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  • ...st of [[Scotland]] between the [[Kintyre#Mull of Kintyre|Mull of Kintyre]] and the [[Ardnamurchan]] peninsula ..., while the North Channel washes [[Kintyre]] in the very south. The isles and western shorelines face the [[Atlantic Ocean]].
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  • ...]] and [[Wigtownshire]] to the south; [[Dumfriesshire]] to the south-east; and the sea to the west. ...of [[Ailsa Craig]] belongs to Ayrshire, as do Lady Island (off [[Troon]]), and Horse Island (off [[Ardrossan]]).
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  • ...ugh Arran encompasses most of the shire's land, it has a sparse population and the main settlements are on Bute. ...Arran|Arran]], [[Great Cumbrae]] and [[Holy Isle, Buteshire|Holy Island]]) and only six are larger than 100 acres.
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  • ...ds. It is [[Scotland]]'s most populous county, for the City of [[Glasgow]] and its eastern suburbs fill its northern parts. ...tward to [[Glasgow]], all in Lanarkshire, after which it leaves the county and widens into the [[Firth of Clyde]].
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  • |name=Renfrewshire |map image=Renfrewshire Brit Isles Sect 2.svg
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  • ...e United Kingdom after competitions run by PlantLife, a charity, beginning in 2002. ...ommemorate the Queen's Jubilee in 2002 by putting wild flowers on the map, and launched a campaign to ask every county to choose its own wild flower emble
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  • | county 2=Renfrewshire ...r Clyde]], Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the [[United Kingdom]].
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  • ...tle above glen and river.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The ravine of Glen Garnock, and Glengarnock Castle]] ...young stream tumbles over the [[Spout of Garnock]], the highest waterfall in Ayrshire, once thought to be the river's origin.
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  • ...al to all those parts of Scotland which are not within the [[Highlands]]. In the Gaelic language of the Highlands, the Lowlands are called ''a' Ghalldac ...so low-lying geographically and also culturally one with the Lowlands, but in some contexts these lands find themselves grouped together with the Highlan
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  • [[File:River Gryffe Renfrewshire.jpg|thumb|300px|The River Gryffe]] {{county|Renfrewshire}}
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  • ...jor motorway in the United Kingdom, connecting [[Glasgow]] to [[Carlisle]] and the [[M6 motorway|M6]]. Following an extension opened on 28 June 2011, it n ...elevated embankment, with junctions at Kingston, Polmadie Road, Cambuslang and Tollcross before connecting to the pre-existing M74.
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  • [[File:Houston Kirk.jpg|thumb|Houston and Killellan Kirk; the modern, unified parish church.]] ...s well as a number of smaller settlements including Barochan and Killellan in its rural hinterland.
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  • ...the town of [[Pollokshaws]] in addition to [[Giffnock]], [[Thornliebank]] and surrounding residential areas. At the time of the 2011 census, the parish p ...to the Maxwell Family. [[Pollok House]], their grand country house is now in the care of the [[National Trust for Scotland]].
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