| 137 records found in wikipedia | |||
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| Woking  FeatureType : null Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 51.3162 / -0.561 | Woking is a town in northwest Surrey, England. It is at the southwestern edge of the Greater London Urban Area and is a part of the London commuter belt, with frequent trains and a journey time of approximately 24 minutes to Waterloo station. Woking is southwest of Charing Cross in central London (...) |
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| Luton Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 159 Lat/Lng : 51.8749 / -0.3684 | London Luton Airport , previously called Luton International Airport, is an international airport located east of the town centre in the Borough of Luton in Bedfordshire, England, and is north of Central London. In 2016, over 14 (...) |
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| Twickenham Stadium FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : 51.456 / -0.3415 | Twickenham Stadium (; usually known as Twickenham or Twickers)Nicky Campbell ', The Guardian 1 February 2007 is a rugby union stadium in Twickenham, south west London, England. Owned by the governing body of rugby union in England, the Rugby Football Union (the RFU), the stadium hosts home test (...) |
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| Glasgow Airport FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 55.8719 / -4.4331 | Glasgow Airport , also known as Glasgow International Airport , formerly Abbotsinch Airport, is an international airport in Scotland. It is located in Paisley, Renfrewshire, west of Glasgow city centre. In 2017, the airport handled nearly 9 (...) |
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| Carlisle FeatureType : null Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 54.891 / -2.9439 | Carlisle (or from Cumbric: Caer LuelSnyder, Christopher A. The Britons. John Wiley and Sons, 2003. p.204The Spirit of Hadrian's Wall. Cicerone Press Limited, 2008. p.177) is a city and the county town of Cumbria (...) |
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| Colchester FeatureType : city Elevation : 24 Lat/Lng : 51.8917 / 0.903 | Colchester is an historic market town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in the county of Essex. At the time of the 2011 UK Census, it had a population of 121,859, marking a considerable rise from the previous census and with considerable development since 2001 and ongoing (...) |
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| Arundel FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 50.8544 / -0.5539 | Arundel (or) is a market town and civil parish in a steep vale of the South Downs, West Sussex, England. The much-conserved town has a medieval castle and Roman Catholic cathedral. Although smaller in population than most other parishes, Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much larger (...) |
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| Torquay FeatureType : null Elevation : 71 Lat/Lng : 50.4792 / -3.5305 | Torquay is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies south of the county town of Exeter and east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay and across from the fishing port of (...) |
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| Plymouth FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 50.3719 / -4.136 | Plymouth is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately south-west of Exeter and west-south-west of London. Enclosing the city are the mouths of the river Plym and river Tamar, which are naturally incorporated into Plymouth Sound to form a boundary with Cornwall (...) |
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| Lancaster, Lancashire FeatureType : null Elevation : 24 Lat/Lng : 54.047 / -2.801 | Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire, England. It is on the River Lune and has a population of 52,234; the wider City of Lancaster local government district has a population of 138,375. Long a commercial, cultural and educational centre, Lancaster gives Lancashire its name (...) |
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| Exeter FeatureType : null Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 50.7167 / -3.5167 | Exeter is a cathedral city in Devon, England, with a population of 129,800 (mid-2016 EST). The city is on the River Exe about northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. It is the county town of Devon, and the home of Devon County Council (...) |
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| Egham FeatureType : null Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 51.4289 / -0.5479 | Egham is a Town in the Runnymede borough of Surrey, in the south-east of England. It is part of the London commuter belt and has its own railway station. It adjoins, narrowly, junction 13 of the M25 motorway and is situated WSW of London (...) |
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| Chester FeatureType : city Elevation : 32 Lat/Lng : 53.1926 / -2.8912 | Chester is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales. With a population of 118,200 in 2011, it is the most populous settlement of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 332,200 in 2014. Chester was granted city status in 1541 (...) |
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| Stafford FeatureType : null Elevation : 85 Lat/Lng : 52.8066 / -2.1171 | Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands of England. It lies approximately north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and north-west of Birmingham. The population in 2001 was 63,681 and that of the wider borough of Stafford 122,000, the fourth largest in the county (...) |
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| Shrewsbury FeatureType : null Elevation : 68 Lat/Lng : 52.7077 / -2.7541 | Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, England. The town is on the River Severn and the 2011 census recorded a population of 71,715. Shrewsbury is a market town whose centre has a largely unspoilt medieval street plan and over 660 listed buildings, including several examples of timber framing (...) |
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| Grantham FeatureType : null Elevation : 54 Lat/Lng : 52.9182 / -0.6382 | Grantham is a town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It straddles the London–Edinburgh East Coast Main Line and the River Witham and is bounded to the west by the A1 north–south trunk road (...) |
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| York FeatureType : null Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 53.9576 / -1.0827 | York is a historic walled city in North Yorkshire, England. At the confluence of the River Ouse and Foss, it is the traditional county town of the historic county of Yorkshire. York Minster and a variety of cultural and sporting activities make it a popular tourist destination (...) |
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| Solihull FeatureType : null Elevation : 133 Lat/Lng : 52.413 / -1.778 | Solihull (or) is a large town in the West Midlands, England with a population of 123,187 in the 2011 Census. Historically in Warwickshire, it is a part of the West Midlands conurbation. It is the largest town in, and administrative centre of, the larger Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, which itself (...) |
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| Felixstowe FeatureType : city Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 51.9639 / 1.3515 | Felixstowe is a seaside town in Suffolk, England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 23,689. The Port of Felixstowe is the largest container port in the United Kingdom. (...) |
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| Bracknell FeatureType : null Elevation : 82 Lat/Lng : 51.416 / -0.749 | Bracknell is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, the westernmost area within the Greater London Urban Area and the administrative centre of the Borough of Bracknell Forest. It lies to the east of Reading, south of Maidenhead, southwest of Windsor and west of central London (...) |
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| Glenrothes FeatureType : null Elevation : 95 Lat/Lng : 56.198 / -3.178 | Glenrothes (listen; , ;) is a town situated in the heart of Fife, in east-central Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south of Dundee. The town had a population of 39,277 in the 2011 census, making it the third largest settlement in Fife and the 18th most populous settlement in Scotland (...) |
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| Hemel Hempstead FeatureType : null Elevation : 109 Lat/Lng : 51.7526 / -0.4692 | Hemel Hempstead is a new town in Hertfordshire, England. Located northwest of London, it is part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population according to the 2001 Census was 81,143, and at the 2011 census was 94,932 (...) |
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| Westminster School FeatureType : edu Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 51.4984 / -0.1284 | Westminster School is an independent day and boarding school in London, England, located within the precincts of Westminster Abbey. With origins before the 12th century, the educational tradition of Westminster probably dates back as far as AD 960, in line with the Abbey's history (...) |
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| RAF Brize Norton FeatureType : airport Elevation : 83 Lat/Lng : 51.75 / -1.5836 | Royal Air Force Brize Norton or RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, about west north-west of London, is the largest station of the Royal Air Force. It is close to the settlements of Brize Norton, Carterton and Witney (...) |
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| Malmesbury FeatureType : city Elevation : 83 Lat/Lng : 51.584 / -2.0988 | Malmesbury is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. Technology company Dyson is headquartered in Malmesbury, which remains a market town and became prominent in the Middle Ages as a centre for learning focused on and around Malmesbury Abbey, the bulk of which forms a rare survival of (...) |
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| Hinckley FeatureType : city Elevation : 123 Lat/Lng : 52.5414 / -1.3725 | Hinckley is a market town in southwest Leicestershire, England. It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the second largest town in the administrative county of Leicestershire, after Loughborough (...) |
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| One Canada Square FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 51.505 / -0.0196 | One Canada Square is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London. It is the second tallest building in the United Kingdom at above ground levelAviation charts issued by the Civil Aviation Authority containing 50 stories (...) |
| 28 | Hammersmith FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 51.493 / -0.223 | Hammersmith is a district of west London, England, located west-southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London (...) | |
| 29 | Vélizy-Villacoublay FeatureType : null Elevation : 184 Lat/Lng : 48.7842 / 2.1892 | Vélizy-Villacoublay is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris from the center and east of Versailles. Its inhabitants are called Véliziens. (...) | |
| 30 | South East England FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 51.3167 / -0.5 | South East England is the most populous of the nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes. It consists of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex (...) | |
| 31 | Woolwich FeatureType : city Elevation : 30 Lat/Lng : 51.488 / 0.063 | Woolwich is a district of south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Originally a town in Kent, it has been part of the London metropolitan area since the 19th century."When metropolitan bounderies were defined in 1888 they were contorted to embrace an unmistakably urban (...) | |
| 32 | Essex FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 51.75 / 0.5833 | Essex is a county in south-east England, north-east of London. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and London to the south-west (...) | |
| 33 | East of England FeatureType : city Elevation : 36 Lat/Lng : 52.24 / 0.41 | The East of England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (...) | |
| 34 | MI5 FeatureType : null Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 51.494 / -0.1256 | The Security Service, also known as MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defence (...) | |
| 35 | Andover, Hampshire FeatureType : null Elevation : 64 Lat/Lng : 51.2167 / -1.4667 | Andover is a town in the English county of Hampshire. The town is on the River Anton some west of the town of Basingstoke, north-west of the city of Winchester, north of the city of Southampton and south west of London.Ordnance Survey (2004). OS Explorer Map 131 – Romsey, Andover & Test Valley. (...) | |
| 36 | East Midlands FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 52.98 / -0.75 | The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes. It consists of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (except North and North East Lincolnshire), Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland (...) | |
| 37 | West Midlands (region) FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 171 Lat/Lng : 52.47 / -2.29 | The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes. It covers the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains Birmingham and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and (...) | |
| 38 | South West England FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 110 Lat/Lng : 50.96 / -3.22 | South West England is one of nine official regions of England. It is the largest in area, covering , and consists of the counties of Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, as well as the Isles of Scilly. Five million people live in South West England (...) | |
| 39 | Bexleyheath FeatureType : city Elevation : 53 Lat/Lng : 51.4589 / 0.1384 | Bexleyheath is a town in the London Borough of Bexley, England, southeast of Charing Cross. It is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Bexleyheath is within the historic county of Kent. (...) | |
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| RAF Greenham Common FeatureType : airfield Elevation : 117 Lat/Lng : 51.3793 / -1.2828 | Royal Air Force Greenham Common or RAF Greenham Common is a former Royal Air Force station in Berkshire, England. The airfield was southeast of Newbury, Berkshire, about west of London. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during the Second World (...) |
| 41 | Dunstable FeatureType : city Elevation : 150 Lat/Lng : 51.886 / -0.521 | Dunstable is a market town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the eastward tail spurs of the Chiltern Hills, north of London. These geographical features form several steep chalk escarpments most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the north (...) | |
| 42 | Coulsdon FeatureType : null Elevation : 82 Lat/Lng : 51.32 / -0.1409 | Coulsdon (traditionally pronounced) is a town in south London, mainly within the London Borough of Croydon, with parts of Coulsdon also falling under the London Borough of Sutton and Reigate & Banstead. It is south of Croydon's historic boundaries at Purley and is approximately 13 miles (20 (...) | |
| 43 | North West England FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 508 Lat/Lng : 54.0167 / -2.6333 | North West England, one of nine official regions of England, consists of the five counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The North West had a population of 7,052,000 in 2011 (...) | |
| 44 | Wrexham FeatureType : null Elevation : 89 Lat/Lng : 53.046 / -2.993 | Wrexham is the largest town in the north of Wales and an administrative, commercial, retail and educational centre. Wrexham is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley alongside the border with England (...) | |
| 45 | Hornchurch FeatureType : null Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : 51.5569 / 0.2166 | Hornchurch is a suburban town in the east of Greater London, England. In the London Borough of Havering. It is east-northeast of Charing Cross. Historically an ancient parish in the county of Essex, that became the manor and liberty of Havering, Hornchurch shifted from agriculture to other (...) | |
| 46 | Leicestershire FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 75 Lat/Lng : 52.6333 / -1.1336 | Leicestershire (; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, Staffordshire to the west, and (...) | |
| 47 | Barnsley FeatureType : null Elevation : 101 Lat/Lng : 53.5537 / -1.4791 | Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England, located halfway between Leeds and Sheffield. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town centre lies on the west bank of the Dearne Valley. Barnsley is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of (...) | |
| 48 | Wetherby FeatureType : city Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 53.9276 / -1.3839 | Wetherby is a market town and civil parish within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England. Close to the county's border with North Yorkshire, it stands on the River Wharfe, and for centuries has been a crossing place and staging post on the A1 Great North Road midway (...) | |
| 49 | Abingdon-on-Thames FeatureType : null Elevation : 54 Lat/Lng : 51.667 / -1.283 | Abingdon-on-ThamesA-Z Great Britain Road atlas 2018 , known just as Abingdon between 1974–2012, is an historic market town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England. Historically the county town of Berkshire, since 1974 Abingdon has been administered by the Vale of White (...) | |
| 50 | Southall FeatureType : null Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 51.5121 / -0.3779 | Southall is a large suburban district of west London, England, and part of the London Borough of Ealing. It is situated west of Charing Cross. Neighbouring places include Yeading, Hayes, Hanwell, Hounslow, Greenford and Northolt (...) | |
| 51 | Cumbria FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 145 Lat/Lng : 54.57 / -2.91 | Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972 (...) | |
| 52 | University of Aberdeen FeatureType : edu Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 57.165 / -2.1 | The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated as Aberd. in post-nominals) is a public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is an ancient university founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, petitioned Pope Alexander VI on behalf of James IV, King of (...) | |
| 53 | Yorkshire and the Humber FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 53.5667 / -1.2 | Yorkshire and the Humber is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes. It comprises most of Yorkshire (the administrative areas of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, North Yorkshire and the City of York), as well as (...) | |
| 54 | University of East Anglia FeatureType : edu Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : 52.6217 / 1.2417 | The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution for 2016–17 was £273.7 million of which £35 (...) | |
| 55 | University of Bristol FeatureType : edu Elevation : 64 Lat/Lng : 51.4564 / -2.6044 | The University of Bristol (simply referred to as Bristol University and abbreviated as Bris. in post-nominal letters, or UoB) is a red brick research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1909, although like the University of the West of England and the (...) | |
| 56 | YouTube FeatureType : null Elevation : 46 Lat/Lng : 37.6281 / -122.4264 | YouTube, LLC is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the service in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1 (...) | |
| 57 | RMS Lusitania FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 51.4167 / -8.55 | RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The ship was sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat off the southern coast of Ireland. The sinking presaged the United States declaration of war on Germany in 1917 (...) | |
| 58 | Epping Forest FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 110 Lat/Lng : 51.66 / 0.05 | Epping Forest is a area of ancient woodland between Epping in the north and Wanstead in the south, straddling the border between Greater London and Essex. It is a former royal forest, and is managed by the City of London Corporation (...) | |
| 59 | Roxburghshire FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 103 Lat/Lng : 55.5 / -2.5 | Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire to the north-west, and Berwickshire to the north (...) | |
| 60 | Brockenhurst FeatureType : null Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 50.82 / -1.58 | Brockenhurst is the largest village by population within the New Forest in Hampshire, England. The nearest city is Southampton some to the North East, while Bournemouth is also nearby, South West. Surrounding towns and villages include Beaulieu, Lymington, Lyndhurst, and Sway. (...) | |
| 61 | London Biggin Hill Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 171 Lat/Lng : 51.3308 / 0.0325 | London Biggin Hill Airport is an operational general aviation airport at Biggin Hill in the London Borough of Bromley, located south-southeast of Central London. The airport was formerly a Royal Air Force station RAF Biggin Hill, and a small enclave on the airport still retains that designation (...) | |
| 62 | Hayes, Hillingdon FeatureType : null Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 51.5158 / -0.4234 | Hayes is a town in West London, situated west of Charing Cross. Historically in Middlesex, Hayes became part of the London Borough of Hillingdon in 1965. The town's population was recorded as 95,763 in the 2011 census. Hayes has a long history. The area appears in the Domesday Book (1086) (...) | |
| 63 | Leeds city centre FeatureType : null Elevation : 48 Lat/Lng : 53.7998 / -1.5482 | Leeds city centre is the city centre of Leeds, England. It is within the Leeds Central parliamentary constituency, represented by Hilary Benn as MP since a by-election in 1999. The term central Leeds is often used to describe the city centre, although it refers to a wider area within the Inner Ring (...) | |
| 64 | Beeston, Nottinghamshire FeatureType : null Elevation : 36 Lat/Lng : 52.9267 / -1.2156 | Beeston is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, southwest of Nottingham city centre. To the immediate northeast is the University of Nottingham's main campus, University Park. The pharmaceutical and retail chemist group Boots has its headquarters at a large campus east of the centre of Beeston, on (...) | |
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| Leighton Park School FeatureType : edu Elevation : 78 Lat/Lng : 51.4375 / -0.9475 | Leighton Park School is a co-educational Quaker independent school for both day and boarding pupils in Reading in South East England. The school was founded in 1890, following the closure of Grove House School, also a Quaker establishment. (...) |
| 66 | Cheadle, Greater Manchester FeatureType : null Elevation : 47 Lat/Lng : 53.3933 / -2.2113 | Cheadle is a suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, it borders Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Heald Green and Cheadle Heath in Stockport, and East Didsbury in Manchester. , it had a population of 14,698. (...) | |
| 67 | A15 road (England) FeatureType : null Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 52.7682 / -0.3772 | The A15 is a major road in England. It runs north from Peterborough via Market Deeping, Bourne, Sleaford and Lincoln along a variety of ancient, Roman, and Turnpike alignments before it is interrupted at its junction with the M180 near Scawby (...) | |
| 68 | Corsham FeatureType : city Elevation : 97 Lat/Lng : 51.43 / -2.19 | Corsham is a historic market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. It is at the south-western edge of the Cotswolds, just off the A4 national route, which was formerly the main turnpike road from London to Bristol, southwest of Swindon, southeast of Bristol, northeast of Bath and (...) | |
| 69 | Cliveden FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 89 Lat/Lng : 51.5585 / -0.6882 | Cliveden (pronounced) is a National Trust-owned estate in Buckinghamshire, on the border with Berkshire. The Italianate mansion, known as Cliveden House, crowns an outlying ridge of the Chiltern Hills close to the hilltop village of Taplow, just from the riverside town of Maidenhead (...) | |
| 70 | HMNB Devonport FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 50.383 / -4.183 | Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport), is the largest naval base in Western Europe and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy. It is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Portsmouth) (...) | |
| 71 | Bowdon, Greater Manchester FeatureType : city Elevation : 58 Lat/Lng : 53.3764 / -2.3653 | Bowdon is a village and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Bowdon, Hale and Hale Barns together are regarded as the wealthiest areas in Greater Manchester, and similarly wealthy to Cheshire Golden Triangle towns Wilmslow, Alderley Edge and Prestbury (...) | |
| 72 | Metropolitan Borough of Oldham FeatureType : null Elevation : 201 Lat/Lng : 53.5443 / -2.1192 | The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of , and spans . The borough is named after its largest town, Oldham, but also includes the outlying towns of Chadderton, Failsworth, Royton and Shaw and Crompton, the village of Lees, (...) | |
| 73 | Molesey FeatureType : city Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 51.395 / -0.353 | Molesey is a suburban district comprising two large villages, East Molesey and West Molesey, in Surrey, England, just outside the edge of Greater London and situated on the south bank of the River Thames. East and West Molesey share a high street, and there is a second retail restaurant-lined street (...) | |
| 74 | HMS Prince of Wales (53) FeatureType : waterbody Lat/Lng : 3.56 / 104.4783 | HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England. She was involved in several key actions of the Second World War, including the May 1941 Battle of the Denmark Strait against the German battleship Bismarck, (...) | |
| 75 | Meon Valley Railway FeatureType : null Elevation : 25 Lat/Lng : 50.899 / -1.188 | The Meon Valley Railway (MVR) was a cross-country railway in Hampshire, England that ran for between Alton and Fareham, closely following the course of the River Meon. At its northern (Alton) end, it joined with the Mid-Hants Railway to Winchester, the Alton Line to Brookwood and the Basingstoke and (...) | |
| 76 | Ordnance Survey FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 50.9378 / -1.4713 | Ordnance Survey (OS) is a national mapping agency in the United Kingdom which covers the island of Great Britain. Since 1 April 2015 it has operated as Ordnance Survey Ltd, a government-owned company, 100% in public ownership (...) | |
| 77 | RAF Mildenhall FeatureType : airport Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 52.3619 / 0.4864 | Royal Air Force Mildenhall, more commonly known as RAF Mildenhall, is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located near Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. Despite its status as a Royal Air Force station, it primarily supports United States Air Force (USAF) operations, and is currently the home of the 100th (...) | |
| 78 | RAF Wittering FeatureType : airport Elevation : 81 Lat/Lng : 52.6126 / -0.4764 | Royal Air Force Station Wittering or more simply RAF Wittering is a Royal Air Force station within the unitary authority area of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and the district of East Northamptonshire. Although Stamford in Lincolnshire is the nearest town, the runways of RAF Wittering cross the (...) | |
| 79 | Thiepval Barracks FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 71 Lat/Lng : 54.5242 / -6.0517 | Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn, County Antrim, is the headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland and its 38th (Irish) Brigade. (...) | |
| 80 | Swansea University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 24 Lat/Lng : 51.6097 / -3.9806 | Swansea University is a public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales and in 1948 became the first campus university in UK (...) | |
| 81 | RMS Queen Elizabeth FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 22.3286 / 114.1122 | The RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line. With ' she provided weekly luxury liner service between Southampton in the United Kingdom and New York City in the United States, via Cherbourg in France (...) | |
| 82 | Hurstpierpoint FeatureType : null Elevation : 40 Lat/Lng : 50.9333 / -0.1853 | Hurstpierpoint is a village in West Sussex, England, southwest of Burgess Hill, and west of Hassocks railway station. Together with Sayers Common, it forms a civil parish with an area of 2029.88 ha and a population of 7,112. (...) | |
| 83 | Granton, Edinburgh FeatureType : null Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : 55.976 / -3.229 | Granton is a district in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland. Granton forms part of Edinburgh's waterfront along the Firth of Forth and is, historically, an industrial area having a large harbour. Granton is part of Edinburgh's large scale waterfront regeneration programme. (...) | |
| 84 | Chessington World of Adventures FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 64 Lat/Lng : 51.3489 / -0.3164 | Chessington World of Adventures Resort is a Theme Park, Zoo and Hotel Complex in Chessington, Greater London, England, around southwest of Central London. The complex opened as Chessington Zoo in 1931, with the theme park being developed alongside the zoo by The Tussauds Group and opening on 7 July (...) | |
| 85 | Langholm FeatureType : null Elevation : 80 Lat/Lng : 55.151 / -2.9989 | Langholm , also known colloquially as the "Muckle Toon", is a burgh in Dumfries and Galloway in southern Scotland. Langholm lies between four hills in the valley of the River Esk in the Southern Uplands. It is the traditional seat of Clan Armstrong with its most famous descendant being Neil (...) | |
| 86 | RAF Wyton FeatureType : airport Elevation : 41 Lat/Lng : 52.3572 / -0.1078 | Royal Air Force Wyton or more simply RAF Wyton is a Royal Air Force station near St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, England. In terms of organisation RAF Wyton was part of the combined station RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow, a merger of Wyton with two previously separate bases, RAF Brampton and RAF Henlow (...) | |
| 87 | Emley Moor transmitting station FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 257 Lat/Lng : 53.6119 / -1.6644 | Emley Moor transmitting station is a telecommunications and broadcasting facility on Emley Moor, west of the village centre of Emley, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, made up of a concrete tower and apparatus which began transmitting in 1971 (...) | |
| 88 | One Churchill Place FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 51.5055 / -0.014 | One Churchill Place is a 156 m tall skyscraper with 32 floors, serving as the headquarters of Barclays Bank. It is in the Docklands area of London Borough of Tower Hamlets in Canary Wharf. The building is the 13th-tallest office block in the United Kingdom and the sixth tallest building in the (...) | |
| 89 | Adlertag FeatureType : null Elevation : 108 Lat/Lng : 51.1654 / 13.4773 | Adlertag ("Eagle Day")Hough and Richards 2007, p. 154.Murray 1983, p. 50.Bungay 2000, p. 203.Fiest 1993, p. 28.Mason 1969, p. 236. was the first day of Unternehmen Adlerangriff ("Operation Eagle Attack"), which was the codename of a military operation by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe (German air force) (...) | |
| 90 | Aldershot Garrison FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 83 Lat/Lng : 51.2599 / -0.7598 | Aldershot Garrison, also known as Aldershot Military Town, is a major garrison in South East England, located between Aldershot and Farnborough in Hampshire. Established in 1854, Aldershot is the home of the British Army although smaller than in previous years (...) | |
| 91 | RAF Upavon FeatureType : airport Elevation : 162 Lat/Lng : 51.2861 / -1.7812 | Royal Air Force Upavon or RAF Upavon is a former RAF station located in Wiltshire, England. It was a grass airfield, military flight training school, and administrative headquarters of the Royal Air Force. The station opened in 1912 and closed in 1993, when it was transferred to the British Army and (...) | |
| 92 | Blandford Camp FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 95 Lat/Lng : 50.8667 / -2.1167 | Blandford Camp is a military base comprising some 390 hectares of downland lying 2 miles (3 km) north-east of Blandford Forum in the county of Dorset in southern England. Significant areas of the camp are Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) (...) | |
| 93 | RAF Aldermaston FeatureType : airport Elevation : 104 Lat/Lng : 51.37 / -1.1439 | Royal Air Force Aldermaston or more simply RAF Aldermaston is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Newbury, Berkshire and southwest of Reading, Berkshire, England. Originally built as an RAF Bomber Command airfield during 1941-1942, Aldermaston was transferred to the United States Army (...) | |
| 94 | Kirkburton FeatureType : null Elevation : 137 Lat/Lng : 53.6103 / -1.7028 | Kirkburton is a village, civil parish and local government ward in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England, south east of Huddersfield, in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the township comprises the villages of Kirkburton and (...) | |
| 95 | Cowley, Gloucestershire FeatureType : null Elevation : 187 Lat/Lng : 51.8311 / -2.0519 | Cowley is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire in England. It lies between the A417 and A435 roads between Cheltenham and Cirencester in the Churn Valley, and has a population of 333. The name originates from 'cow' and 'leigh', literally meaning cow pasture (...) | |
| 96 | RAF Kenley FeatureType : airport Elevation : 171 Lat/Lng : 51.3035 / -0.0947 | The former Royal Air Force Station Kenley, more commonly known as RAF Kenley was a station of the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and the RAF in the Second World War. It is located near Kenley, Surrey, England. (...) | |
| 97 | White House Farm murders FeatureType : event Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 51.7591 / 0.8032 | The White House Farm murders took place near the village of Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, England, during the night of 6–7 August 1985. Nevill and June Bamber were shot and killed inside their farmhouse, along with their adoptive daughter, Sheila Caffell, and Sheila's six-year-old twin sons, Daniel and (...) | |
| 98 | Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 62 Lat/Lng : 51.6345 / 0.0175 | Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge is a Grade II* listed former hunting lodge, on the edge of Epping Forest, at 8 Rangers Road, Chingford, London E4, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, near Greater London's boundary with Essex. (...) | |
| 99 | Bovingdon FeatureType : null Elevation : 155 Lat/Lng : 51.723 / -0.5323 | Bovingdon is a large village in Hertfordshire, England, four miles southwest of Hemel Hempstead, and it is a civil parish within the local authority area of Dacorum. It forms the largest part of the ward of Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield, which had a population of 4,600 at the 2001 census, (...) | |
| 100 | Military history of France during World War II FeatureType : null Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 50.6333 / 3.0667 | The military history of France during World War II covers three periods. From 1939 until 1940, which witnessed a war against Germany by the French Third Republic. The period from 1940 until 1945, which saw competition between Vichy France and the Free French Forces under General Charles de Gaulle (...) | |
| 101 | Great Shelford FeatureType : null Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 52.1575 / 0.1348 | Great Shelford is a village located approximately to the south of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. In 1850 Great Shelford parish contained intersected by the river Cam. The population in 1841 was 803 people (...) | |
| 102 | RAF High Wycombe FeatureType : airport Elevation : 197 Lat/Lng : 51.6814 / -0.8019 | RAF High Wycombe is a Royal Air Force station, situated in the village of Walters Ash, near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. It houses Headquarters Air Command, and was originally designed to house RAF Bomber Command in the late 1930s (...) | |
| 103 | White Waltham Airfield FeatureType : null Elevation : 40 Lat/Lng : 51.5008 / -0.7744 | White Waltham Airfield is an operational general aviation aerodrome located at White Waltham, southwest of Maidenhead, in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. This large grass airfield is best known for its association with the Air Transport Auxiliary from 1940 to 1945 (...) | |
| 104 | City Place Gatwick FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 62 Lat/Lng : 51.145 / -0.163 | City Place Gatwick is an office complex located on the property of London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex, England."." City Place Gatwick. Retrieved on 12 February 2011. The complex includes four buildings: The Beehive, an approximately former terminal building at Gatwick Airport located on (...) | |
| 105 | Skellingthorpe FeatureType : null Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 53.2353 / -0.619 | Skellingthorpe is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,465. It is situated west from Lincoln city centre, and just outside the A46 Lincoln ring road (...) | |
| 106 | Luckington FeatureType : null Elevation : 122 Lat/Lng : 51.554 / -2.242 | Luckington is a village and civil parish in the southern Cotswolds, in north-west Wiltshire, England, about west of Malmesbury. The village is on the B4040 road linking Malmesbury and Old Sodbury. The parish is on the county border with Gloucestershire and includes the village of Alderton and the (...) | |
| 107 | Capital Manchester FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 53.4658 / -2.2817 | Capital Manchester is a local radio station owned and operated by the Global Radio as part of the Capital radio network. The station broadcasts from their studios at Global's Manchester HQ in the XYZ Building in Spinningfields, Manchester. (...) | |
| 108 | Open Data Institute FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 23 Lat/Lng : 51.5221 / -0.0834 | The Open Data Institute (ODI) is a non-profit private company limited by guarantee, based in the United Kingdom. Founded by Sirs Tim Berners-Lee and Nigel Shadbolt in 2012, the ODI’s mission is to connect, equip and inspire people around the world to innovate with data (...) | |
| 109 | Brentford railway station FeatureType : railwaystation Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 51.4875 / -0.3096 | Brentford is a railway station in the London Borough of Hounslow, west London. It is on the Hounslow Loop Line and in Travelcard Zone 4. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway. It is the main station for Brentford F.C.'s Griffin Park, 400 metres east (...) | |
| 110 | Eggesford FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 174 Lat/Lng : 50.8713 / -3.8757 | Eggesford is a parish in mid-Devon, without its own substantial village. It is served by Eggesford railway station on the Exeter to Barnstaple railway line, also known as the Tarka Line. (...) | |
| 111 | Debden, Epping Forest FeatureType : null Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 51.6455 / 0.0838 | Debden is a suburb in the civil parish of Loughton, in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. It takes its name from the ancient manor of Debden, which lay at its northern end. The area is predominantly residential, but is also the location of Epping Forest College, East 15 Acting School and (...) | |
| 112 | RAF Martlesham Heath FeatureType : null Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 52.058 / 1.266 | Royal Air Force Station Martlesham Heath or more simply RAF Martlesham Heath is a former Royal Air Force station located south west of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. It was active between 1917 and 1963, and played an important role in the development of Airborne Interception radar. (...) | |
| 113 | RAF Bentwaters FeatureType : airport Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 52.1294 / 1.4344 | Royal Air Force Bentwaters or more simply RAF Bentwaters, now known as Bentwaters Parks, is a former Royal Air Force station about northeast of London and east-northeast of Ipswich, near Woodbridge, Suffolk in England (...) | |
| 114 | Shortstown FeatureType : null Elevation : 41 Lat/Lng : 52.1113 / -0.4315 | Shortstown is a village that lies north of the civil parish of Eastcotts parish on the outskirts of Bedford. It lies on a ridge above the River Great Ouse that was originally called Tinkers Hill. This ridge also overlooks the two other parts of Eastcotts – Harrowden to the north and Cotton End to (...) | |
| 115 | Sileby FeatureType : null Elevation : 50 Lat/Lng : 52.731 / -1.106 | Sileby is a former industrial village and civil parish in the Soar Valley in Leicestershire, between Leicester and Loughborough. Nearby villages include Barrow upon Soar, Mountsorrel, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, Seagrave and Cossington. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 7,835 (...) | |
| 116 | Meads FeatureType : null Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 50.7594 / 0.2727 | Meads is an area of the town of Eastbourne in the English county of East Sussex. It is situated at the westerly end of the town below the South Downs. (...) | |
| 117 | 5 Canada Square FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 51.5056 / -0.0186 | 5 Canada Square is a 15-storey, office building in the Canary Wharf financial district development of London, England. (...) | |
| 118 | Brandsby FeatureType : null Elevation : 95 Lat/Lng : 54.1435 / -1.1001 | Brandsby is a village in North Yorkshire, England. The village is the main constituent of the Brandsby-cum-Stearsby Civil Parish in the District of Hambleton. The village is mentioned in the Domesday book. It lies between Easingwold and Hovingham, some north of York. (...) | |
| 119 | Crowsley Park FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 81 Lat/Lng : 51.513 / -0.9522 | Crowsley Park is a Extract from an 1852 Directory of Oxfordshire country estate in South Oxfordshire, central-southern England, owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). (...) | |
| 120 | Selsey Lifeboat Station FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 50.7272 / -0.7789 | Selsey Lifeboat Station is an RNLI station located in the town of Selsey in the English county of West Sussex in the United Kingdom.Chichester, South Harting, and Selsey OS Explorer Map 120 Folded Map. Publisher: Ordnance Survey; B2 edition. Publishing Date:2009 (...) | |
| 121 | Dowanhill FeatureType : null Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : 55.8773 / -4.3017 | Dowanhill is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, contiguous with Partick, occupying the area west of Hillhead, south of Kelvinside and east of Hyndland. A residential district the area generally contains a mixture of terraced townhouses with private communal gardens, detached villas with private grounds (...) | |
| 122 | National Defence University of Warsaw FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 96 Lat/Lng : 52.2666 / 21.1731 | The National Defence University of Warsaw (- AON) was the civil-military highest defence academic institution in Poland, located in Warszawa-Rembertów. In 2016 it was succeeded by the War Studies University. The National Defence University in Warsaw was established on 1 October 1990 after reform of (...) | |
| 123 | Flackwell Heath FeatureType : null Elevation : 112 Lat/Lng : 51.6009 / -0.712 | Flackwell Heath is a village in the civil parish of Chepping Wycombe on the outskirts of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire England. With an elevation of about , in the Chiltern Hills. It has a population of around 6000. (...) | |
| 124 | Vigo, Kent FeatureType : null Elevation : 204 Lat/Lng : 51.3296 / 0.3539 | Vigo Village is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. It takes its name from a 15th-century public house, which was renamed in the 18th century after the Battle of Vigo Bay. While a nearby hamlet named Vigo was recorded on an 18th-century map, the present village (...) | |
| 125 | Weston, North Yorkshire FeatureType : null Elevation : 172 Lat/Lng : 53.9319 / -1.7231 | Weston is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is north west of Otley and near to the River Wharfe which forms the boundary between North and West Yorkshire in the area. The name is from Old English and means western enclosure, farmstead or village (...) | |
| 126 | Redhill, Somerset FeatureType : null Elevation : 138 Lat/Lng : 51.367 / -2.7259 | Redhill is a village in the parish of Wrington, Somerset, England, on the A38 Bridgwater Road about south of Bristol and close to Bristol Airport. It falls within the Unitary Authority of North Somerset. (...) | |
| 127 | MDP Wethersfield FeatureType : airport Elevation : 100 Lat/Lng : 51.9719 / 0.5094 | MDP Wethersfield is a Ministry of Defence facility in Essex, England, located north of the village of Wethersfield, about north-west of the town of Braintree. Originally a RAF station, the original accommodation areas have now been converted to become the headquarters and training centre of the (...) | |
| 128 | Brightlingsea Station FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 51.81 / 1.03 | Brighlingsea Naval Station was a naval station and military formation of the British Royal Navy located at Brightlingsea, Essex, on the East Coast of England. It was a sub-area command under the Commander-in-Chief, The Nore from 1914 to 1921 and again from 1939 to 1945. (...) | |
| 129 | Fanum House FeatureType : null Elevation : 94 Lat/Lng : 51.2693 / -1.071 | Fanum House is the headquarters of the Automobile Association in Basingstoke in the English county of Hampshire. It is one of several AA buildings named "Fanum House" around the country. The original headquarters in Leicester Square was also called Fanum House, 'Fanum' being the call sign of the AA (...) | |
| 130 | Whitbourne Hall FeatureType : null Elevation : 74 Lat/Lng : 52.2084 / -2.4342 | Whitbourne Hall is a grade II* listed Greek Revival country house located in the village of Whitbourne in Herefordshire (near the Worcestershire border), England. The hall was first constructed in 1860 by the architect E. W (...) | |
| 131 | St Thomas' Church, Southwark FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 51.5051 / -0.0885 | St Thomas Church, Southwark, London, England. The first church building was part of the original St. Thomas' Hospital which was located to the area around the present St Thomas Street, from the infirmary at St Mary Overie priory in 1212. The hospital was therefore also an Augustinian house (...) | |
| 132 | Harworth Colliery FeatureType : null Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 53.415 / -1.061 | Harworth Colliery was a coal mine in the Bassetlaw area of north Nottinghamshire. It was abandoned in 2006 due to troubles at the seam. UK Coal, who owned and maintained the mine, were waiting for a contract to make it worth investing money to open up a new seam (...) | |
| 133 | Harpur Hill FeatureType : null Elevation : 368 Lat/Lng : 53.237 / -1.904 | Harpur Hill is a small village on the outskirts of Buxton, Derbyshire. It is in the Cote Heath ward of the High Peak District council. It has a primary school, a park, a pub, a working men's club and a Methodist church. It also has 3 football pitches which are homes to Harpur Club & Harpur Hill FC (...) | |
| 134 | Zen Internet FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 144 Lat/Lng : 53.6028 / -2.1601 | Zen Internet is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) based in Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. (...) | |
| 135 | RAF Tealing FeatureType : airport Elevation : 132 Lat/Lng : 56.5272 / -2.9722 | RAF Tealing (aka Tealing Airfield) is a former Royal Air Force station (...) | |
| 136 | Aylsham High School FeatureType : edu Elevation : 24 Lat/Lng : 52.7978 / 1.2578 | Aylsham High School is a secondary school in the market town of Aylsham north of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk. It has around 1,000 pupils ranging in age from 11 to 16. Duncan Spalding is the head teacher (...) | |
| 137 | HMS Scotia (shore establishment) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 36 Lat/Lng : 56.033 / -3.449 | HMS Scotia is one of the newest Royal Naval Reserve units, yet its tradition is rooted in the very cradle of Volunteer Reserve activity in Scotland. In August 1903 the Admiralty appointed the first two Commanding Officers of the then RNVR to form divisions in London and on the Clyde (...) | |
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