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 Today is 22nd July 2026 .

Wikishire is where you may find the best of Britain and Ireland.

Wikishire is where you are; whether you are on the Shetland islands or the South Shetland Islands, or the places between, Wikishire is a growing guide on all you need to know about the British and Irish lands.

Tell the world what you love about your home. Each shire, from Kent to Kerry is here, with ever-growing detail; if your town or village is not in Wikishire, or if something important is missed out, then log on, then -

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To begin, you can peruse the list of counties of the UK or Republic of Ireland, or even go directly to a random page! To accompany the encyclopædia we also have an interactive map of the counties of the British Isles. We also have Resources for GIS including KML files and postcode lookup tools.

Today's featured image is:

The Ochil hills across the River Carron, Stirlingshire

River Carron, Stirlingshire

The River Carron is a river in Stirlingshire that empties into the River Forth. The river bears a name commonplace in the north, but that in Stirlingshire is the most famous of the namesakes. The river rises in the Campsie Fells before flowing into the Carron Valley Reservoir.

In the Dark Ages this was a frontier region: the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle calls the river Cære, when recording a battle here between the Northumbrians and the Picts. (Read more)

Recently featured: Mastic Reserve   •  Hamilton, Lanarkshire   •  White Horse of Uffington

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A wiki is a collaborative website with certain standard functions allowing easy editing of pages by anyone. At Wikishire, you may log on and start work right away.

Few things stay still for long, and here you can keep updating or improving the articles. A wiki is a constant work in progress.

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