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  • ...he westernmost land of [[England]] and the southernmost land in the United Kingdom. ...me Peninsula]], and one part of Cornwall in Devon, the "[[Cornish Patch]]" in [[St Budeaux]].
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  • ...dgeshire]] to the north; [[Buckinghamshire]] to the west; and [[Essex]] to the east. ...ounty. Several major roads, including the M1 and M25 motorways, the A1 and the A10, run through it, whose corridors are marked by urban growth.
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  • ...[[Manchester]] in [[Lancashire]] contests the title), and [[Coventry]] to the east is another major centre. ...s its name, is [[Warwick]], but its largest town by far is [[Birmingham]], the heart of a vast conurbation spreading over much of Warwickshire, Staffordsh
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  • |picture caption=Salts Mill at the World-heritage site<br />Saltaire, W.R. ...rby]], [[Cheshire|Chester]], [[Lancashire|Lancaster]] and [[Westmorland]]. The [[county top]] is [[Mickle Fell]] at 2,585 ft.
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  • |picture caption=Poulnabrone dolmen, the Burren ..., a bleak, barren rocky land in stark contrast to the green of the rest of the county.
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  • ...ty Galway]] and with it facing the wild [[Atlantic Ocean]]. It is part of the Province of [[Connaught]]. ...3}}</ref> The boundaries of the county, which was formed in 1585, reflect the Mac William Íochtar lordship at that time.
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  • ...ugh]]. It is the [[county town]] of [[County Antrim]] and the capital and the largest city of [[Northern Ireland]]. It is a major urban and industrial ce ...eckoned to hold a population of 3 million, or half the total population of the island of Ireland.
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  • ...Luton and its near neighbours, [[Dunstable]] and [[Houghton Regis]], form the Luton-Dunstable urban area with a population of over 240,000.<ref name=pop2 ...ving towards an economy based on light industry, services (particularly in the retail sector) and industry related to its airport.
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  • ..., is at its core, with the vast conurbation surrounding it covering almost the rest of [[Middlesex]], much of north-eastern [[Surrey]], north-western [[Ke ...City of London, has been the seat of the British government, and before it the English government, for almost a thousand years.
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  • ...Flag.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Union Jack, the national flag of the United Kingdom]] ...gs which have either been in use, or are currently used in the '''[[United Kingdom]]'''.
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  • ...sh overseas territory]] of [[St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]. The island was named by its Portuguese discoverer after Saint Helena of Constan ...of the ocean, a cleft in the cliffs giving a place for its chief town (and the territory’s capital) [[Jamestown, St Helena|Jamestown]].
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  • ...e > News releases > 2009 > All > '&#39;September traffic figures – BAA's airports'&#39;, 9 October 2009) |publisher=BAA |date=9 October 2009 |accessdate=15 A ...emented in the Bermuda II agreement between the [[United Kingdom]] and the United States.
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  • |highest point=The Glaidstane: 417 feet ...golf course which sweeps almost to the summit of the isle. The road around the island road is much favoured for family cycle runs.
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  • .... Its population has more than doubled since its designation as a New Town in 1968. ...iddle Ages, Warrington had emerged as a market town at a bridging point of the river. A local tradition of textile and tool production dates from this tim
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  • |flag=Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg |motto="Desire the right"
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  • ...ich it is connected by a causeway, is the southernmost inhabited island of the [[Outer Hebrides]]. It is a predominantly Gaelic-speaking and Roman Catholi The name of the island means "Barr's island", after St Barr or St Finbarr.
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  • |map caption=Akrotiri and Dhekelia Sovereign Base Areas in pink. |flag=Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
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  • ...pter Command Flying Station, Aldergrove, and both runways are now owned by the airport. ...nd of [[Ireland]] in terms of passenger numbers after [[Dublin Airport]]. The next busiest is [[Belfast City Airport]].
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  • ...The main island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, where the vast majority of the population live, is [[Guernsey]]. ...nd [[Lihou]] and their islet possessions are under the direct authority of the States of Guernsey.
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  • ...[[London]] and its region. It is in western [[Middlesex]], on the site of the former hamlet of Heath Row, long since demolished. ...ogether with the large number of global corporations with offices close to the airport, makes Heathrow a modern "aerotropolis" which contributes an estima
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