Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Droitwich Spa and Harrogate are renowned Spa towns in England.

(Harrogate Spa is the name of the buildings with the water....not the town)

 

[Class172]

Both Droitwich Spa and Berkhampsted have Waitrose supermarkets in their town centres.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Battle and Berkhampstead were places that were involved with the Norman invasion of England under William the Conqueror

 

[Class172]

Battle and Bosworth are both close to the 'current known' locations of battlefields.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Battle and Bosworth are both close to the 'current known' locations of battlefields.

I can only come up with Market Bosworth as the actual settlement, so the association will be Market Drayton because of the first word of the names of each settlement.

 

[Class172]

As is Market Rasen.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ludlow and Market Rasen both share horse-riding as a major sporting connection.

 

[Class172]

Ludlow and Dudley have castles.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Biddulph and Dudley were both mentioned in the Domesday Book.

 

[12CSVT]

Rushden is a town with a population of more than 10,000 which doesn't have its own national rail station

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Nantwich and Rushden have a historical link to the bootmaking industry

 

[Class172]

Nantwich and Droitwich Spa both have an ending derived from the Norman 'wych' meaning salt.

 

[Welshman]

Buxton is another spa town.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Castleford (as Lagentium) and Buxton (as Aquae Amemetiae) were Roman settlements in Britain

 

[deltic1989]

Windsor is famous for its castle.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Winchester and Windsor were both entered in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

 

[Eagle]

Both Winchester and Edinburgh have topped the Channel 4 List of Best [and Worst] Places to Live.

 

[Nym]

Edinbrugh and London both terminate more than one single digit A road (Edinbrugh A1, A7, A8 and A9), (London A1, A2, A3, A4, A5)

PS: Terminate as in radiate these roads, bonus points if you know (without looking it up) where the A6 starts and finishes...
(This formed a question on university challenge, asking what A road ran this route, and they said 'M6', shows how clever King's college is..)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester and London both have internationally recognised Business Schools.

 

[Class172]

PS: Terminate as in radiate these roads, bonus points if you know (without looking it up) where the A6 starts and finishes...
(This formed a question on university challenge, asking what A road ran this route, and they said 'M6', shows how clever King's college is..)

From memory…
A1 London-Edinburgh
A2 London-Dover
A3 London-Portsmouth
A4 London-Avonmouth
A5 London-Holyhead
A6 Luton-Carlisle
A7 Edinburgh-Carlisle
A8 Edinburgh-Greenock
A9 Edinburgh-Scrabster

Manchester and Leeds have urban motorways.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Catterick and Leeds were both areas of the Brythonic kingdom of Elmet that existed as an entity from the 5th to the 7th century A.D.

 

[Welshman]

Aldershot also has a large army camp.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Edinburgh and Aldershot (from 1922 to 1939) have held Military Tattoo events.

 

[Schnellzug]

Edinburgh may be noted for its Military tattoos, but an extensive range can also be found from various establishments in Blackpool.
i expect.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Southport and Blackpool both have a Pleasure Beach.

 

[Nym]

Southport and Brighton are both resorts with 3rd Rail electrified stations, that also receive diesel services.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llandudno and Brighton have a pier

 

[Class172]

Croydon also has a tramway.

 

[Schnellzug]

Croydon has stations named East and West; Dorchester, meanwhile, has stations named South and West.

 

[Eagle]

Croydon has a South, too.


Like Dorchester, Corby is another unlikely town that has applied for city status this year. </subjective>