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  • Ferries link Ayrshire to the islands of [[Isle of Arran|Arran]] and [[Great Cumbrae]] in [[Buteshire]].
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  • ...t coast of Scotland. Buteshire consists of the [[Isle of Bute]] and the [[Isle of Arran]], and smaller islands such as [[Great Cumbrae]] and [[Little Cumb ...Isle of Bute|Bute]], [[Isle of Arran|Arran]], [[Great Cumbrae]] and [[Holy Isle, Buteshire|Holy Island]]) and only six are larger than 100 acres.
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  • [[Cromarty]] is the [[county town]]. It stands on the [[Black Isle]] on the [[North Sea]] coast, while the county's largest town, the fishing ...them. The "old shire" around Cromarty is the northern part of the [[Black Isle]], the low-lying, broad peninsula of the gentle east coast, and like it are
    12 KB (1,696 words) - 17:50, 27 March 2017
  • ...anging, due to tectonic uplift and coastal erosion. Until about 960, the [[Isle of Thanet]] was an island, separated by the Wantsum channel, formed around ...the of Scray]] - one of the two central lathes, Scray stretches from the [[Isle of Sheppey]] to the Sussex border at [[Hawkhurst]].
    24 KB (3,668 words) - 14:18, 16 March 2024
  • ...ng the south east coast, from the [[Thames]] estuary to Hastings and the [[Isle of Wight]] inevitably reduced the significance of a number of the Cinque po
    12 KB (1,957 words) - 18:35, 18 June 2017
  • ...''Litelport'', the village was worth 17,000 eels a year to the Abbots of [[Isle of Ely|Ely]] in 1086.<ref name=Domesday>{{Cite web | last = Domesday Book | ...tle = The Victoria History of the Counties of England: ''Cambridge and the isle of Ely''| publisher = Oxford University Press| year = 1953| volume = 4| url
    11 KB (1,601 words) - 09:54, 3 September 2018
  • ...nder which the [[Hebrides]] were sold to Scotland, to be followed by the [[Isle of Man]] after the demise of Magnus III.
    4 KB (690 words) - 10:12, 14 September 2010
  • ...Man Steam Packet Company operates a service from Birkenhead to [[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]] with the ''MS Ben-my-Chree''. (In the summer the Manx serv
    10 KB (1,551 words) - 11:11, 27 June 2016
  • ...' of smuggling all types of prohibited goods, particularly tea, from the [[Isle of Man]]. The council further denounced the drinking of tea and brandy as t
    21 KB (3,513 words) - 16:21, 29 January 2016
  • From Heysham port ferries sail for the [[Isle of Man]] and [[Belfast]]. On the shore stand two nuclear power stations, a ...Harbour was built in 1900. From here a [[ferry]] service sails for the [[Isle of Man]] and freight sails to [[Belfast]]. The harbour also serves the gas
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  • ...ension and Walvis Bay, and occasionally voyaging north to Tenerife and the Isle of Portland in Dorset. It berths in James Bay, St Helena about thirty times
    26 KB (4,047 words) - 15:11, 17 March 2020
  • ...ent-11137903 | title = Charles Darwin's ecological experiment on Ascension isle | last= |first= | work = BBC News | date = September 1, 2010 |accessdate=Se
    21 KB (3,264 words) - 22:13, 2 January 2011
  • ...falgar. The monument overlooks the town with views of [[Weymouth]], the [[Isle of Portland]] and [[Chesil Beach]].
    13 KB (2,035 words) - 18:51, 29 January 2016
  • ...mate broke through the chalk hills, cutting the Isle of Wight off from the Isle of Purbeck and flooding what is now the Solent and Christchurch Bay, leavin ...d much was made available to the local beaches of Poole, Bournemouth and [[Isle of Purbeck|Purbeck]] for beach replenishment.<ref name="dredge"/>
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  • |picture caption=Inchmarnock seen from the Isle of Bute ...uninhabited island of [[Buteshire]] lying in the sea to the west of the [[Isle of Bute]], at the northern end of the Sound of Bute.
    7 KB (1,094 words) - 17:16, 5 April 2011
  • Past central London, the river passes between [[Greenwich]] and the [[Isle of Dogs]], before flowing through the [[Thames Barrier]], which protects ce
    10 KB (1,494 words) - 11:10, 28 April 2017
  • ...ouble tide affects much of the Channel coast and while the flow around the Isle of Wight may have some effect, it appears to be more to do with the overall ...y service, provide links to East Cowes and [[Cowes]] respectively on the [[Isle of Wight]] and are operated by Red Funnel. The third ferry is the Hythe Fer
    35 KB (5,320 words) - 14:22, 30 March 2016
  • |island=Isle of Wight |LG district=Isle of Wight
    12 KB (1,888 words) - 18:35, 27 January 2016
  • ...ed the islands and went on an eventful pilgrimage to Jerusalem, though the isle almost certainly had its name by his day. It may be named for a simple far
    10 KB (1,604 words) - 07:53, 1 September 2012
  • ...s mild climate and frequent rainfall, earns it the sobriquet ''the Emerald Isle''. Overall, Ireland has a mild but changeable oceanic climate with few extr
    21 KB (3,162 words) - 21:47, 11 June 2019

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