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• Bedfordshire
  ...The rest of the shire is part of the broad drainage basin of the [[River Great Ouse]] and its tributaries. Two of Britain's main trunk roads pass through Bedfordshire:
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• Hertfordshire
  The rocks of Hertfordshire belong to the great shallow syncline known as the London Basin. The beds dip in a south-easterl ...Romans' new towns, [[Verulamium]], became the third largest town in Roman Britain.
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• Luton
  The source of the [[River Lea]] is in the Leagrave area of the town. The Great Bramingham Wood which surrounds this area is classified as ancient woodland ...ay and the A6, the A6 itself following an ancient route; that of the Roman Road, [[Watling Street]]. A major rail-link is being constructed through the to
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• Bolton
  ...Manchester to [[Ribchester]] to the east and a road along what is now the A6 to the west. It is claimed that Agricola built a fort at Blackrod by cleari ...0&word=NULL|publisher=visionofbritain.org.uk|accessdate=2009-12-07}}</ref> Great Bolton and Little Bolton were part of the Marsey fee, in 1212 Little Bolton
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• M1 motorway
  ...ion|work=The Motorway Archive|accessdate=20 January 2008}}</ref> the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the Preston By-pass, wh ...] in Middlesex, close by a more ancient route; [[Watling Street]], a Roman road.
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• Garstang
  ...f the [[River Wyre]] and on the [[Lancaster Canal]], It is close to the A6 road, the [[M6 motorway]], and the West Coast Main Line, the railway line betwee ...[[Catterall]] form an almost continuous built-up area, bypassed by the A6 road in 1926.<ref>Greenall, R. (2007), ''Garstang Past'', At Heart Ltd, Altrinch
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• Lake District
  ...Kentmere valley and those radiating from the head of Windermere including Great Langdale. The valleys serve to break the mountains up into separate blocks [[File:Wast Water from Great Gable.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Wast Water]]
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• Eamont Bridge
  ...arriageway and motorway, Eamont Bridge and [[Pooley Bridge]] have the only road bridges over the Eamont below [[Ullswater]]. The village is on the A6 road and before the opening of the M6 motorway was a notorious bottleneck due to
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• River Derwent, Derbyshire
  "[[River Derwent|Derwent]]" is the name of a number of rivers in Britain, a;; apparently of the same derivation. ...=dbnetrd/><ref name=phil>{{cite book | title=Philip's Navigator Road Atlas Britain | publisher=Philip's | date=25 May 2005 | isbn=0-540-08678-9}}</ref>
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• M6 motorway
  ...gth of motorway opened in the UK and forms part of a motorway "Backbone of Britain", running north−south between [[London]] and [[Glasgow]] via the industri ...ame="PracticalMotorist1959">{{cite journal | authorlink = Waysider 'on the road’ column |title = The Preston By-pass-Enquiry Needed| journal =Practical
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• Great Britain road numbering scheme
  ...d zones.svg|thumb|right|300px|The numbering zones for A & B roads in Great Britain]] ...[Great Britain]]. Each road is given a single letter, which represents the road's category, and a subsequent number, of 1 to 4 digits. Introduced to arrang
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• Grey Crag
  ...ey of Stockdale. Grey Crag proper is a second tier of crags, set back from Great Howe and just below the summit, thus giving its name to the entire fell. ...nbsp;feet), White Howe (1,738&nbsp;feet), Lords Seat (1,719&nbsp;feet) and Great Yarlside (1,950&nbsp;feet). These ridges encompass the valleys of Bannisdal
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• Swinton, Lancashire
  ...district at a convergence of factories, brickworks and a newly constructed road and railway network.<ref name="Salford138">{{Harvnb|Cooper|2005|p=138}}.</r The site of the former Swinton Industrial School on Chorley Road was purchased for £12,500 and the foundation stone of the new town hall la
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• Pendleton, Salford
  ...]] in [[Lancashire]], about two miles from [[Manchester]] city centre. The A6 dual carriageway skirts the east of the area. It experienced rapid urbanisa ...ing of the 20th century Pendleton Colliery had the deepest shafts in Great Britain, at 3,474 ft.<ref>{{Harvnb|Mullineux|1973|pp=47–48}}</ref>
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• Worsley
  ...provided evidence of Roman and Anglo-Saxon activity, including two [[Roman road]]s. The completion in 1761 of the [[Bridgewater Canal]] allowed Worsley to ...ommon. The present-day A6 road follows part of the course of another Roman road, which passes through the northern part of the area near [[Walkden]] and [[
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• M55 motorway
  ...leaving the M6 at junction 32, the road immediately interchanges with the A6. It then crosses the [[West Coast Main Line]] and [[Lancaster Canal]] befor ...g traffic, it was decided to provide a motorway link to Blackpool and this road was opened in 1975.
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• Rothley
  ...leads from the crossroads. The crossroads lies on the old route of the A6 road, which now bypasses the village. ...acquired a station on the Great Central Railway, which is now part of the Great Central Steam Railway. The station has been used to film period drama such
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• Heaton Norris
  ...former Manchester to [[Buxton]] Roman road and the later turnpike, now the A6, pass through Heaton Norris, as does the London to Manchester railway. This Along the north bank of the River Mersey ran the Great Central Railway's line from [[Warrington]] to [[Stockport]] (1852). Today t
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• Ribble Way
  ...raph.org.uk - 881711.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The Ribble Way and the river at Great Mitton, Lancashire]] ...he Guardian'' reported in 1972 that the Ramblers Association were planning Britain's first riverside long footpath called the Ribble Way. At that time, the ro
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• Motorways in the United Kingdom
  ...Preston Bypass, the UK's first motorway section, should have been numbered A6(M) under the scheme decided upon, but it was decided to keep the number M6 ...otorway|M27]].<ref name="M">{{cite web|url= http://www.cbrd.co.uk/articles/road-numbers/motorways.shtml|title= Numbers for motorways|date=25 January 2015}}
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