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61:Location in Lancashire
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906:Heaton-with-Oxcliffe
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866:Cantsfield
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765:Sunderland
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615:Cantsfield
565:Abbeystead
446:3 February
393:References
352:Barbondale
324:beech fern
272:Bronze Age
213:Lancashire
168:Geological
137:54°12′43″N
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1098:Gragareth
1065:Footpaths
976:Scotforth
966:Quernmore
936:Morecambe
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886:Cockerham
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537:Carnforth
374:Notts Pot
348:Kingsdale
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320:hard fern
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225:Leck Beck
221:Gragareth
217:sinkholes
205:Leck Fell
140:2°30′33″W
1174:Hindburn
1001:Tunstall
996:Thurnham
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785:Tunstall
580:Arkholme
556:Villages
479:27 March
242:The SSSI
165:Interest
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103:Location
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660:Glasson
655:Galgate
610:Borwick
585:Aughton
308:sanicle
278:Ecology
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