Settlement Association

[MK Tom]

I think we (including me) have slightly blurred our settlements and stations.

Tring is nowhere near its station rather like Millbrook, Beds

 

[Class172]

Silverstone and Millbrook both are home to famous racetracks.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

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[Mvann]

Kibworth beauchamp is a village with a golf course as is millbrook.

 

[Class172]

Kibworth beauchamp is a village with a golf course as is millbrook.

An association with Millbrook has already been made; we currently stand at Silverstone.

 

[Mvann]

Castle donnington was supposed to take over from silverstone for the grand prix

 

[Ivo]

Where Donington was due to hold Grands Prix, Aintree formerly has done.

 

[Mvann]

Goodwood had a motor race course as well as a horse race course, as aintree.
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Leicester has a golfcourse next to the race course, as does goodwood.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gloucester and Leicester feature in the names of English cheeses.

 

[Tomonthetrain]

Gloucester has a fame for cider like Hereford

 

[Eagle]

Hereford United FC are known as the Bulls, whereas in the world of rugby league that epithet belongs to Bradford's team.

(Bradford, Yorks, not Bradford, Wilts, before anyone asks )

 

[Bedpan]

Macclesfield - Bradford City are playing them this evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Buxton was mentioned in the Domesday Book, as was Macclesfield

 

[Eagle]

Bakewell, another Peak District town.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Eccles and Bakewell have very tasty snacks with their names included

 

[Eagle]

Beccles. It's like Eccles, but covered in Bs.

 

[Mojo]

Market Rasen, also a stupid name

 

[Ivo]

Fair enough...!

The word "market" also appears at the start of Market Harborough.

 

[Tomonthetrain]

Market harborough has at least one bus using a olympian*, same as deal.

* - last time i checked!

 

[Class172]

Chepstow and Deal both have castles looking out onto bodies of water.

 

[Eagle]

Chester also has suburbs spilling over a national border.

 

[gg1]

Like Chester, York boasts largely intact medieval walls

 

[Tomonthetrain]

York has (in part) a name that is a chocolate like Bournville!

 

[Class172]

Portsmouth is also close to where two motorways terminate (M56/M53 M27/M275).

EDIT: we are at York - Swindon is also famous for it's railways.

 

[Ivo]

Swindon has two junctions on one of the country's main motorways, as is also true of Stafford.

 

[Class172]

Swindon has two junctions on one of the country's main motorways, as is also true of Stafford.

The same applies to Milton Keynes - MK and Stafford also share the same junction numbers (J13/14).

 

[37 418]

Livingston is also a new town

 

[Eagle]

Redditch has the UK's only other cloverleaf junction.

 

[Class172]

Redditch has the UK's only other cloverleaf junction.

I like Cloverleaf Interchanges, fun!

Warrington is also a New Town.

 

[Ivo]

Nearby St Helens is another large town to have almost no presence in the country's most popular sport.