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  • ...f the long pleasure coast of Lancashire, and of a conurbation formed along the coast as far as [[Fleetwood]]. ...albeit leisure supplied to the mil owners and later to the mill workers. The town stands 17½ miles north-west of [[Preston]], 27 miles north of [[Liver
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  • ...tonshire]] and [[Leicestershire]]. The town had a population of 61,988 in the 2001 census. The town is most famous as the birthplace of rugby football, which came from the famous public school here.
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  • |picture caption=Cardiff Bay, the Millennium Stadium,<br />the ''Senedd'', Cardiff University ...tural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the Welsh Assembly.
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  • ...ee miles north of [[Didcot]], and 3½ miles south-east of [[Abingdon]], in the [[Ock Hundred]]. ...s formerly be known as Earl's Wittenham, after its owner Gilbert de Clare, the Earl of Gloucester<ref>"www.longwittenham.com/history.html"</ref>.
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  • |picture caption=The Royal Crescent in Bath ...is far older though: in the centre of the city is the Roman Bath built on the gushing hot water springs which are its origin and that of its name.
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  • ...January | year=1983 | accessdate=2007-08-12}}</ref> The caves, produced by the activity of an underground river, contain stalactites and stalagmites. ...television programme ''Seven Natural Wonders'', Cheddar Gorge was named as the second greatest natural wonder in Britain, surpassed only by [[Dan yr Ogof]
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  • [[File:Bath 45.JPG|right|thumb|350px|The Avon in Bath]] ...sv Matthew © Shawn Spencer-Smith.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge]]
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  • [[File:Ludlow_bridge.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The River Teme at Ludlow]] ...ales in four counties of the west, before joining its waters with those of the [[River Severn]].
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  • ...[[Preston]], standing on the [[Irish Sea]] coast, fringed to the north by the [[River Ribble|Ribble]] Estuary. ...19th century. Hesketh Park at the northern end of the town is named after the Hesketh family, having been built on land donated by Rev. Charles Hesketh.
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  • ...h of [[Manchester]] and 25 miles east of [[Preston]], at the confluence of the [[River Calder, Lancashire|River Calder]] and [[River Brun]]. ...pe, and is increasingly a dormitory town for [[Manchester]], [[Leeds]] and the [[M65 motorway]] corridor.
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  • |picture caption=The River Wharfe at Otley ...t of [[Leeds]]. Above the town overlooking the dale is a ridge known as [[The Chevin]].
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  • ...hbouring towns of '''Lytham''' and '''St-Anne's-on-Sea''' (or St-Anne's-on-the-Sea) have grown together. ...out over the Irish Sea, while Lytham is on the eastern side and looks over the Ribble Estuary.
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  • ...rate Ickenham from [[Ruislip]] to the north and [[Uxbridge]] to the south, the latter gap being Uxbridge Common. The heart of Ickenham is the original village, its high street somewhat brought up since early days, whi
    24 KB (3,712 words) - 13:46, 28 January 2016
  • '''Coseley''' is a suburban town in [[Staffordshire]], within the [[Black Country]] some three miles north of [[Dudley]]. Coseley railway station is on the West Coast Main Line.
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  • ...hich stands on the [[River Don, Yorkshire|River Don]], where the Don meets the [[River Rother, Yorkshire|River Rother]], between [[Sheffield]] and [[Donca The town is six miles from Sheffield City Centre and is almost contiguous with
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  • [[File:Irwell, Salford.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The Irwell at Salford]] [[File:Map of River irwell.png|right|thumb|180px|Map of the river]]
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  • ...pe is dominated by residential tower blocks, forming a stark contrast with the surrounding Victorian terraced housing. Eccles cake was first made here, named after the town.
    26 KB (3,816 words) - 07:15, 19 September 2019
  • |picture caption=St John the Baptist, Axbridge ...he southern edge of the [[Mendip Hills]]. The town population according to the 2001 was 2,024.
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  • ...of [[Nuneaton]] and [[Bedworth]], and nearly engulfed by the townscape of the latter. ...ll. She referred to it as ''Raveloe'' in her book ''Silas Marner'' (1861). The church of St James is where George Eliot's uncle and aunt are buried.
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  • [[File:The Downs, Bristol - DSC05706.JPG|right|thumb|300px|On the Downs]] ...t, and the generally more picturesque and more visited [[Clifton Down]] to the southwest. Both areas are open to public recreation.
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