Stations far away from the towns they serve

[ATW Alex 101]

wymondham is a fair 20 mins walk to the town centre

 

[Statto]

Hooton station is a fair distance from the main area it is supposed to serve as the station is on the B5133 between Willaston and Hooton. How do I know, I have been there within the last two weeks and walked the walk:roll:

Ha do remember a band called Hooton three car? I'm sure I have the single, as championed by Peel. He even had a H3C teeshirt...phew

Ha what about Peter Hooton lead singer from the band The Farm.


Hooton station is a good 2 miles from the Village & down a Country Lane as well.

Heswall Station is a couple of miles from the Town Centre, a 30 min walk at best, & Upton[Merseyside] is a good 20 min walk to Upton Village

 

[exile]

Actually Heswall (bus station, which is more or less in the centre) to Heswall (rail station) is 1.3 miles.

 

[Welshman]

I'm glad no-one has retold the corny old story of the woman complaining to the porter that they should have built the station nearer the town, and his replying that they thought it better to build it nearer the railway.

 

[Yew]

Some parts of the east midlands are a fair way from east midlands parkway.

 

[cle]

I'm glad no-one has retold the corny old story of the woman complaining to the porter that they should have built the station nearer the town, and his replying that they thought it better to build it nearer the railway.

Oh, well now someone has.

 

[district]

Has Winchelsea been mentioned?

 

[Spaceflower]

Brampton, Great Ayton and Prudhoe are 3 examples.

 

[MCR247]

Some parts of the east midlands are a fair way from east midlands parkway.

I'm sure we can give them that one

 

[jonesy3001]

Silverdale,on the barrow line the village is a mile walk from the station

 

[Mark_re]

Has anyone mentioned Alnmouth? It's a fair distance -- it really ought to be 'Lesbury for Alnwick'.

 

[DaveNewcastle]

Alnmouth is an excellent contender for this thread. You could argue that its called 'Alnmouth for Alnwick' with good reason, because it is actually the bigger Alnmouth that is served by the station and not little Alnmouth.

Its way far too far to walk from Lesbury (where the station is) to Alnwick and there's no pavements on those narrow country lanes anyway. It's nearly 3 miles. It wouldn't be much fun walking from Lesbury to Alnmouth in the dark either, but I'm sure the pavement is continuous and that's probs just under a mile.