Wye]], 20 miles below its source on the [[Plynlimon]] range of the Cambrian Mountains. ...ales. The B4574 mountain road to Aberystwyth is described by the AA as one of the ten most scenic drives in the world.<ref>http://www.cycling.visitwales.
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• Ireland
  ...t the closest point, between the coast of [[County Antrim]] and the [[Mull of Kintyre]]. Between the two great islands lies the [[Irish Sea]] Ireland is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets, most along the storm-battered Atlantic west coast.
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• Coatbridge
  ...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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• Pennines
  [[File:Clougha heather.jpg|thumb|300px|The Forest of Bowland, Yorkshire]] The '''Pennines''' are a mountain range reaching from the [[Peak District]] of [[Derbyshire]] northward to the Tyne Gap in [[Northumberland]], beyond whic
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• Tywyn
  '''Tywyn''', also known as '''Towyn''', is a town and seaside resort of [[Merionethshire]]. It stands on [[Cardigan Bay]]. ...the north-east the rich farmland of Bro Dysynni, and to the east the hills of Craig y Barcud and Craig Fach-Goch.
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• Snowdon
  |picture=Snowdon and its acolytes from the slopes of Moel Eilio - geograph.org.uk - 1730676.jpg ...the great massif called [[Snowdonia]], which forms the major part in turn of the Snowdonia National Park.
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• Farnham
  ...] and much favoured by them so that today the town has many fine buildings of historical interest. ...shot]] in [[Hampshire]] is 4 miles northeast. Winchester, from which much of the town's ancient prosperity came, is 28 miles away to the southwest.
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• Fetcham
  ...lage in [[Surrey]] lying to the west of [[Leatherhead]], on the other side of the [[River Mole, Surrey|River Mole]] and Mill Pond springs and the associa ...ing area. These springs even continued to supply water during the droughts of 1976 and 2006.
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• Guildford
  ...ep and the main roads still cross the Wey on two bridges in the narrow gap of the Downs. ..., Guildford was in the centre of a network of communication by road and by water that aided its prosperity.
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• Milford Haven
  ...jor commercial port town in [[Pembrokeshire]]. It stands on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, a natural harbour used as a port since the Midd ...in the United Kingdom's energy sector with several oil refineries and one of the biggest LNG terminals in the world.
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• Crossings of the River Severn
  This is a '''list of crossings of the [[River Severn]]''', including bridges, tunnels, ferries and fords, in ...dge is the Second Severn Crossing, opened thirty years later by the Prince of Wales.
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• River Severn
  ...reat Britain]], at about 220 miles. It rises on [[Plynlimon]] in the heart of the Cambrian Mountains and flows in a vast arc out to carve a broad estuary ...[Apperley]], Gloucestershire, the Severn is the greatest river in terms of water flow in the United Kingdom.
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• New Island
  ...sland''' is an uninhabited island of the [[Falkland Islands]], lying north of [[Beaver Island (Falkland Islands)|Beaver Island]]. ...iverse range of wildlife in the region. The whole island, 8.8 square miles of it, is a nature reserve, established by Ian Strange in 1972.
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• Bolton
  ...rthwest of the city of [[Manchester]]. The town of Bolton has a population of 139,403,<ref name=TownsTablePop>{{cite web |url=http://www.lovemytown.co.uk ...sult Bolton was stormed by 3,000&nbsp;Royalist troops led by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in 1644. In what became known as the Bolton Massacre, 1,600&nbsp;
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• Falkland Islands
  |flag=Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg ...nautical miles from the coast of South America. The archipelago consists of [[East Falkland]], [[West Falkland]] and 776 lesser islands.
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• British Isles
  ...reland satellite image bright.png|300px|thumb|right|A satellite photograph of the British Isles, the island on the right being Great Britain and the smal ...h and east of the islands lies continental Europe, 21 miles from the coast of [[Kent]] at the nearest point. To the north is open sea until the Faroe Isl
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• Leicester
  '''Leicester''' is a city in the heart of [[Leicestershire]], of which it is the [[county town]]. It is major Midlands city, rooted in anci ...River Soar]], and on the coal fields of Leicestershire. It is at the edge of the National Forest.
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• Melton Mowbray
  ...es, being the home of the Melton Mowbray pork pie and one of the six homes of Stilton cheese. ...own is found 14½ miles northeast of [[Leicester]], and 18 miles southeast of [[Nottingham]]. Both the [[River Eye, Leicestershire|River Eye]] and the [
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• Lincoln
  ...n]] of [[Lincolnshire]]. It is a picturesque cathedral city at the centre of Lincolnshire and an ancient city, old when the Romans came and yet preservi Lincoln stands at the gap of the [[Lincoln Edge]], where the [[River Witham]] breaks through it. The Edg
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• Grantham
  ...the [[River Witham]]. Grantham stands on the Witham downstream of the city of [[Lincoln]] 26 miles to the north. ...s in the low lands of Lincolnshire, west of the [[Lincoln Edge]], so rises of ground are known. The old Great North Road cuts through the town but the A1
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• Skegness
  ...y]]. The town stands on the [[North Sea]] coast, 43 miles east of the city of [[Lincoln]]. ...as opened in Skegness in 1936. Partially owing to this, the resort is one of the better known seaside resorts in the United Kingdom.
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• Stamford
  ...lanes tumble to the meadows and the river is bridged here by a fine bridge of Barnack stone. The town is best known for its mediæval core of streets, lined with 17th-18th century stone buildings, older timber framed
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• Charney Bassett
  |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...tage]] and 6 miles east of [[Faringdon]]. It lies within the broad [[Vale of White Horse]], with the [[River Ock]] at its foot. [[Lyford, Berkshire|Lyf
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• Barra
  |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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• Kew
  ...Gardens, known as Kew Gardens and now a World Heritage Site. Other points of interest include Kew Palace and The National Archives (previously known as "Kew Village" refers to the parades of shops adjoining Kew Gardens station. It contains a small supermarket, a who
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• Lossiemouth
  |picture=A view of Lossiemouth - geograph.org.uk - 1377291.jpg ...area, the present day town was formed over the past 250 years and consists of four separate communities that eventually merged into one.
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• River Dee, Aberdeenshire
  ...its tributary rivers forms the district of [[Mar]] which is the upper part of Aberdeenshire. ...e Dee's near neighbour to the north, the [[River Don, Aberdeenshire]] also may mean 'goddess'.
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• Isle of Man
  |name=Isle of Man |picture=Maughold Village. Isle of Man. - geograph.org.uk - 31912.jpg
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• Great Glen
  [[File:Loch Lochy from the summit of Meall na Teanga.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Loch Lochy]] ...tern seaward end, where [[Morvern]], part of [[Argyllshire]], sits on part of the north shore.
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• Loch Lomond
  [[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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• Jura
  |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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• Royal Military Canal
  ...ey Marsh]]. It was constructed as a defence against the possible invasion of Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. ...rps. - geograph.org.uk - 566721.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Sculpture of soldiers of Royal Staff Corps at Hythe]]
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• Norwich
  ...1th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom. ...ers the [[Norfolk Broads]], all at sea level. Norwich is thus at the edge of those flat lands for which Norfolk is rightly famous and the rivers, tidal
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• East Dereham
  ...some 15&nbsp;miles west of the City of [[Norwich]] and 25&nbsp;miles east of [[King's Lynn]]. The village of [[West Dereham]] lies not next door as one might expect, but fully 25&nbsp;
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• Great Yarmouth
  |picture=Aerial View of Great Yarmouth.jpg ...the [[River Yare]], 20 miles east of [[Norwich]] and 100 miles north-west of the Dutch coast. The town has a popular beach and two piers.
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• King's Lynn
  ...d near the county's north-westernmost corner on the Wash and 44 miles west of [[Norwich]]. ...dern high street running up through it, all about the town centre, history of the town is told in its buildings. It has two Guildhalls, several churches
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• River Ribble
  ...er Ribble''' is a river 75 miles long which runs through the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] and [[Lancashire]], reaching the sea in a long, funnel-shaped e ...ck near the famous [[Ribblehead Viaduct]] at [[Ribblehead]], in the shadow of the Yorkshire three peaks.
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• Skiddaw
  ...wn of [[Keswick]] in [[Cumberland]] and dominates the skyline in this part of the northern lakes. ...to the occasional walker wishing to climb a fell. This is the first summit of the fell running challenge known as the Bob Graham Round when undertaken in
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• Berwick-upon-Tweed
  ...ppertaining to Berwick beyond the town itself are known as the [[Liberties of Berwick]]. The town had a population of 11,665 at the time of the 2001 census.
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• Alderney
  |county=Bailiwick of Guernsey |map=Alderney - Bailiwick of Guernsey.svg
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• The Wash
  ...ch.jpg|thumb|300px|The Wash, as seen looking west from Heacham, just south of Hunstanton]] ...ht on east coast of Britain; looking on the map like a square-cut bite out of the coast where [[Norfolk]] meets [[Lincolnshire]]. It is technically an e
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• Nottingham
  |picture caption=Sights of Nottingham ...f which it is the [[county town]]. It is one of the largest "Core Cities" of the United Kingdom.
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• Middle Shires
  ...ibuted to the shires which were under the jurisdiction of the Lord Wardens of the marches until King James's time. ...in King James's person until the union of the two kingdoms themselves on 1 May 1707.
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• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  |flag=Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.svg |arms=Coat of arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.svg
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• Bourton
  '''Bourton''' may be: *Bourton, Buckinghamshire (an area of [[Buckingham]])
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• Lambourn
  '''Lambourn''' is a large village in western [[Berkshire]], on the dip slope of the [[Berkshire Downs|Lambourn Downs]]. It is most noted for its associati ...f [[Swindon]], seven miles south-west of [[Wantage]] and seven miles north of [[Hungerford]].
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• Newark-on-Trent
  ...[Nottinghamshire]]. It stands on the [[River Trent]], the A1 (on the route of the old Great North Road), and the [[East Coast Main Line]] railway. It ha ...s, and had to be relieved by Prince Rupert in a battle known as the Relief of Newark.
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• Cruach Mhór
  {{Hatnote|For other mountains of the same or similar name, see [[Cruach Mhor (disambiguation)]]}} ...ds close by [[the Big Gun]] and is only 23 feet shorter, reaching a height of 3,058 feet. Cruach Mhór is the 11th highest summit in Ireland.
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• Icknield Way
  The '''Icknield Way''' is an ancient trackway which follows part of the chalk escarpment that runs from the [[Berkshire Downs]] and [[Chiltern ...distance trackways to have existed before the Romans occupied the country, of which the route can still be traced. However, there are contrary views, and
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• Hexhamshire
  ...own of [[Hexham]]. It was in origin a liberty belonging to the Archbishop of York, which liberty was abolished in 1572. ...", which is to say an area using the suffix "shire" which is not a county, of which there are many in Northumberland and Yorkshire, each arising as a lib
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• Skye
  '''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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• West Falkland
  '''West Falkland''' is the second largest of the [[Falkland Islands]] in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separ ...[[Dunnose Head]], [[Hill Cove]], [[Port Stephens]], and [[Roy Cove]], most of which are linked by road and also have airstrips and harbours. In 1986, the
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• Meikle Says Law
  ...ast Lothian]] and [[Berwickshire]] and provides the [[county top]] of each of them. ...s high above the surrounding area, its steep slopes giving it local relief of a thousand feet or so.
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• Greenock
  '''Greenock''' is a port town in [[Renfrewshire]]. It forms part of a contiguous urban area with [[Gourock]] to the west and [[Port Glasgow]] t ...the "Tail of the Bank" where the [[River Clyde]] expands into the [[Firth of Clyde]].
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• Cayman Brac
  ...Little Cayman]]. Cayman Brac is about 12 miles long, with an average width of 1 mile. ...f", a large central limestone outcrop that rises steadily along the length of the island up to 140 feet above sea level at the eastern end, which provide
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• Islay
  ...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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• Cayman Islands
  ...]], [[Cayman Brac]] and [[Little Cayman]], lie south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica, within the Greater Antilles. Though small, the territory is a majo ...nds is [[George Town, Cayman Islands|George Town]], on the southwest coast of Grand Cayman.
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• Paisley
  ...iffer Braes, straddling the banks of the [[White Cart Water]], a tributary of the [[River Clyde]]. The town forms part of a contiguous urban area with "Greater Glasgow"; [[Glasgow]] City Centre bei
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• Turks and Caicos Islands
  |flag=Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg |arms=Coat-of-arms-of-the-Turks-and-Caicos-Islands.svg
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• Leverburgh
  |post town=Isle of Harris ...e Isle of [[Harris]] in the [[Outer Hebrides]], looking out over the Sound of Harris. It was once a small, ordinary fishing village named '''Obbe''' and
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• Hirta
  ...Bay on the south-east side of the island, which consequently was the site of the island's village where all the inhabitants dwelt in times past. ...landing for a break on a small boulder beach backed by cliffs in the north of the island, just before the north-east side where the highest summit in the
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• Putney
  ...s Clapham | first=Valerie | last=Elliot | date=6 June 2005 | accessdate=22 May 2010}}</ref> ...ttp://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf | author=Mayor of London | publisher=Greater London Authority | title=London Plan (Consolidat
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• Blackhope Scar
  ...border of [[Midlothian]] with [[Peeblesshire]]. It is the [[county top]] of Midlothian; the highest point in the shire. ...e latter beginning as a burn in the Long Cleave, a valley on the west side of the hill.
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• Rotherhithe
  |picture caption=The tower of St Mary's Church, Rotherhithe ...[[Isle of Dogs]] on the north bank ([[Middlesex]]). It is considered part of the [[London Docklands|Docklands]] area. To the west is [[Bermondsey]] and
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• Shrewsbury
  ...if grown from its original historic heart and trespassing over that broad water. Shrewsbury is the second largest town in the county, after [[Telford]]. ...monastery, were founded in 1074 and 1083 respectively, by the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, Roger de Montgomery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visitshrews
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• Bath
  ...Bath built on the gushing hot water springs which are its origin and that of its name. ...insignia.htm |title=Civic Insignia |accessdate=10 December 2007 |work=City of Bath }}</ref>
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• Glastonbury
  |picture=glastonbury (part of) from the tor arp.jpg ...ch stands a ruined mediæval chapel. At the foot of the Tor are the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, around which the town grew from the Early Middle Ages to
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• Weston-super-Mare
  ...ground of [[Worlebury Hill]] and [[Bleadon Hill]]. It includes the suburbs of '''Oldmixon''', '''West Wick''' and [[Worle]]. ...h which continued until the decline in seaside holidays in the latter half of the 20th century.
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• Sutton, Surrey
  ...ttp://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf | author=Mayor of London | publisher=Greater London Authority | title=London Plan (Consolidat ...e and more of northern Surrey until Sutton became contiguous with the mass of the conurbation. It now forms a significant civic and retail district for t
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• Thames Ditton
  ...and main road. Nevertheless, Thames Ditton manages to retain the character of a village, albeit a distinctly suburban one. ...ial housing, office and retail shops in about equal proportion. The growth of supermarket shopping has devastated a formerly thriving small retail sector
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• Lowestoft
  ...Kingdom|most easterly point]] of [[Great Britain]] and indeed of the whole of the [[United Kingdom]]. ...and is the major town of this part of the Suffolk coast, with a population of 64,358 at the 2001 census. To the north is its [[Norfolk]] counterpart, [[
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• Scafell Pike
  ...assif in Cumberland and is within the [[Lake District]] National Park, one of the Southern Fells in Wainwright's classification. ...afell Pike, Ill Crag and Broad Crag, which were considered subsidiary tops of Sca Fell (which looks higher from many angles). The contraction ''Scafell P
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• Helvellyn
  ...of [[Westmorland]] and [[Cumberland]], in the [[Lake District]], the apex of the Eastern Fells. At 3,117 feet above sea level, its summit is the highest ==Lie of the land==
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• Bognor Regis
  ...s of Felpham and Aldwick are now suburbs of Bognor Regis, along with those of North and South Bersted. ==Name of the town==
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• Knapdale
  ...orn to the north by the [[Crinan Canal]] and from Kintyre by the narrowing of the land at [[Tarbert, Kintyre|Tarbert]]. It has two parishes, namely North ...War. The hutted camp in Knapdale was located at [[Cairnbaan]], just south of the Crinan Canal, and a surviving building remains in use as a Forestry Com
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• Brighton
  ...town of [[Sussex]], and sits on the [[English Channel]] on the south coast of Great Britain, from which it takes its origin and its fortune. Brighton is ...side resorts stretching along the Sussex coast, with an overall population of around 480,000.
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• Cork
  |picture=Cork City Montage Quick Collage of CC Commons Cork Images.jpg |picture caption=Sights of Cork
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• Land Yeo
  The Mark Yeo is one of several rivers called the [[River Yeo]] in Somerset and Devon, and is known Since 2003 initiatives have been undertaken to clean the river up, improving water quality and encouraging wildlife.
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• Cheddar Gorge
  ...r=1983 | accessdate=2007-08-12}}</ref> The caves, produced by the activity of an underground river, contain stalactites and stalagmites. ...es and other attractions, has become a tourist destination. In a 2005 poll of ''Radio Times'' readers, following its appearance on the 2005 television pr
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• Kinder Scout
  ...hole of the Peak District. It is owned by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]]. ...ite weekend climb for visitors: its popularity amongst the factory workers of the south [[Lancashire]] mill towns led to the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass i
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• Crawley
  ...to the north. It is 18 miles north of [[Brighton]] and 32 miles north-east of the [[county town]], [[Chichester]]. Crawley is a New Town, designated in Crawley is within the Rape of Lewes.
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• Worthing
  ...wns]], 10 miles west of [[Brighton]], and 18 miles east of the county town of [[Chichester]]. .... Lying within the borough, the Iron Age hill fort of Cissbury Ring is one of Britain's largest.
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• Isle of Whithorn
  |name=Isle of Whithorn |picture caption=Harbour wall at Isle of Whithorn
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• River Dee
  ...p into a broad estuary between [[Flintshire]] and the [[Wirral]] peninsula of [[Cheshire]]. ==Natural course of the river==
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• Salisbury
  ...[[Old Sarum]], the original site of Salisbury win a hill-fort to the north of today's city. ...val architecture remains, and yet more from later ages adding to the charm of the city.
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• Swindon
  ...494 | work=BBC News | title=Vast bookstore opens as famed library runs out of space | date=6 October 2010}}</ref> perhaps appropriate for a town that had ==Name of the town==
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• Evesham
  ...am lies within the [[Vale of Evesham]], an area comprising the flood plain of the [[River Avon, Warwickshire|River Avon]], and which was once a major cen The town centre stands within a loop of the Avon and is regularly subject to severe flooding: those in 2007 were th
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• Redditch
  ...says: "red ditch" (or "red dyke"), in reference presumably to the red clay of the nearby [[River Arrow, Worcestershire|River Arrow]]. ...urhoods.<ref>[http://www.forgemill.org.uk/ Forge Mill museum] Retrieved 28 May 2011</ref>
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• Abergwyngregyn
  ...shire]]. Under its historic name of '''Aber Garth Celyn''' it was the seat of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, known as Llywelyn the Last. ...five miles east of [[Bangor, Caernarfonshire|Bangor]] and eight miles west of [[Conwy]]. The road separates the village from the sea, though beyond the
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• River Mole
  ...le''' is one of the two major rivers within [[Surrey]]. It is a tributary of the [[River Thames]], entering it at [[East Molesey]]. ...Airport and through Surrey from north to south for the rest of its course of 50 miles to the [[River Thames|Thames]] at [[East Molesey]].
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• Mendip Hills
  ...ndip Hills''' are a range of limestone hills in [[Somerset]], to the south of [[Bristol]] and [[Bath]]. Running east to west between [[Weston-super-Mare] ...nated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), which gives it a level of protection comparable to a national park. The hills are famed for the comp
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• Malvern Hills
  ...ge of hills in [[Worcestershire]] and [[Herefordshire]], with a small area of northern [[Gloucestershire]] ...s, parts of thirteen counties, the [[Bristol Channel]], and the cathedrals of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford.
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• St Michael's Mount
  .... The island is joined to the town of [[Marazion]] by a man-made causeway of granite setts, passable only at low tide. ...e beach at Perranuthnoe, but radiocarbon dating established the submerging of the hazel wood at about 1700 BC.<ref>Gavin de Beer, "Iktin", ''The Geograph
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• Irish Sea
  [[File:Irish Sea 4.82844W 53.54821N.png|thumb|300px|The extent of the Irish Sea]] The '''Irish Sea''' separates the islands of [[Ireland]] and [[Great Britain]]. It is connected to the [[Atlantic Ocean
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• Grand Union Canal
  [[File:A group of boats on the Grand Union Canal - geograph.org.uk - 1397385.jpg|right|thumb| ...Canal''', stretching from [[Birmingham]] to the [[River Thames]], is part of the British canal system. At 286.3 miles, it is by far the longest canal i
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• River Brent
  The Brent is one of the larger rivers of Middlesex, and has not been driven underground in the way that many have. ==Name of the river==
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• River Wey
  ...ing Surrey. The Wey flows through the midst of Surrey for the whole width of the county from south to north to the Thames at [[Weybridge]]. ...eybridge]], which is named after the river. The river is a popular subject of geographical study, as its features allow for easy access to data.
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• River Kennet
  ...and [[Berkshire]], a tributary of the [[River Thames]]. The lower reaches of the river are navigable to river craft and are known as the Kennet Navigati ...rough down to [[Woolhampton]], primarily because it has an extensive range of rare
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• River Foss
  ...''' is an improved river in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], a tributary of the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|Yorkshire Ouse]]. ...rk from its foundation to the present day, with an account of the building of Clifford's Tower|publisher=Internet Archive|accessdate=2010-11-13}}</ref>
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• River Hull
  ...Hull tidal barrier 1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The tidal barrier at the mouth of the Hull]] ...at [[Kingston upon Hull]]. It rises from a series of springs to the west of [[Driffield]].
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• Kingston upon Hull
  ...ually referred to as '''Hull''', is a major port city in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]]. It stands on the [[Humber]], where the [[River Hull]] enters i Renamed ''Kings town upon Hull'' by King Edward I in 1299, the town and city of Hull has served as market town,<ref name="hedon_tc_history">{{cite web
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• Holderness
  ...umber]]. It is the easternmost part of [[Yorkshire]]. It forms a wapentake of Yorkshire, its main towns including [[Withernsea]], [[Hornsea]] and [[Hedon ...rness is said to have more in common with the Netherlands than other parts of Yorkshire. To the north and west are the [[Yorkshire Wolds]].
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• South Stack
  ...ch are rare elsewhere may be found playing. It forms the westernmost point of the county. ...[The Skerries, Anglesey|The Skerries]], the Mice and at the north-east tip of the island [[Trwyn-Du]]. The lighthouse is operated remotely by Trinity Hou
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• Whitby
  ...and port town. It stands on the east coast of [[Yorkshire]] at the mouth of the [[River Esk, Yorkshire|River Esk]], and climbing up precipitous slopes ...itage, and is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey, founded in the early days of Christianity amongst the English. The fishing port emerged during the Middl
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• Annet
  |group=Isles of Scilly |picture=Looking NNE across the narrowest part of Annet, Isles of Scilly - geograph.org.uk - 84242.jpg
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• St Helen's, Isles of Scilly
  |group=Isles of Scilly |picture=Low cliffs on St Helen's, Isles of Scilly - geograph.org.uk - 1618460.jpg
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• South Downs
  ...rger area than the chalk range of the South Downs and includes large parts of the Weald. ...shire]]-[[Hertfordshire]]-[[Bedfordshire]]; and the [[North Wessex Downs]] of [[Wiltshire]]-[[Dorset]]-[[Hampshire]]-[[Berkshire]].</ref>
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• Bradford
  ...in the West Riding. It is a cathedral city, and one of the largest towns of [[Yorkshire]]. ...access to a supply of coal, iron ore and soft water facilitated the growth of Bradford's manufacturing base, which, as textile manufacture grew, led to a
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• Burhou
  |county=Bailiwick of Guernsey |picture caption=Brecqhou from north of Sark
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• Wakefield
  ...sus. It became a cathedral city in 1888, at the creation of the [[Diocese of Wakefield]] and the town's elevation to city status in that year. ...re. A right honest man shall fare well for 2d. a meal. ... There be plenti of se coal in the quarters about Wakefield"<ref name="Old Wakefield"/>}}
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• River Calder, Yorkshire
  ...e:Calder valley hebden bridge.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The Calder Valley west of Hebden Bridge]] ...rough some of the West Riding's great industrial areas. It is a tributary of the [[River Aire]].
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• Casquets
  [[File:Guernsey-Les Casquets.png|right|thumb|250px|Location map of Les Casquets]] ...r sandstone ridge. Other parts which emerge above the water are the islets of [[Burhou]] and [[Ortac]]. Little vegetation grows on them.
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• Écréhous
  |picture caption=Aerial view of Les Écréhous. ...of the [[Bailiwick of Jersey]] and are administratively part of the Parish of [[Saint Martin, Jersey|St Martin]].
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• Little Sark
  ...al.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Aerial view of Sark - Little Sark is on the right of the image]] ...section of the island of [[Sark]]. The island of [[Brecqhou]] on the west of Sark, would have been a peninsula like this within recorded history. There
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• Bailiwick of Guernsey
  |name=Bailiwick of Guernsey |flag=Flag of Guernsey.svg
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• Ripon
  ...of the smallest cities in Britain; at the 2001 Census it had a population of 15,922. ...hides a more ancient foundation; its undercroft is from the earliest days of English Christianity. Also in the town centre is its other focus; the mark
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• Burray
  ...islands linked by the [[Churchill Barriers]]. It forms part of the parish of [[South Ronaldsay]]. ...ther west, across [[Scapa Flow]], are the islands of [[Flotta]] and [[Calf of Flotta]], approximately four miles away.
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• Eday
  ...land]]. With an area of about 10½ square miles, Eday is the ninth largest of the Orkney islands. ...ic activity used only where the isthmus has been a "route for the movement of goods and/or boats from one coast to another".<ref>Waugh (2010) p. 545</ref
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• City of London
  |name=City of London |picture caption=St Paul's and the City of London
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• Shapinsay
  '''Shapinsay''' is one of the islands of [[Orkney]]. It has but one village, [[Balfour, Orkney|Balfour]], from whic ...marks include a standing stone, an Iron Age broch, a souterrain and a salt-water shower.
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• River Erme
  ...urce on [[Dartmoor]] it flows in a generally southerly direction past some of the best-preserved archaeological remains on the moor. ...at the town of [[Ivybridge]] and continues southward, passing the villages of [[Ermington, Devon|Ermington]], [[Modbury]] and [[Holbeton]]. Near Holbeton
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• New Lanark
  ...ly 1½ miles from [[Lanark]], the county town, and some 25 miles southeast of [[Glasgow]]. ...planning.<ref>Bell, Colin and Rose (1972) City Fathers: The Early History of Town Planning in Britain. Penguin, Harmondsworth</ref>
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• Diego Garcia
  ...Territory]]. It is a tropical, footprint-shaped coral atoll located south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean. ...m/im0125.html ''National Geographic'' profile</ref> topped by a long chain of coral reefs, atolls, and islands comprising the Laccadives, Maldives, and t
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• Lundy
  ...ce between Devon and [[Glamorgan]]. It is within the [[Braunton Hundred]] of Devon. ...perties and a camp site for staying visitors, mostly also around the south of the island.
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• Rochdale
  ...conurbation centred on Manchester. Rochdale itself had a total population of 95,796 in 2001. Rochdale is in the Salford Hundred. ...ny wealthy merchants".<ref name="Pocket Rochdale">{{Cite book|title=Images of England: Rochdale|last=Godman|first=Pam|year=1996|isbn=1-84588-173-7}}</ref
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• Atlantic Ocean
  ...Ocean covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area. ...pe and Africa to the east, and the Americas to the west. As one component of the interconnected global ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic
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• Immingham
  ...bank of the [[Humber]] Estuary. It is in [[Lindsey]], six miles north-west of [[Grimsby]]. It is sometimes known locally as ''Ming-Ming''<ref>[http://www ...d the A1173 to the north, which is also the access road between both gates of the port.
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• North Killingholme
  ...ong with its larger neighbour [[South Killingholme]], it makes up the area of [[Killingholme]]. ...thorpe]], slightly closer to the former. Next to the village is the hamlet of [[Garden Village, Lincolnshire|Garden Village]].
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• Bluntisham
  [[Earith]], with which Bluntisham shares much of its history, lies a little downstream. ...is reputed to have originated, under its local name of "Bandy". The rules of Bandy were devised here.
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• Edgarhope
  ...alling to well-watered dale bottoms and above them the windswept hillsides of Lammermuir. ...the edge of the hill above the wood is Dabshead Hill, with the earthworks of a fort.
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• Solway Firth
  [[File:River Nith estuary.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The estuary of the Nith opening into Solway Firth]] ...the southernmost point of Wigtownshire, by which time the waters are those of the Irish Sea itself.
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• Channel Tunnel
  [[File:Course Channeltunnel en.svg|right|thumb|250px|Map of the Channel Tunnel]] ...Calais in northern France beneath the [[English Channel]] at the [[Straits of Dover]].
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• Deal
  ...aits of Dover]], eight miles north-east of [[Dover]] and eight miles south of [[Ramsgate]]. It is a former fishing, mining and garrison town. ...lages of [[Kingsdown, Kent|Kingsdown]], [[Sholden]] and [[Walmer]]; Walmer may be where Julius Caesar first arrived in [[Great Britain|Britain]] (accordin
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• Pillgwenlly
  ...nmouthshire.JPG|250px|thumb|right|The West of England Tavern in the shadow of the [[Newport Transporter Bridge|Transporter Bridge]]]] ...s ships in this area.<ref>Robin Gwyndaf, Welsh Folk Tales (National Museum of Wales, 1989), p. 96</ref>
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• River Cherwell
  ...ng, primarily of [[Oxfordshire]], which forms one of the major tributaries of the [[River Thames]]. It enters the Thames in Oxford. ...uthor1=Ann Spokes Symonds|author2=Nigel Morgan|year=2010|title=The Origins of Oxford Street Names|isbn=978 1 899536 99 3|page=36}}</ref>
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• River Trent
  ...t of the Midlands, through [[Staffordshire]], [[Derbyshire]], the boundary of [[Leicestershire]], and through [[Nottinghamshire]] until it joins the [[Ri ...tidal bore, the "Trent Aegir". The area drained by the river includes most of the northern Midlands.
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• Soke of Peterborough
  ...was once a Liberty under the control first of Peterborough Abbey and later of secular jurisdiction. ({{kml}}) ...oncastle.homeip.net/northampton/Books/beauties/beauties.htm ''The Beauties of England and Wales''] J. Harris, London, 1818</ref>
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• Dartford
  ...ay it is principally a commuter town for [[London]], it has a long history of religious, industrial and cultural importance. It is an important rail hub; ...r archaeological investigations have revealed a good picture of occupation of the district with important finds from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and th
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• Gravesend
  ...has always had an important role to play in the history and communications of south-eastern Britain. ...ver. The opening of the Eurostar railway station at Ebbsfleet, the arrival of the High Speed service at Gravesend station itself and the fact that it lie
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• Great Ouse
  ...th-longest river in the [[United Kingdom]]. It flows through 6 [[Counties of the United Kingdom|counties]]; it rises in [[Northamptonshire]] then takes ...f 1,320 square miles and a mean flow of 2,590 gallons a second. Its length of 143 miles makes it the major navigable river in [[East Anglia]], and the fo
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• River Darent
  [[File:Kent Rivers.svg|right|thumb|250px|River Darent and the rivers of Kent]] ...'''River Darenth''' is a river of [[Kent]], 21 miles long and a tributary of the [[River Thames]].
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• River Medway
  [[File:IsleofGrain&Medway fromtheAir.jpg|250px|thumb|Isle of Grain and the Medway Estuary from the air]] ...principally of [[Kent]], flowing through the heart of the county and some of its famous towns and creating a broad mouth into the [[Thames Estuary]] whi
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• Margate
  ...stone]], on the coast along the [[North Foreland]], and contains the areas of Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay and Westbrook. It is a town forever strug ...ate". A local theory is that it refers to a gap in a cliff where pools of water are found, popular with swimmers.
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• Bodmin Moor
  ...in the 12th century.<ref>Weatherhill, Craig (2009) ''A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-names''. Westport, co. Mayo: Evertype; p. 6</ref> Dramatic granite tors rise from the rolling moorland and crown many of the hills.
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• Sittingbourne
  ...the Roman [[Watling Street]], The town is growing rapidly due to a number of large residential developments, and its train line links to London Victoria The town is off a creek in [[the Swale]], the channel separating the [[Isle of Sheppey]] from mainland Kent, which gives the town its name.
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• Romney Marsh
  '''Romney Marsh''' is a sparsely populated wetland area in the counties of [[Kent]] and [[Sussex]]. It covers about 100 square miles. William Camden wrote of the marsh:
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• River Rother, Yorkshire
  ...shire]] and [[Yorkshire]]. The town of [[Rotherham]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] is named after it. ...iding of Yorkshire, passing through some of the suburbs and neighbourhoods of [[Sheffield]], before joining the [[River Don, Yorkshire|River Don]] at [[R
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• Sandwich
  Sandwich is one of the [[Cinque Ports]], a sign of its mediæval importance and prosperity, and from those days it retains man ...reated. The town still does well for itself and it plays host to a number of educational and cultural events.
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• River Nene
  The '''River Nene''' rises from three sources in the county of [[Northamptonshire|Northampton]] and flows 100 miles to [[the Wash]]. The t ...tly said ''Neen''; probably because the latter city's population is mostly of incomers unfamiliar with local usages.
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• Winchelsea
  ...town in the Middle Ages, a town founded in 1288 to replace an earlier town of the same name, sometimes known as '''Old Winchelsea''', which was lost to t ...al role, together with responsibility for the ongoing care and maintenance of the main listed ancient monuments in the town and the Winchelsea museum.<re
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• Rye
  |picture caption=Sights of Rye ...f the [[Cinque Ports]] confederation, standing at the head of an embayment of the [[English Channel]] and almost entirely surrounded by the sea.
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• Tenterden
  ...ld]], and overlooking the valley of the Rother from whence came its wealth of old. ...ctive tower was constructed. It was one of the churches in the 1588 system of warning beacons.
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• Grafham Water
  ...le:Grafham Water - geograph.org.uk - 1552523.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Grafham Water (northern bay)]] ...er - geograph.org.uk - 690586.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Water Tower at Grafham Water.]]
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• Fen Drayton
  ...g between [[Cambridge]] and [[St Ives, Huntingdonshire]], with the village of [[Fenstanton]] (Huntingdonshire) immediately beside it to the west and [[Sw ...o work in one of the larger towns nearby, however, there are also a number of farms in the village, some still active.
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• Shaw and Crompton
  ...th of [[Oldham]] and 3½ miles southeast of [[Rochdale]], in the foothills of the southern [[Pennines]]. It stands on the [[River Beal]]. ...who prefer "Shaw and Crompton" and those for "Crompton and Shaw"; a point of contention and confusion.<ref name="Traders69"/><ref name="Ancient Township
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• Somerford Keynes
  ...d Water Park]] embraces three sides of the village spreads out to the east of the Somerford Keynes. ...ound of an eagle and a shield. These may have belonged to a representation of the Roman Capitoline triad (The gods Jupiter, Juno and Minerva).
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• Carlingford Lough
  ...forms part of the border between the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[Republic of Ireland]]. On its northern shore is [[County Down]] (United Kingdom) and o ...ewry]]) Bay''.<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/1166336.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland: Carlingford Lough] (see archival records)</ref>
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• Moelfre
  ...]. The Anglesey Coastal Path runs through it. In 1991 it had a population of 1,129; rather sizeable for an Anglesey village. The village today has 502 h ...of the wreck in 1859 of the hybrid ship ''The Royal Charter'' near the end of its voyage from Australia to [[Liverpool]]. There were no street lights in
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• Penmon
  ...tip of the Isle of [[Anglesey]], about three miles east of the county town of [[Beaumaris]]. It is close to [[Llangoed]], sharing a community council wi ...visitors alike for its monuments, tranquillity, bracing air and fine views of [[Snowdonia]] to the south across the [[Menai Strait]].
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• The Great Fen
  [[File:Fens-OMC.jpg|thumb|250px|Location of the Fens]] ...level, a naturally marshy region. Once the Great Fen was a vast landscape of marshes, bogs and reeds, with seasonal fields and small farms amidst the wa
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• Flag Fen
  ...rained fen, part of the [[Great Fen]], most famous for its rich collection of archaeological finds. ...g the land on which they farmed to the fen, which must have been the cause of fear and confusion.
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• River Teme
  ...n dales in four counties of the west, before joining its waters with those of the [[River Severn]]. ...astle town of [[Ludlow]] in [[Shropshire]], flowing beneath the step slope of the hill on which the town stands.
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• River Etherow
  ...byshire]]. A river of the [[Peak District]], it is ultimately a tributary of the [[River Goyt]], which it meets at [[Marple, Cheshire]]. The Etherow is 19 miles long and drains a basin of some 30 square miles.
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• Dulas Bay
  '''Dulas Bay''' ({{lang|cy|Bae Dulas}}) is a small bay on the northeast coast of [[Anglesey]] ({{getmapecho|SH490889}}). The bay is bordered by three beach ...he tiny Traeth Bach (''Small Beach'') and the sandy Traeth Yr Ora (''Beach of The Fortified Landing Place'').
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• River Teifi
  ...he background - geograph.org.uk - 899334.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The estuary of the Teifi, between Poppit Sands and Gwbert]] ...longest river wholly in Wales). It discharges into the sea below the town of [[Cardigan]], in [[Cardigan Bay]].
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• River Pang
  [[File:Family of Swans on River Pang.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Swans on the Pang]] ...Compton, Berkshire|Compton]] to its meeting with the Thames in the village of [[Pangbourne]].
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• Lancashire North of the Sands
  [[File:Coniston - geograph.org.uk - 17809.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Coniston Water]] ...An ancient footpath may be followed across the sands uniting the two parts of the county, though the sands are treacherous and must not be attempted with
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• River Ash, Middlesex
  ...e:River_Ash_Back_Gardens.JPG|right|thumb|300px|The Ash in the back gardens of Old Charlton Road]] ...stern [[Middlesex]] with a course of some 6 miles to the [[River Thames]], of which it is a tributary.
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• Berkhamsted
  ...is in the west of the county in the old Dacorum Hundred between the towns of [[Tring]] and [[Hemel Hempstead]]. It was once a royal residence described ...iltern Hills]], in the wide valley of the [[River Bulbourne]], to the west of Hemel Hempstead.
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• East Anglia
  ...ith no fixed definition but East Anglia is traditionally deemed to consist of three counties: ...wing entry to East Anglia only from the south or from the sea. The accent of East Anglia remains distinctive.
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• Bow Back Rivers
  ...fth century, works were carried out to drain Stratford Marshes and several of the waterways were constructed to power watermills. [[Bow Creek]] provided ...ed by the River Lee (Flood Relief) Act, but by the 1960s, commercial usage of the waterways had largely ceased. Deteriorating infrastructure led to the r
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• River Loddon
  ...ddon''' is a river in [[Berkshire]] and [[Hampshire]] which is a tributary of the [[River Thames]]. ...otal length of 28 miles and, together with its tributaries, drains an area of 400 square miles.
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• Mardyke (river)
  ...hames. In part, thr Mardyke forms the boundary between the Essex hundreds of [[Barstable Hundred|Barstable]] and [[Chafford Hundred|Chafford]]. [[File:Mardyke source.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The main source of the Mardyke in Holden's Wood]]
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• Ashby-de-la-Zouch
  ...ries. In the 19th century the town became a spa town and before the growth of [[Coalville]] it was the chief town in north-western Leicestershire. ...erved by Ashby Canal from 1804 and the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line of the Midland Railway from 1845.
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• Fair Isle
  ...[[Orkney]]. It is famous for its bird observatory and a traditional style of knitting, producing the Fair Isle sweater. Its name is from Old Norse ''Frj ...e tenth-largest of the isles of Shetland. The island gives its name to one of the [[British Sea Areas]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fairisle.org.uk/i
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• Foula
  |picture caption=Cliffs north west of Da Smaalie, Foula ...permanently inhabited islands. The island has been owned since the opening of the 20th century by the Holbourn family.
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• Papa Stour
  ...d to the west of [[Mainland, Shetland|Shetland Mainland]] and with an area of 3.2&nbsp;square miles), Papa Stour is the eighth-largest island in Shetland ...cial Scientific Interest and the seas around the island are a Special Area of Conservation.
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• River Wandle
  ...andle''' is a river of urban northern [[Surrey]] which becomes a tributary of the [[River Thames]]. It is about 9 miles long from its source to the Tham ..."Wendle's Place" rather than from the river. If so, the name of the Wandle may be a back-formation from the town, or from the same origin.
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• South Havra
  ...[Shetland]]. It lies south of [[Burra]] and west of the southern peninsula of [[Mainland, Shetland|Mainland]]. The soil is fairly fertile, but the lack of running water meant that, unusually for Shetland, the islanders resorted to building a wi
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• Bleaker Island
  ...]] (the southern peninsula of [[East Falkland]]). The name is a corruption of "Breaker Island" due to the waves that break on it. It was also known as "L ...no wider than 1.6&nbsp;miles at any point and tapers to several thin necks of land at various points down its length. The highest point is Semaphore Hil
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• Longdendale
  ...nd wooded and the river blue beneath, openining into the Longdendale Chain of man-made lakes. ...e are few villages in Longendale, all in [[Cheshire]] on the northern side of the dale, strung along the ancient salt route over the [[Pennines]] that is
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• Kimpton, Hertfordshire
  ...age]] across the M1 to the east. The village is also about six miles south of [[Hitchin]] and four miles from [[Harpenden]] and [[Luton]]. ...s isolated farmhouses reached by narrow, high-banked, winding roads. Part of Peters Green is sometimes called "Perry Green", but in Hertfordshire there
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• River Blackwater
  The '''River Blackwater''' may be: *[[River Blackwater, Meath]], in the counties of Cavan and Meath
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• Trellech
  ...has long since declined into a village. The old town site is the subject of archaeological interest. ...including those mentioned above which can be found on road signs at three of the six entrances into the village.
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• Box Hill
  ...picnickers. Steep wooded slopes are to either side. The main escarpment of the North Downs is represented by the south slope, to which thick woodland ...ast. The most popular viewpoint is Salomon's Memorial overlooking the town of [[Dorking]].<ref name=MVDC_planning>{{cite web |url=http://www.mole-valley.
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• Dorney Lake
  [[File:Dorney Lake.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Aerial view of Dorney Lake]] ...r the village of [[Dorney]] in [[Buckinghamshire]]. It lies near the towns of [[Windsor]] and [[Eton]], close to the [[River Thames]].
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• Erith
  ...f the metropolitan conurbation. Erith's town centre has undergone a series of modernisations since 1961. Erith is a poorer town than many Kentish places, ...es/siteSummariesDetailsAll.asp?year=summaries1996 Museum of London summary of archaeological work carried out in 1996] accessed 6 April 2008</ref>
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• Tilbury
  |picture caption=Port of Tilbury ...sex]]. Its name and fame are ancient, though the actual town of Tilbury is of relatively recent foundation.
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• Isle of Portland
  ...glish Channel]] and joined to mainland [[Great Britain]] by a narrow strip of land which extends 18 miles parallel to the coast as [[Chesil Beach]] and b ...|SY690721}} and forms the southernmost point of the county. The population of the Isle is almost 13,000.
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• Emsworth
  ...e north end of an arm of [[Chichester Harbour]], a large but shallow inlet of the [[English Channel]]. It is close by the border between [[Hampshire]] a ...millpond, and although the mill is no longer in use it now houses a number of offices.
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• Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
  ...or the [[2012 Olympic Games]] and the 2012 Paralympic Games. From the end of the Paralympic Games its full name is the '''Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park'' ...the ArcelorMittal Orbit, an observation tower and Britain's largest piece of public art.
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• East Village, Stratford
  ...t Village''' is a district of [[Stratford, Essex]] which was built as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics. It was designed and built as the Olympic Village As part of the regeneration programme within the bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the
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• Southport
  ...ncashire]], found 16½ miles north of [[Liverpool]] and 15 miles southwest of [[Preston]], standing on the [[Irish Sea]] coast, fringed to the north by t ...able for development in the 19th century. Hesketh Park at the northern end of the town is named after the Hesketh family, having been built on land donat
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• Sutton Coldfield
  ...Coldfield was held by the Crown for some time and it was granted the style of "Royal Town" by Henry VIII in 1528. ==Name of the town==
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• River Yare
  ...h]] and after swallowing the [[River Waveney]] it opens out into [[Breydon Water]] and soon after leaving that mere it reaches the [[North Sea]] at [[Great ...ore reaching [[Bawburgh]]. It then skirts the southern fringes of the city of [[Norwich]], passing through [[Colney]], [[Cringleford]], [[Lakenham]] and
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• Otley
  ...s in [[Wharfdale]], on each bank of the [[River Wharfe]], to the northwest of [[Leeds]]. Above the town overlooking the dale is a ridge known as [[The C The main part, original part of the town is on the south bank of the river.
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• Lewis
  ...Lewis is 683 square miles, of which dry land covers 404,184 acres, inland water 24,863 acres and saltmarsh 230 acres. The foreshore extends over 7,775 acr ...eated as separate islands, and are known as the Isle of Lewis and the Isle of Harris. They are in separate counties. However they are not in truth sepa
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• Great Bernera
  ...nd of [[Ross-shire]] in the [[Outer Hebrides]], lying close in to the Isle of [[Lewis]]. ...r.gov.uk/eriskay/bernera.htm|title=Details of the construction and opening of the bridge|accessdate=21 September 2009}}</ref> The main settlement on the
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• Taransay
  '''Taransay''' is an island of [[Inverness-shire]] in the [[Outer Hebrides]]. It is a sizable island but h ...ow the only people to stay on Taransay are holidaymakers, who may hire one of the shelters built for the series.
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• Vatersay
  ...er Hebrides]], belonging to [[Inverness-shire]]. Vatersay is also the name of the only village on the island. The name "Vatersay" is from the Norse for ''Water island''.
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• Flannan Isles
  ...nd lying in the open ocean approximately 20 miles west of the [[Lewis|Isle of Lewis]]. The islands may take their name from St Flannan, a 7th-century Irish preacher and abbot.<re
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• Midsomer Norton
  ...ape and nature are formed around the [[River Somer]] which runs the length of the town centre. ...but really started to grow and become a transport hub with the development of the Somerset coalfield.
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• Altrincham
  ...of [[Sale, Cheshire|Sale]]. As of the 2001 UK census, it had a population of about 41,000. ...with the grounds of [[Dunham Massey]] Hall, formerly the home of the Earl of Stamford, and now a tourist attraction with three Grade I listed buildings
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• North Uist
  '''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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• Saltash
  ...e of the larger towns of Cornwall, swollen by its connection with the City of Plymouth. ==Name of the town==
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• Bovey Tracey
  '''Bovey Tracey''' is a small town in [[Devon]] on the edge of [[Dartmoor]], its proximity to which gives rise to the "slogan" used on the The town is about 10 miles south-south-east of [[Exeter]] and lies on the A382 road, about half way between [[Newton Abbot
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• Kingsteignton
  ...which stands at the head of the [[River Teign|Teign Estuary]] to the west of [[Teignmouth]]. It is bypassed by the A380 and is on the A383, B3193 and B3 ...n of [[Newton Abbot]] and so they resolved to call their village a town as of 1 January 2009 with a view to self-preservation.<ref name=ATT>{{cite web
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• Drumshanbo
  ...the heart of [[County Leitrim]]. Drumshanbo is surrounded by a scenic area of soft rolling hills, woodlands, lakes and the Sliabh an Iarainn and [[Arigna The town takes its name from the Irish, ''Druim-Sean-Bhoth'' or "Ridge of the old huts".
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• Loudwater, Hertfordshire
  ...houses of Loudwater; many of the houses are quite individual. The position of Loudwater off any main through route gives it an exclusive air. ...dly notice). It stands is on the banks of the [[River Chess]] just, north of [[Rickmansworth]]. Access is from the Rickmansworth Road, Chorleywood, or
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• Mersea Island
  ...There is also a hamlet, [[Barrow Hill, Essex|Barrow Hill]], to the north of West Mersea. ...{cite web|url=http://users.erols.com/jcalder/UK.htm |title=Largest Islands of the United Kingdom |publisher=users.erols.com |date=|accessdate=2009-08-30}
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• Cramond Island
  ...Forth]]. Cramond Island is about a mile out to sea and lies off the town of [[Cramond]]. It is joined to the mainland by a long, narrow causeway passa ...and'' (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone</ref> and is part of the Dalmeny Estate.
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• Inchcolm
  |group=Firth of Forth ...m the Gaelic "Innis Choluim", meaning Columba's Island, as it was the site of early heritages and later a monastery inspired by St Columba.
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• Inchkeith
  |group=Firth of Forth '''Inchkeith''' is an island of [[Fife]] lying in the [[Firth of Forth]].
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• Isle of May
  |name=Isle of May |group=Firth of Forth
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• Little Loch Broom
  '''Little Loch Broom''' is a sea loch indenting the west coast of [[Wester Ross]] in the [[Highlands]], a little sister to [[Loch Broom]] to ...f the like-named peninsula is on the north shore of the loch, and the head of the loch and the shores each side likewise.
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• Isle Martin
  |picture caption= The northern coast of Isle Martin ...which lie in [[Loch Broom]] on the west coast. Isle Martin is the closest of the [[Summer Isles]] to [[Ullapool]].
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• Aldershot
  ...e]], located on heathland at the eastern edge of the county. The town part of a loose conurbation within the [[River Blackwater (River Loddon)|Blackwater ...archivedate=7 November 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl=no}}</ref> The coming of the Army in the Victorian period led to rapid growth from a small village t
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• Teignmouth
  ...[English Channel]] about 14 miles south of [[Exeter]]. It had a population of 14,413 in 2001. ...t of some note in Georgian times, with further expansion after the opening of the South Devon Railway in 1846. Today, its port still operates and the tow
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• New Eltham
  ...developed out of its neighbour, [[Eltham]]. New Eltham lies to the south of Eltham, and both are now deep in the metropolitan conurbation, contiguous w The crossroads around the railway station are the hub of the area, with the library, post office and other shops along Footscray and
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• Lismore
  ...e, low-lying island not open to the ocean but within [[Loch Linnhe]], east of [[Mull]]. ...latively low-lying island amidst mountainous surroundings, or the presence of a defined sacred area round the early monastery.
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• Loch Broom
  ...[Ross-shire]] and [[Cromartyshire]]. It gives its name also to the parish of [[Lochbroom]]. The small Cromartyshire town of [[Ullapool]] lies on the eastern shore of the loch.
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• Leigh, Lancashire
  ...t of [[Chat Moss]], four miles southeast of [[Wigan]], and 12½ miles west of [[Manchester]]. ...f Leigh: Introduction, church and charities , from A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3 ([[Victoria County History]])}}</ref>
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• Raasay
  ...[[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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• Canna
  ...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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• Kinloch Castle
  ...Friends Association was established in 1996 to secure the long-term future of the building. ...ldb/f?p=2400:15:0::::GARDEN:GDL00242 |title=Kinloch Castle |work=Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland |publisher=Historic Scotland |a
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• Eigg
  ...outh of [[Skye]] and north of the [[Ardnamurchan]] peninsula. Eigg is part of [[Inverness-shire]]. ...es east to west. With an area of nearly 12 square miles, it is the largest of the Small Isles after [[Rum]].
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• River Lea
  ..., expending most of its length in [[Hertfordshire]], and a major tributary of the [[River Thames]]. It flows 42 miles from source to mouth. ...m the river; it was ''Ligtun'' in Anglo-Saxon times. It crosses the width of [[Hertfordshire]], watering the county town, [[Hertford]] and becomes a bou
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• Ashton-under-Lyne
  ...f [[Oldham]], 6 miles north of [[Stockport]], and 6 miles east of the City of [[Manchester]]. ...om in cotton spinning, weaving, and coal mining, which led to the granting of borough status in 1847.
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• Canvey Island
  |picture caption=Aerial view from the south-east of Canvey Island ...n invasion of Britain. The island is heavily inhabited, with a population of over 37,000 in 2001.
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• Hasselwood Rock
  ...asselwood Rock''' is a skerry adjacent to [[Rockall]] in the northern part of [[Atlantic Ocean]]. ...Hasselwood Rock visible as breaking waves to the right of the main outcrop of Rockall, its southern face shown]]
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• Flat Holm
  ...]. As such, Flat Holm is the most southerly point of Glamorgan and indeed of [[Wales]]. ...st wireless signals over open sea from Flat Holm to [[Lavernock]]. Because of frequent shipwrecks a lighthouse was built on the island, which was replace
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• Sleaford
  ...of [[Grantham]], 17&nbsp;miles west of [[Boston]], and 19&nbsp;miles south of the county town, [[Lincoln]]. ...ay Book]] it is recorded as ''Eslaforde'''.<ref>A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names", Oxford University Press, 1991</ref> The river was the
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• Hammersmith
  ...the metropolitan conurbation, all contiguous with the towns around it but of its own, distinctive identity. ...nd home to several multinational company offices. Hammersmith is also one of Middlesex's key transport hubs, with the two [[London Underground]] station
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• Skomer
  ...okeshire]] coast and separated from the mainland by the treacherous waters of [[Jack Sound]]. ...urrounded by a Marine Nature Reserve. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales.
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• Skokholm
  ...ll part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. It is the fourth largest of Wales' offshore islands. ...date=September 2, 2010}}</ref> There is a rock outcrop close to the centre of the island, which provides shelter to the island's only structures.
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• Rathlin Island
  |map caption=Rathlin between the coasts of Antrim and Argyll ...ly inhabited offshore island of Northern Ireland, with a rising population of now just over 100 people.
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• Ickenham
  ...allowed to breathe again. It has farmland to the west and the open space of Northolt Airfield to the east. Narrow green gaps separate Ickenham from [[ The heart of Ickenham is the original village, its high street somewhat brought up since
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• Cambrian Mountains
  ...s.jpg|right|thumb|250px|View over Llyn Llygad Rheidol from near the summit of Pumlumon]] The '''Cambrian Mountains''' are a series of mountain ranges in the midst of [[Wales]].
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• Ash, Surrey
  ...It is one of the half-conurbated towns of that valley, on the Surrey side of the river, opposite [[Aldershot]] in [[Hampshire]]. ...wly developed town stretching in a ribbon north of Ash along the east side of the valley. [[Ash Green]] is a village to the southeast.
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• Sale
  ...ver Mersey]], which marks the border with [[Lancashire]]. The conurbation of south Lancashire towns spreads across into Cheshire and embraces Sale with ...miles north-east of [[Altrincham]], and five miles south-west of the city of [[Manchester]].
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• Pimlico
  |constituency=Cities of London and Westminster '''Pimlico''' is a small area of central London in [[Middlesex]]. Like [[Belgravia]], to which it was built
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• Northwich
  ...Weaver|Weaver]] and [[River Dane|Dane]]. It is one of the famed salt towns of Cheshire, the Wiches, along with [[Nantwich]] and [[Middlewich]]. ...n the Cheshire Plain about 18 miles east of [[Chester]] and 15 miles south of [[Warrington]] in [[Lancashire]].
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• Wysall
  '''Wysall''' is a village in [[Nottinghamshire]], found 11 miles south of [[Nottingham]]. Every Summer, Wysall hosts the annual Strawberry Fair at th The neighbouring village of [[Thorpe in the Glebe]] is It is administratively linked with Wysall with a
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• Waltham Cross
  ...st. It stands immediately north of the [[M25 motorway]] (which lies on top of the county border here) and running against the metropolitan conurbation se ...close to the motorway and served by a busy station, Waltham Cross is part of the [[London commuter belt]].
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• MediaCityUK
  ...a organisations. The land occupied by the development was part of the Port of Manchester and Manchester Docks. ...granted planning permission to develop the site in 2007, and construction of the development, with its own energy generation plant and communications ne
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• Watton-at-Stone
  |picture=Water Pump, Watton-at-Stone.jpg |picture caption=Village cast iron water pump
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• Salford
  |picture caption=Skyline of Salford from Hartshead Pike ...undred or [[Salfordshire]], which encompasses Salford, Manchester and much of south-eastern Lancashire.
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• Water End, Hertfordshire
  '''Water End, Hertfordshire''' may be either of two hamlets: *[[Water End, Gaddesden]]
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• Chilterns
  ...d]]. The highest point of each of these counties is found along the ridge of the Chilterns, almost in the straight line above the scarp. ...outh of the river are the [[Berkshire Downs]], which are geologically part of the same structure.
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• River Cam
  ...serene and noble stream in whose waters are reflected some of the glories of the university's great colleges. It is known here also as the '''Granta''' The Cam is ultimately a tributary of the River [[Great Ouse]], which it meets in the [[Great Fen|Fenland]] below
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• Brownhills
  ...tance south-west of [[Lichfield]]. Its neighbours are the ancient villages of [[Pelsall]] and [[Stonnall]]. ...7th century, although '''Ogley Hay''', which in modern times is a district of the town, is recorded as a settlement in the [[Domesday Book]].
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• Turnford
  |picture=Garden of New River Arms, with pub sign and houses in High Road, Turnford, in backgro ...tly rural and to the east includes the Turnford and Cheshunt Pits, a "Site of Special Scientific Interest" in the Lee Valley Park.
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• River Tame, Staffordshire
  ...er in the Staffordshire [[Black Country]] and the most important tributary of the [[River Trent]]. The Tame is about 25 miles from it source at [[Oldbury The name of the Tame and its cognates are quite common in Britain: there are two river
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• Netherton, Black Country
  ...in which [[Dudley]] also sits. Netherton is about a mile and a half south of Dudley. Despite the growth of neighbouring urban centres in the [[Black Country]] in the 20th century, Ne
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• Tipton
  ...]], within the [[Black Country]] and contiguous with the surrounding towns of the Black Country conurbation. Tipton is located about halfway between [[Bi ...losed during the 1980s and new housing estates have been built on the site of many former factories, the new private homes have seen an upturn in Tipton'
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• Willenhall
  ...h the surrounding towns of the Black Country conurbation with a population of approximately 40,000. It is found between [[Wolverhampton]] and [[Walsall]] The northern border of Willenhall has always been adjoining green belt land, although Willenhall h
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• Manchester Ship Canal
  ...hester Ship Canal''' is a river navigation 36 miles long in the very south of [[Lancashire]] and its border with [[Cheshire]], built broad to take sea-go ...iver Irwell|Irwell]] through [[Cheshire]] and [[Lancashire]]. Several sets of locks lift vessels about 60 feet up to [[Manchester]] where the canal's ter
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• Ballyclare
  ...''Bellaclare''') is a small town in [[County Antrim]]. It had a population of 8,770 people in the 2001 census. ...rks the industrial district on the south east developed along the Six Mile Water. It is a local service centre with a significant dormitory role in relation
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• Portadown
  |picture=St Mark's Church of Ireland, Portadown - geograph - 494290.jpg ...n the [[River Bann]] in the north of the county, about 23 miles south-west of [[Belfast]].
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• Comber
  ...wnards]], at the northern end of [[Strangford Lough]]. It had a population of 8,933 people in the 2001 census. It is known for Comber Whiskey which was l ...esent [[Church of Ireland]] church, a site likely chosen to take advantage of the good access to [[Strangford Lough]]. After Henry VIII dissolved the mon
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• Donaghadee
  ...six miles southeast of [[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]]. It had a population of 6,470 people in the 2001 census. ...s Bar in the [[Republic of Ireland]].<ref>http://www.irelandlogue.com/best-of/seans-bar-athlone-oldest-pub-in-ireland.html</ref>
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• Warrenpoint
  ...ic of Ireland]] by a narrow strait. The town sprang up within the townland of Ringmackilroy. It is locally nicknamed "The Point". ...ger ferry service between Warrenpoint and [[Omeath]] and the nearby Narrow Water Castle which dates from the 1660s.
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• Lough Neagh
  [[File:Wfm lough neagh.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Satellite picture of Lough Neagh]] ...Northern Ireland’s six counties, whose borders circle it like the spokes of a wheel:
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• Coney Island, Lough Neagh
  ...d''' is an island in [[Lough Neagh]], just off the [[County Armagh]] coast of the lough, less than a mile from [[Maghery]] in that county. ...UJ">{{cite journal | title=Coney Island, Lough Neagh | work=Ulster Journal of Archaeology, Vol 28, 1965 (by PV Addyman)| jstor=20627417}}</ref> Boat trip
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• Ronne Ice Shelf
  [[File:Iceberg A-38.jpg|thumb|The calving of the A-38 iceberg off Ronne ice shelf]] ...ves are contiguous but separated by [[Berkner Island]], the largest island of the [[Weddell Sea]]
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• Looe
  ...n of 5,280 at the 2001 census. The town is approximately seven miles south of [[Liskeard]], to which it is linked by the delightful Looe Valley Railway. ...two towns, East Looe and West Looe, and indeed each was formerly a borough of itself. East Looe is the main town today. Notwithstanding the Victorian
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• Antarctic Peninsula
  ...[[Palmer Land]] to the south. It is dotted with numerous research stations of various nations. ...[[Cape Adams]] (on the [[Weddell Sea]]) and a point on the mainland south of [[Eklund Islands]].
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• River Irwell
  [[File:Map of River irwell.png|right|thumb|180px|Map of the river]] ...at Irwell Springs on Deerplay Moor, approximately a mile and a half north of [[Bacup]]. It forms the boundary between [[Manchester]] and [[Salford]] and
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• Leeds and Liverpool Canal
  ...ikishire.co.uk/map/#/show=Leeds_and_Liverpool_Canal map]). Over a distance of 127 miles, it crosses the [[Pennines]], and includes 91 locks on the main l ...nger boats trading on the rest of the canal network following the building of the Leigh Branch.
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• Kirk Fell
  ...he south. It is separated from its two higher neighbours by the low passes of Black Sail and Beck Head, giving it a high relative height. ...ale Horseshoe, a walk on the fells surrounding [[Mosedale]], a side-valley of Wasdale.
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• Caerphilly Castle
  |builder=Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester ...e''' is one of the finest of the mediæval castles. It dominates the town of [[Caerphilly]] in [[Glamorgan]].
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• Ampthill
  ...]], sitting between [[Bedford]] and [[Luton]]. It has a modest population of about 6,000. A regular market has taken place on Thursdays for centuries. The name 'Ampthill' is of Old English origin and the town appears to have first named ''Æmethyll'',
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• Bollington
  ...art of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield, and the ancient parish of Prestbury. ...is surmounted by White Nancy, a monument built to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo in the Napoleonic Wars.
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• Droitwich
  ...hem; this is the result of the subsidence of the ground beneath the centre of the town due to salt extraction. ...uncertain prefix. It has also taken the modern suffix "Spa" from the name of a Belgian village.
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• Alston, Cumberland
  ...l town in [[Cumberland]] on the [[River Tyne|River South Tyne]]. It is one of the highest-elevation towns in the country, at about 1,000 feet above sea l ...at about 1,000 feet above sea level. It is within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, more than 15 miles from the nearest town, and i
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• Cockermouth
  ...Cumberland]], which takes its name from the town's position at the meeting of the [[River Cocker, Cumberland|River Cocker]] with the [[River Derwent, Cum ...ake District]] but on its northwest fringe. Much of the architectural core of the town remains unchanged since the basic mediæval layout was filled in t
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• Kenilworth
  ...st of the centre of the town. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 23,219. ...] on Coventry's southern outskirts, it has only a small student population of mostly postgraduate students, although many staff at the university choose
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• Brixham
  ...outheast coast of [[Devon]]. It is at the southern end of [[Tor Bay]] and of the little [[Torbay]] conurbation. Brixham stands across the bay from [[To ...e fishing and tourism. At the time of the 2001 Census it had a population of 17,457.
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• Buckfastleigh
  ...roads through the coastal farmland. The 2001 census recorded a population of 3,661. ...evon Railway]], Buckfastleigh Butterfly Farm and Otter Sanctuary, the Tomb of Squire Richard Cabell and The Valiant Soldier.
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• Chudleigh
  Chudleigh is very close to the edge of [[Dartmoor]] and bypassed by the A38 road in 1972. Nearby [[Castle Dyke]] i ...pot with a limestone crag which attracts rock climbers who scale the range of routes on the crag.
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• Ulva
  ...arcely seems a separate isle. Ulva is connected to the neighbouring island of [[Gometra]] by a bridge. ...nd there are various Neolithic remains on the island. The Norse occupation of the island in the Early Historic Period has left few tangible artefacts but
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• Nightingale Island
  ...s, which are part of the [[British overseas territory|overseas territory]] of [[St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]. Nightingale Island is part of the [[Nightingale Islands]], which also includes islets [[Middle Island, Tr
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• Foulness
  ...end closed in 2007, while the parish church, St Mary The Virgin, closed in May 2010. ...the testing of munitions, which has restricted access to it. The Ministry of Defence owns the island.
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• Fastnet Rock
  ...on, Fastnet was known as 'Ireland's Teardrop' because it was the last part of the country that Irish emigrants would see as they sailed to the United Sta ...let with quartz veins. It rises to about {{convert|30|m|ft|0|x}} above low water mark and is separated from the much smaller southern Little Fastnet by a ch
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• Cullompton
  ...the [[River Culm]] in the east of the county. In 2010 it had a population of 8,639 and is growing rapidly. ...red the Great's will. In the past the town's economy had a large component of wool and cloth manufacture, then later leather working and paper manufactur
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• Dartmouth
  ...into the [[English Channel]] just below the town. The estuary is a broad water between hill slopes which provides a good and capacious sheltered harbour a All officers of the Royal Navy have been through Dartmouth, trained at the Britannia Naval
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• Dawlish
  ..., 12 miles downstream of the county town, [[Exeter]]. It had a population of 12,819 at the 2001 Census. During the 18th century, it grew from a small f ...ove. Behind this is a central public park, The Lawn, through which Dawlish Water flows.
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• Salcombe
  ...gsbridge Estuary]] and climbing up the steep slopes on the steep west side of the estuary. ...pular with sailing enthusiasts and is a tourist destination. A great deal of pleasure sailing and yachting takes place here. There is also a crabbing in
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• North Tawton
  ...h Tawton''' is a village in the centre of [[Devon]], standing on the banks of the [[River Taw]]. The town has become something of a centre for light industry. There are three significant employers in the t
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• Totnes
  ...[River Dart]] in eastern [[Devon]]. It is about 22 miles south of the city of [[Exeter]]. ...y. Indications of its former wealth and importance are given by the number of merchants' houses built in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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• Bude
  ...is a small seaside resort town in north-eastern [[Cornwall]] at the mouth of the [[River Neet]] (also known locally as the River Strat). The town was fo ...ratton, Cornwall|Stratton]], south of [[Flexbury]] and Poughill, and north of [[Widemouth Bay]] and more prosaically it is along the A3073 road off the A
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• Fowey
  ...wey''' (pron. [{{IPA|fɔɪ}}]) is a small town and cargo port at the mouth of the [[River Fowey]] in south [[Cornwall]]. ...s' Way. There are many historic buildings in the town, including the ruins of [[St Catherine's Castle]] and a fine local beach at [[Readymoney Cove]]
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• Hayle
  |picture caption=Reflection of Hayle in the Copperhouse Pool ...the county's north coast on the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. It stands at the mouth of the [[Hayle River]], which discharges into [[St Ives Bay]].
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• Lostwithiel
  ...he estuary of the [[River Fowey]]. The Fowey river valley rises each side of the town, and through the town runs the A390 road from [[Tavistock]] to [[T ...uburbs of '''Bridgend''' to the east and Rosehill and Victoria to the west of the River Fowey.
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• Barra Head
  |picture caption=The lighthouse atop the cliffs of Sloc na Bèiste ...Berneray but is now a common name for the entire island. The highest point of the island is [[Sotan]], which reaches 633 feet.
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• Newlyn
  ...Penzance]], with which it forms a continuous townscape, at the western end of [[Mounts Bay]] on the [[English Channel]]. Newlyn and is part of Penzance civil parishes and if it claims its rights as a town then it is th
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• List of Queen Elizabeth II Fields
  Below is a '''list of the 564 [[Queen Elizabeth II Field]]s''', otherwise known as '''Queen Eliza The list is presented as in February 2013, though other fields may be designated as time goes on.
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• Berkhamsted Castle
  |builder=Robert, Count of Mortain |ownership=Duchy of Cornwall
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• Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps
  ...n Steps''' reach up the cliffs here, from Bedruthan Beach. The beaches are of golden sand, beaten by the Atlantic waves. ...Carnewas is from the ancient Cornish language; ''Karn Havos'' means "cairn of summer-dwelling". This is a popular beach destination, enjoying spectacula
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• Barry Mill
  ...n March 2009, but has remained open due to local support, and the securing of external funding. ...cted in sacks again. Today the oats arrive already processed, but the rest of the milling continues in the traditional style.<ref name="undisc"/>
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• Holmwood House
  ...is at 61-63 Netherlee Road, Cathcart, which is now in the southern suburbs of Glasgow. Today the house is owned by the [[National Trust for Scotland]] an ...ry and suburban residence recently erected'' in 1868<ref name="Blackie" /> may have influenced Frank Lloyd Wright and other proto-modernist architects.
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• The Pineapple
  ...tainly is one of the most unusual buildings in Britain, built in the shape of a giant pineapple. It is the centrepiece of Dunmore Park, which ornate gardens and woodland are owned and maintained by
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• The Loe
  ...[Helston]]. It extends over {{convert|50|ha|0|x}} and has a maximum depth of 20 feet. The surrounding Penrose Estate is a mixture of rich farmland and woodland around Loe Pool, through which there are many pa
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• Alfreton
  ...ern [[Derbyshire]], once a busy industrial town, as were many in that part of Derbyshire. ...60s as part of the Beeching Axe, but a replacement on the site opened on 7 May 1973.
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• Glossop
  ...had a total resident population of 32,428 in 2001 according to the census of that year. The town is about 15 miles east of the City of [[Manchester]], and near Derbyshire's borders with [[Cheshire]], [[Lancashi
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• New Mills
  ...ht miles south-east of [[Stockport]] (Cheshire) and 15 miles from the City of [[Manchester]] (Lancashire). ...ed at the north-western edge of the [[Peak District]]. It has a population of approximately 10,000.
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• Whaley Bridge
  ...er]]. Nearby is [[Furness Vale]], in the same civil parish. Other hamlets of Whaley include '''Horwich End''' ({{map|SK006806}}), '''Bridgemont''' ({{ma ...ed in the Cheshire parish of St John, Disley, and are served by the Church of St John the Divine, Furness Vale.
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• Wirksworth
  ...ed after the town. The population of the town and its surrounding villages of [[Cromford]], [[Bolehill, Derbyshire|Bolehill]] and [[Middleton-by-Wirkswor ...Ireton]] and [[Callow, Derbyshire|Callow]].</ref> Within it is the source of the [[River Ecclesbourne]].
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• Drake's Island
  ...e up the island are volcanic tuff and lava, together with marine limestone of the mid-Devonian period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://journals.cambridge.org/a ...to St Nicholas and the island adopted the same name. From the latter part of the 16th century the island was occasionally referred to as Drake's Island
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• Kennet and Avon Canal
  ...ury the canal was restored in stages, largely by volunteers. After decades of dereliction and much restoration work, it was fully reopened in 1990. The K ...ion. From [[Bristol]] to [[Bath]], the waterway follows the natural course of the [[River Avon, Somerset|River Avon]]. From Bath a dug canal crosses the
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• Mile End
  ...s and localities that have spread out to the east of the City. It is part of the [[Ossulstone Hundred]]. ...] road as one of the earliest suburbs of the City of London and the parish of '''Mile End Old Town''' was formed in 1855.
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• Loch Leven Castle
  |picture caption=Keep and west wall of the castle ...a tower house in style and was possibly built around 1300. During the wars of Scottish independence which rent the island between 1296 and 1357, the cast
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• Lyme Regis
  ...It is a town known for seaside holidays and fossils; indeed in the shops of Lyme one is as likely to find an ammonite as a bucket and spade. ...The Devon border is at the edge of the town, just a third of a mile west of the harbour.
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• Swanage
  ...the eastern end of the [[Isle of Purbeck]], approximately six miles south of [[Poole]]. Nearby are [[Ballard Down]] and [[Old Harry Rocks]], with [[Stu ...h also includes the areas of [[Herston, Dorset|Herston]], just to the west of the town, and [[Durlston]], just to the south.
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• Wareham
  ...d of the Wareham Channel of [[Poole Harbour]], and east of here the [[Isle of Pubeck begins]]. ...s and marsh land. At its estuary the river has formed the wide shallow ria of Poole Harbour. Wareham is built on a low dry island between the marshy rive
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