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• Inner Temple
  ...of London and recognised as local authorities in their own right: this is a status claimed by the Society as inherited from the extraordinary privilege ...portal of the Middle Temple for this reason, with the [[Law Society Hall]] a step away on Chancery Lane and innumerable court offices, barristers' chamb
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• Land's End to John o' Groats
  ...to John o' Groats is approximately 603 miles but such a route passes over a series of stretches of water in the [[Irish Sea]].) ...walk by Dr Barbara Moore. In 1960 the entrepreneur Billy Butlin organised a road walking race, which gave further impetus to the idea.
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• Ledbury
  '''Ledbury''' is a small town in [[Herefordshire]], lying east of [[Hereford]], and south of t ...is a thriving market town in the midst of its rural setting. The town has a large number of timber framed buildings, in particular along Church Lane.
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• Dunstable Downs
  ...in southern [[Bedfordshire]] are part of the [[Chiltern Hills]]. They are a chalk escarpment forming the north-eastern reaches of the Chilterns. Because of its elevation, Dunstable Downs hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which connected the Admiralty in Lon
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• Thurning, Norfolk
  '''Thurning''' is a small village in northern [[Norfolk]]. It lies near [[Corpusty]], seven mi ...ry of England'' (1848), Samuel Lewis says:<ref name=lewis>Lewis, Samuel, ''A Topographical Dictionary of England'' (1848), [http://www.british-history.a
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• Drumshanbo
  ...oodlands, lakes and the Sliabh an Iarainn and [[Arigna Mountains]]. It is a beautifully preserved traditional town with traditional pubs, shops and res ...y [[Sliabh an Iarainn]], the iron mountain, which is 1,919 feet high, with a history of iron being mined there for over three hundred years.
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• Radlett
  ...ns]] and [[Borehamwood]], within the ring of the [[M25 motorway]]. It has a population of approximately 8,000. The village is in the valley of [[Tykes Water]], a stream that runs north from Aldenham Reservoir to the [[River Colne, Hertfo
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• Tipton
  '''Tipton''' is a town in [[Staffordshire]], within the [[Black Country]] and contiguous with Tividale has a relatively high percentage of ethnic minority residents, mostly Mohammedans
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• Shepperton
  '''Shepperton''' is a largely suburban town in south-western [[Middlesex]]. It runs down to the ...ge. In the early nineteenth century resident writers and poets included H Rider Haggard, Thomas Love Peacock, George Meredith and Percy Bysshe Shelley, al
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• Llanarth, Monmouthshire
  '''Llanarth''' is a parish and privately-owned estate village within a conservation area in [[Monmouthshire]] roughly halfway between [[Abergavenn ...signated riding bridleways and routes that any horseback rider may use for a nominal fee.
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• White Horse of Uffington
  ...'White Horse Hill''' in [[Berkshire]]. Fully 375 feet long, the figure is a highly stylized horse visible for many miles around, formed from deep trenc ...n]] and a similar distance west of the town of [[Wantage]], and a mile and a half south of Uffington.
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• Muckhart
  ...]] and [[Kinross-shire]]. It contains a village, [[Pool of Muckhart]], and a series of hamlets close by, largest of which is '''Yetts of Muckhart'''. A ...in that it lies on the old coach road to Dollar. The old road is now just a dirt track to the school (locally known as the Cinder Path). West of the sc
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• Drumnadrochit
  '''Drumnadrochit''' is a village in [[Inverness-shire]], lying on the west shore of [[Loch Ness]], a ...meaning the 'Ridge of the Bridge'. The village lies on the A82 road, near a junction with the A831, adjoining the villages of [[Milton, Glenurquhart|Mi
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• Cliffs of Moher
  ...eland) | date=26 July 2013}}</ref> and receive almost one million visitors a year.<ref name="DI"/> ...present tower near the site of the old ''Moher Uí Ruidhin'' was built as a lookout tower during the Napoleonic wars.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cliffs
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• South Downs Way
  ...long the [[South Downs]] in [[Sussex]] and [[Hampshire]]. It is designated a 'National Trail'. ...æval historical interest is the village of [[Lomer]], now only visible as a few small bumps in the ground. It was most likely abandoned during the pla
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• Alderley Edge
  ...of [[Macclesfield]] and 15 miles south of [[Manchester]], and it serves as a commuter town for the latter. Alderley Edge village is at the base of the hill known as Alderley Edge, a steep and thickly wooded sandstone ridge which is the area's chief topograp
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• Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
  ...he coast line). The railway is owned by a private company and supported by a preservation society. The original Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway was a 3-ft gauge line opened on 24 May 1875 to transport hematite iron ore from m
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• Loch Ard
  '''Loch Ard''' is a body of fresh water in [[Perthshire]] within the [[Loch Lomond and the Tros ...s long by a mile and a quarter wide and runs approximately east-west along a sheltered glen. It is considered to be the source of the [[River Forth]] <
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• Bothwell
  '''Bothwell''' is a small town and parish in northern [[Lanarkshire]]. It lies on the north ba ...has earned its reputation as one of Glasgow's most prosperous satellites. A recent survey published in ''The Scotsman'' revealed that Bothwell's Imperi
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• Knebworth House
  ...rth House''' is a country house at [[Old Knebworth]] in [[Hertfordshire]], a village which was created for ther purposes of the estate. It is just outs Today’s house is a Regency century mansion, and is a Grade II* listed building.<ref> {{NHLE|1102767|Knebworth House}}</ref>
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