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| Cheddar Cheddar is a large village and civil parish in the district of Sedgemoor in the English county of Somerset. It is situated on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills north-west of Wells.Cheddar Gorge is the largest gorge in the United Kingdom and includes several show caves. Cheddar | ||
| England England | ||
| Hastings Hastings | ||
| Lundy Lundy is the largest island in the Bristol Channel, lying off the coast of Devon, England, approximately one third of the distance across the channel between England and Wales. Lundy gives its name to a British sea area and is one of the islands of England.As of 2007, there was a resident population of 28 people, including volunteers. Lundy | ||
| Plymouth Plymouth | ||
| Peterborough Peterborough | ||
| Wookey Hole Caves Wookey Hole Caves is a show cave and tourist attraction in the village of Wookey Hole on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills near Wells in Somerset, England.Wookey Hole cave was formed by the action of the River Axe on the limestone hills. Before emerging at Wookey Hole the water enters underground streams and passes through other caves such as Swildon's Hole and St Cuthbert's Swallet. Wookey_Hole_Caves | ||
| Somerset Somerset ( or ) is a county in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The ceremonial county of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. Somerset | ||
| West Midlands (county) The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of 2,591,300. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire.The county consists of seven metropolitan boroughsCity of Birmingham, the City of Coventry and the City of Wolverhampton, plus Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall. West_Midlands_(county) | ||
| River Parrett The River Parrett is a river flowing through the counties of Dorset and Somerset in South West England. It has its source in the Thorney Mills springs in the hills around Chedington in Dorset, and flows north west through Somerset and the Somerset Levels to its mouth at Burnham-on-Sea where it flows into the Bridgwater Bay Nature Reserve on the Bristol Channel. River_Parrett | ||
| Glastonbury Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town has a population of 8,800. Glastonbury | ||
| Shepton Mallet Shepton_Mallet | ||
| Lewes Lewes | ||
| Site of Special Scientific Interest Talk:Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest | ||
| National Nature Reserves in England National Nature Reserves in England are managed by Natural England and are key places for wildlife and natural features in England. They were established to protect the most important areas of habitat and of geological formations. NNRs are managed on behalf of the nation, not always by Natural England themselves, but sometimes by non-governmental organisations such as the members of The Wildlife Trusts partnership, the National Trust, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds or others. National_Nature_Reserves_in_England | ||
| English Nature English Nature was the United Kingdom government agency that promoted the conservation of wildlife, geology and wild places throughout England between 1990 and 2006. It was a non-departmental public body funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and gave statutory advice, grants and licences. English_Nature | ||
| Mid-Yare NNR Mid-Yare NNR is a National Nature Reserve in Norfolk, east of Norwich, established by English Nature and managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). In RSPB publications, this reserve is known as Strumpshaw Fen.The reserve consists of floodplains along the River Yare, and the total area is 7.8 km². It centres around the Strumpshaw area. Mid-Yare_NNR | ||
| Redgrave and Lopham Fen Redgrave and Lopham Fen is a National Nature Reserve, SSSI, RAMSAR and Natura 2000 site situated on the border between Norfolk and Suffolk.Covering an area of 123 hectares (307.5 acres), Redgrave_and_Lopham_Fen | ||
| Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea | ||
| River Chet The River Chet is a small river in South Norfolk, England and a tributary of the River Yare. It rises in Poringland and then flows eastwards through Alpington, Bergh Apton, Thurton and Loddon. At Loddon it passes under the A146 and then through Loddon Mill and into Loddon Staithe. River_Chet | ||
| Middlesex Middlesex | ||
| Kennet and Avon Canal The Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England. The name may refer to either the route of the original Kennet and Avon Canal Company, which linked the River Kennet at Newbury to the River Avon at Bath, or to the entire navigation between the River Thames at Reading and the Floating Harbour at Bristol, including the earlier improved river navigations of the River Kennet between Reading and Newbury and the River Avon between Bath and Bristol. Kennet_and_Avon_Canal | ||
| Seaford, East Sussex Seaford,_East_Sussex | ||
| Newhaven, East Sussex Newhaven,_East_Sussex | ||
| Rodmell Rodmell | ||
| Ashdown Forest Ashdown Forest is in the county of East Sussex, in South East England is an open area of of heathland together with pine, birch and oak woodland in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is famous as the setting for the "Winnie the Pooh" stories written by A. Ashdown_Forest | ||
| A30 road The A30 is an old trunk road (main road) which runs from central London to Land's End, the westernmost point of the mainland of southern Great Britain (though not of mainland Great Britain as a whole), and is sometimes called the Great South West Road. At 284 miles (457 km) long, it is the third longest 'A' road in the United Kingdom, behind the A1 and A38. A30_road | ||
| Farndon, Cheshire Farndon,_Cheshire | ||
| Cheddar Gorge Cheddar Gorge is the largest gorge in the United Kingdom near the village of Cheddar in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. The gorge is the site of the Cheddar Caves, where Britain's oldest complete human skeleton, Cheddar Man, estimated to be 9,000 years old, was found in 1903. Older remains from the Upper Late Palaeolithic era (12,000stalactites and stalagmites. Cheddar_Gorge | ||
| Tameside The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after the River Tame which flows through the borough and consists of the nine towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Longdendale, Mossley and Stalybridge. Tameside | ||
| River Etherow The River Etherow is a river in the north west of England, and a tributary of the River Goyt. It formed the boundary between the traditional counties of Cheshire and Derbyshire. The upper valley is known as Longdendale. The river has a watershed of approximately , and an annual rainfall of . River_Etherow | ||
| Stalybridge Stalybridge (pop. 23,000) is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. It is northwest of Glossop, east of Manchester and north of Stockport. Historically a part of Cheshire, Stalybridge became a centre for textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution and the 19th-century wealth of the town was built on the factory-based cotton industry, transforming an area of scattered farms and homesteads into a self-confident town. Stalybridge | ||
| Scafell Pike At 978Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England. It is located in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria.It is sometimes confused with the neighbouring Sca Fell, to which it is connected by the col of Mickledore. The name Pikes of Sca Fell was originally applied collectively to the peaks now known as Scafell Pike, Ill Crag and Broad Crag, which were considered subsidiary tops of Sca Fell (which looks higher from many angles). Scafell_Pike | ||
| Somerset Levels Somerset Levels (or the Somerset Levels and Moors as they are less commonly, but more correctly, called) is a sparsely populated coastal plain and wetland area of central Somerset, England, between the Quantock and Mendip hills. The Somerset Levels consist of marine clay "levels" along the coast, and the inland (often peat based) "moors". Somerset_Levels | ||
| River Kennet | The upper reaches of the River Kennet near AveburyThe Kennet is a river in the south of England, and a tributary of the River Thames. The lower reaches of the river are navigable to river craft and are known as the Kennet Navigation, which, together with the Avon Navigation, the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Thames, links the cities of Bristol and London. The local government district of Kennet in Wiltshire is named after it. | |
| East Grinstead East_Grinstead | ||
| Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds is a historic market town in the county of Suffolk, England and formerly the county town of West Suffolk. It is the main town in the borough of St Edmundsbury and known for the ruined abbey near the town centre. The town is known for brewing (with the large Greene King brewery) and for a British Sugar processing factory. Bury_St_Edmunds | ||
| Taunton Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. Taunton | ||
| Quantock Hills The Quantock Hills are a range of hills west of Bridgwater in Somerset, England. The highest point on the Quantocks is Wills Neck, at . The hills are officially designated as the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.The hills run from the Vale of Taunton Deane in the south, for about to the north-west, ending at East Quantoxhead and West Quantoxhead on the coast of the Bristol Channel. Quantock_Hills | ||
| River Huntspill The River Huntspill (or Huntspill River) is an artificial river, in the Somerset Levels, in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England.The river was excavated as a five mile long straight channel using a dragline during the early years of World War II. It was constructed as a priority war work. gallons per day of process water for ROF Bridgwater, the Royal Ordnance Factory near Puriton. River_Huntspill | ||
| Bridgwater Bay Bridgwater Bay is on the Bristol Channel, north of Bridgwater in Somerset, England at the mouth of the River Parrett and the end of the River Parrett Trail. It consists of large areas of mud flats, saltmarsh, sandflats and shingle ridges, some of which are vegetated. It has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1989, and is designated as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. The risks to wildlife are highlighted in the local Oil Spill Contingency Plan. Bridgwater_Bay | ||
| South West Coast Path The South West Coast Path is Britain's longest waymarked long-distance footpath and a National Trail. It stretches for , running from Minehead in Somerset, along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, to Poole Harbour in Dorset. Since it rises and falls with every river mouth, it is also one of the more challenging trails. The total height climbed has been calculated to be 114,931Mount Everest. South_West_Coast_Path | ||
| Kimmeridge Kimmeridge is a small village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated on the English Channel coast. The village has a population of 110 (2001). Non-resident parking is managed by the nearby Smedmore Estate.The village stands on Jurassic shale cliffs, and gives its name to the division of the Jurassic period in which the beds were laid down, because of the quality of the cliffs and the fossils they Kimmeridge | ||
| Exmoor Exmoor is a National Park situated on the Bristol Channel coast of south west England. The park straddles two counties, with 71% of the park located in Somerset and 29% located in Devon. The total area of the park, which includes the Brendon Hills and the Vale of Porlock, covers of hilly open moorland and includes of coast. Exmoor | ||
| Salisbury Plain Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in central southern England covering . It is part of the Southern England Chalk Formation and largely lies within the county of Wiltshire, with a little in Hampshire. The plain is famous for its rich archaeology, including Stonehenge, one of England's best known landmarks. Salisbury_Plain | ||
| Mendip Hills The Mendip Hills (commonly called The Mendips) are a range of limestone-on-sandstone-on-volcanic rock hills situated to the south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset, England. Running east to west between Weston-super-Mare and Frome, the Hills overlook the Somerset Levels to the south and the Avon valley to the north. The hills give their name to the local government district of Mendip, which covers most of the area. Mendip_Hills | ||
| Trafford The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of 211,800, covers , and includes the towns of Altrincham, Partington, Sale, Stretford, and Urmston.The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 as a merger of the municipal boroughs of Altrincham, Sale, and Stretford, the urban districts of Bowdon, Hale, and Urmston and part of Bucklow Rural District. Trafford | ||
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom. Concordats set out agreed frameworks for co-operation between it and the Scottish Government, the Cabinet of the National Assembly for Wales and with representatives from the Northern Ireland Assembly, which have devolved responsibilities for these matters in their respective nations. Department_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs | ||
| Southport Southport is a seaside town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. The town is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the north of Liverpool and west-southwest of Preston. Southport has a population of around 100,000, with approximately 40% of the population over 55 years old and around 55% defined as social class ABC1.Historically a part of Lancashire, tourist attractions include Southport Pier, the second longest seaside pleasure pier in the British Isles, and Lord Street, an elegant tree-lined shopping street once home of Napoleon III of France,. Southport | ||
| Alexandra Palace Set in Alexandra Park, Alexandra Palace was built in an area spanning Wood Green and Muswell Hill, North London, England, in 1873 as a public centre of recreation, education and entertainment and as North London's counterpart to the Crystal Palace in South London. Alexandra_Palace |
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