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We have here hundreds of pretty interesting facts about the UK and places within it - some useful, most useless but all likely to hold your interest. With such a long history and a couple of world dominating centuries Britain and Britons have been responsible for many "Firsts" and much silliness. Armed with this knowledge you can amaze your friends or just keep to yourself (or for the glory of the Pub Quiz)

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Abbotsbury
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Aberystwyth
Abingdon
Acton Burnell
Alford
Alfriston
Antrim
Arbroath
Ardkinglas
Arisaig
Arlesey
Arundel
Ascot
Ashbourne
Ashburton
Ashford
Askrigg
Aviemore
Aylesbury
Aynho
Ayot St Lawrence
Ayr
Bakewell
Bala
Bamburgh
Barrow in Furness
Basingstoke
Bath
Bathgate
Battersea
Beaconsfield
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Belgravia
Ben Nevis
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Beverley
Bideford
Biggleswade
Birkenhead
Birmingham
Bishop Auckland
Bishops Castle
Blackburn
Blackheath
Blakeney
Bolton
Boscastle
Bosham
Bourne
Bournemouth
Bowness on Windermere
Bradford on Avon
Bradwell
Braemar
Braintree
Brentford
Bridgnorth
Brightling
Brighton
Bristol
Brixham
Broadstairs
Bromborough
Bungay
Burnley
Burton upon Trent
Bury St Edmunds
Buxton
Caerphilly
Caerwent
Caister-on-Sea
Calne
Cambridge
Campbeltown
Canterbury
Cardiff
Cardigan
Carlisle
Carnforth
Carrickfergus
Castle Combe
Charlton
Cheddar
Chelmsford
Cheltenham
Chepstow
Chester
Chesterfield
Chichester
Chiddingstone
Chipping Ongar
Cirencester
City
Clay Cross
Clerkenwell
Clitheroe
Clovelly
Cockermouth
Colnbrook
Comrie
Conwy
Corwen
Cottisford
Covent Garden
Coventry
Craigellachie
Crail
Crawley
Crystal Palace
Darlington
Dartmouth
Darwen
Daventry
Deptford
Derby
Devizes
Dorchester
Dorking
Dover
Dufftown
Dumfries
Dundee
Dunfermline
Dunstable
Durham
Earls Court
East Coker
East Lulworth
Eastwood
Edinburgh
Eigg
Ellesborough
Ely
Emsworth
Eton
Ettrick
Exeter
Exmouth
Fakenham
Falkland
Felpham
Fishbourne
Flash
Fleet Street
Fochabers
Fordwich
Forfar
Fortingall
Framlingham
Fraserburgh
Fulham
Gateshead
Gatwick
Glasgow
Glastonbury
Glenelg
Gloucester
Grantham
Gravesend
Great Bentley
Great Dunmow
Greenwich
Gretna
Gretna Green
Grimsby
Hadstock
Halifax
Hambledon
Hammersmith
Hampton Wick
Harlech
Hastings
Hathersage
Havant
Heathrow
Helston
Hendon
Hereford
Herm Island
Hertford
Hexham
High Wycombe
Hinckley
Holford

Holkham
Holyhead
Holywell
Hull
Inkberrow
Innerleithen
Inverness
Ipswich
Irvine
Isle of Sheppey
Isleworth
Itchen Abbas
John O Groats
Jura
Keighley
Keith
Kelso
Kendal
Kennington
Kensington
Keswick
Kilchoan
Kings Lynn
Kirkcudbright
Kirriemuir
Knightsbridge
Lacock
Lambeth
Lancaster
Largs
Laugharne
Lavenham
Laxton
Ledbury
Leeds
Leicester
Leiston
Lerwick
Leuchars
Lichfield
Linlithgow
Liverpool
Livingston
Llandovery
Llandudno
Llangefni
Llangollen
Llanidloes
Llanwrtyd Wells
Lockerbie
Londesborough
Loughborough
Lowestoft
Ludlow
Lyme Regis
Macclesfield
Machynlleth
Maidenhead
Maidstone
Maldon
Malmesbury
Mapledurham
Marlborough
Marlow
Mauchline
Maybole
Mayfair
Melton Mowbray
Middleton-in-Teesdale
Monmouth
Montrose
Morecambe
Moreton In Marsh
Mousehole
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newmarket
Newquay
Northallerton
Northampton
Nottingham
NYC
Oundle
Oxford
Padstow
Peebles
Pembroke
Peterborough
Pitlochry
Plymouth
Polzeath
Poole
Porlock
Porthmadog
Portsmouth
Potton
Preston
Prestwick
Puddletown
Pulborough
Reading
Redcar
Redruth
Rhos On Sea
Richmond
Ripon
Romford
Rothbury
Rotherhithe
Rugby
Ruthwell
Salisbury
Saltburn by the Sea
Saltford
Sanquhar
Scarborough
Sheerness
Sheffield
Shrewsbury
Soho
Southampton
Southend on Sea
Southport
Southsea
Southwark
Southwell
Southwold
Spitalfields
St Albans
St Andrews
St Helens
St Helier
St Neots
St Osyth
St Peter Port
Stamford
Stanley
Stirling
Stockton-On-Tees
Stoke Poges
Stow On The Wold
Strand
Stromness
Stroud
Sunderland
Swaffham
Swansea
Swindon
Tain
Thornhill
Thrapston
Thurso
Tonbridge
Tower Hill
Tunbridge Wells
Twickenham
Ulverston
Uppingham
Victoria
Wakefield
Ware
Welshpool
Welwyn Garden City
West Auckland
West End
Westminster
Westward Ho!
Weybridge
Weymouth
Whitechapel
Whitehaven
Wick
Wimbledon
Windsor
Winsford
Woking
Woodbridge
Woodhall Spa
Woodstock
Wooler
Worcester
Worthing
Wrexham
Wylam
Yateley
Yeovil
York
Zennor

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Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. - John Ruskin
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