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Today is 24th 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:

Gloucester Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, commonly called Gloucester Cathedral is the cathedral of the Diocese of Gloucester and the seat of the Bishop of Gloucester. It stands in the City of Gloucester, county town of Gloucestershire, in the north of the city near the River Severn.

The origin of the cathedral is in 678 or 679, with the foundation of an abbey dedicated to Saint Peter, an abbey dissolved only in the sixteenth century by King Henry VIII. (Read more)

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