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Great Missenden is a village and civil parish in the Misbourne Valley of the Chiltern Hills, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated between the towns of Amersham and Wendover; it adjoins the village of Little Kingshill, and is 1 mi fro
Newgate Prison was a prison at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey, just inside the City of London, England, originally at the site of Newgate, a gate in the Roman London Wall. Built in the 12th century and demolished in 1904, the p
Little Thetford is a small village in the civil parish of Thetford, 3 mi south of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England, about 76 mi by road from London. The village is built on a boulder clay island surrounded by flat fenland countryside, typical
Sleaford is a market town and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. On the edge of the Fenlands, it is 11 mi north-east of Grantham, 16 mi west of Boston, and 17 mi south of Lincoln. It is the largest settlem
30 St Mary Axe, previously known as the Swiss Re Building, is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London. It is nicknamed The Gherkin after the vegetable of the same name due to its shape. It was comp
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. The ancient borough of Laugharne Township (Treflan Lacharn) with its Corporation and Charter is a unique survival in Wal
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, Steven
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 nort
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 and
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 by
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 Ri