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  • ...and [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] off the north-west coast of [[Wales]], separated from the mainland of [[Great Britain]] by the [[Menai Strait]] ...s [[Beaumaris Castle]], built by Edward I as part of his campaign in North Wales. Beaumaris acts as a yachting centre for the region, with many boats moored
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  • ...of a finger of Devonshire along the Ottery) rises very close to the north coast, leaving just a mile of dry boundary before the Marsland Water carries the ===The north coast ===
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  • ...ol Channel]] washing its north coast and the [[English Channel]] its south coast. To the west lies [[Cornwall]], and to the east [[Dorset]] and [[Somerset]] ...undary with Cornwall is marked by the [[River Tamar]] almost from coast to coast, with a few exceptions: A narrow salient along the [[River Ottery]] north o
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  • ...and on the coast of the [[Irish Sea]], in the very north-eastern part of [[Wales]]. ...es between the [[River Dee]] and the [[River Clwyd]], reaching in from the coast up into the hills, but it also has an area detached from the main body know
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  • |picture=St Davids village and Cathedral South Wales.jpg ...ime [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] at the south-western tip of [[Wales]]. Pembrokeshire is washed on three sides by the ocean, and the sea drives
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  • ...s and bridleways including the [[North Downs Way]], a scenic long-distance path. Accordingly, Surrey provides much in the way of rural leisure activities, ...1st century AD.<ref>Dyer, James. ''Penguin Guide to Prehistoric England & Wales'', pp. 235-239.</ref> Only fragments of Stane Street and Ermine Street, the
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  • ...ern coast of the Isle of [[Anglesey]]. It is the most northerly town in [[Wales]]. ...//www.bbc.co.uk/wales/whatsinaname/sites/placenames/pages/amlwch.shtml BBC Wales: What's in a name?]</ref>
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  • '''Bangor''' is a city on the [[Irish Sea]] coast of [[Caernarfonshire]], near the easterly entrance of the [[Menai Strait]] ===The North Wales Path===
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  • ...uage.<ref>The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press 2008.</ref> ...ourse]] at [[Ffos Las]] near [[Trimsaran]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/6288880.stm National Hunt Racecourse at Ffos Las, Trimsaran].</r
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  • ...l of Wales and the final resting place of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales. ...on was repeated unquestioned at the appointment of the first Archbishop of Wales in 1921.
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  • ...]] and climbing the hill behind. The town lies within the [[Pembrokeshire Coast National Park]]. ...port is known for the Carreg Coetan Arthur burial chamber and for the West Wales Eco Centre.
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  • ...is a seaside resort town in [[Flintshire]]. It stands on the [[Irish Sea]] coast, to the east of [[Rhyl]]. At the 2001, Prestatyn had a population of 18,496 ...styn]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Hywel|last=Wyn Owen|title=The Place-Names of Wales|date=1998|isbn=0-7083-1458-9}}</ref>
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  • ...]; a great jut of land the shape of an arm reaching out from north-western Wales. It is a place of timeless beauty of sea and land and is one of the strong ...n", and 20&nbsp;"Sites of Special Scientific Interest". The Llŷn Coastal Path, a long distance footpath, enables walkers to explore both coasts of the pe
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  • ...due east via Stubthwaite Crag and Crowberry Haws. Below the tourist route path, this rib climbs again to The Bell, a fine rocky top (1,099&nbsp;feet) with ...District, [[Morecambe Bay]], Blackpool Tower, Winter Hill, the Lancashire coast and the Isle of Man. Perhaps the highlight is the close up view of Dow Crag
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  • [[File:Path down from the Ridgeway to Bishopstone, Wiltshire.jpg|right|thumb|Path down to Bishopstone, Wiltshire]] ...years old and that it may originally have been connected to the [[Dorset]] coast, providing a reliable trading route to [[The Wash]] in [[Norfolk]]. The hig
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  • ...f>Charles, B. G., ''The Placenames of Pembrokeshire'', National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, p 50</ref> This would indicate that ...fed and [[Deheubarth]].<ref name="Foundation">Davies, John, ''A History of Wales'', Penguin, 1994, ''foundations of'' pgs 17,19, 43, ''Migration of the Desi
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  • |picture=Tenby - Wales - Harbour.jpg ...liday-makers and history built into its stones. The [[Pembrokeshire Coast Path]], part of Britain’s only coastal National Park, passes through the town.
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  • ...for much of its length the wall can be followed on foot by Hadrian's Wall Path or by cycle on National Cycle Route 72. ...sive structures continued with milecastles and turrets down the Cumberland coast as far as [[Maryport]].
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  • ...k/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmtran/61/61i.pdf The Ports Industry in England and Wales (2006-07)]</ref> The town stands across the estuary of the [[River Orwell]] ...a walkway and is the start of the 50 mile Suffolk Coast Path. There is no path between Cobbolds Point and Brackenberry fort as the coastal protection work
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  • ...ributaries of the [[River Avon, Hampshire|Avon]], which flows to the south coast and into the sea at [[Christchurch]], Hampshire. Water meadows wet from ...tml | title=Wiltshire | work=Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 | publisher=Centre for Metropolitan History | accessdate=12 April 2
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