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Monmouth

Monmouth (or ; Trefynwy) is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated on where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, 2 mi from the Wales–England border. The population in the 2011 census was 10,508, rising from 8,877 in

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Wirksworth

Wirksworth is a market town and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. Its population was 4,902 in the 2021 census. Wirksworth contains the source of the River Ecclesbourne. The town was granted a market chart

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Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a town and borough in Berkshire, England, and the county town of Berkshire. It is Berkshire's largest town, with a total population of 203,795 in its built-up area as of 2021. Most of its built-up area lies within the Borough of

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Accrington

Accrington is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about 4 mi east of Blackburn, 6 mi west of Burnley, 13 mi east of Preston, 20 mi north of Manchester and is situated on the culverted River Hyndburn. Commonly abbr

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Llanberis

Llanberis is a village, community and electoral division in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern shore of Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. It is a centre for outdoor activities in Snowdonia, includ

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Stornoway

Stornoway (Steòrnabhagh) is a port town in Scotland, the main town, and by far the largest, of the Outer Hebrides and the capital of both the Isle of Lewis and encompassing island of Lewis and Harris in Scotland. Stornoway is the third-lar

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Dounreay

Dounreay (; Dùnrath) is a small settlement and the site of two large nuclear establishments on the north coast of Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland. It is on the A836 road 9 mi west of Thurso. The nuclear establishments were creat

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Kirkham, Lancashire

Kirkham aka Kirkam-in-Amounderness is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England, midway between Blackpool and Preston and adjacent to the town of Wesham. It owes its existence to Carr Hill upon which it w

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Hay-on-Wye

Hay-on-Wye, or simply Hay (Y Gelli Gandryll; or simply Y Gelli), is a market town and community in Powys, Wales. With over twenty bookshops, it is often described as a "town of books"; it is both the National Book Town of Wales and the site

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Aberaeron

Aberaeron , previously anglicised as Aberayron, is a seaside town and community in Ceredigion, Wales. Located on the coast between Aberystwyth and Cardigan, its resident population was 1,274 in the 2021 census. The name of the town is Wels

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Lavenham

Lavenham is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is noted for its Guildhall, Little Hall, 15th-century church, half-timbered medieval cottages and circular walks. In the m

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New Romney

New Romney is a market town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea after the harbour began to silt up. New Romney, one of the original Cinque Ports, was once a sea port,