Settlement Association

[gg1]

I know Windsor has a Legoland, but not a Safari Park, are you sure?

Just googled it, apparently it closed in 1992. I went there when I was about 5, didn't realise it closed almost 2 decades ago

In that case:

Bewdley and Longleat both have safari parks

 

[Class172]

Longleat and Swindon are two places near to MOD establishments.

 

[gg1]

Swindon Town have only ever spent one season in the top flight of English football, when they finished bottom. The same is true of Northampton Town.

 

[Class172]

Coventry is also served by the A45.

 

[gg1]

Coventry and Liverpool both have post-war built cathedrals.

 

[Ivo]

Belfast also has an airport named after a local celebrity.

 

[Eagle]

Belfast is due west of Keswick
(surprisingly, it's also further west than Land's End)

 

[gg1]

Keswick and Woolwich are both pronounced with silent Ws, much to the confusion of American tourists.

 

[W-on-Sea]

Woolwich has a ferry across a river that carries cars and foot passengers. So does Reedham

 

[Eagle]

Sandbanks also has a famous chain ferry.

 

[martinsh]

Dunham Massey used to have buses specially adapted / designed for it, as did Sandbanks

http://www.xcrosville.20m.com/cgi-bin/i/images/srl_244_at_dunham_bridge.jpg

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Biddulph and Dunham Massey both have National Trust properties in their environs.

 

[Class172]

Biddulph and Rubery both have country parks in their locale.

 

[Schnellzug]

The word 'Rubery' comes from the old English word 'rowbery' meaning 'a rough hill'. Another rough place on a hill is.... perhaps not. Anyway, the 143 bus goes from Rubery to Birmingham, via Charford, Bromsgrove, and of course, Lickey End.

 

[Class172]

The 144 bus from Birmingham passes through Lickey End, Catshill, Bromsgrove before reaching Droitwich Spa.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I see that you have returned to your home area, but pray tell where is Droitiwch Spa?.....Assuming you mean Droitwich Spa. let us continue

Both Northwich and Droitwich Spa were known to the Romans for both salt and brine products.

 

[Class172]

I see that you have returned to your home area, but pray tell where is Droitiwch Spa?.....Assuming you mean Droitwich Spa. let us continue

Both Northwich and Droitwich Spa were known to the Romans for both salt and brine products.

Yes, I did mean Droitwich Spa, it was an accidental typo - as I see you have returned to your area of Cheshire.

Northwich and Runcorn are both served by the A533.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

York and Runcorn were places that were attacked by the Danish Vikings.

 

[Class172]

Oxford also has a large ring-road (made up of more than one road number) around it.

 

[Ivo]

Oxford is home of one of Britain's most reputable non-independent bus companies, the Go-Ahead owned Oxford Bus Company. Again under Go-Ahead, the same is true of the Brighton & Hove Bus Company, based in Hove. And yes, it is Hove and not Brighton before anyone asks!

(On a side note, how the heck did they get the "www.buses.co.uk" domain name for B&H?)

 

[Schnellzug]

If you continue moving left from Brighton, and even more so Hove, the next Go-Ahead company that you will find will be Bluestar, the new name for what used to be Solent Blue Line, which is headquarted in Eastleigh.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newton Heath and Eastleigh both had locomotive sheds housing many steam locomotives.

 

[Ivo]

Newton Heath was the original site and name of a rather famous football club whose most prominent home can probably be considered a part of Stretford.

 

[Schnellzug]

Another football club to have a famous End is the North End of Preston.

 

[Class172]

Preston was originally meant to be surrounded by motorways, of which only some were built; the same applies to Catshill.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dudley and Catshill have been known for nailmaking.

 

[Class172]

Birmingham an Dudley are both famous for their canals (Dudley Tunnel and the fact that Birmingham has a greater length of canals than Venice).

 

[gg1]

HMS Birmingham and HMS Sheffield were both type 42 destroyers.

 

[Class172]

Within the environs of Sheffield is one of the only dual-level roads in the country (Tinsley Viaduct), another example can be found in Newcastle on the A167(M).

 

[gg1]

Newcastle United and Exeter City both play at St James's Park