Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blackpool is also a seaside resort with a zoo as one of its attractions.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Blackpool tramway runs from Starr Gate in Blackpool to Fleetwood and is the only surviving first-generation tramway in the United Kingdom.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Southport is also on the route of National Cycle Route 62.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

In 1846, Prince Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, the future Napoléon III, Emperor of the French, lived for a brief period in lodgings just off Lord Street, Southport. It is claimed the street is the inspiration behind the tree-lined boulevards of Paris, which were built between 1854 and 1870. Napoleon III is buried in the Imperial Crypt at St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, Hampshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Southend also hosts an air show.

 

[Springs Branch]

In past years, the National Piers Society has conferred its Pier of the Year Award to seaside piers at Southend and Boscombe.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Shanklin on the Isle of Wight also has a noted chine.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Cathays in Cardiff is also a DfT Category E station.

Apologies - try this: The Summerland Amusement Arcade on the seafront was formerly a seaplane hangar positioned at Bembridge where it housed Fairey Campania seaplanes of the Nizam of Hyderabad's Squadron.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cathays in Cardiff is also a DfT Category E station.

I think that you have confused this thread, the Settlement Association Quiz with the Station Association Quiz.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I think that you have confused this thread, the Settlement Association Quiz with the Station Association Quiz.

Apologies - post now changed.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

East Cowes also lies on the line of the long-distance footpath called the Isle of Wight Coastal Path.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

East Cowes is on the east bank of the River Medina, and is connected to its neighbour on the west bank, Cowes, by the Cowes Floating Bridge, a chain ferry operated by the Isle of Wight Council.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Henley-on-Thames also hosts a major regatta.

 

[Springs Branch]

Cranfield in Bedfordshire is also home to a well-known Business College.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lavenham in Suffolk also has a church that is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.

 

[Springs Branch]

A December 1994 episode of the BBC TV drama Lovejoy was filmed in Lavenham and titled "Last Tango in Lavenham".
Another BBC TV series appropriating similar nomenclature was "Last Tango in Halifax".

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hull is also referred to in "The Beggar's Litany".

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Hull has a longstanding local rivalry with the south bank towns of Scunthorpe and Grimsby on the opposite side of the Humber.[

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Corby also overlies deposits of iron ore.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

In 2012, Corby made a bid to gain city status as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. However, it lost out to Perth, Chelmsford and St Asaph.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llanfair Talhaiarn also lies on the line of the River Elwy.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The village of Llanfair Talhaiarn was once part of the estate of Garthewin. The present building on the estate dates from the 18th century, and was altered in 1930 by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, the British architect known chiefly as the creator of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales. The village is located in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth.

 

[Springs Branch]

Shevington, near Wigan, was also once the site of an ICI explosives factory.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brindle also was once administered by the ancient Hundred of Leyland.

 

[Springs Branch]

Another place having a notable or unusual sundial is the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, located in Edgbaston.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

J R R (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien lived in Edgbaston for a period during his younger life, with Perrot's Folly and the Edgbaston Waterworks supposedly providing him with the inspiration behind The Two Towers. He died on 2nd September 1973, aged 81, in Bournemouth.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Birmingham also has a Symphony Orchestra

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Jasper Carrott, OBE was born as Robert Norman Davis on 14th March 1945 in Acocks Green, Birmingham; he now lives in Dorridge, near Solihull.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Balsall Common is also situated within the area of the Meriden Gap.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

With its close proximity to the village of Meriden 3 miles (4.8 km) away, which until recently was long-believed to be the geographic centre of England, Balsall Common is perceived to be one of the furthest places from the UK coastline. In fact Coton-in-the-Elms in south Derbyshire holds this designation, situated 23.5 miles (37.8 km) to the north.