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• Dorset
  ...shire]] to the east. Outside the “South East Dorset conurbation”, most of the county is largely rural and agricultural. ...here the remarkable [[Chesil Beach]] stretches for 18 miles to the cliffs of the “[[Jurassic Coast]]” as far as [[Lyme Regis]], close to the border
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• Gloucestershire
  ...n the west, the [[Cotswold Hills]] in he east and the flat, fertile valley of the lower [[River Severn]] which lies between them. ...ower reaches of the [[River Avon, Somerset|River Avon]] through the middle of [[Bristol]], and its old course, the Floating Harbour.
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• Hampshire
  ...thead]]. The [[county town]] is [[Winchester]], capital of [[Wessex]] and of [[England]] until about 1100. Its place on the [[English Channel]] and the presence of several excellent natural harbours has given Hampshire a pre-eminent place
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• Somerset
  ...[[Bristol Channel]] from the [[River Avon, Somerset|Avon]] to the borders of [[Devon]] on Exmoor and deep inland blessed with rich farmland. ...d the Georgian glories of [[Bath]] and the southern half of the great city of [[Bristol]].
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• Wiltshire
  |name=Wiltshire |map image=Wiltshire Brit Isles Sect 5.svg
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• Cotswolds
  ...s Panorama Fields.jpg|fullwidth=1000|caption=Rolling hills and farm fields of the Cotswolds landscape}} ...[[Worcestershire]]. The hills have been designated as the Cotswold "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty".
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• Exeter
  ...e later redevelopment, it retains a wealth of historic buildings from many of its ages. ...miles from the sea and was formerly a seaport. It remains the chief town of East Devon and a major regional centre.
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• Newton Abbot
  ...in East [[Devon]], on the banks of the [[River Teign]], with a population of 23,580.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemina ...7 November in honour of Saint Leonard, but now celebrated at the beginning of September.<ref>[http://www.newtonabbot24.co.uk/cheese-onion-fayre-i715.html
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• British flags
  ...:Flag - Union Flag.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Union Jack, the national flag of the United Kingdom]] ...many variations for set purposes and several local flags. Below is a list of flags which have either been in use, or are currently used in the '''[[Unit
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• Dorchester
  ...the Frome Valley. It is a modest town; in 2001, the town had a population of 16,171. To the north of Dorchester are the Dorset Downs and to the south runs the South Dorset Ridg
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• Shaftesbury
  ...orne Chase]], the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset. It is one of the oldest towns in Britain. ...the demolished Shaftesbury Abbey, and have thatched roofs. Tourism is one of the main industries in the town.
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• Hemel Hempstead
  ...Henry VIII in 1539. The Old Town still remains and is the prettiest part of town. The biggest change for the town was after Second World War when Heme ...d Hemel Hempstead "The most attractive town in Herts".<ref>''The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire'' by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner</ref> This however was bef
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• River Thames
  [[File:Thames_map.svg|right|thumb|250px|The course of the Thames]] ...d [[Richmond, Surrey|Richmond]], and then many riverside towns and suburbs of the metropolitan conurbation.
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• Welwyn Garden City
  ...re]]. It was the second "garden city" in Britain, founded in 1920, and one of the first New Towns, designated in 1948. ...now spreads out from its original foundation to fill the space between the Rivers [[River Lea|Lea]] and [[River Mimram|Mimram]].
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• Isle of Man
  |name=Isle of Man |picture=Maughold Village. Isle of Man. - geograph.org.uk - 31912.jpg
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• Silchester
  ...ent to the county boundary with [[Berkshire]] and about 9 miles south-west of [[Reading]]. ...it. Calleva was first occupied by the Romans in about 45 AD, on the site of an earlier Iron Age town and the archaeological remains include what is con
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• Hungerford
  ...shire|Newbury]]. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 5,559, estimated to have risen by 2006 to 6,789. ==The lie of the land==
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• Salisbury
  |county=Wiltshire |LG district=Wiltshire
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• River Avon, Somerset
  ...low [[Bristol]]. It was the Avon which made Bristol one of the great ports of the kingdom, a status retained until the nineteenth century, and which beau ...estershire]], dividing into two before merging again and flowing through [[Wiltshire]]. In its lower reaches from [[Bath]] to the [[Severn Estuary]] at [[Avonmo
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• River Avon, Hampshire
  The '''River Avon''', one of several of the same name, is a river in [[Wiltshire]] and [[Hampshire]] which flows south to the sea in [[Christchurch]] Harbou The Avon has its source in [[Wiltshire]] and is the main river in the city of [[Salisbury]], watering that city's extensive meadows behind the Cathedral.
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