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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ascot has a racecourse, as does Hamilton (Hamilton Park).

 

[Buttsy]

Ascot is a junction for Aldershot, as is Brookwood

 

[37 418]

Rochester

birthplace of Kelly Brook

 

[Welshman]

Lincoln

also has a cathedral and a castle nearby.

 

[Oswyntail]

Lincoln

also has a cathedral and a castle nearby.

Kendal - also associated with a green dyed cloth in the Middle Ages

 

[Buttsy]

Eccles - also associated with a vague type of 'cake'

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Altrincham is a terminal station on the Manchester Metrolink, as is Eccles.

 

[Oswyntail]

Altrincham.

is the home of an ice-hockey team. as is Telford

 

[Zoe]

Telford

Sheffield, also the location of a snooker tournament.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Telford's snooker moves to York this year (or next) I think.

Stafford - also has 2tph to London

 

[Zoe]

Stafford

Doncaster, also where Cross Country services join a main line.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gorton once had a large locomotive works, similar to Doncaster

 

[Welshman]

Halifax

Geoffrey Hilditch served his apprenticeship at Gorton Works, and later became General Manager of Halifax Passenger Transport.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bolton has a large indoor market hall, as does Halifax.

 

[transportphoto]

Bit of a shabby connection - Norwich, also has a Halifax branch in the city centre.

Sorry.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blackburn has a cathedral, as does Norwich

 

[LE Greys]

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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blackburn is still the next one.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Luton - another truly horrid town

 

[LE Greys]

Vauxhall, there is a Vauxhall factory in Luton

 

[transportphoto]

Great Yarmouth - the stations controlling signal box is 'YARMOUTH VAUX' also the area of Grt Yar station is called Vauxhall

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Great Yarmouth - the stations controlling signal box is 'YARMOUTH VAUX' also the area of Grt Yar station is called Vauxhall

Hull - another truly awful town

 

[ainsworth74]

Hull - another truly awful town

Have you ever actually been?

Newcastle - Also home to a ferry terminal offering connections to the continent.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Middlesbrough is a terminal First TPE station, as is Newcastle.

 

[Oswyntail]

Sandwich - another place noted for the Tees

 

[ainsworth74]

Ham Street - One might put ham in a Sandwich.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Have you ever actually been?

Yeah... Just didn't like it that much (not worse than Middlesbrough though )

 

[ainsworth74]

Yeah... Just didn't like it that much (not worse than Middlesbrough though )

Fair enough but I have to say having lived there for two years it's no better or worse than most other places and certainly doesn't deserve its reputation. As for your comments about Middlesbrough...

Watch it you

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

HASLEMERE is on the same line of the long distance footpath (Greensand Way) as Ham Street

 

[deltic1989]

Lincoln Central is close to another long distence footpath, the Viking way.