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 Today is 8th November 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 Clock in Guildford High Street, Surrey

Guildford

Guildford is the county town of Surrey, in the heart of the county. It is twenty-seven miles southwest of London on the A3 trunk road linking the capital to Portsmouth.

Guildford's position was its foundation and its fortune, for the town stands in the gap in the Downs where the River Wey forces its passage and where it was ancient days forded by the Harrow Way. To the west of the gap rises the Hog's Back and to the east the North Downs rise steeply, are thus all traffic had to come here to pass through this gap, until the Guildford Bypass was forced across the hills. Today, houses climb up the sides of the hills, but they are no less steep and the main roads still cross the Wey on two bridges in the narrow gap of the Downs. (Read more)

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