Trivia - stationless towns with the nearest station in a different county

[Y Ddraig Coch]

Many thanks for that Y Draig Coch, I appreciate the update!
Can't keep up with the English counties, although a regular visitor to Anglesey.

Welsh Counties!!

 

[Millisle]

Peebles (Peeblesshire) > Stow (Midlothian);
Kinross (Kinross-shire) > Lochgelly (Fife).
These were the administrative counties when Peebles and Kinross closed and remain in legal existence as registration counties; the current council areas would be anachronistic.

 

[The exile]

Sadly not, Wick looks to be 140km closer

I believe Bergen has the nearest shopping-centre though - unless that is also an urban myth.

 

[MadMac]

Peebles (Peeblesshire) > Stow (Midlothian);
Kinross (Kinross-shire) > Lochgelly (Fife).
These were the administrative counties when Peebles and Kinross closed and remain in legal existence as registration counties; the current council areas would be anachronistic.

Similarly, Hawick (Roxburghshire) to Tweedbank (Selkirkshire).

 

[AlastairFraser]

Thame in Oxfordshire is closest to Haddenham and Thame Parkway in Buckinghamshire.
Kirkby Lonsdale is closest to Wennington in Lancs.

 

[SparkieLover]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this:
For Waltham Abbey (Essex) it's Waltham Cross (Hertfordshire). The station was once called Waltham Cross & Abbey.
Nazeing (Essex) -> Broxbourne (Herts)
Stanwell Moor (Surrey) -> Heathrow T5 (Greater London)

Biggin Hill's nearest station is Oxted (Surrey), but New Addington tram stop is closer.

Westerham (Kent) nearest station is Oxted (Surrey)

Denham is 3 km from Harefield and Rickmansworth is 4.2 km; West Ruislip is 4.8 km (Northwood is closer than Rickmansworth but further than Denham, even if you count the Tube).

I guess you're referring to Harefield (Greater London) whose nearest stations are Denham (Bucks) and Rickmansworth (Herts)

 

[Millisle]

Similarly, Hawick (Roxburghshire) to Tweedbank (Selkirkshire).

This is an interesting one. When the line reopened I wondered whether Tweedbank restored the railway to Roxburghshire as well as Selkirkshire. I knew it had to be close, as Melrose is in the former and Gala in the latter. The answer when I looked into it is that it lies in the parish of Melrose and is thus in Roxburghshire. The west end of Redbridge (Galafoot) viaduct is in the parish of Galashiels in Selkirkshire and, the river at that point marking the county march, the east end in Roxburghshire. Hawick regrettably suffers a kind of VAR disqualification.

 

[Old Yard Dog]

Banbury (Oxon) seems to be the railhead for Brackley (Northants)

 

[A S Leib]

Banbury (Oxon) seems to be the railhead for Brackley (Northants)

I suspect that because it has a much better service (XC, fast Chiltern) the majority of railheaders would use Banbury, but it's 13 km against 9.5 km for Kings Sutton, which is in Northamptonshire by a margin of below 150 metres.

 

[AlastairFraser]

I suspect that because it has a much better service (XC, fast Chiltern) the majority of railheaders would use Banbury, but it's 13 km against 9.5 km for Kings Sutton, which is in Northamptonshire by a margin of below 150 metres.

I reckon some would opt for Bicester North if heading towards London, as driving time is slightly better and Bicester is 10-15 quicker closer to Marylebone. Heading on public transport seems to be better south for Bicester too.
Northbound Banbury/Northampton make sense.

 

[Flying Snail]

Newry is mostly in Co Down but Newry station is in Co Armagh.

Co Tyrone and Fermanagh have no stations so all their towns count. The nearest station to Eniskillen is Sligo.

 

[LUYMun]

I'm surprised nobody has said Bordon yet, a town in Hampshire that used to have a branch line from Bentley, but the nearest station for residents these days is at Farnham in Surrey.

 

[Gloster]

I'm surprised nobody has said Bordon yet, a town in Hampshire that used to have a branch line from Bentley, but the nearest station for residents these days is at Farnham in Surrey.

I would have thought that Alton was nearer.

 

[AlastairFraser]

I would have thought that Alton was nearer.

Nope - the centre of Bordon is equidistant (5.6 miles) between Liphook and Bentley, both in Hants.

 

[Recessio]

Knockholt in Kent, the closest station (also called Knockholt!) is 2 miles away, just inside Greater London.

 

[MrJeeves]

Wivelsfield (East Sussex) whose station is actually in Burgess Hill (prominently West Sussex)?

1.2 miles

 

[BrummieBobby]

Using "traditional" county boundaries, Dudley qualifies for this category; the nearest station to Dudley town centre (Historically part of Worcestershire) is Tipton, which is historically at the southern tip of Staffordshire.

 

[stadler]

The nearest stations to Alderney and Guernsey and Jersey are in France rather than mainland UK.

 

[imagination]

The town centre of Tadley in Hampshire is marginally closer to Bramley, Hants, but the most of the town is closer to Aldermaston and Midgham, both in Berkshire.

 

[A S Leib]

The town centre of Tadley in Hampshire is marginally closer to Bramley, Hants, but the most of the town is closer to Aldermaston and Midgham, both in Berkshire.

Which seems fitting for the Berks and Hants line when none of the line itself is in Hampshire.

 

[D6975]

The nearest stations to Alderney and Guernsey and Jersey are in France rather than mainland UK.

Are there not any stations on Alderney any more? There were two, one called Braye Road and one called Mannez Quarry.

 

[stadler]

Are there not any stations on Alderney any more? There were two, one called Braye Road and one called Mannez Quarry.

Yes these still exist. But these are on a heritage railway rather than being proper mainline railway stations used as public transport. France has the nearest ordinary railway stations.

 

[izvor]

Tenbury Wells (Worcs) is an odd one too, nearest station now Ludlow (Shropshire) followed by Leominster (Herefordshire). No longer any regular bus services to either railhead though! Both Worcester and Kidderminster are much more distant, though there are infrequent buses to both.

And when it did have a rail station, it was over the river in Shropshire (c.f. Coldstream above).

 

[mrd269697]

Pretty sure the nearest station to Llay in Wrexham is Cefn y Bedd, it Flintshire/ sir y fflint.

 

[Nodding Cat Ch]

Linton in Cambridgeshire, nearest station is in Essex (Great Chesterford)
Linton was on the same line as Haverhill, mentioned earlier.

 

[paul1609]

Does Tenterden count as a town? If so - Rye appears to be a closer journey by car than Ashford international... However I know which station I would prefer!

Tenterden is indeed a town complete with a town hall and (heritage) railway station from where it will shortly be possible to travel on to the national network by changing at Robertsbridge. Its closest national rail station by some way is Appledore (Kent) even though its the limit fo the Rye Plusbus area.

 

[fkofilee]

So the heritage railway locally is expanding? Seems pretty cool...

 

[BeijingDave]

Linton in Cambridgeshire, nearest station is in Essex (Great Chesterford)
Linton was on the same line as Haverhill, mentioned earlier.

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Also the location of the Linton Travel Tavern, equidistant between Norwich and London.

 

[Nodding Cat Ch]

Thanks Mr Partridge.

 

[Caxctus]

Youve also got Longtown which is Is 8.4 miles to Carlisle but only 3.8 to Gretna green in a different country.I dont think anyone had mentioned Longtown but i might have skimmed over it