Settlement Association

[Welshman]

Chester

is also on the River Dee.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

York also has historical city walls with walkways that can be used by the public

 

[David Goddard]

Ely Also sits on a River Ouse

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tring also lies on the line of the major Roman link road called Akeman Street.

 

[Welshman]

Braunston [Northamptonshire] is also on the Grand Union Canal.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ashton under Lyne is also a junction for the canal system in its area.

 

[Old-School]

Ashton under Lyne was granted a Royal Charter in 1414 (A Royal Charter is the manner in which a British town is raised to the rank of city). Most recently to receive a Royal charter is Brighton & Hove

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stirling also has a professional football club with the word "Albion" in its title.

 

[Welshman]

Kincardine

also on the River Forth.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ardrossan was also a Burgh of Barony.... (In fact, it was the final one created)

 

[Deerfold]

Ashton under Lyne was granted a Royal Charter in 1414 (A Royal Charter is the manner in which a British town is raised to the rank of city). Most recently to receive a Royal charter is Brighton & Hove

Close - but Brighton and Hove became a city in 2000. Since then Preston, Stirling, Newport, Lisburn, Newry, Chelmsford, Perth and St Asaph have become cities.


To continue the game, Pontefract also has 3 open railway stations.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

York also has a long flat racing racecouse.

 

[Welshman]

Canterbury

another originally-walled city with parts remaining[though not as much as York]

 

[SprinterMan]

Tyndrum

Also has two railway stations on different lines :P

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pumsaint in Carmarthenshire also has a gold mine.

 

[Welshman]

Eglwysbach

is also adjacent a National Trust property [Bodnant Garden]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llanrwst also hosts an annual agricultural show.

 

[SprinterMan]

Wymondham also has an award-winning railway station (North Llanwrst)

 

[dzug2]

Flitwick is another station not pronounced as written

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

NOTE TO ALL CONTESTANTS

Please remember that this quiz is the Settlement Association quiz and not the Station Association quiz.
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Dunster in Somerset is also a Site of Special Scientic Interest.

 

[Welshman]

Clun

also has a castle[or remains of]

 

[Temple Meads]

As does Tintagel

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Avebury in Wiltshire also has the remains of Bronze Age barrows.

 

[SprinterMan]

Bangor, Gwynedd also has a stone circle.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bala has also hosted the National Eisteddfod of Wales (in 1967,1997,2009)....but not as many times as Bangor (in 1890,1902,1915,1931,1943,1991)

 

[Welshman]

Trawsfynydd

another Welsh settlement in the Snowdonia National Park and near a lake.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dounreay also has a nuclear power reactor under the ownership of the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency.

 

[Welshman]

Dounreay was built on the site of the proposed RAF Coastal Command, which had its HQ at Lee-on-Solent.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Exeter also has a civil airfield.

 

[SprinterMan]

Plymouth also has a university and is in Devon