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== Geography ==
== Geography ==
[[File:Sunset at Hale Head Lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 5323833.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Looking towards Hale Head Light, the southernmost point in the County Palatine, at night.]]
Lancashire stretches from the Irish Sea in the west to the [[Pennine Hills]] in the east and the fells of the southern Lake District in the north. The southernmost point in Lancashire is [[Hale, Lancashire|Hale Head Lighthouse]] on the [[River Mersey]]. The northernmost point is Elter Water; 77 miles to the north of Hale. It is bound to the north-west by [[Cumberland]], to the north by [[Westmorland]], to the east by [[Yorkshire]], with which it shares far its longest land border, formed by the Pennines, and the border with [[Cheshire]] to the south is demarcated by the Mersey. A large area of the county is highland, such as the moorland of the Pennines, bisected by valleys in which historic mill towns such as [[Burnley]], [[Blackburn]], [[Bury]] and [[Rochdale]] are located. Flatter lands are found in the south-west of the county in the West Derby hundred around [[Liverpool]] and the Mersey estuary.
Lancashire stretches from the Irish Sea in the west to the [[Pennine Hills]] in the east and the fells of the southern Lake District in the north. The southernmost point in Lancashire is [[Hale, Lancashire|Hale Head Lighthouse]] on the [[River Mersey]]. The northernmost point is Elter Water; 77 miles to the north of Hale. It is bound to the north-west by [[Cumberland]], to the north by [[Westmorland]], to the east by [[Yorkshire]], with which it shares far its longest land border, formed by the Pennines, and the border with [[Cheshire]] to the south is demarcated by the Mersey. A large area of the county is highland, such as the moorland of the Pennines, bisected by valleys in which historic mill towns such as [[Burnley]], [[Blackburn]], [[Bury]] and [[Rochdale]] are located. Flatter lands are found in the south-west of the county in the West Derby hundred around [[Liverpool]] and the Mersey estuary.
=== Hundreds ===
=== Hundreds ===