Alloa
Alloa (, Received Pronunciation ; Scottish pronunciation /ˈaloʊa/; Alamhagh, possibly meaning "rock plain") is a town in Clackmannanshire in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It is on the north bank of the Forth at the spot where some say…
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Cowdenbeath is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is 5 mi north-east of Dunfermline and 18 mi north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 1890.…
Dalbeattie
Dalbeattie (, Dawbeattie, Dail Bheithe meaning 'haugh of the birch', or Dail Bhàite 'drowned haugh' (i.e. liable to flood) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Historically part of Kirkcudbrightshire, it is in a wooded valley on…
North Berwick
North Berwick (; ; Bearaig a Tuath) is a seaside town and former royal burgh in East Lothian, Scotland. It is situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, approximately 20 mi east-northeast of Edinburgh. North Berwick became a…
Newport, Wales
Newport (Casnewydd) is a city and county borough in Wales, on the River Usk near its confluence with the Severn Estuary, approximately 12 mi northeast of Cardiff. The population grew significantly between the 2011 and the 2021 census,…
Scalloway
Scalloway (; Skálavágr, name of the bay) is the largest settlement on the west coast of the Mainland, the largest island of Shetland, Scotland. The village had a population of roughly 900, at the 2011 census. Now a fishing port, until 1708…
Kilbirnie
Kilbirnie (Cill Bhraonaigh) is a town situated in the Garnock Valley of North Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland. It is around 20 mi southwest of Glasgow and approximately 10 mi from Paisley and 13 mi from Irvine respectively.…
Inverurie
Inverurie (; Inbhir Uraidh or Inbhir Uaraidh, "mouth of the River Ury") is a market town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at the confluence of the rivers Ury and Don, about 16 mi north-west of Aberdeen. It had a population of 15,106 in 2022.
Coatbridge
Coatbridge (; Cotbrig or Coatbrig) is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 8+1/2 mi east of Glasgow city centre, set in the central Lowlands. It had a population of 42,264 in 2022. Along with neighbouring town Airdrie, Coatbridge…
Rye, East Sussex
Rye is a town and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, 2 mi from the English Channel at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede. In the mid-twelfth century, it was an important…
Ingatestone
Ingatestone is a village in the civil parish of Ingatestone and Fryerning in the Borough of Brentwood in Essex, England. It lies 5 miles north-east of Brentwood and 25 miles north-east of Charing Cross in central London. At the 2021 Census…
Welshpool
Welshpool (Y Trallwng) is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, historically in the county of Montgomeryshire. The town is 4 mi from the Wales–England border and low-lying on the River Severn. The community, which also includes…