Trivia: Station Names that differ by one letter (or near offer)

[rower40]

Such as:
Roydon and Croydon
Cambridge and Fambridge
Buxton, Cuxton and Euxton

Of course, it doesn't have to be the first letter;
Kemble and Kimble
and, my personal favourite,
Wallington, Wellington and Willington.

 

[Mills444]

Branksome and Parkstone also next to each other even better.

 

[Ianno87]

Shelford and Chelford

Mottingham and Nottingham

 

[lxfe_mxtterz]

Mill Hill and Mills Hill.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Marsden and Marden
Shipley and Shepley
Shipley and Shirley

 

[Mag_seven]

Stroud and Strood

 

[lxfe_mxtterz]

Thought of another: Dalton and Dalston.

Edit: And another! Ardwick and Adwick.

Edit 2: Bolton and Boston.

Edit 3: Horley and Horsley.

 

[Iskra]

Chapelton and Chapeltown

 

[NoMorePacers]

Swindon and Swinton (there's 2 Swintons although that isn't relevant to this thread)

Marden and Marton

EDIT: Dalton and Malton

Ancaster and Lancaster

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Barking and Barming.
Barnham and Farnham.
Beccles and Eccles.
Boston and Moston.

 

[Ianno87]

Thought of another: Dalton and Dalston.

Edit: And another! Ardwick and Adwick.

Edit 2: Bolton and Boston.

Edit 3: Horley and Horsley.

Also Horley and Chorley.

Lye, Wye, Rye

 

[Mcr Warrior]

A handful more...

Cromford and Romford.
Bosham and Cosham.
Perth and Porth.
Newton and Newtown.
Otford and Oxford.

 

[swt_passenger]

Fareham and Wareham

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Sheffield and Shenfield

Alresford (MHR) & Alresford Essex

Frankfurt and Frankfurt (Germany), distinguished by suffixes: Oder or Main

 

[AireValley]

Skipton and Shipton
Rye and Ryde
Moston and Boston

 

[alangla]

Euxton and Euston? Same line as well

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Euxton and Euston? Same line as well

Good shout, but think the first named station is actually called "Euxton Balshaw Lane".

 

[AlbertBeale]

And not even one letter - Ashford and Ashford.

NB - although the-Ashford-which-didn't-become-"International" [and how long will that last, if almost no international trains stop there now?] is historically in Middlesex (and I presume its postal address still is), the local authority district it's in was added to Surrey county when most of Middlesex was added to Greater London (at the time of the formation of the GLC in 1965. For decades thereafter, Ashford was still - quite properly in the view of many people - shown as "Ashford (Middx)" or "Ashford (Mx)" [using the postal not administrative definition], to distinguish it from the Kent one, on lists, such as dialling code lists in phone directories, and railway station lists. However ... I've recently noticed that if you look it up on, eg, the NRE website, it's now given as "Ashford (Surrey)", not as "Ashford (Middx)". My question is, when did that change happen? It was certainly distinguished on the railways with a Middx reference for a long time after the GLC started. So...

 

[alangla]

Newton (all of them) and Neston?

 

[py_megapixel]

Manchester Pic and Manchester Vic?

 

[306024]

Clapton and Clacton, both served from Liverpool St to add to confusion.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Clapton and Clacton, both served from Liverpool St to add to confusion.

The latter is "Clacton-on-Sea".

 

[eddp]

Lye and Lee

 

[306024]

The latter is "Clacton-on-Sea".

And if global warming continues the former will be Clapton-on-Sea

Didn’t stop a passenger once turning up at Clacton with a day return to Clapton. “Thought it was a bit cheap“ was their only comment when asked to cough up the difference.

 

[S&CLER]

Appley Bridge and Apperley Bridge
Birkdale and Kirkdale

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Appley Bridge and Apperley Bridge

That's two letters. We'd need a whole new thread for that!

 

[swt_passenger]

And not even one letter - Ashford and Ashford.

NB - although the-Ashford-which-didn't-become-"International" [and how long will that last, if almost no international trains stop there now?] is historically in Middlesex (and I presume its postal address still is), the local authority district it's in was added to Surrey county when most of Middlesex was added to Greater London (at the time of the formation of the GLC in 1965. For decades thereafter, Ashford was still - quite properly in the view of many people - shown as "Ashford (Middx)" or "Ashford (Mx)" [using the postal not administrative definition], to distinguish it from the Kent one, on lists, such as dialling code lists in phone directories, and railway station lists. However ... I've recently noticed that if you look it up on, eg, the NRE website, it's now given as "Ashford (Surrey)", not as "Ashford (Middx)". My question is, when did that change happen? It was certainly distinguished on the railways with a Middx reference for a long time after the GLC started. So...

Ashford only has been on the signage for quite a few years now but I wouldn’t know exactly. I think in timetables it’s been quite a while, maybe 10 years or more? I found references in old posts to NRES using (Surrey) back in 2014.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Horley and Honley (and Morley)
Batley and Gatley

 

[mailbyrail]

Baildon and Basildon
Falmer and Walmer

 

[JamesC357]

Baildon and Basildon, which nearly caught a friend of mine out once!

Edit: Beaten to it by a matter of seconds!