Settlement Association

[johnnychips]

Ravenglass is at the other end of Muncaster Fell.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Prestatyn is another Irish Sea coastal settlement that the Romans chose as a military outpost.

 

[johnnychips]

Chepstow is at the other end of the Offa's Dyke long distance footpath.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aintree is also a racecourse that holds steeplechase races.

 

[johnnychips]

The Scaffold sang: 'Thank you very much for the Aintree Iron, thank you very much, thank you very very very much'; they also sang a hit record called 'Liverpool Lou'.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Portsmouth also has both an Anglican and a Roman Catholic cathedral.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Just as Portsmouth still has a Royal Dockyard, Chatham once had a Royal Dockyard.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sheerness was also attacked by a Dutch naval fleet in the 17th century.

 

[cjp]

In the 17th century Robert Hooke promulgated his law of elasticity, he studied in OXFORD

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bolton also has an elephant featured in its town coat-of-arms.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Alan Ball (1945–2007), the youngest member of the 1966 Football World Cup winning side, was born in Farnworth, an area of Bolton. After being rejected by a number of clubs, he was signed by Blackpool FC.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newquay is also a coastal resort that has a zoo.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Newquay is bounded to the west by the River Gannel and its associated salt marsh. The River Gannel (Cornish: Dowr Gwyles) rises in the village of Indian Queens in mid Cornwall.

 

[cjp]

Mmm Cornwall and Cornish Pasties - the first of the West Country Pasty shops was opened in Chippenham in 1998

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Chippenham Cricket Club used to play in the former Famous Grouse Western League. I had many enjoyable visits to both there and to Midsomer Norton Cricket Club, who also played in the same League.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ubley was also once administered by the Hundred of Chewton.

 

[cjp]

Ubley still has an old red telephone box. There is also one at Kilmuir on the Black Isle

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rockfield is also a former fishing coastal fishing settlement on the shore of the Moray Firth.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Rockfield studios are based just outside the town of Monmouth.

 

[A Challenge]

Newport is also a county town in the former county of Gwent.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

My home city! Just as Newport has a large dock complex, so does Swansea.

 

[johnnychips]

Holyhead is also a settlement whose Welsh name bears no relation to its English one. (Tawe-mouth; Cybi's fort)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Weymouth is also a ferry port.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Weymouth FC play in the Southern League Premier Division, as do Kings Langley FC.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Great Gaddesden also lies on the line of the River Gade.

 

[cjp]

Great Gaddesden also lies on the line of the River Gade.

according to Google Great Gaddesden is home to Hemel Hempstead, a Wyevale Garden Centre

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

according to Google Great Gaddesden is home to Hemel Hempstead, a Wyevale Garden Centre

Can you please re-phrase this as I feel I have lost the sense of what you mean. Surely it is the Wyredale Garden Centre, not the settlement, which is "homed".

 

[cjp]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Little+Gaddesden,+Berkhamsted/@51.7912429,-0.5070209,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x487644dc561e4bbd:0x12abe6ba5669b078

Well I was surprised when I looked at the map - hence my wording in my original reply.


But if you would like something clearer or more simple then:-
Hemel Hampstead is the nearby town to the south east of Great Gaddesden

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

But if you would like something clearer or more simple then:-
Hemel Hampstead is the nearby town to the south east of Great Gaddesden

I really must be feeling my age this week, noting what you said, but now I am even more confused as although I traced the well-known settlement of Hemel Hempstead, all my searches for Hemel Hampstead have come to naught.

 

[cjp]

I really must be feeling my age this week, noting what you said, but now I am even more confused as although I traced the well-known settlement of Hemel Hempstead, all my searches for Hemel Hampstead have come to naught.

I surrender <g>