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| x Blackpool |
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Blackpool (pronounced /ˈblækpuːl/ ( listen)) is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. Situated along the coast of the Irish Sea, it has a population of 142,900, making it the fourth-largest settlement in North West England behind Manchester,...
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| x Plymouth |
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Plymouth ( ˈplɪməθ (help·info)) is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about 190 miles (310 km) south west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join...
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| x Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead |
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The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a Royal Borough of Berkshire, in South East England. It became a unitary authority on 1 April 1998.
It is home to Windsor Castle, Eton College, Legoland and Ascot Racecourse.
The borough was formed on 1...
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| x Stoke-on-Trent |
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Stoke-on-Trent ( pronunciation (help·info); often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles (19 km) long, with an area of 36 square miles (93 km). Together with the Borough of...
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| x Portsmouth |
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Portsmouth (pronounced /ˈpɔərtsməθ/ ( listen)) is a city located in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the United Kingdom's only island city and is located on Portsea Island. The City of Portsmouth and...
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| x Telford and Wrekin |
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Telford and Wrekin is a unitary district with borough status in the West Midlands region of England. The district was created in 1974 as The Wrekin, then a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire.
The borough's major settlement is Telford, a new...
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| x Leicester |
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Leicester (pronounced /ˈlɛstər/ ( listen), LES-ter) is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England. It is the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest. In 2006, the...
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| x South Gloucestershire |
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South Gloucestershire is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire in South West England.
The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and...
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| x Warrington |
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Warrington is a large town, borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley. The population of the borough of Warrington, including its 18 civil...
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| x Brighton & Hove |
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Brighton and Hove (or Brighton & Hove) is a unitary authority area and city on the south coast of England. It is England's most populous seaside resort.
The city was established when two towns brighton and hove joined together to become a city. This...
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| x Kingston upon Hull |
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Kingston upon Hull (pronounced /ˌkɪŋstən əpɒn ˈhʊl/ or /ˌkɪŋkstən əpɒn ˈhʊl/ ( listen)), almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located 25...
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| x Derby |
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Derby (pronounced /ˈdɑrbi/ ( listen), DAR-bee) is a city in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of...
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| x West Berkshire |
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West Berkshire is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England, governed by a unitary authority (West Berkshire Council). Its administrative capital is Newbury, located almost equidistantly between Bristol and London....
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| x Milton Keynes |
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The Borough of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority and borough in south central England, at the northern tip of the South East England Region. For ceremional purposes, it is in the county of Buckinghamshire. It is the most northerly district of the...
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| x Leicester City Council |
Leicester City Council is a unitary authority responsible for local government in the city of Leicester, England. It consists of 54 councillors, representing 22 wards in the city. It is currently controlled by the Labour Party and is led by Ross...
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| x Bath and North East Somerset |
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Bath and North East Somerset (commonly referred to as BANES or B&NES;) is a unitary authority that was created on 1 April 1996 following the abolition of the County of Avon. It is part of the Ceremonial county of Somerset.
Bath and North East...
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| x Blackburn with Darwen |
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Blackburn with Darwen is a unitary authority area in Lancashire, North West England. It consists of Blackburn, the small town of Darwen to the south of it, and the surrounding countryside.
It was founded in 1974 as the Lancashire borough of...
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| x Torbay |
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Torbay (pronounced /ˌtɔːˈbeɪ/) is an east-facing bay and natural harbour, at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south-west of England, situated roughly midway between the cities of Exeter and Plymouth. Part of the ceremonial county of Devon,...
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| x Nottingham |
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Nottingham ( /ˈnɒtɪŋəm/ (help·info)) is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England and is one of only eight members of the English Core Cities Group.
Whilst the City of...
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| x Isle of Wight |
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The Isle of Wight is an English island and a county, located 3-5 miles (5–8 km) from the south coast of the mainland, in the English Channel. It is separated from mainland England by the Solent and is situated south of the county of Hampshire. The...
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| x Thurrock |
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Thurrock is a unitary authority with borough status in the English ceremonial county of Essex. It is part of the London commuter belt and an area of regeneration within the Thames Gateway redevelopment zone.
It lies on the River Thames just to the...
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| x York |
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York (pronounced /ˈjɔːk/ ( listen)) is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two...
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| x North Lincolnshire |
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North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of Lincolnshire.
The 846 km (327 sq mi) council area lies on the south side of the Humber estuary and consists...
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| x Bournemouth |
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The Borough of Bournemouth has been a unitary authority in South East Dorset since 1 April 1997. It is named after Bournemouth, the town it serves. Between 1974 and 1997 it was an administrative district of Dorset, although historically most of the...
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| x Peterborough |
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Peterborough (pronounced /ˈpiːtɚbərə/ or /ˈpiːtɚbʌroʊ/ ( listen)) is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of 164,000 as of June 2006. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of...
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| x Southampton |
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Southampton (pronounced /saʊθˈhæmptən/ ( listen)) is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated 100 km (62 mi) south-west of London and 30 km (19 mi) north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is...
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| x North East Lincolnshire |
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North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, bordering the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire and the administrative county of Lincolnshire. These three administrative units make up the...
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| x Redcar and Cleveland |
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The borough of Redcar & Cleveland is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England consisting of Redcar, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, and small towns such as Brotton, Eston, Skelton and Loftus. It had a resident...
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| x Wokingham |
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Wokingham is a local government district in Berkshire, United Kingdom. It is named after its main town, Wokingham. Other places in the district include Arborfield, Barkham, Charvil, Earley, Finchampstead, Hurst, Sonning, Remenham, Ruscombe,...
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| x Hartlepool |
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Hartlepool is a local government district and borough in the ceremonial county of County Durham, North East England. In 2003 it had a resident population of 90,161. It borders the non-metropolitan county of County Durham to the north, Stockton-on...
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| x Slough |
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Slough (pronounced /ˈslaʊ/ ( listen), rhymes with 'cow'), situated 19 miles (31 km) west of Charing Cross, is a borough and unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the population of...
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| x East Riding of Yorkshire |
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The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a...
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| x Darlington |
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Darlington is a local government district and borough in North East England. In 2003 it had a resident population of 98,210. It borders County Durham to the north and west, North Yorkshire to the south along the line of the River Tees, and Stockton...
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| x North Somerset |
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North Somerset is a unitary authority in England. Its area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters are in the town hall in Weston-super...
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| x Halton |
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Halton is a local government district in North West England, with borough status and administered by a unitary authority. It was created in 1974 as a district of Cheshire, and became a unitary authority area on 1 April 1998. It consists of the towns...
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| x Herefordshire |
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Herefordshire (pronounced /ˈhɛrɪfɚdʃɚ/) is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. It also forms a unitary district known as the County of Herefordshire. It borders the English ceremonial counties of Shropshire to...
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| x Reading |
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Reading (pronounced /ˈrɛdɪŋ/ ( listen) RED-ing) is a large town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some 40 miles (64 km) west of London....
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| x Medway |
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Medway is a conurbation and unitary authority in South East England. The Unitary Authority was formed in 1998 when the City of Rochester-upon-Medway amalgamated with Gillingham Borough Council to form Medway Council, a unitary authority independent...
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| x Isles of Scilly |
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The Isles of Scilly (Cornish: Ynysek Syllan) form an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. Traditionally administered as part of the county of Cornwall, the islands have had a unitary authority council since...
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| x Poole |
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Poole ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset on the south coast of England. The town is 32 kilometres (20 mi) east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The Borough of Poole was made a unitary...
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| x Bristol |
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Bristol (pronounced /ˈbrɪstəl/ ( listen)) is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, 105 miles (169 km) west of London, and 44 miles (71 km) east of Cardiff.
With an estimated population of 416,400 for the unitary...
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| x Southend-on-Sea |
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Southend-on-Sea ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a unitary authority area, town, and seaside resort in Essex, England. The district has Borough status, and comprises the towns of Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, Prittlewell, Shoeburyness,...
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| x Middlesbrough |
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Middlesbrough is a unitary authority and borough in North Yorkshire, England. It is based on the town of Middlesbrough, which is sometimes considered to spread outside the borough boundaries into the neighbouring borough of Redcar and Cleveland; the...
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| x Rutland County Council |
Rutland County Council is a unitary authority responsible for local government in the historic county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The current Council was created in April 1997.
Formally it is a unitary district with the full legal...
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| x Stockton-on-Tees |
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Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority area and borough in the Tees Valley area of North East England, with a population in 2001 of 178,408, rising to 185,880 in 2005 estimates.
The borough of Stockton-on-Tees consists of Stockton-on-Tees ...
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| x Swindon |
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The Borough of Swindon is a local government authority in South West England. It is centred on the town of Swindon and forms part of the ceremonial county of Wiltshire. It was formed in 1974 as the Thamesdown district of Wiltshire, from former areas...
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| x Luton |
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Luton ( /ˈluːtən/ (help·info) or locally pronounced [ˈluːʔən]) is a town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 32 miles (51 kilometres) north of London. Luton, along with its near neighbours of Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton...
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| x Bracknell Forest |
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Bracknell Forest is a unitary authority and borough in Berkshire in southern England. It covers the towns of Bracknell, North Ascot, Sandhurst, Crowthorne and surrounding villages and hamlets.
Bracknell Forest was formed on April 1, 1974, as the non...
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| x Herefordshire Council |
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Herefordshire Council is the local government authority for the county of Herefordshire in England. It is a unitary authority.
It is a relatively new council, formed on 1 April 1998 following the split of Hereford and Worcester into two separate...
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| x Central Bedfordshire |
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Central Bedfordshire is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. It was created from the merger of Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire on 1 April 2009. In addition to taking over the powers of the two district...
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| x Northumberland Council |
Northumberland Council is a new English unitary authority which will replace the current two-tier system of six district councils and one county council in the county of Northumberland as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in...
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| x Cheshire East |
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Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
The borough was established in April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, by virtue of an order under...
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| x County Durham |
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County Durham (pronounced /ˈdʌrəm/) is a ceremonial county and (smaller) unitary district in North East England. The county town is Durham.The largest settlement in the ceremonial county (in the unitary Borough of Darlington) is the town of...
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| x City of Chester and West Cheshire |
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Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority area with borough status, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire. It was established in April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, by virtue of an order under the...
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| x Bedford |
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Bedford is a unitary authority with the status of a borough in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Its council is based at Bedford, which is also the county town of Bedfordshire. The borough contains a single urban area that comprises...
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| x Wiltshire |
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Wiltshire (pronounced /ˈwɪltʃər/ or /ˈwɪltʃɪər/, formerly /ˈwɪlʃər/; also abbreviated Wilts) is a ceremonial county in the south west of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire...
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| x Rutland |
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Rutland (pronounced /ˈrʌtlənd/) is a county of mainland England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Peterborough (a unitary authority ceremonially in Cambridgeshire) and Northamptonshire.
Its...
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| x Shropshire |
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Shropshire (pronounced /ˈʃrɒpʃər/ or /ˈʃrɒpʃɪər/), alternatively known as Salop or abbreviated, in print only, Shrops, is a county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Wales to the west. Shropshire is one of England's most rural and...
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| x Cornwall |
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Cornwall (pronounced /ˈkɔrnwɔːl/, Cornish: Kernow [ˈkɛrnɔʊ]) is a county of England in the United Kingdom, forming the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain. It is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by...
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| x Northumberland |
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Northumberland (pronounced /nɔːˈθʌmbələnd/) is a ceremonial county and unitary district in the North East of England. It borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the...
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