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Today is 7th September 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:

Black Country Living Museum

The Black Country Living Museum is an open-air museum of rebuilt historic buildings in Dudley in Worcestershire. It covers twenty-six acres of former industrial land in the centre of the Black Country, ten miles west of Birmingham. It encompasses a former railway goods yard, disused lime kilns, a canal arm and former coal pits.

The Museum has since added over fifty shops, houses and other industrial buildings relocated from around the Black Country, where demonstrators portray life spanning three hundred years of history, with a focus on 1850-1950. (Read more)

Recently featured: Brookeborough • Kilravock Castle • Audley End House

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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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