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Some key facts on each of the historic counties of the United Kingdom. The counties are listed along with their Historic Counties Standard (HCS) Number and their HCS Code.

01  ABN  Aberdeenshire
Main Towns:Aberdeen, Ballater, Braemar, Dyce, Fraserburgh, Huntly, Inverurie, Peterhead.
Main Rivers:Dee, Don, Ythan, Deveron.
Highlights:Balmoral; Slains Castle, Peterhead; Provost Skene's House, Aberdeen; Loanhead Stone Circle.
Highest Point:Ben Macdhui, 4269 feet.


02  AGL  Anglesey
Main Towns:Beaumaris, Holyhead, Llanerchymedd, Menai Bridge, Newborough, Trearddur Bay.
Main Rivers:Alaw, Cefui, Wygyr.
Highlights:Beaumaris Castle; Britannia Bridge; Bryn Celli Du burial chamber; Din Lligly Roman village.
Highest Point:Holyhead Mountain, 720 feet.


03  ANG  Angus
Main Towns:Forfar, Arbroath, Brechin, Carnoustie, Dundee, Fintry, Kirriemuir, Montrose.
Main Rivers:Isla, Esk.
Highlights:Glamis Castle; Championship Course, Carnoustie; Glen Esk; Glen Clova; J M Barrie Museum, Kirriemuir.
Highest Point:Glas Maol, 3502 feet.


04  ANM  Antrim
Main Towns:Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Larne, Lisburn, Portrush.
Main Rivers:Bann, Lagan.
Highlights:Glens of Antrim; Giant's Causeway; Carrickfergus Castle; Dunluce Castle.
Highest Point:Trostan, 1817 feet.


05  ARG  Argyllshire
Main Towns:Argyll, Bowmore, Campbeltown, Connel, Dunoon, Furnance, Kiloran, Kinlockleven, Lochgilphead, Lochgoilhead, Oban, Inverary, Port Ellen, Tarbert, Tighnabruaich, Tobermory.
Main Rivers:Urchay, Awe.
Highlights:Glen Coe; Isle of Mull; Fleming's Cairn, Rannoch Moor; Iona; Kilchurn Castle; Staffa (Fingal's Cave); West Highland Line.
Highest Point:Bidean nam Bian, 3773 feet.


06  ARH  Armagh
Main Towns:Armagh, Craigavon, Crossmaglen, Portadown, Lurgan, Tandragee, Loughgall.
Main Rivers:Blackwater, Bann, Callan, Newry.
Highlights:Armagh Planetarium; County Museum, Armagh; Slieve Gullion Forest park; Palace Stables Heritage Centre.
Highest Point:Slieve Gullion, 1893 feet.


07  AYS  Ayrshire
Main Towns:Ayr, Ardrossan, Girvan, Irvine, Kilwinning, Largs, Prestwick, Saltcoats, Troon.
Main Rivers:Ayr, Kilmarnock, Farnock, Irvine, Lugar, Doon, Girvan, Stinchar.
Highlights:Ailsa Craig bird reserve; Robert Burns' cottage, museum, monument, Alloway; Culzean Castle.
Highest Point:Kirriereoch Hill shoulder, 2565 feet.


08  BNF  Banffshire
Main Towns:Aberchirder, Banff, Buckie, Cullen, Gardenstown, Keith, Macduff, Tomintoul, Whitehills.
Main Rivers:Deveron, Spey, Avon.
Highlights:Auchindown Castle; Colleonard Sculpture Park; Duff House, Banff; Glenfarcas distillery.
Highest Point:Ben Macdhui, 4296 feet.


09  BED  Bedfordshire
Main Towns:Ampthill, Bedford, Luton, Biggelswade, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Sandy.
Main Rivers:Flit, Ouse, Ivel, Hiz, Ouzel, Lea.
Highlights:Woburn Abbey Safari Park; Bunyan Statue, Bedford; Luton Hoo; Whipsnade Zoo; Wrest Park.
Highest Point:Dunstable Downs, 801 feet.


10  BER  Berkshire
Main Towns:Abingdon, Didcot, Harwell, Hungerford, Maidenhead, Newbury, Reading, Wantage, Windsor.
Main Rivers:Thames, Kennet, Blackwater, Lamborn, Ock, Lodden.
Highlights:White Horse and Maiden Castle, Uffington; Windsor Castle and Great Park; Warfield St Michael's church.
Highest Point:Walbury Hill shoulder, 956 feet.


11  BRW  Berwickshire
Main Towns:Coldstream, Duns, Eyemouth, Lauder.
Main Rivers:Tweed, Eye, Blackadder.
Highlights:Dryburgh Abbey; Eyemouth Museum; Mellerstain House; Thirlstane Castle.
Highest Point:Meikle Says Law shoulder, 1746 feet.


12  BRN  Brecknockshire
Main Towns:Brecon, Builth Wells, Cefn-Coed-y-Cymmer, Crickhowell, Hay-on-Wye, Llanwryd Wells, Ystradgynlais.
Main Rivers:Wye, Usk, Honddu, Irfon, Elan, Claerwen, Taff, Tawe.
Highlights:Brecon Beacons National Park; Bulwark and High Street, Brecon; Ffynnon Drewllyd (Stinking Spring), Llanwrtd Wells; Bookshops & Castle, Hay-on-Wye.
Highest Point:Pen-y-Fan, 2901 feet.


13  BUC  Buckinghamshire
Main Towns:Aylesbury, Beaconsfiled, Buckingham, Chalfont St Giles, Eton, High Wycombe, Linslade, Marlow, Milton Keynes, Princes Risborough, Slough.
Main Rivers:Ouse, Ray, Thames, Colne, Chess, Wyte, Lovat, Lyde.
Highlights:Burnham Beeches; Cliveden Estate; Quaker Meeting House, Jordans; Waddesden Manor.
Highest Point:Haddington Hill, 975 feet.


14  BTE  Buteshire
Main Towns:Brodick, Lochranza, Milport, Rothesay.
Main Rivers:St Colmac Burn, Ettrick Burn, Machrie Water.
Highlights:Brodick Castle, Arran; Rothesay Castle, Bute; Mount Stuart House, Bute; St Molais's cave, Arran.
Highest Point:Goatfell, Arran, 2866 feet.


15  CRN  Caernarfonshire
Main Towns:Bangor, Bethesda, Betws-y-Coed, Caernarfon, Conwy, LLandudno, Porthmadog, Pwllheli.
Main Rivers:Conwy, Cadnant, Glaslyn, Gwyrfai, Seiont, Ogwen.
Highlights:Caernarfon Castle & Old Town; Conwy Castle; Great Orme's Head; Llyn Pensinsula; Snowdonia National Park.
Highest Point:Snowdon, 3560 feet.


16  CTN  Caithness
Main Towns:Dunbeath, Dunnet, John O'Groats, Scrabster, Thurso, Wick.
Main Rivers:Thurso, Wick, Oikel.
Highlights:Camster Cairns, Lybster; Dunnet Head; Duncansby Head; The Flow Country.
Highest Point:Morven, 2313 feet.


17  CMB  Cambridgeshire
Main Towns:Burwell, Cambridge, Chatteris, Ely, Gamingley, Melbourne, Sawston, Soham, Wisbech, Whittlesey.
Main Rivers:Cam, Ouse, Nene.
Highlights:Cambridge; Ely Cathedral; Pecover House, Wisbech; Wicken Fen; Wandleybury hill fort.
Highest Point:Near Camps Castle Deserted Village, 420feet.


18  CRD  Cardiganshire
Main Towns:Aberaeron, Aberporth, Aberystwyth, Borth, Cardigan, Lampeter, New Quay, Tregaron.
Main Rivers:Teifi, Towy, Yst, Claerwen, Phydol, Arth, Ayron, Wirrai, Lery.
Highlights:Promenade, Aberystwyth; Vale of Rheiddol Railway; Devil's Bridge; Strata Florida abbey ruins.
Highest Point:Pumlumon, 2468 feet.


19  CRM  Carmarthenshire
Main Towns:Carmarthen, Kidwelly, Llanelli, Llandeilo, Llandovery, Llanstefan, Newcastle Emlyn, St Clears.
Main Rivers:Towy, Gwendraeth Fawr, Gwendraeth Fechan, Llougher.
Highlights:Carreg Cennen Castle; Cenarth Coracle Centre; Roman Amphitheatre, Carmarthen; Dylan Thomas' boathouse, Laugharne.
Highest Point:Fan Foel, 2562 feet.


20  CHE  Cheshire
Main Towns:Altrincham, Birkenhead, Chester, Crewe, Halton, Hoylake, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Nantwich, Sale, Stalybridge, Stockport, Wilmslow.
Main Rivers:Dee, Mersey, Weaver, Dane.
Highlights:Alderley Edge; Chester; Little Moreton Hall; Jodrell Bank Observatory.
Highest Point:Black Hill, 1908 feet.


21  CLM  Clackmannanshire
Main Towns:Alloa, Clackmannan, Dollar, Menstrie, Tillicoultry.
Main Rivers:Black Devon.
Highlights:Cambuskenneth Abbey; Castle Campbell; Dollar Glen; Wallace Monument, Abbey Craig.
Highest Point:Ben Cleuch, 2363 feet.


22  CNW  Cornwall
Main Towns:Bodmin, Bude, Falmouth, Fowey, Launceston, Lostwithiel, Mousehole, Padstow, Penzance, Redruth, St Austell, St Ives, Truro, St Neots, Saltash, Tintagel.
Main Rivers:Tamar, Camel, Fal, Fowey, Truro, Kenwyn, Allen.
Highlights:Bodmin Moor; Lands End; Lanhydrock house; Mevagissey; Merry Maidens stone circle; St Michael's Mount.
Highest Point:Brown Willy, 1375 feet.


23  CRT  Cromartyshire
Main Towns:Ardmair, Cromarty, Kildery, Portmahomack, Ullapool.
Main Rivers:Ullapool, Canaird.
Highlights:Ben Wyvis; Loch Broom; Hugh Miller's Cottage, Cromarty.
Highest Point:Sgurr Mor, 3642 feet.


24  CUM  Cumberland
Main Towns:Alston, Brampton, Cockermouth, Carlisle, Keswick, Maryport, Penrith, Whitehaven, Wigton, Workington.
Main Rivers:Eden, Derwent, Esk, Duddon.
Highlights:Carlile Castle & Cathedral; Castellrigg & Long Meg and her Daughters stone circles; Hadrien's Wall; Scafell Pike.
Highest Point:Scafell Pike, 3210 feet.


25  DBH  Denbighshire
Main Towns:Abergele, Chirk, Colwyn Bay, Denbigh, Gresford, Llangollen, Llanrwst, Ruthin, Wrexham.
Main Rivers:Conwy, Clwyd, Dee.
Highlights:Castell Dinas Bran; Erddig Hall; Plas Newydd; Valle Crucis Abbey; St Peter's Square, Ruthin.
Highest Point:Moel Sych, Cader Berwyn, 2713 feet.


26  DRB  Derbyshire
Main Towns:Ashbourne, Bakewell, Buxton, Chesterfield, Derby, Glossop, Matlock.
Main Rivers:Derwent, Dove, Trent, Wye.
Highlights:Chatsworth House; Dove Dale; Eyam 'plague village'; Haddon Hall; Speedwell Cavern.
Highest Point:Kinder Scout, 2088 feet.


27  DVN  Devon
Main Towns:Axminster, Barnstaple, Bideford, Dartmouth, Exeter, Exmouth, Ilfracombe, Newton Abbot, Plymouth, Sidmouth, Torquay.
Main Rivers:Plym, Lyd, Tavy, Bovey, Dart, Avon, Teign, Exe, Taw, Tamar, Yealm.
Highlights:Dartmoor; Exeter Cathedral; Exmoor; Lynton/Lynmouth; Plymouth.
Highest Point:High Willhays, 2039 feet.


28  DRS  Dorset
Main Towns:Abbotsbury, Bridport, Dorchester, Gillingham, Lyme Regis, Poole, Portland, Shaftesbury, Sherborne, Herbourne, Swanage, Weymouth.
Main Rivers:Axe, Frome, Stour.
Highlights:Brownsea Island; Cerne Abbas Giant; Chesil Beach and Portland Bill; Durdle Door; Lulworth Cove; Maiden Castle.
Highest Point:Lewesdon Hill, 915 feet.


29  DWN  Down
Main Towns:Ballnahinch, Banbridge, Downpatrick, Dromore, Newcastle.
Main Rivers:Lagan, Bann, Clanrye, Quoile.
Highlights:Exploris aquarium, Portaferry; Dromore Cathedral; Lahananny Dolmen; St Patrick's Grave, Downpatrick; The Old Inn, Crawfordsburn.
Highest Point:Slieve Donard, 2796 feet.


30  DMF  Dumfriesshire
Main Towns:Annan, Ecclefechan, Dumfries, Gretna, Lockerbie, Moffat, Langholm.
Main Rivers:Nith, Annan, Esk.
Highlights:Caerlaverock Castle; Birrens hill fort; Blacksmith's shop, Gretna Green; Gretna Hall; Grey Mail's Tail waterfall.
Highest Point:White Coomb, 2695 feet.


31  DUN  Dunbartonshire
Main Towns:Cardross, Cyldebank, Cumbernauld, Dumbarton, Helensburgh, Kirkintilloch.
Main Rivers:Cylde, Leven.
Highlights:Antonine Wall; Dumbarton Castle; Glen Douglas; Loch Lomond; West Highland Way.
Highest Point:Ben Vorlich, 3092 feet.


32  DRH  Durham
Main Towns:Barnard Castle, Billingham, Blaydon, Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Jarrow, South Shields, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland, Washington.
Main Rivers:Wear, Tees.
Highlights:Durham Cathedral; Raby Castle; Jarrow Church and Monastery; HMS Warrior, Hartlepool.
Highest Point:Burnhope Seat, 2452 feet.


33  ELT  East Lothian
Main Towns:Dunbar, Haddington, North Berwick, Prestonpans.
Main Rivers:Tyne, Coalstone, Whitewater, Fastna, Peffer.
Highlights:Auld Kirk, North Berwick; Berwick Law; Lammermuir Hills; Haddingtown town walk; Muirfield championship golf course.
Highest Point:Mickle Says Law, 1755 feet.


34  ESE  Essex
Main Towns:Barking, Basildon, Colchester, Dagenham, Chelmsford, Harwich, Illford, Maldon, Saffron Waldon, Southend-on-Sea, Stansted Mountfitchet, Tilbury, Tiptree, West Ham, Woodford.
Main Rivers:Stour, Blackwater, Lea, Colne, Chelmer, Crounch, Roding.
Highlights:Castle Hedingham; Colchester roman remains; Waltham Abbey.
Highest Point:High Wood (nr Langley), 482 feet.


35  FRM  Fermanagh
Main Towns:Enniskillen, Lisnakea, Irvinestown.
Main Rivers:Arney, Sillees, Owenbrean, Cladagh, Colebrook.
Highlights:Castle Coole; Devenish Island; Enniskillen Castle; Lough Erne; Marble Arch Caves.
Highest Point:Cuilcagh, 2182 feet.


36  FFE  Fife
Main Towns:Anstruther, Auchtermuchty, Culross, Cupar, Dunfermline, Freuchie, Leven, Kincardine, Kirkcaldy, Rosyth, St Andrews.
Main Rivers:Eden, Leven, Den.
Highlights:Forth Bridge; Royal and Ancient Golf Club, St Andrews; Hill of Tarvit, Cupar; Pittencrieff House, Dunfermline; Ravenscraig Castle.
Highest Point:West Lomond, 1712 feet.


37  FLT  Flintshire
Main Towns:St Asaph, Bodelwyddan, Buckley, Connah's Quay, Dyserth, Flint, Holywell, Overton, Prestatyn, Rhuddlan, Rhyl, Mold.
Main Rivers:Clwyd, Elwy.
Highlights:St Asaph Cathedral; Bodelwyddan Castle; St Winefride's Well, Holywell; Flint Castle; Ewloe Castle; Rhuddlan Castle; Maen Achwynfan (Sone of the Place of Sorrow), Whitford.
Highest Point:Moel Fammau, 1820 feet.


38  GLM  Glamorgan
Main Towns:Aberavon, Aberdare, Barry, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Llantrisant, Maesteg, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath, Pontypridd, Port Talbot, Swansea.
Main Rivers:Taff, Ely, Rumney, Daw, Ogmore.
Highlights:Cardiff Castle; Caerphilly Castle; Castell Coch; Glamorgan Heritage Coast; Gower; Tinkinswood burial chamber.
Highest Point:Craig-y-llyn, 1969 feet.


39  GLC  Gloucestershire
Main Towns:Bristol, Cheltenham, Chipping Campden, Cirencester, Lydney, Nailsworth, Stow-on-the-Wold, Stroud, Tewkesbury.
Main Rivers:Severn, Windrush, Coln, Leadon.
Highlights:Badminton; Berkeley Castle; Cabot Tower, Bristol; Cotswolds; Forest of Dean; Source of the Thames; Offa's Dyke.
Highest Point:Cleeve Hill, 1083 feet.


40  HMP  Hampshire
Main Towns:Aldershot, Basingstoke, Bournemouth, Christchurch, Cowes, Newport, Petersfield, Portmouth, Ringwood, Ryde, Southampton, Winchester, Ventnor.
Main Rivers:Meon, Test, Itchen, Hamble, Beaulieu, Avon.
Highlights:Beaulieu; Osborne House; HMS Victory & Portsmouth Harbour; The New Forest; The Needles.
Highest Point:Walbury Hill, 974 feet.


41  HRF  Herefordshire
Main Towns:Bromyard, Goodrich, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Weobley.
Main Rivers:Wye, Frome, Lugg, Teme.
Highlights:Hereford Cathedral; Church of St Mary & St David, Kilpeck; Symonds Yat; Prospect Gardens, Ross-on-Wye; Eastnor Castle.
Highest Point:Black Mountains, 2306 feet.


42  HTF  Hertfordshire
Main Towns:Abbots Langley, Barnet, Berkhamstead, Bishop's Stortford, Borehamwood, Hatfield, Hemel Hempstead, Hitchin, Hertford, St Albans, Tring, Watford, Welwyn Garden City.
Main Rivers:Lea, Colne, Stort, Ivel, Rib, Mimram.
Highlights:St Albans Cathderal; Shaw's Corner, Ayot St Lawrence; Hatfield House; Verulamium roman remains.
Highest Point:Pavis Wood (nr Hastoe), 803 feet.


43  HNT  Huntingdonshire
Main Towns:Huntingdon, Kilbolton, Godmanchester, St Ives, St Neots.
Main Rivers:Nene, Ouse, Kym.
Highlights:Cromwell's Birthplace and Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon; Flag Fen; Old Fletton.
Highest Point:Field (nr Three Shire Stone), 263 feet.


44  INS  Inverness-shire
Main Towns:Aviemore, Beauly, Broadford, Dunvegan, Fort William, Kingussie, Mallaig, Newtonmore, Portree, Inverness.
Main Rivers:Endrick, Feshie, Garry, Ness, Nethy, Spey.
Highlights:Ben Nevis; Caledonian Canal; Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge; Culloden battefield; Great Glen; Loch Ness; Skye.
Highest Point:Ben Nevis, 4406 feet.


45  KNT  Kent
Main Towns:Bromley, Canterbury, Chatham, Dover, Folkestone, Greenwich, Lewisham, Maidstone, Orpington, Ramsgate, Rochester, Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells, Whitstable, Woolwich.
Main Rivers:Darent, Medway, Great Stour, Little Stour.
Highlights:Walmer Castle; Knole county house; Royal Greenwich Observatory; Ighton Mote; White Cliffs of Dover; Romney Marsh.
Highest Point:Betsoms Hill, 823 feet.


46  KNC  Kincardineshire
Main Towns:Banchory, Fettercairn, Inverbervie, Kincardine, Laurencekirk, St Syrus, Stonehaven.
Main Rivers:Dee, North Esk, Dye, Cowie.
Highlights:Dunnotar Castle; Howe of Mearns stone cirlce; Red Castle; Crathes Castle, Edzell Castle.
Highest Point:Mount Battock, 2555 feet.


47  KNR  Kinross-shire
Main Towns:Kinross, Milnathort.
Main Rivers:Garney, North Queich, South Queich.
Highlights:Kinross House; Loch Leven; Lochleven castle; Cleish Hills.
Highest Point:Innerdouny Hill, 1631 feet.


48  KCB  Kirkcudbrightshire
Main Towns:Castle Douglas, Creetown, Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbright, New Galloway.
Main Rivers:Dee, Urr.
Highlights:Clatteringshaw Dam wildlife centre; Dundrennan Abbey; Glenkens; McLellan's Castle.
Highest Point:Merrick Mountain, 2766 feet.


49  LNK  Lanarkshire
Main Towns:Blantyre, Biggar, Bothwell, Hamilton, Glasgow, Lanark, Motherwell, New Lanark, Rutherglen, Uddingston.
Main Rivers:Clyde, Douglas, Avon, Calder.
Highlights:David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre; Falls of Clyde; Tinto Hill; St Mungo's Cathderal & Victorian Necropolis, Glasgow; Crookston Castle.
Highest Point:Culter Fell, 2454 feet.


50  LCS  Lancashire
Main Towns:Barrow-in-Furness, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Bury, Liverpool, Manchester, Lancaster, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, Salford, Southport, St Helens, Todmorden (part), Ulverston, Warrington, Widnes.
Main Rivers:Mersey, Ribble, Lune, Calder, Hodder, Wyre.
Highlights:Liverpool Anglican Cathedral; Manchester Town Hall; Pendle Hill; Ashton Memorial, Lancaster; Old Man of Coniston; Blackpool Pleasure Beach; Martin Mere nature reserve.
Highest Point:The Old Man of Coniston, 2633 feet.


51  LCR  Leicestershire
Main Towns:Ashby-de-La-Zouch, Coalville, Hinckley, Leicester, Loughborough, Lutterworth, Market Bosworth, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray.
Main Rivers:Soar, Wreake.
Highlights:Belvoir Castle; Bosworth battlefield; Burrough Hill iron age fort; Castle Donnington; Charnwood Forest; Stanford Hall.
Highest Point:Bardon Hill, 912 feet.


52  LNC  Lincolnshire
Main Towns:Boston, Bourne, Cleethorpes, Gainsborough, Grantham, Grimsby, Holbeach, Lincoln, Louth, Scunthorpe, Spalding, Stamford.
Main Rivers:Trent, Welland, Ancholme, Witham, Brant, Glen, Bain, Steeping.
Highlights:Boston Stump; Carr Dyke, Bourne; Lincoln Cathedral; Skegness; Tattersall Castle; the Wolds.
Highest Point:Normanby Top, The Wold, 551 feet.


53  LDR  Londonderry
Main Towns:Coleraine, Londonderry, Magherafelt, Limavady.
Main Rivers:Bann, Roe, Claudy, Foyle.
Highlights:Earhart Centre, Ballyarnet; Sperrin Mountains; Magilligan Strand; Roe Valley Country Park.
Highest Point:Sawel, 2240 feet.


54  MRN  Merionethshire
Main Towns:Aberdovey, Bala, Barmouth, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Harlech, Dolgellau, Trawsfynydd.
Main Rivers:Dee, Mawr, Dovey.
Highlights:Calder Idris; Centre for Alternative Technology; Lake Bala; Harlech Castle; Ffestiniog Railway; Portmeirion; Snowdonia National Park.
Highest Point:Aran Fawddwy, 2972 feet.


55  MSX  Middlesex
Main Towns:Acton, Brentford, Camden Town, Chiswick, Edgware, Edmonton, Enfield, Fulham, Golders Green, Hackney, Hampstead, Hanworth, Harrow, Hendon, Highgate, Hounslow, London, Mill Hill, Millwall, Pinner, Potter's Bar, Soho, Staines, Stanmore, Tottenham, Uxbridge, Westminter, Whitechapel.
Main Rivers:Brent, Crane, Lea, Colne, Thames.
Highlights:Buckingham Palace; Harrow on the Hill; Hampton Court; Hampstead Hill; Hyde Park; Lord's Cricket Ground, Westminster Abbey; Syon House; St Paul's Cathedral; Tower of London; Houses of Parliament.
Highest Point:High Road, Bushey Heath, 509 feet.


56  LMT  Midlothian
Main Towns:Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Murrayfield, Musselburgh, Roslin.
Main Rivers:Almond, Braid Burn, North Esk, South Esk.
Highlights:Edinburgh - Arthur's Seat, Castle, Royal Mile, Holyroodhouse, New Town; Rosslyn Chapel; The Shore, Leith.
Highest Point:Blackhope Scar, 2136 feet.


57  MNM  Monmouthshire
Main Towns:Abergavenny, Blackwood, Cwmbran, Chepstow, Ebbw Vale, Raglan, Monmouth, Newport, Pontypool, Tredegar, Usk.
Main Rivers:Monnow, Usk, Wye, Ebbw, Rumney.
Highlights:Agincourt Square, Monmouth; Caerleon Roman Baths & Ampitheatre; Chepstow Castle; Llanthony Priory; Tintern Abbey; Westgate Hotel, Newport; Transport Bridge, Newport; Wye Valley.
Highest Point:Chwarel-y-Fan, 2226 feet.


58  MTG  Montgomeryshire
Main Towns:Carno, Llanidloes, Llanfyllin, Llanrhaedr ym Mochnant, Llansantffaid ym Mechain, Montgomery, Machynlleth, Newtown, Welshpool.
Main Rivers:Severn, Fyrnwy, Tiannon, Afon, Garno, Mule, Rhiw, Camlet, Wye, Dovey.
Highlights:Parliament House, Machynlleth; Powis Castle; Market Hall, Llandiloes; Market Square, Montgomery.
Highest Point:Moel Sych, 2713 feet.


59  MOY  Morayshire
Main Towns:Burghead, Duffus, Findhorn, Elgin, Fochabers, Lossiemouth.
Main Rivers:Spel, Lossie, Findhorn, Divie.
Highlights:Elgin Cathedral; Gordonstoun school; Sueno Stone, Forres; Nelson memorial, Cluny Hill.
Highest Point:Carn a'Ghille Chearr, 2329 feet.


60  NRN  Nairnshire
Main Towns:Auldearn, Cawdor, Ferness, Nairn.
Main Rivers:Nairn, Findhorn.
Highlights:Calva Cairns ancient monument; Cawdor Castle; Culbin Sands RSPB reserve.
Highest Point:Carn-Glas-Choire, 2162 feet.


61  NRF  Norfolk
Main Towns:Blakeney, Cley-Next-The-Sea, Cromer, Downham Market, East Dereham, Great Witchingham, Great Yarmouth, Kings Lynn, Norwich, Swaffham, Thetford, Wells-Next-The-Sea.
Main Rivers:Bure, Yare, Tas, Thet, Waveney, Little Ouse, Wissey, Nat, Ouse, Wensum.
Highlights:Broads; Britannia Pier & Pleasure Beach, Great Yarmouth; Grimes Graves neolithic flint mines; Norwich Castle & Cathedral.
Highest Point:Beacon Hill, 343 feet.


62  NHP  Northamptonshire
Main Towns:Brackley, Brixworth, Corby, Daventry, Earls Barton, Irthlingborough, Kettering, Northampton, Oundle, Rushden, Peterborough, Silverstone, Towcester, Wellingborough.
Main Rivers:Nene, Welland, Avon, Swift.
Highlights:Eleanor Cross, Northampton; Fotheringhay; Kirby Hall; Naseby battlefield; Peterborough Cathedral.
Highest Point:Arbury Hill, 738 feet.


63  NHB  Northumberland
Main Towns:Alnwick, Berwick on Tweed, Haltwhistle, Hexham, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Seaton Delaval, Tweedmouth, Tynemouth, Wallsend, Whitley Bay.
Main Rivers:Tyne, Coquet, Rede, Aln.
Highlights:Bamburgh Castle; Flodden Field battlefield; Hadrian's Wall; Newcastle city centre and quayside; Whitley Bay.
Highest Point:The Cheviot, 2676 feet.


64  NOT  Nottinghamshire
Main Towns:Beeston, Blidworth, Eastwood, Edwinstone, Mansfield, Newark on Trent, Nottingham, Retford, Southwell, Worksop.
Main Rivers:Trent, Idle, Maun, Devon.
Highlights:Major Oak, Edwinstone; Robin Hood Hills; Thoresby Hall; Wollaton Hall.
Highest Point:Silverhill, 671 feet.


65  ORN  Orkney
Main Towns:Balfour, Kirkwall, Pierowall, St Margaret's Hope, Stromness.
Main Rivers:None.
Highlights:St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall; Scapa Flow, Mainland; Old Man of Hoy; Skara Brae ancient monument.
Highest Point:Ward Hill, Hoy, 1565 feet.


66  OXD  Oxfordshire
Main Towns:Bicester, Burford, Caversham, Chipping Norton, Dorchester, Goring-on-Thames, Henley-on-Thames, Oxford, Thame, Witney, Woodstock.
Main Rivers:Thames, Evelode, Cherwell, Windrush.
Highlights:Blenheim Palace; Cropredy Bridge battefield; High Street, Burford; Oxford; Rollright Stones.
Highest Point:Bald Hill, 843 feet.


67  PBS  Peeblesshire
Main Towns:Broughton, Innerleithen, Peebles, Traquair, Tweedsmuir, West Linton.
Main Rivers:Tweed, Lyne, Manner, Leithen, Quair.
Highlights:Traquair House; Neidpath Castle; St Ronan's Well, Innerleithen.
Highest Point:Broad Law, 2754 feet.


68  PMB  Pembrokeshire
Main Towns:Fishguard, Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Narberth, Newport, Neyland, Pembroke, Pembroke Dock, St David's, St Dogwell's, Tenby.
Main Rivers:Eastern Cleddau, Western Cleddau, Nevern Gwann, Solva.
Highlights:St David's Cathedral & Bishop's Palace; Pentre Ifan burial chamber; Pembrokeshire Coastal Path National Park; Preseli Mountains; Skomer Island.
Highest Point:Foel Cwmcerwyn, 1760 feet.


69  PRT  Perthshire
Main Towns:Abernethy, Blackford, Coupar Angus, Doune, Callander, Dunblane, Killen, Perth, Pilochry, Scone.
Main Rivers:Tay, Garry.
Highlights:Blair Castle; Drummond Castle; Trossachs; Gleneagles Hotel; Scone Palace.
Highest Point:Ben Lawers, 4004 feet.


70  RDN  Radnorshire
Main Towns:Aberedw, Knighton, Knucklas, Llandrindod Wells, Llanelwedd, New Radnor, Painscastle, Rhayader, Presteigne.
Main Rivers:Wye, Elan, Ithon.
Highlights:Abbeycwmhir; Jacket's Well burial chamber; Llandrindod Wells; Offa's Dyke at Knighton; Elan Valley reservoirs.
Highest Point:Great Rhos, 2166 feet.


71  RNF  Renfrewshire
Main Towns:Abbotsinch, Barrhead, Eaglesham, Gourock, Greenock, Linwood, Newton Mearns, Paisley, Port Glasgow, Renfrew.
Main Rivers:Rotten Burn, Black Cart, White Cart.
Highlights:Paisley Abbey; Shiedhill Glen; Wemyss Bay.
Highest Point:Hill of Stake, 1711 feet.


72  RSS  Ross-shire
Main Towns:Dingwall, Gairloch, Kyle of Lochalsh, Fortrose, Port of Ness, Tain, Stornoway, Strathpeffer.
Main Rivers:Oykel, Carron.
Highlights:Abbey of Fearn; Glenmorangie distillery, Tain; Isle of Lewis; Shandwick Stone..
Highest Point:Carn Eige, 3877 feet.


73  RXB  Roxburghshire
Main Towns:Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso, Liddesdale, Melrose, Newton St Boswells, Roxburgh, Town Yetholm.
Main Rivers:Tweed, Teviot, Liddel, Jed, Ettrick, Gala, Leader, Eden.
Highlights:Eilden Hills; Floors Castle; Melrose Abbey; Smailholm Tower, Kelso.
Highest Point:Auchop Cairn, 2422 feet.


74  RTL  Rutland
Main Towns:Cottesmore, Ketton, Oakham, Market Overton, Uppingham.
Main Rivers:Welland, Eye, Wash, Chater.
Highlights:Market place, Oakham; Oakham School; Rutland Water.
Highest Point:Cold Overton Park, 646 feet.


75  SKK  Selkirkshire
Main Towns:Ettrickbridge, Galasheils, Selkirk.
Main Rivers:Ettrick, Yarrow, Cawder.
Highlights:Scott's house, Abbotsford; St Mary's Loch; Mount Ettrick; Halliwell's House Museum and Gallery, Selkirk.
Highest Point:Ettrick Pen, 2269 feet.


76  SHT  Shetland
Main Towns:Baltasound, Lerwick, Scalloway, Sumburgh, Stonybrech.
Main Rivers:None.
Highlights:Clickimin broch, Lerwick; Croft House Museum, Baddam; Jarlshof neolithic settlement; Noup of Noss seabird colony.
Highest Point:Ronas Hill, Northmaven, 1475 feet.


77  SHP  Shropshire
Main Towns:Bishops Castle, Bridgnorth, Church Stretton, Dawley, Donnington, Ellesmere, Ludlow, Coalbrookedale, Newport, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Telford.
Main Rivers:Severn, Perry, Roden, Tern, Clun, Onny, Corve, Rea.
Highlights:Cliff railway, Bridgnorth; Ironbridge; The Wrekin; The Long Mynd.
Highest Point:Brown Clee Hill, 1772 feet.


78  SMS  Somerset
Main Towns:Bath, Bristol (south), Burnham-on-Sea, Clevedon, Glastonbury, Minehead, Shepton Mallett, Somerton, Taunton, Wells, Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil.
Main Rivers:Barie, Yeo, Avon, Exe, Tone, Parrett, Brue, Cary, Fortune.
Highlights:Roman Baths, Bath; Cheddar Gorge; The Mendips; The Quantocks; Glastonbury Abbey & Tor; Isle of Athelney.
Highest Point:Dunkery Beacon, 1706 feet.


79  STF  Staffordshire
Main Towns:Burslem, Burton upon Trent, Hanley, Leek, Lichfield, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Uttoxeter, Walsall, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton.
Main Rivers:Trent, Penk, Sow, Blithe, Tean, Dove, Churnet, Tame.
Highlights:Alton Towers; Castle Ring hill fort; Lichfield Cathedral; Wightwick Bank; Wedgwood factory, Barlaston; Weston Park.
Highest Point:Cheeks Hill, 1705 feet.


80  STL  Stirlingshire
Main Towns:Bonnybridge, Bridge of Allan, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Lennoxtown, Milngavie, Stirling.
Main Rivers:Bannockburn, Carron, Avon, Teith, Allan, Devon, Enfrick, Kelvin.
Highlights:Bannockburn battlefield; Cambuskenneth Abbey; Loch Lomond; Stirling Castle; Wallace Memorial, Stirling.
Highest Point:Ben Lomond, 3192 feet.


81  SFF  Suffolk
Main Towns:Aldeburgh, Bury St Edmunds, Felixstowe, Framlington, Gorleston, Haverhill, Long Melford, Lowestoft, Newmarket, Woodbridge.
Main Rivers:Deben, Stour, Waveney, Lark.
Highlights:Dunwich Cliffs; Lavenham; Flatford Mill; Kersey; Minsmere RSPB reserve.
Highest Point:Great Wood, Rede, 419 feet.


82  SUR  Surrey
Main Towns:Battersea, Brixton, Clapham, Croydon, Epsom, Farnham, Gatwick, Guildford, Haselmere, Kington-upon-Thames, Leatherhead, Richmond, Southwark, Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Woking.
Main Rivers:Mole, Wey, Thames, Eden.
Highlights:Richmond Park; Kew Gardens; North Downs; Runnymede; Thorpe Park.
Highest Point:Leith Hill, 965 feet.


83  SUS  Sussex
Main Towns:Arundel, Battle, Bexhill-on-Sea, Bognor Regis, Brighton, Chichester, Crawley, Eastbourne, Lewes, Hastings, Horsham, Hove, Midhurst, Rye, Southwick, Worthing.
Main Rivers:Arun, Adur, Cuckmere, Ouse, Rother.
Highlights:Battle; Brighton - Royal Pavilion, Grand Hotel, Palace Pier; Hastings castle; South Downs.
Highest Point:Blackdown Hill, 918 feet.


84  SRL  Sutherland
Main Towns:Brora, Dornoch, Helmsdale, Kildonnan, Lairg, Lochinver, Tongue.
Main Rivers:Eanack, Carron, Oykill, Cassley, Shin, Fleet, Broroa, Naver, Hope.
Highlights:Cape Wrath; Dornoch Cathedral; Loch Eribol; Witches Stone, Dornoch; Dunrobin Castle; Smoo Cave, Durness.
Highest Point:Ben More of Assynt, 3431 feet.


85  TYN  Tyrone
Main Towns:Ardboe, Altmore, Castlederg, Coalisland, Cookstown, Donaghmore, Dungannon, Omagh, Fivemiletown, Pomeroy, Strabane.
Main Rivers:Foyle.
Highlights:Beaghmore stone circles; Knockmany chambered cairn; High Cross, Ardboe; Tullaghoge hill; Ulster American Folk Park, Camphill; Ulster History Park.
Highest Point:Sawel, 2240 feet


86  WRW  Warwickshire
Main Towns:Alcester, Aston, Birmingham, Coventry, Kenilworth, Nuneaton, Royal Leamington Spa, Rugby, Solihull, Straford-Upon-Avon, Sutton Coldfield, Warwick.
Main Rivers:Avon, Tame, Anker, Leam, Sherbourne.
Highlights:Aston Hall; Baddesley Clinton; Coventry Cathedrals; Ragley Hall; Shakespeare's birth place, Stratford; Warwick Castle.
Highest Point:The Downs (nr Ilmington) 794 feet.


87  WLT  West Lothian
Main Towns:Armadale, Blackness, Bo'Ness, Linlithgow, Livingstone, South Queensferry.
Main Rivers:Avon.
Highlights:Blackness Castle; Linlithgow Palace; Linlithgow Loch; St Michael's Church, Linlithgow; Hopetoun House; Dalmeny House; Forth Bridge.
Highest Point:The Knock, 1023 feet.


88  WML  Westmorland
Main Towns:Ambleside, Appleby, Bowness-On-Windermere, Grasmere, Kendal, Kirby Lonsdale, Kirkby Stephen, Windermere.
Main Rivers:Eden, Rothay.
Highlights:Helvellyn; Kirkstone Pass; Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere.
Highest Point:Helvellyn, 3118 feet.


89  WGT  Wigtownshire
Main Towns:Cairnryan, Glenluce, Portpatrick, Port William, Newton Stewart, Stranraer, Whithirn, Wigtown.
Main Rivers:Cree, Luce, Bladnoch.
Highlights:Castle Kennedy Gardens; Stones of Torhouse; Marchars peninsula; Mull of Galloway.
Highest Point:Craigairie Fell, 1056 feet.


90  WTS  Wiltshire
Main Towns:Amesbury, Bradford-On-Avon, Chippenham, Devizes, Lacock, Malmsbury, Marlborough, Salisbury, Swindon, Wilton.
Main Rivers:Avon, Wylye, Kennett, Nadder, Bourne.
Highlights:Avebury; Salibury Cathedral; Stonehenge; Wilton House.
Highest Point:Milk Hill, 967 feet.


91  WRC  Worcestershire
Main Towns:Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Dudley, Evesham, Great Malvern, Kidderminster, Pershore, Redditch, Stourbridge.
Main Rivers:Stour, Severn, Terne, Avon.
Highlights:Bourneville; Broadway; Malvern Hills; Severn Valley Railway; Worcester Cathedral.
Highest Point:Worcestershire Beacon, 1395 feet.


92  YRK  Yorkshire
Main TownsYork. North Riding: Guisborough, Hawes, Helmsley, Northallerton, Middlesbrough, Pickering, Scarborough, Redcar, Richmond, Thirsk, Whitby. West Riding: Barnoldswick, Barnsley, Bradford, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Keighley, Leeds, Pontefract, Rotherham, Saddleworth, Sedbergh, Sheffield, Skipton, Todmorden (part), Wakefield. East Riding: Beverley, Bridlington, Filey, Kington-upon-Hull, Market Weighton.
Main Rivers:Ouse, Swale, Ure, Nidd, Wharfe, Aire, Calder, Derwent, Don.
Highlights:Bempton Cliffs; Castle Howard; Cleveland Hills; Minster & Shambles, York; Yorkshire Dales; North York Moors.
Highest Point:Mickle Fell, 2591 feet.


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