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

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

Godstone in Surrey has also had sinkhole problems.

Ulleskelf

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...

Islip

Petersfield

Like Ballymena, Ashbourne in Co Meath is bypassed by a motorway designated the M2.

Durham

Jarrow (T&WM)

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer UK has a major R&D facility at Stonar; its corporate HQ is at Tadworth in Surrey.

Bedlington?

Queenborough

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.

Royston in Hertfordshire also lies above a network of caves.

Dr John Bodkin Adams was born in Randalstown in 1899. He qualified as a doctor and in 1922 started in practice in Eastbourne, Sussex, catering for the wealthy and aged of that health resort. He had a good bedside manner and was popular with, especially, the ladies, many of whom showed...

Girvan... The Ayrshire Riviera!

If metros are allowed, then Monument is rather busier than St James on the Tyne & Wear Metro. Similarly - I would guess - Sunderland and Park Lane are busier than the rather snoozy South Hylton. But then where isn't busier than either of those termini?

Caerleon in Gwent also has a Roman amphitheatre.

Whitley Bay in North Tyneside also has a Catholic church dedicated to Our Lady, Star of the Sea.