Settlement Association

[AndyPJG]

The Grand National, normally hosted at Aintree (Liverpool), was held at Gatwick Racecourse during WWI (albeit with a slightly changed title).

 

[DasLunatic]

Stansted is also an ex-army base, converted to a passenger airport.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Heage in Derbyshire also has a fully working windmill.

 

[Springs Branch]

Coalbrookdale in Shropshire is also associated with early coke-fuelled blast furnaces for the production of iron.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Worcester also has historical connections to the porcelain industry.

 

[Welshman]

Bertie Wooster was the inspiration of P.G. Wodehouse, who was born in Guildford.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester has also been the target of an IRA terrorist attack on the mainland of Britain

 

[Springs Branch]

Newcastle-on-Tyne is another city whose airport has direct scheduled flights to Dubai operated by Emirates Airlines.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Norwich also has both an Anglican and a Roman Catholic cathedral

 

[Springs Branch]

Cambridge also has a historic city centre, requiring significant Park & Ride bus facilities from the city fringes.

 

[Welshman]

Bella Enahoro played WPC Sophia Cambridge in the TV programme "Pie in the Sky"
The exterior of the restaurant was filmed in Hemel Hempstead.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bignor in West Sussex is another settlement where the remains of a Roman villa were unearthed.

 

[DasLunatic]

The Arundel and South Downs constituency (which Bignor is in) is one of the few seats where the Lib Dems didn't lose their deposit, like Horsham.

 

[AndyPJG]

Oxford also has a location known as The Carfax.

 

[Springs Branch]

Cambridge (again - but within constraints of the quiz rules) also has a Corpus Christi college within its University.

 

[AndyPJG]

Aberystwyth is another place taking its name from a local river - in another language.

 

[Springs Branch]

Bangor is the location of another Welsh university (formerly, but no longer, part of the University of Wales).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Prestatyn is at the other end of the footpath called "The North Wales Path".

 

[AndyPJG]

Brean (Sands), Somerset is also home to a Pontins Holiday camp (the original one).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Amroth in Pembrokeshire also has a land sailing club.

 

[Springs Branch]

St Davids is also on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Asaph is another Welsh city with a very small population.

 

[DasLunatic]

Colchester also had a stone building burnt down during a fight.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Winchester is another former capital city in England.

 

[Springs Branch]

Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire also has a Buttercross.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Grantham is another settlement where Bronze Age artifacts have been unearthed.

 

[Springs Branch]

Wetherby was also on the A1 Great North Road in the era before bypasses etc.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cartmel also hosts National Hunt race meetings at its racecourse.

 

[Springs Branch]

Ramsgill in North Yorkshire is the location of another gourmet restaurant visited by Messrs Coogan & Brydon in the TV series "The Trip".

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Knaresborough also lies on the line of the River Nidd