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Wednesbury

Wednesbury is a market town in the Sandwell district, in the county of the West Midlands, England; it was historically in Staffordshire. It is located near the source of the River Tame and is part of the Black Country. Wednesbury is…

Atlas: towns and citiesAcross the UK12 min

Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed , sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It lies 2.5 mi south of the Anglo-Scottish border and is the northernmost town in England. The 2011 census…

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Dewsbury

Dewsbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is sited on the River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It lies to the west of Wakefield, east of Huddersfield…

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Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay (; Bae Colwyn) is a town, community and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Denbighshire. At the 2021 census, the…

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Cricklade

Cricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the northernmost town in Wiltshire. It is the first downstream town on the Thames. The parish population at…

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Leamington Spa

Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply Leamington , is a spa town and civil parish in the Warwick district, in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Priors, it grew into a spa town in…

Atlas: towns and citiesLondon13 min

Harrow, London

Harrow is a town in Greater London, England, and serves as the principal settlement of the London Borough of Harrow. The eastern part of the town, by Northwick Park Hospital, crosses the London Borough of Brent border. Harrow lies about…

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Usk

Usk (Brynbuga) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, 10 mi northeast of Newport. It is located on the River Usk, which is spanned by an arched stone bridge at the western entrance to the town. Usk Castle, above the town,…

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Grangemouth

Grangemouth (Grangemooth; Inbhir Ghrainnse,) is a town in the Falkirk council area in the central belt of Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, 3…

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Dumfries

Dumfries (; from Dùn Phris) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, 25 mi from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is the county town of the historic…

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Sennen Cove

Sennen Cove (Porthsenan) is a small coastal village in the parish of Sennen in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. According to the Penwith District Council, the population of this settlement was estimated at 180 persons in 2000. The South…

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Ashton-under-Lyne

Ashton-under-Lyne, also known as Ashton, is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Its population was 48,604 at the 2021 census. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is located on the north…