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Blackpool Location
Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. Lying along the coast of the Irish Sea, it has a population of 142,900, making it the fourth-largest settlement in North West England. Blackpool rose to prominence as a major centre of tourism...
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Plymouth Location
Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area in Devon, England, about south west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar, where they join Plymouth Sound. Since 1967 the unitary authority of Plymouth has included the...
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Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Windsor and Maidenhead Location
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a Royal Borough of Berkshire, in South East England. It became a unitary authority on April 1, 1998. It is home to Windsor Castle and Legoland. The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 as a non...
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Stoke-on-Trent Location
Stoke-on-Trent (; often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles (19 km) long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke forms the The Potteries...
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Portsmouth Location
Portsmouth is a city located in the county of Hampshire on the southern coast of England, and is the UK's only island city. It is commonly nicknamed Pompey. The administrative unit itself forms part of the wider Portsmouth conurbation, with an...
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Telford and Wrekin Location
Telford and Wrekin is a unitary district with borough status in the West Midlands region of England. The district was created in 1974 as The Wrekin, then a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire. The borough's major settlement is Telford, a new...
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Leicester Location
Leicester is the largest city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and is the traditional county town of Leicestershire. Leicester lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the English National Forest. In 2004, the...
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South Gloucestershire Location
South Gloucestershire is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire in South West England. The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and...
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Warrington Location
Warrington is a large town, borough and unitary authority area in Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir. The population of the borough of Warrington, including its 18 civil parish, is...
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Brighton & Hove Location
Brighton and Hove (or Brighton & Hove) is a unitary authority area and city on the south coast of England. It is England's most populous seaside city. It was formed as a unitary authority area on 1 April 1997 by the merger of the East Sussex...
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Kingston upon Hull Location
Kingston upon Hull , almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located 25 mile (40 km) from the North Sea on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary....
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Derby Normanton, Peartree and Rosehill, Derby, England Location
Derby (pronounced "dar-bee" ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent and is surrounded by the shire county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census the population of the borough was 233,700, whilst that of the...
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West Berkshire West Berkshire Location
West Berkshire is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England, governed by a unitary authority (West Berkshire Council). Its administrative capital is Newbury, located almost equidistantly between Bristol and London. ...
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Milton Keynes Location
The Borough of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority and borough in south central England, at the northern tip of the South East England Region. For ceremional purposes, it is in the county of Buckinghamshire It borders the non-metropolitan counties...
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Leicester City Council   Governmental Body
Leicester City Council is a unitary authority responsible for local government in the city of Leicester, England. It consists of 54 councillors, representing 22 wards in the city. It is currently controlled by the Labour Party and is led by Ross...
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Bath and North East Somerset Location
Bath and North East Somerset (commonly referred to as BANES or B&NES;) is a unitary authority that was created on 1 April 1996 following the abolition of the County of Avon. It is part of the Ceremonial county of Somerset. Bath and North East...
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Blackburn with Darwen Location
Blackburn with Darwen is a unitary authority area in Lancashire, North West England. It consists of Blackburn, the small town of Darwen to the south of it, and the surrounding countryside. It was founded in 1974 as the Lancashire borough of...
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Torbay Location
Torbay is an east-facing bay and natural harbour, at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south-west of England, situated roughly midway between the cities of Exeter and Plymouth. Historically part of the county of Devon, Torbay was made a...
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Nottingham Location
Nottingham is a city in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. Its conurbation is the largest in the East Midlands region of England. In 2006 Nottingham had a city population of 286,400. However, Nottingham City's border is tightly...
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Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Location
The Isle of Wight is an English island and county in the English Channel between three and five miles (8 km) from the south coast of England. It is situated south of the county of Hampshire and is separated from mainland England by the Solent....
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Thurrock Location
Thurrock is a unitary authority with borough status in the English ceremonial county of Essex. It is part of the London commuter belt and an area of regeneration within the Thames Gateway redevelopment zone. It lies on the River Thames just to the...
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York York Minster Location
York is a historic walled city in North Yorkshire, England, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss. The city is noted for its rich history, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is nearly 2,000 years old. The...
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North Lincolnshire Location
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. The 846 km² council area lies on the south side of the Humber estuary and consists mainly of agricultural land, including land on either side of the...
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Bournemouth   Location
The Borough of Bournemouth has been a unitary authority in South East Dorset since 1 April 1997. It is named after Bournemouth, the town it serves. Between 1974 and 1997 it was an administrative district in the shire county of Dorset. The Borough...
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Peterborough Location
Peterborough ( ) is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with a projected population of 161,800 as of 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. The Town Hall is north of London at Charing...
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Southampton The Bargate, Southampton Location
Southampton (; IPA ) is the largest city on the south coast of England. It is in the county of Hampshire and is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest. The city lies roughly in the centre of the coast, at the northern-most point of...
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North East Lincolnshire Location
North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in the north east of England, bordering onto the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire and the administrative county of Lincolnshire. These three administrative units make up the ceremonial county of...
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Redcar and Cleveland Location
The borough of Redcar & Cleveland is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England consisting of Redcar, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, and small towns such as Brotton, Skelton and Loftus. It had a resident population...
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Wokingham Wokingham Location
Wokingham is a local government district in Berkshire, England. It is named after its main town, Wokingham. Other places in the district include Arborfield, Barkham, Charvil, Earley, Finchampstead, Hurst, Sonning, Remenham, Ruscombe, Shinfield,...
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Hartlepool Location of Hartlepool constituency Location
Hartlepool is a local government district and borough in the ceremonial county of County Durham, North East England. In 2003 it had a resident population of 90,161. It borders the non-metropolitan county of County Durham to the north, Stockton-on...
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