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A bit about Wales

Whitesands Bay, Pembrokeshire.

There are 22 ‘counties’ or ‘principal areas’ in Wales.  Most modern guides differentiate between ‘North’, ‘Mid’ and ‘South’ Wales – though some don’t offer any regional breakdown at all.  For the time being, that’s the approach taken by A Bit About Britain. Though politically joined with England since 1535 (see here for a bit about […]

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A bit about Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire Dales, Austwick

Including the counties of North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. Yorkshire is often referred to as ‘God’s own county’.  It is (by British standards) huge and the whole region straddles the north of England, from the east coast to only about ½ an hour’s drive from the

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A bit about North West England

Liverpool, North West England

North West England includes the counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. North West England extends from the attractive market towns of Cheshire, through the vast urban areas around Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Blackburn and Burnley, to the wilds of Cumbria in the north – the ancient kingdom of Rheged, where place names reflect

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A bit about Scotland

The thistle - Scotland's national flower

Scotland is a nation within a state, one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom.  It retains its own unique identity, has its own parliament and its own laws.  So it’s not surprising that it looks and feels different to its more populous neighbour, England, to the south.  Familiar enough to be

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