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  • '''Boa Island''' is an inland island near the north shore of Lower [[Lough Erne]] in [[Fermanagh]]. It is 15.5 miles from the [[county t ...h of the island. This road joins each end of the island to the mainland by bridges leading west toward [[Castle Caldwell]] and east toward [[Kesh]].
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  • ...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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  • '''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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  • ...dge over the Monnow]] is unique in Britain being the only preserved bridge of its design remaining. ...d Glevum at [[Gloucester]]. Archaeologists and historians have found items of Roman pottery and Roman currency and coinage that date from that period.
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  • ...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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  • |picture = Bridges opening up - geograph.org.uk - 178375.jpg ...n streading across much of south-eastern Northumberland and the north-east of [[County Durham]].
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  • |picture=Abbots Langley - The Church of St Lawrence the Martyr - geograph.org.uk - 272827.jpg ...[Hertfordshire]]. It is an old settlement and is mentioned (under the name of '''Langelai''') in the [[Domesday Book]]. Economically the village is close
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  • ...pshire]] and the busiest commercial port in the United Kingdom, indeed one of the largest commercial ports in Europe. ...y stands at the northernmost point of [[Southampton Water]] at the meeting of the [[River Test]] and [[River Itchen]]. Southampton Water provides a dee
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  • ...me it increasingly came under the influence and jurisdiction of the [[City of London]]. Having been one of the most thickly populated places in Surrey, Southwark experienced rapid de
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  • ...about two miles south of [[Farnham]]. It lies within the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty<ref>[http://www.tilfordwoods.co.uk/tilford-surre ...Bonner ''The Place-names of Surrey'' English Place-Name Society Volume XI Cambridge University Press ISBN 978-0904889222 p173</ref>
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  • ...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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  • [[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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  • The '''River Lambourn''' is a fair river of [[Berkshire]], a valuable chalk stream. Its name is exactly what it seems; The river rises in the [[Berkshire Downs]] near its namesake village of [[Lambourn]] and ultimately flows down into the [[River Kennet]] in [[Newbu
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  • ...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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  • ...e rest of the network. It rises near [[East Dereham]], flows to the south of [[Norwich]] and after swallowing the [[River Waveney]] it opens out into [[ ...ore reaching [[Bawburgh]]. It then skirts the southern fringes of the city of [[Norwich]], passing through [[Colney]], [[Cringleford]], [[Lakenham]] and
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  • |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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  • ...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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  • |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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  • ...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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  • '''Rotherham''' is a town in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] which stands on the [[River Don, Yorkshire|River Don]], where t Rotherham is connected to the rest of the country by the [[M1 motorway|M1]] and the [[M18 motorway|M18]] motorway
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