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A ___MASK24___ is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within the county , or it has been established over time as the " de facto " main town of a county . The concept of a ___MASK24___ eventually became detached from its original meaning of where the county administration or county hall is based . In fact , many county towns are no longer part of the administrative county . For example , Nottingham is administered by a unitary authority entirely separate from the rest of Nottinghamshire . Many county towns are classified as cities , but all are referred to as county towns regardless of whether city status is held or not . Canterbury (, or ) is a historic English ___MASK47___ city and UNESCO World Heritage Site , which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury , a local ___MASK92___ district of Kent , England . It lies on the ___MASK57___ Stour . Surrey is a ___MASK64___ in the south east of ___MASK62___ and also one of the home counties bordering Greater London . Surrey shares borders with Kent to the east , East Sussex to the south - east , West Sussex to the south , Hampshire to the west and south - west and Berkshire to the north - west . The ___MASK24___ is Guildford . Surrey County Council sits extraterritorially at Kingston upon Thames , administered as part of Greater London since 1965 . With a resident population of 1 . 1 million , Surrey is the most densely populated and third most populated ___MASK64___ in the South East region , after Kent and Hampshire . A ___MASK20___ is a landmark which has been officially recognized by the United Nations , specifically by UNESCO . Sites are selected on the basis of having cultural , historical , scientific or some other form of significance , and they are legally protected by international treaties . UNESCO regards these sites as being important to the collective interests of humanity . ___MASK8___ of Canterbury ( or ) is a local ___MASK92___ district with city status in Kent , England . The main settlement in the district is Canterbury . Kent ___MASK34___ , Canterbury is a co - educational independent ___MASK82___ for ___MASK40___ and boarding pupils between the ages of 11 and 18 . It was founded in 1885 , and is a member of the Headmasters ' and Headmistresses ' Conference . Originally established as a boys ' ___MASK82___ , it took girls into the sixth form in 1973 , and since 1975 it has been fully co - educational . The senior ___MASK82___ occupies a semi - rural site of some 70 acres ( 280 , 000 m2 ) on the edge of the city of Canterbury , and also owns the nearby Moat Estate , where there can be found a farm , which is managed by staff and pupils , and extensive sports pitches . These are adjacent to Blean Forest , which is the largest area of ancient woodland in Kent , and is recognised on a British and international level for its importance as a wildlife conservation area . Its junior ___MASK82___ , is located about a mile away , and provides ___MASK40___ ___MASK82___ education for boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 11 , and boarding for children aged 7 and above . Kent ___MASK34___ Dubai is a secondary campus of the Canterbury ___MASK82___ and will be built in Meydan City . The college is due to open in September 2016 and began enrolling students in January 2016 . A ___MASK40___ school  as opposed to a ___MASK55___  is an institution where children ( or high school age adolescents ) are given educational instruction during the ___MASK40___ , after which the students return to their homes . The term can also be used to emphasize the length of full - ___MASK40___ programs as opposed to after - school programs , as in Jewish ___MASK40___ school . The ___MASK22___ teacher , headmaster , headmistress , ___MASK22___ , or ___MASK53___ ( sometimes another title is used ) is the teacher with the greatest responsibility for the management of a College . East Sussex is a ___MASK64___ in South East ___MASK62___ . It is bordered by the counties of Kent to the north and east , Surrey to the north west and West Sussex to the west , and to the south by the English Channel . Sussex ( abbreviated Sx ), from the Old English " Sþsaxe " ( South Saxons ), is a historic ___MASK64___ in South East ___MASK62___ corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex . It is bounded to the west by Hampshire , north by Surrey , north - east by Kent , south by the English Channel , and divided for local ___MASK92___ into West Sussex and East Sussex and the city of Brighton and Hove . Brighton and Hove was created as a unitary authority in 1997 , and granted City status in 2000 . Until then , Chichester was Sussex ' s only city . The ___MASK5___ dependencies are three territories of the United Kingdom : the Isle of Man in the Irish ___MASK21___ , and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel . Being independently administered jurisdictions , they do not form part of either the United Kingdom or the British Overseas Territories . They are self - governing possessions of the ___MASK5___ ( defined uniquely in each jurisdiction ). Internationally , the dependencies are considered " territories for which the United Kingdom is responsible " rather than as sovereign states . As a result , they are not member states of the Commonwealth of Nations . However , they do have a relationship with the Commonwealth , the European Union , and other international organisations and are members of the British  Irish Council . They are not part of the European Union ( EU ), although they are within the EU ' s customs area . A ___MASK55___ is a school at which most or all of the students live during the part of the year that they go to lessons . The word ' boarding ' is used in the sense of " bed and board ," i . e ., lodging and meals . Some boarding schools also have day students who attend the institution by day and return to their families in the evenings . The Headmasters ' and Headmistresses ' Conference ( HMC ) is an ___MASK74___ of the headmasters or headmistresses of 283 independent schools ( both boarding schools and ___MASK40___ schools ) in the United Kingdom , Crown dependencies and the Republic of Ireland . For 2016 / 2017 the average ___MASK40___ fees at a UK HMC school are £ 4 , 639 per term or £ 13 , 917 per annum . For 2016 / 2017 the average full boarding fees at a UK HMC school are £ 10 , 709 per term or £ 32 , 127 per annum . There are also International Members ( mostly from the Commonwealth ) and 30 Associate Members who are head teachers of state schools or other influential individuals in the world of education , who endorse and support the work of HMC . Maidstone is the ___MASK24___ of Kent , England , south - east of London . The River Medway runs through the centre of the town , linking it with Rochester and the Thames Estuary . Historically , the river was a source and route for much of the town ' s trade as the centre of the agricultural county of Kent , known as the Garden of England . There is evidence of a settlement in the area dating back to before the Stone Age . The Thames ___MASK67___ is the ___MASK67___ in which the ___MASK57___ Thames meets the waters of the North Sea , in the south - east of Great Britain . Kent is a ___MASK64___ in South East ___MASK62___ and one of the home counties . It borders Greater London to the north west , Surrey to the west , East Sussex to the south west , and Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north . The ___MASK24___ is Maidstone . The ___MASK38___ counties are the counties of ___MASK62___ that surround London ( although several of them do not border it ). The counties generally included in the list are Berkshire , Buckinghamshire , Essex , Hertfordshire , Kent , Surrey , and Sussex . Other counties more distant from London  such as Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire , Hampshire and Oxfordshire  are also sometimes regarded as ___MASK38___ counties due to their proximity to London and their connection to the London regional ___MASK65___ . South East ___MASK62___ is the most populous of the nine official regions of ___MASK62___ at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes . It consists of Berkshire , Buckinghamshire , East Sussex , Hampshire , the Isle of Wight , Kent , Oxfordshire , Surrey and West Sussex . As with the other regions of ___MASK62___ , apart from Greater London , the south east has no elected ___MASK92___ .