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Garratts Wood

Garratts Wood is a woodland in Somerset, England, near the village of Winsford. It covers a total area of 1.11 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.

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Northmoor, Dulverton

Northmoor is an historic estate in the parish of Dulverton in Somerset, England. The Victorian mansion house known as Northmoor House is set amongst steep wooded valleys on the southern edge of Exmoor.

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Carrington Moss

Carrington Moss is a large area of peat bog near Carrington, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey, 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Manchester. It occupies an area of about 1,100 acres (450 ha). The depth of peat varies between 17 and 20 feet.

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The Dungeon SSSI

The Dungeon is a 1.2-hectare (3.0-acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) situated 1 mile north-west of Heswall, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. The site was notified in 1988 due to its geological features which show the Tarporley Siltstone Formation of the Mercia Mudstone Group.

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Carrington Power Station

Carrington Power Station is a combined cycle gas turbine power station, which was completed in Autumn 2016 and began commercial operation on 18 September 2016. It is located on the site of a former coal-fired power station, close to the villages of Carrington and Partington in the Greater Manchester Area and 12 km (7.5 mi) southwest of Manchester City Centre. The Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey run alongside the site, in Trafford, Greater Manchester, in North West England.

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Parkgate Cricket Ground

Parkgate Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Station Road, Parkgate, Cheshire. The ground, which is situated close to the bank of the River Dee, is mostly surrounded by residential housing. The site is fairly large, with two cricket pitches, lawn tennis courts, all weather floodlit tennis courts, lawn bowls, boules, 3 squash courts and a full floodlit AstroTurf field hockey pitch. It is used by Neston Cricket Club and Neston Hockey Club. The club also has representative Tennis, Squash and Racq

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Cadishead

Cadishead is a village in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, with a 2014 population of 10,739, situated within the historic county of Lancashire.

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Cadishead

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Morecambe Town Hall

Morecambe Town Hall is a municipal building in Marine Road, Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

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Morecambe Town Hall

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Barton Moss railway station

Barton Moss railway station was in Peel Green, Lancashire, England.

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Barton Moss railway station

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Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial

The Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial stands on the Promenade at Morecambe, Lancashire, England.

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Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial

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Davyhulme (UK Parliament constituency)

Davyhulme was a parliamentary constituency in the Davyhulme suburb of Greater Manchester. It elected Conservative Winston Spencer-Churchill, grandson of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, as a Member of Parliament of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from its establishment for the 1983 general election until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

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Davyhulme (UK Parliament constituency)

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Morecambe F.C.

Morecambe Football Club is a professional association football club based in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. The team plays in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system.

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Morecambe F.C.

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CorpAcq Stadium

The CorpAcq Stadium is a rugby stadium in Barton-upon-Irwell, England, built to replace Salford rugby league club's ground the Willows for the 2012 season. Sale Sharks rugby union club have also played at the stadium since the 2012-13 season.

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Alhambra Theatre, Morecambe

The Alhambra is a theatre situated on the West End promenade in the English seaside resort of Morecambe, Lancashire. Opened in 1901 as the Alhambra Palace, it took its name, though not its style, from the famous Moorish original in Granada, Spain. The building was in continuous use, with a range of entertainment and social uses, until 1970 when a fire gutted the interior. Following extensive refurbishment the theatre reopened in 1973 as The Inn on the Bay before renaming itself The Carleton Club

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Alhambra Theatre, Morecambe

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St George's Church, Carrington

St George's Church is in the village of Carrington, Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, but is now redundant and in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It stands in a relatively isolated position south of the Manchester Ship Canal, along the northern edge of the Carrington Moss industrial estate.

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Wellacre Academy

Wellacre Academy is an 11-16 boys, secondary school with academy status in Flixton, Greater Manchester, England. It was formerly a foundation school that was established in 1955 and adopted its present name after becoming an academy in 2011.

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St Laurence's Church, Morecambe

St Laurence's Church stands at the corner of Chapel Street and Edward Street in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant church, formerly an Anglican parish church. Its benefice has been united with that of Holy Trinity, Morecambe. The former church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

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St Michael's Church, Flixton

St Michael's Church, Flixton, is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish church situated in Flixton, Greater Manchester, within the Diocese of Manchester. Historically, the parish also encompassed Urmston. The church is dedicated to Michael the Archangel. Potentially a site of worship since before the Norman Conquest of 1066, the church is documented to have been established by at least 1198. From the 13th to the 19th centuries, it was under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Lichfield.

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Hest Bank railway station

Hest Bank railway station was opened by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (L&CR) three miles north of Lancaster Castle railway station. The line had been authorised in 1844 and a station was proposed for the village of Hest Bank, Lancashire, the following year. It opened in 1846 along with the line. The station continued to serve the village of Hest Bank until its closure in 1969. The site remains notable as being the point at which the present-day West Coast Main Line (WCML) comes nearest to t

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Irlam railway station

Irlam railway station in Irlam, Greater Manchester, England, is 8+3⁄4 miles (14.1 km) west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester to Liverpool Line, and is operated by Northern Trains.

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Morecambe Bay Academy

Morecambe Bay Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It was founded as Morecambe Grammar School in 1919, moving to its current site on Dallam Avenue in 1938 on a former golf links course. In 2019, it was renamed to Morecambe Bay Academy during the process of becoming an academy.

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Heaton-with-Oxcliffe

Heaton-with-Oxcliffe is a civil parish situated near the River Lune. it is in the City of Lancaster and the English county of Lancashire. The parish contains the villages of Heaton, Oxcliffe Hill, plus the area around Salt Ayre, and had a population of 2,225 recorded in the 2001 census, decreasing to 2,059 at the 2011 census.

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St Mary's Church, Morecambe

St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It is the first Catholic Church in Morecambe to be built after the Reformation. It is located on the corner of Lord Street and Matthias Street in the centre of the town. It was built in 1895 and designed by Pugin & Pugin in the Gothic Revival style.

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Battle of Orewin Bridge

The Battle of Orewin Bridge was fought between English and Welsh armies on 11 December 1282 near Builth Wells in mid-Wales. It was a decisive defeat for the Welsh because their leader, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd was killed, and this effectively ended the autonomy of Wales.

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Battle of Orewin Bridge

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