FORUM GAMES - Place Names

Ironbridge

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Ironbridge is a large village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. Located on the bank of the River Severn, at the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge, it lies in the civil parish of The Gorge. Ironbridge developed beside, and takes its name from, The Iron Bridge, a 100-foot (30 m) cast iron bridge that was built in 1779.

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Jackson - a town in the state of Wyoming, USA. Jackson is a ski resort in winter.
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**Kalaallit Nunaat, Greenland **


Lancaster - a city in NW England. A key feature of the city is the castle. There are great views of Morecambe Bay and the Lake District fells from Castle Hill.
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motorway services those very expensive places we stop at on long journeys

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Newton Stewart - a town in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland.
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OSLO FJORD, NORWAY

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Perpignan - a city in the far south of France and close to the Spain border.
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Quebec

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Robin Hood’s Bay - a village on the North Yorkshire coast. Many of the streets are steep and narrow and can only be accessed on foot.

Sahara Desert Oasis

Tewitfield - a village near Carnforth in north Lancashire. Tewitfield marina is the farthest navigable point at the north end of the Lancaster Canal.
The canal used to go all the way to Kendal but was cut off at Tewitfield in the early 1970s by the construction of the M6 motorway.

Uddingston Lanarkshire Scotland home of the famous Tunnocks teacake
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Vrnywy Lake

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Warton - village near Preston in Lancashire. Warton is where the Typhoon fighter aircraft are made by British Aerospace.
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Twin Lakes, Mammoth Lakes, California

Xanthi, Greece

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Yvetot - a small town near Rouen in the Normandy region of France.
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ZAMBIA, a country in central Africa and home of Victoria Falls

Abidjan - a major city on the coast of Cote d’Ivoire. Last night’s semi-final in the African Cup of Nations was played in Abidjan.
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