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• Corstorphine
  '''Corstorphine''' is a village and ancient parish in [[Midlothian]], to the west of [[Edinburgh]] and now considered a suburb of that city.<ref>[CORSTO ...en Edinburgh and [[Glasgow]]. The actual "High Street" itself is no longer the main street, an idiosyncrasy shared with central Edinburgh.
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• Surrey
  ...nited Kingdom|shire]] in the south-east of [[Great Britain]]. It is one of the "Home Counties". ...o the east lies [[Kent]] and to the west [[Hampshire]] and [[Berkshire]]. The [[county town]] is [[Guildford]].
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• Manchester
  ...d contiguous towns, Manchester has highest population of any urban area in the United Kingdom after [[London]]. ...ntre, the town's origin, is built on a sandstone bluff near the meeting of the rivers [[River Medlock|Medlock]] and [[River Irwell|Irwell]].
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• Biggleswade
  ...New housing developments mean that expansion is predicted to continue into the foreseeable future. ...A1), which leads to [[Langford, Bedfordshire|Langford]] and [[Henlow]] to the south.
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• Birkenhead
  | picture caption= The former Birkenhead Town Hall, Hamilton Square ...f [[Cheshire]]. It lies on the west bank of the [[River Mersey]], opposite the city of [[Liverpool]] in [[Lancashire]]. Birkenhead is best known as a cent
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• Horsham
  |picture caption=The bandstand in the centre of the Carfax ...Crawley]] to the north-east and [[Haywards Heath]] and [[Burgess Hill]] to the south-east.
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• Plymouth
  ...ymouth Sound]]. It has been the site a major naval port, Devonport, since the days of Queen Elizabeth I. ...a large flat-topped hill between Sutton and the Tamar. It is dominated by The Citadel, a fortress which still serves as a military establishment.
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• Isleworth
  ...ish in western [[Middlesex]] beside the [[River Thames]], which here forms the border with [[Surrey]]. ...can be argued that the similar word is counterintuitively pronounced, and the place name is literal.
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• Wolverhampton
  ...irmingham]] at the edge of the large conurbation formed by the two cities, the [[Black Country]] towns and [[Solihull]]. ...ie within the Black Country coalfields and it is now often counted in with the Black Country towns of Staffordshire.
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• Ealing
  ...ton]], to the west [[Hanwell]] and to the north-west [[Greenford]], and to the south is [[Brentford]]. ...istory/was-ealing-the-queen-of-the-suburbs/|title=Was Ealing the 'Queen of the Suburbs'? - Ealing News Extra|date=30 October 2015|website=ealingnewsextra.
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• Aberystwyth
  ...ket town and holiday resort, as well as a university town. It stands where the rivers [[River Ystwyth|Ystwyth]] and [[River Rheidol|Rheidol]] meet; its na ...y UCAS statistics, 10 July 2009]</ref> but there is no reliable measure of the number of those students whose family residence is outside Aberystwyth.
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• Rottingdean
  |picture caption=The Old Windmill, Rottingdean ...ean]], [[Ovingdean]] and [[Woodingdean]], and has a historic centre, often the subject of picture postcards.
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• Edinburgh
  ...close to the [[Firth of Forth]], its port, [[Leith]], on the south side of the water looking out toward [[Fife]]. ...story, commerce and academia, while across the Princes Street Gardens lies the grand Georgian New Town, all together making Edinburgh a city magnificent i
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• Dolgellau
  ...onethshire]], standing on the banks of the [[River Wnion]], a tributary of the [[River Mawddach]]. ...al weddings. Gwynfynydd goldmine, in Ganllwyd, also supplied the gold for the more recent royal weddings.
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• Falmouth
  ...b| title =Key Statistics for urban areas in England and Wales | publisher =National Office of Statistics| url =http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census200 The name Falmouth comes from the river Fal but the origin of the river's name is unknown.
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• Penzance
  ...'' is a port town in western [[Cornwall]]; the most westerly major town in the county. Penzance is just 5½ miles from [[Lands End]]. ...tion, with beaches and within easy reach of the Lands End and the sites of the wild [[Penwith]] peninsula.
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• Ruthin
  |picture=The Old Court House Ruthin Wales.jpg |picture caption=The Old Court House, built in 1401
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• Burton upon Trent
  |picture=The Parish Church - St. Modwen's- overlooks the market square - geograph.org.uk - 1710201.jpg ...imply '''Burton''', is a large town standing across the [[River Trent]] in the east of [[Staffordshire]].
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• Wirral
  ...er Mersey]] (beyond which lies [[Lancashire]]). The peninsula forms one of the seven [[hundred]] of Cheshire. ...n]] and [[Saughall]] are part of the Wirral, and indeed they do lie within the [[Wirral Hundred]].
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• Domesday Book
  [[File:Domesday Book - Warwickshire.png|right|thumb|300px|The Domesday Book: a page on Warwickshire]] ...England carried out at the orders of King William I. It is also known as "The Book of Winchester".
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