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Today is 6th December 2025 .

Wikishire is where you may find the best of Britain and Ireland.

Wikishire is where you are; whether you are on the Shetland islands or the South Shetland Islands, or the places between, Wikishire is a growing guide on all you need to know about the British and Irish lands.

Tell the world what you love about your home. Each shire, from Kent to Kerry is here, with ever-growing detail; if your town or village is not in Wikishire, or if something important is missed out, then log on, then -

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To begin, you can peruse the list of counties of the UK or Republic of Ireland, or even go directly to a random page! To accompany the encyclopædia we also have an interactive map of the counties of the British Isles. We also have Resources for GIS including KML files and postcode lookup tools.

Today's featured image is:

Romney Marsh

Romney Marsh is a sparsely populated wetland area in Sussex and into Kent, covering about 100 square miles.

The silent mystery of the place has attracted writers to excess. William Camden compared it with the Nile and "I may not without reason call it the Gift of the Sea". Richard Barham in the Ingoldsbury Legends wrote that "The world according to the best geographers is divided into Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Romney Marsh."

Roads across the Marsh have always been narrow and winding, shaped by the hundreds of sewers and drainage ditches. The lack of road signs and habitation can make navigating across the marsh very confusing for the unwary. (Read more)

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