Cryptic clues = station name

[Calthrop]

Can't be Shelley -- he died in Lerici, Italy; and this quiz is restricted to the UK.

 

[Caboose Class]

Can't be Shelley -- he died in Lerici, Italy; and this quiz is restricted to the UK.

Wrong sex!

 

[DaleCooper]

Scarborough?

 

[RobertsN]

Would that be Marlowe ?

 

[Caboose Class]

Scarborough?

Correct. Trawler nets cogs in the harbour (anag) ......plus of course Ann Brontë. You have the floor.

 

[Caboose Class]

Would that be Marlowe ?

No, not Marlowe, see above.

 

[DaleCooper]

Next clue:

In many people's opinion it's hills that define this place.

 

[Caboose Class]

Next clue:

In many people's opinion it's hills that define this place.

Nitshill

 

[DaleCooper]

Nitshill

Quite correct, your turn...

 

[Caboose Class]

Thank you, The new clue is one for Musik lovers:- Composer welcomes cello finale

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you, The new clue is one for Musik lovers:- Composer welcomes cello finale

Haydon Bridge?
or
Haydons Road?

 

[Caboose Class]

Haydon Bridge?
or
Haydons Road?

Sorry, neither.

 

[neilmc]

Balloch? (bach + llo)

 

[Caboose Class]

Balloch? (bach + llo)

Is precisely the correct answer - well done!

 

[neilmc]

"Whilst newt-sitting in London for the ex-Mayor, I looked through his record collection, and there was this Southern soul album ..."

 

[duncanp]

"Whilst newt-sitting in London for the ex-Mayor, I looked through his record collection, and there was this Southern soul album ..."

Livingston South

 

[DaleCooper]

Kensal Green (Ken''s Al Green)?

 

[neilmc]

Yep, Dale has it, your turn!

 

[Caboose Class]

"Whilst newt-sitting in London for the ex-Mayor, I looked through his record collection, and there was this Southern soul album ..."

And the newt-sitting????

 

[DaleCooper]

And the newt-sitting????

Ken Livingstone was/is one of the world's foremost newt fanciers. It has been legal since 1967.

Yep, Dale has it, your turn!

Thank you.

Next clue:

I hear Cockneys use the buttons in the toilet to avoid this station.

 

[Caboose Class]

Another clue, perchance?

 

[DaleCooper]

Another clue, perchance?

Certainly, I thought it was looking like one is needed.

I presume everyone knows that rhyming slang is involved, the station in question is in Surrey.

 

[Caboose Class]

Certainly, I thought it was looking like one is needed.

I presume everyone knows that rhyming slang is involved, the station in question is in Surrey.

Shepherd's Bush (flush) - but I don't think it's in Surrey?

 

[DaleCooper]

Shepherd's Bush (flush) - but I don't think it's in Surrey?

Sorry, it's not Shepherd's Bush.

Another hint:

The alternative to buttons presents a hazard.

 

[Loppylugs]

(zips) Chips -instead = Chipstead?

 

[DaleCooper]

(zips) Chips -instead = Chipstead?

Sorry, it's not Chipstead. Zips are relevant but not to the rhyming slang.

 

[Caboose Class]

my last effort: Oxted? - rhymes with knocks dead? Don't ask me why!

 

[AndyPJG]

Staines? ()

 

[DaleCooper]

my last effort: Oxted? - rhymes with knocks dead? Don't ask me why!

Don't give up there's another hint coming.

Staines? ()

Not that but don't be embarrassed, the correct answer is probably worse.

Another hint:

Mangle or chop mutant.

 

[neilmc]

Hampton Court? (the rhyming slang is a new one on me if it's correct!)