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"Potential" maritime boundaries are included; that is, the lack of a treaty or other agreement defining the exact location of the maritime boundary does not exclude the boundary from the list. In numbering maritime boundaries, three separate figures are included for each country and territory.
An indoor karting centre is located near to Bank Quay. Pitch and putt and crazy golf are available at Walton Hall and Gardens. A Laser Quest arena and a snooker club can also be found in Warrington, both located close to the town centre. Gulliver's World theme park is located in Old Hall, Apple Jack's Farm theme park is situated in Stretton.
England's economy is usually regarded as a mixed market economy, it has adopted many free market principles in contrast to the Rhine Capitalism of Europe, yet maintains an advanced social welfare infrastructure. The currency in England is the pound sterling, also known as the GBP. England prints its own banknotes which are also circulated in Wales.
The United Kingdom's coastline is more broken than coastlines of many other countries. It has a fractal or Hausdorff dimension or 'wiggliness' of 1.25, which is comparatively high; the Australian coastline for example has a fractal dimension of 1.13, and that of South Africa is 1.02.
England is closer than any other part of mainland Britain to the European continent. It is separated from France (Hauts-de-France) by a 21-mile (34 km) [108] sea gap, though the two countries are connected by the Channel Tunnel near Folkestone. [109] England also has shores on the Irish Sea, North Sea and Atlantic Ocean.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. For the steamship, see SS Warri. City in Delta State, Nigeria Warri City Nickname(s): Waffi, Waff, Waff Town Warri Location in Nigeria Coordinates: Country Nigeria State Delta State Local Government Area Warri South LGA Government • Executive Governor Sheriff Oborevwori Population ...
Indeed, over 40% of the UK incidents threatening pollution occur in or very near the Channel. [28] One occurrence was the MSC Napoli, which on 18 January 2007 was beached with nearly 1700 tonnes of dangerous cargo in Lyme Bay, a protected World Heritage Site coastline. [29] The ship had been damaged and was en route to Portland Harbour.
The shortest distance across the strait, at approximately 20 miles (32 kilometres), is from the South Foreland, northeast of Dover in the English county of Kent, to Cap Gris Nez, a cape near to Calais in the French département of Pas-de-Calais. Between these points lies the most popular route for cross-channel swimmers. [1]