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Atlas: towns and citiesAcross the UK12 min

Yate

Yate is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. It lies just to the southwest of the Cotswold Hills and is 12 mi northeast of Bristol and 12 mi from Bath.

Atlas: towns and citiesAcross the UK4 min

Withernsea

Withernsea is a seaside resort town and civil parish in Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Its white inland lighthouse, rising around 127 ft above Hull Road, now houses a museum to 1950s actress Kay Kendall, who was born in the…

Atlas: towns and citiesAcross the UK6 min

Pwllheli

Pwllheli (;) is a market town and community on the Llŷn Peninsula (Penrhyn Llŷn), in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It had a population of 4,076 in 2011, which declined slightly to 3,947 in 2021; a large proportion (81%) were Welsh speaking.…

Atlas: towns and citiesAcross the UK3 min

Stoke Mandeville

Stoke Mandeville is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located three miles (5 km) from Aylesbury and 3.4 miles (5.5 km) from the market town of Wendover. Although a separate civil parish,…

Atlas: towns and citiesLiverpool5 min

Melwood

AXA Melwood Training Centre, in West Derby, Liverpool is the training ground and academy for Liverpool Football Club's Women's first team, youth teams and academy. It was formerly the men's first team's training ground from the 1950s until…

Atlas: towns and citiesAcross the UK12 min

Swanscombe

Swanscombe is a town in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England, and the civil parish of Swanscombe and Greenhithe. It is 4.4 miles west of Gravesend and 4.8 miles east of Dartford. It had a population of 6300.

Atlas: towns and citiesAcross the UK9 min

Crediton

Crediton is a town and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. It stands on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the junction with the A3072 road to Tiverton, 7 mi north west of Exeter and 14 mi from the M5 motorway. It…

Atlas: towns and citiesLondon12 min

Bromley

Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is 9+1/2 mi southeast of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 97,540 as of 2021.

Atlas: towns and citiesLondon12 min

Beckenham

Beckenham is a town in south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. Prior to 1965, it was part of Kent. It is situated north of Elmers End and Eden Park, east of Penge, south of Lower Sydenham and Bellingham, and west…

Atlas: towns and citiesLondon10 min

Royal Exchange, London

The Royal Exchange is a building in central London, built to house the London Stock Exchange, which now operates elsewhere. Today, the Royal Exchange contains restaurants and luxury shops.

Atlas: towns and citiesAcross the UK12 min

East Grinstead

East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, 27 mi south of London, 21 mi north of Brighton, and 38 mi northeast of the county town of Chichester. Situated in the northeast corner of the…

Atlas: towns and citiesLiverpool5 min

Strawberry Field

Strawberry Field is a visitor attraction and training centre in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton that is owned and operated by the Salvation Army. It operated as a children's home between 1936 and 2005. The house and grounds had originally…