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Buckingham is a market town in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders with Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire. The civil parish of Buckingham had a population of 14,294 at the 2021 census. The town lies approximately 12 mi west…
Laugharne (; Talacharn) is a town on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Taf.
Stevenage is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about 28 miles north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946,…
Hitchin is a market town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The town dates from at least the 7th century. It lies in the valley of the River Hiz at the north-eastern end of the Chiltern Hills. It is 16 miles…
Littleport is a town in East Cambridgeshire, in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 6 mi north-east of Ely and 6 mi south-east of Welney, on the Bedford Level South section of the River Great Ouse, close to Burnt Fen…
Southend-on-Sea , commonly referred to as Southend , is a coastal city and unitary authority area in south-eastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, 40 mi east of central London. It is bordered to the north…
Milton Keynes is a city in Buckinghamshire, England, about 50 mi north-west of London. At the 2021 census, the population of its urban area was 264,349. The River Great Ouse forms the northern boundary of the urban area; a tributary, the…
Stilton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, about 12 mi north of Huntingdon in Huntingdonshire, which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as a historic county of England. In 2011 the parish had a…
Cheltenham is a historic spa town and borough adjacent to the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort following the discovery of mineral springs in 1716, and claims to be the…
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. The town lies midway between the cities of Manchester, 16 mi to the south-east, and Liverpool, 17 mi to the south-west. It is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and…
Penzance (; Pennsans , meaning holy head) is a town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England. It lies 64 miles west-southwest of Plymouth, 255 miles west-southwest of London, and 9 miles east of Land's End. Penzance railway station is…
Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the North Norfolk district of the county of Norfolk, England. It is 23 mi north of Norwich, 9 mi northwest of North Walsham and 4 mi east of Sheringham on the North Sea…