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Breiwick

Breiwick is a village on the island of Mainland in Shetland, Scotland. Breiwick is in the parish of Tingwall, and is 1.6 mi (2.5 km) north-east of Gott. The remains of a broch are located above Corbie Geo at Hawks Ness, near to the settlement. Wildlife in the area includes the knot.

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Hunstanton Cliffs

Hunstanton Cliffs is a 4.6-hectare (11-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hunstanton in Norfolk, England. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

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Montfield Hospital

The Montfield Hospital is a health facility in the burgh of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Shetland.

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Thornham, Norfolk

Thornham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the north Norfolk coast some 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-east of the seaside resort of Hunstanton, 30 km (19 mi) north of the town of King's Lynn and 70 km (43 mi) north-west of the city of Norwich.

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Broch of Clickimin

The Broch of Clickimin is a large, well-preserved but restored broch in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. Originally built on an island in Clickimin Loch, it was approached by a stone causeway. The broch is situated within a walled enclosure and, unusually for brochs, features a large "forework" or "blockhouse" between the opening in the enclosure and the broch itself. The site is maintained by Historic Scotland. According to its excavator, John R.C. Hamilton, there were several periods of occupation

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St Mary's Church, Holme-next-the-Sea

St Mary's Church is the parish church of Holme-next-the-Sea in the English county of Norfolk. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The church is partly early 15th-century Perpendicular, and partly later reconstruction. It is Grade I listed.

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Scalloway Museum

Scalloway Museum is a local museum in Scalloway, Shetland. The museum has collections that cover the history of the Shetland Islands as well as historical subjects such as the Shetland bus operations. The museum also holds local historical records. The museum is located in the centre of Scalloway.

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Dersingham railway station

Dersingham was a railway station on the King's Lynn to Hunstanton line which served the village of Dersingham, a few miles north of King's Lynn, in Norfolk, England.

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Whiteness, Shetland

Whiteness is a village in Tingwall parish, Shetland Islands, Scotland, on Mainland. It is also an ancient civil parish that was merged with Tingwall in 1891.

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Shernborne

Shernborne is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 5.63 km2 (2.17 sq mi) and had a population of 59 in 24 households at the 2001 census. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and is included in the civil parish of Ingoldisthorpe. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

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Anderson High School, Lerwick

The Anderson High School (AHS) is a comprehensive secondary school in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. The AHS is the largest school in Shetland with around 67 staff and about 800-900 pupils from age 12 to 18.

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Smithdon High School

Smithdon High School is a small comprehensive school academy, with 559 students in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England. Its buildings are Grade II* listed. It changed its status, joining the West Norfolk Academies Trust in 2016. Ofsted rated the school as 'Good' in 2023.

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Mareel

Mareel is a multi-purpose entertainment venue located on the waterfront of Lerwick, the capital of Shetland. Opening in 2012, the facility includes a music venue, a cinema, conference rooms and educational facilities.

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Snettisham Jeweller's Hoard

The Snettisham Jeweller's Hoard is a collection of Romano-British jewellery and raw materials, found during the construction of a house in the Norfolk village of Snettisham in 1985. The hoard is thought to be the working stock of a jeweller, buried in a single clay pot around 155 AD. The finds include the working tip of a quartz burnishing tool, partially or fully completed items of jewellery, and raw materials: mainly silver coins, scrap silver items and silver ingots, but also six pieces of sc

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Fring, Norfolk

Fring is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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Fring, Norfolk

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Dinghurst fort

Dinghurst fort is an Iron Age univallate hillfort south of Churchill in Somerset, England. A scarp encircles the camp, 2.0 metres (6.5 ft) high in the east and 3.0 metres (9.8 ft) high in the west. The fort is also surrounded by a fosse. Bones, rings, and weapons have been found inside the fort.

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Axbridge Town Hall

Axbridge Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square in Axbridge, Somerset, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Axbridge Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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Axbridge Town Hall

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Seahenge

Seahenge, also known as Holme I, was a prehistoric monument located in the village of Holme-next-the-Sea, near Old Hunstanton in the English county of Norfolk. A timber circle with an upturned tree root in the centre, Seahenge, along with the nearby timber circle Holme II, was built in the spring-summer of 2049 BC, during the early Bronze Age in Britain. Contemporary theory is that they were used for ritual purposes; in particular Holme II has been interpreted as a mortuary monument that may ori

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Caversfield

Caversfield is a village and civil parish about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) north of the centre of Bicester. In 1844 Caversfield became part of Oxfordshire, but until then it was always an exclave of Buckinghamshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,788.

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Marsh Gibbon

Marsh Gibbon is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It is close to the A41 and the border with Oxfordshire about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Bicester.

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Cooper School, Bicester

The Cooper School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the northern side of Bicester, Oxfordshire.

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Cooper School, Bicester

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The Manor Country House Hotel, Weston-on-the-Green

The Manor Country House Hotel in Weston-on-the-Green is a building of historical significance and is Grade II* listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in the late 15th century and was the home of many notable people over the next five centuries. Today it is a hotel which provides accommodation, restaurant facilities and caters for special events.

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The Manor Country House Hotel, Weston-on-the-Green

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Springfield railway station (Scotland)

Springfield railway station serves the village of Springfield in Fife, Scotland. The station has two platforms and is unstaffed. Services are operated by ScotRail.

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Springfield railway station (Scotland)

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Ardley Trackways

Ardley Trackways is a 63.6-hectare (157-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Bicester in Oxfordshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

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Ardley Trackways

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