Settlement Association

[Ivo]

If ever a metro route was built in Bradford, Queensbury would be a likely terminus.

If ever a metro route was built in Bristol, Keynsham would be a likely terminus.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Westonzoyland was also the scene of a battle in the abortive Monmouth Rebellion of 1685.

 

[Welshman]

Cornelius Wasterdyk Vermuyden [yes - him again!], was also commissioned to reclaim the marshlands around Hatfield, South Yorkshire.

 

[Eagle]

Erskine is also at one end of a motorway with a three-digit number.

The letters in Ely can be rearranged to form the Birmingham suburb of Lye.

WHOA whoa whoa. Since when is Lye in Birmingham? Not that it invalidates this ancient connection, mind. :P

 

[Ivo]

OK, Dudley. Better?

Alloa also starts and ends with the same vowel.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Helens also has historical connections with the glassmaking industry.

 

[Eagle]

Lutterworth is also surrounded by motorways on all sides.

OK, Dudley. Better?

No. It's in Stourbridge. (Stourbridge is in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, which is different from the town of Dudley itself.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lutterworth is also surrounded by motorways on all sides.

Cardigan also had coaching inns that serviced the needs of the stagecoach routes.

 

[Eagle]

Worstead also has a wool-related name :P

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bradford also has historical links to the weaving of worsted cloth (that gained its name from the settlement of Worstead when Flemish weavers settled there in medieval times).

 

[Welshman]

Brigg

Brigg Fair - a Traditional English folk song, was orchestrated by Bradford-born Frederick Delius.

 

[Eagle]

Hull also usually goes by the last word in its full name.

 

[Temple Meads]

Avonmouth is also grimy and industrial.

 

[Ivo]

Dartford is also home to a rather grand bridge.

I could have chosen somewhere around the Severn, but that's too close to Avonmouth to justify, whereas the other easy option is too close to Hull to justify...

 

[Eagle]

Newcastle upon Tyne also has a major bridge named after a reigning UK monarch.

 

[Deerfold]

Ryde also has a seahorse on its coat of arms.

 

[Eagle]

Blyth is also the largest town in its county, but not home to any county or district council.

 

[Ivo]

Ilkeston is another fairly large town that has a railway nearby but no railway station to call its own.

 

[Eagle]

ignore me

I generally try to, but it's hard sometimes

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ilkeston is another fairly large town that has a railway nearby but no railway station to call its own.

Blaenavon was also where a large iron works was built.

 

[Eagle]

New Lanark is also a World Heritage Site.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Oldham also has a historical connection to cotton mills.

 

[Welshman]

Stockport was also a base of the hatting industry.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Warrington is also on the line of the River Mersey

 

[Ivo]

Wigan is another large town in the Manchester-Merseyside (etc) economic area.

Well, the last three have been, so why not...?

 

[Eagle]

Southend on Sea also has a pier.

 

[Deerfold]

Southend on Sea also has a pier.

Gary Brooker, lead singer of Procol Harem grew up in Southend on Sea, having been born in Hackney

 

[deltic1989]

Hackney carrage type taxis can be found in almost all cities in the UK but they are particularly distictive in Derby being painted bright yellow.

 

[Ivo]

The City of Derby may not be known for racing, but the Derby is a famous event elsewhere in the country - specifically in Epsom.

 

[Eagle]

Cranborne also lends its name to a chalky upland in southern England.