Settlement Association

[Class172]

Manchester is served by the A580, as is St. Helens

 

[12CSVT]

Highbury, North London. A large proportion of people claiming to support local the football team have never visited the area in their lives

 

[Ivo]

Very good

Bolton's local team have also moved home fairly recently, albeit not as recently.

 

[Mvann]

West ham played Bolton in the white horse final

 

[Tomonthetrain]

West Ham and East ham have ham

 

[Ivo]

Original!

To Eastham, south of Birkenhead, then.

 

[12CSVT]

Almost going back to where we have just come from, Dartford has a road tunnel under a river (although only in one direction unlike Birkenhead)

 

[Mvann]

Maidstone united played at dartfords ground while in the third division.

 

[Ivo]

Brighton [& Hove Albion] also had to play in Kent for a time. (In Gillingham, in case anyone doesn't know.)

 

[deltic1989]

Scunthorpe. its a very dull place (as apposed to BRIGHTon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dewsbury and Scunthorpe are both served by Class 185 units of First TPE.

Drat it....I could have saved that one for the Station Association quiz

 

[Ivo]

Never mind

Dewsbury, depending on how it is said, can appear to have a religious term in its name. By contrast, everyone knows this is true of Christchurch.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Flint has a ruined castle, as does Christchurch

 

[Class172]

Caerphili is another welsh town with a ruined castle.

 

[deltic1989]

shrewsbury is another place that outsiders may mispronounce

 

[Class172]

shrewsbury is another place that outsiders may mispronounce

There is a 50/50 split even within the town on how it's pronounced: Shroo-sbury (as in boot) or Shroa-sbury (as in road).

Worcester Shrub Hill is also home to a large mechanical signal box.

 

[Schnellzug]

These links are not nearly tenuous enough.
Worcester is of course, famous for its sauce. Another famous sauce is HP, which is named in honour of the fact that it is popular in the Houses of Parliament, which are situated in the city of Westminster.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cardiff and Westminster both see political decisions made.

 

[Class172]

Darlington and Cardiff have their own numbered motorway spurs serving them (A48(M) and A66(M)).

 

[Schnellzug]

Two of the newest steam locomotives in the UK were built at Darlington (A1 4-6-2 no. 60163) and Boston Lodge, which is near Blaenau Ffestiniog (Welsh Highland Railway 2-6-2T Lyd).

 

[Class172]

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is also often spelt incorrectly.

 

[Ivo]

There is a 50/50 split even within the town on how it's pronounced: Shroo-sbury (as in boot) or Shroa-sbury (as in road).

How do you officially pronounce Shrewsbury anyway? I'm sure I'm not the only one to have used both

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is also often spelt incorrectly.

If this is anything to go by it's not the only one:

Caerphili is another welsh town with a ruined castle.

Is that supposed to be the English or Welsh spelling? I ask because, er, it's somewhere in the middle. It's either Caerphilly (En) or Caerffili (Cy). Both are pronounced more or less the same though. (Sorry )

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On to Battlesbridge, another small location that has both a railway station and an unusual claim to fame (albeit not both as one as in Llanfairpwll's case): It has an antiques museum and hosts regular fairs.

 

[Eagle]

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is also often spelt incorrectly.

Yeah, you put far too many letters in it.

I can't remember how many times I've said this, but the station is just Llanfairpwll, and the village is just Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll. #pedant


Epping was also opened by the Eastern Counties railway, like Battlesbridge.

 

[MK Tom]

Schnellzug what the hell is that thing in your display picture???

Epping is near a place called Loughton as is Shenley Church End.

 

[Class172]

How do you officially pronounce Shrewsbury anyway? I'm sure I'm not the only one to have used both

Personally I don't know either: I always thought it was the 'oa' sound but some others say it the other way.

is that supposed to be the English or Welsh spelling? I ask because, er, it's somewhere in the middle. It's either Caerphilly (En) or Caerffili (Cy). Both are pronounced more or less the same though. (Sorry )

Sorry, I was in Wales two days ago and as soon as I see welsh name places on signs I automatically switch to the saying the Welsh version. I did think to myself whether it was the right spelling but in the end I decided to leave it.

 

[Schnellzug]

Schnellzug what the hell is that thing in your display picture???

Epping is near a place called Loughton as is Shenley Church End.

What, this one? It's the latest Russian innovation; the off-road diesel locomotive.
Anyway, another Shenley is not all that far from St Albans.

 

[Class172]

St. Ives (Cornwall) is also named after a saint.

 

[Zoe]

St. Ives is also named after a saint.

Which St Ives though?

 

[Class172]

Which St Ives though?

The Cornwall one — I forgot there were two!

 

[MK Tom]

Clapham (Beds) is also oft confused with a bigger place of the same name.