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Recent content by John Griffiths

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    Settlement Association

    The astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell made his home in Swettenham; he was born in Oldland Common, Gloucs.
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    Railway water towers

    I wouldn't call myself an enthusiast, but there is a great one at Newcastle upon Tyne, on the S side of the station, dating from 1894, clearly visible from Orchard Street
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    Settlement Association

    Godstone in Surrey has also had sinkhole problems.
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    Alphabet Stations Challenge

    Ulleskelf
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    Apartment overlooking railway. Where would you choose

    There are a couple of blocks of student flats just east of Newcastle city centre overlooking the ECML and the Metro line. Some of them face the lines with balconies, so you could get good views west to the city and E to the Byker viaducts. If I were young again...
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    End of the station's word!

    Islip
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    Alphabet Stations Challenge

    Petersfield
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    Settlement Association

    Like Ballymena, Ashbourne in Co Meath is bypassed by a motorway designated the M2.
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    End of the station's word!

    Durham
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    Alphabet Stations Challenge

    Jarrow (T&WM)
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    Settlement Association

    Pharmaceutical company Pfizer UK has a major R&D facility at Stonar; its corporate HQ is at Tadworth in Surrey.
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    The "Name the Station" game

    Bedlington?
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    Alphabet Stations Challenge

    Queenborough
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    Settlement Association

    Hillingdon in Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon is also a settlement which has given its name to a much leger local authority area.
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    Settlement Association

    Royston in Hertfordshire also lies above a network of caves.
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