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Aberffraw

Aberffraw is a village and community on the south west coast of the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. The village is 9 miles from the island's county town, Llangefni, and is on the west bank of the Afon Ffraw (Ffraw River). The community includes…

Atlas: towns and citiesAcross the UK7 min

North Walsham

North Walsham is a market town and civil parish in the North Norfolk district of the county of Norfolk, England. The town is located 8 mi south of Cromer and Norwich is 15 mi south.

Atlas: towns and citiesCambridge12 min

Cambridge

Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, 55 mi north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the…

Atlas: towns and citiesAcross the UK10 min

Rosyth

Rosyth (Ros Fhìobh) is a town and Garden City in Fife, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth.

Atlas: towns and citiesAcross the UK12 min

Glossop

Glossop is a market town in the borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England, 13 mi east of Manchester, 24 mi west-northwest of Sheffield and 32 mi north-east of Matlock. Near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire, Greater Manchester, South…

Atlas: towns and citiesAcross the UK12 min

Leeds

Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built…

Atlas: towns and citiesAcross the UK12 min

Hawick

Hawick (; Haaick; Hamhaig) is a market town in the Scottish Borders council area and historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is 10 mi south-west of Jedburgh and 8.9 mi south-south-east of Selkirk. It…

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated 29 mi south of Leeds and 32 mi east of Manchester. It is the second largest city in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the larger metropolitan borough of Sheffield, which…

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Altrincham

Altrincham (, locally) is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is located south of the River Mersey, 8 mi south-west of Manchester, 3 mi south-west of Sale and 10 mi east of Warrington. At…

Atlas: towns and citiesAcross the UK5 min

Brechin

Brechin (, ; Breichin) is a historic market town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin was described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Reformation Roman Catholic diocese…

Atlas: towns and citiesAcross the UK12 min

Amersham

Amersham is a market town and civil parish in the Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire, England, 27 mi northwest of central London, 15 mi south-east of Aylesbury and 9 mi north-east of High Wycombe. Amersham is part of the London commuter…

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Amlwch

Amlwch is a port town and community in Wales. It is situated on the north coast of the Isle of Anglesey, on the A5025 which connects it to Holyhead and to Menai Bridge. As well as Amlwch town and Amlwch Port, other settlements within the…