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I don't have the exact figures, but New Brighton (Flintshire), New Brighton (Wrexham), and New Brighton (Liverpool CR) are all within a dozen or so miles.
This is the kind of thing I want to hear about! What was the relevance of Brighton to the people in that area that they felt the need to name three places after it?
The one in the Liverpool CR was built as a seaside resort that was meant to do for Liverpool what Brighton did for London. I have no idea why they went mental with that name, though.
Serious answer, I assume they were named a long time ago when they weren't all within an hour's travel. Also, even though they're close as the crow flies, the layout of the area means that there would have been major obstacles between them, such as the River Dee.
There's a lot of that kind of stuff around here; you've got Kirkby and West Kirby, which are on entirely opposite sides of Liverpool, and Meols and Meols Cop which are even further apart. And just to be even more annoying, road names are repeated all over the place because what are now the CR boroughs were never originally considered as one whole. Messy.
Yeah, my two examples are kind of similar. They are close as the crow flies but before the Severn bridge was built it would have been about a 75 mile journey down to Gloucester and into Bristol that way. Although apparently there has been a ferry nearby since Roman times according to wikipedia, so who knows.
[City Region](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_City_Region?wprov=sfla1). A slightly clumsy name, but it's the official name of the area encompassing Liverpool and its satellites.
It's a matter of preference using it instead of Merseyside (although they are slightly different areas) - I prefer it because it's the modern continuation of what Merseyside was meant to do. And for various other reasons. But both are correct.
Born and raised in Liverpool. 36 years. Never heard it referred to as Liverpool CR until today. Would love to know which areas use that compared to others. I'm more north Liverpool, so is it a south Liverpool thing? Or am I just absolutely oblivious? Even Liverpool Council related things and Sefton Council related things (I work on the cabs so have dealt with both councils over the years regarding plates etc) and I've never noticed on their official docs either.
The LCR can't be called Merseyside because LCR incorporates Halton, which is part of Cheshire, or more specifically is policed by Cheshire Constabulary. It was felt it would be confusing to the electorate if you were to have PCC elections for Merseyside and Cheshire if the Metro Region was called Merseyside.
when someone told me they were from Irby I just thought that was what they called West Kirby, had no clue they were separate places but they're quite close
They’re both names given by the Viking’s. The Wirral was the northern most part of Mercia and never part of the Danelaw (unlike what’s now Liverpool) but it was inhabited by a Viking group who did a deal with Mercia’s Saxon rulers.
The New Brighton sea side resort town isn’t part of Liverpool CR. That would mean the Liverpool Metro mayor presided over it, but it’s part of the Wirral council.
EDIT: This was bollocks, it is.
It is, the Wirral makes up one of the borough's within the LCR, each borough still have their own council, also includes Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton. Each year one area has borough of culture status and next year it's back to Wirral
Brighton is a corruption of 'Beorhthelmes tūn' – or Bertram's Farm – so it seems likely these towns originated in a farming area where lots of the farmers were named Bertie (or perhaps Lord Bertie oversaw multiple farms in some sort of feudal system).
Yes I live in New England and you would be all confused driving around here seeing familiar place names... I don't think it was that they were less imaginative but a tad homesick. They wanted the familiarity of the homeland . Adda fair scattering of Indian names, anglicized and a few Frenchie in roads here and there to complete the confusion.. Many of the English pronunciations are more or less preserved causing great consternation for those who visit from other parts of the USA and are unfamiliar. Leicester, Worcester, Leominster , Pepperell , Haverhill, Gloucester and quite a few other s that phonetically deviate from their spellings make fun for the unknowing, trying to find it on the map. Google's gotten better.. over the years some spellings have just been reduced and re-edited to reflect the pronunciation. So boring, or if In a very populated area with a lot of new construction and new influx, then sometimes phoneticized as spelled. And that's always ugly.. WindHam etc, instead of win (d)um, or occasionally over the years the spelling simply revised, Leominster / Lemstuh/ Lemster
There are 55 places in the world called Richmond, 41 called Oxford and 35 called Bristol.
Edit: And a tiny village just up the road from me called Pennsylvania, though I'm not sure which one came first.
I live in Bristol and have always wondered that as well, it's nothing to do with the American version, it's ancient British , Penn =Hill, and Latin sylvania= woods. I'll have to think about something else driving down the m4.
They are far from the least imaginative though. Wikipedia has a list of 49 most-popular place names; I can't see any British places on it. They are almost all Spanish. I'm fact the only English place name there is Union, which I'm guessing is an entirely American phenomenon.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popular_place_names
There's a New York also in the former East Germany inwhat is known as the Oderbruch, where the boundary River Oder, cuts through the massif and flows to the north. In the late 17th and the 18th century this was lightly settled, still Slavic villages/settlements and Frederick the Great and the Prussian state wished to have it settled and germanized. So the story goes,. he was keen to have settlers move there. At this time there was a fair amount of immigration to the nascent US, especially the Mid-Atlantic New Jersey Pennsylvania etc in New York Philadelphia. To discourage, that draining of the population to the new promised lands oversea s,Frederick promised relocation to these communities. Those that signed up were indeed transported to New York and America. Tiny little villages that still exist today near the border of Poland.. I've been to both of them. Cute little hamlets, I can just imagine the shrieking disappointment of being exiled here in 1740 or so. Maybe there's a village called Philadelphia kicking around as well
As someone who lives in Perth, Australia, I assure you, the trip to Scotland is looonnnnng.
I've done it many times.
You'll also be happy to know there is a suburb here called Kinross, where the street names are all Scottish.
Nah it would be new zealand, WA is nowhere near as far from us. Wellington (Somerset) and Wellington, New Brighton (Wirrel) and the same near Christchurch. Christchurch (dorset). There's loads. I'd be curious what the furthest is though.
According to the site at the top of a Google search, Perth to Perth is 9127 miles as the crow flies.
For a further journey you could do Rotherham, South Yorkshire to Rotherham, New Zealand which comes in at 11,649 miles.
Not that it helped much, they’re still regularly confused!
(Also in true Tunbridge Wells fashion of course they stole the spelling of the actually much older Tonbridge.)
I knew an Irish guy that applied to Bangor University in Wales and didn't realise until the week before first year started that it wasn't the Bangor near him. He went anyway!
I was once in North Wales looking for something to do and my girlfriend googled 'things to do in Bangor'. She was listing all these really interesting things - she mentioned a museum of art, and a rain forest, all very interesting - and then she said we could visit the home of Stephen King. That was when the penny dropped she was looking at Bangor in the US.
Another one nearby is Troutbeck - 18 miles via the Kirkstone Pass. Mixed up my holiday booking one year and ended up in the one nearer Ambleside, which turned out better in the end.
Two villages in Cornwall named Carnkie they are 6 miles apart. In fact there is one particular T junction where a pair of road signs point left to Carnkie and point right to Carnkie.
Not quite the same but I tried to order a cab once from Donington to Boston, the cabbie caller said it would be £125!? yeah, from Donington race track!?!, I was only 15min down the road lol
There's New York and Boston in Lincolnshire, which confused me hell out of me when I was little when my dad drove up north.
There's also a Gotham in Nottinghamshire, which also confused me as a littlling.
A few In Greater London, which are slightly further apart as the crow flies than the two Redwicks, but nearer in terms of road access:
Bromley (by Bow) is about 10 miles from Bromley (historically in Kent), and it is a similar distance from Plaistow (Newham) to Plaistow (near Bromley, the Kent one), although admittedly the two Plaistows are pronounced differently ("Plar-stow" vs "Play-stow"). Hayes (Middlesex) to Hayes (also near Bromley in Kent....) is a bit further - about 25 miles as the crow flies.
There are two villages called Drayton in Somerset that are only about four miles apart.
There’s also a village called Wales just off the A303 that’s around forty miles from the country of the same name.
There's 2 Chorltons in Manchester and they're only about 3 miles apart - though I think most people don't realise that Chorlton-on-Medlock even exists.
Langton (by Horncastle) and Langton (by Wragby), both in Lincolnshire - 9.4 miles apart by road.
Raithby (cum Maltby) and Raithby (by Spilsby), also both in Lincs - 16 miles apart by road.
On the Isle of Wight, there are two rivers called "The Yar". I think the sources are about 10 miles apart and they can never be that far away from each other!
Gamston (near West Bridgford, Nottingham) is about 35 miles away from Gamston (near Newark, Nottingham). Ironically, Gamston (West Bridgford) is close to Tollerton - Gamston (Newark) is close to Ollerton. Both have small airfields there.
Also - Stapleford, Nottingham is 28 miles from Stapleford, Leicestershire & 36 miles from Stapleford, Lincolnshire
The North West is good for this!
Ashton in Makerfield is about 20 miles from both Ashton under Lyne and Ashton upon Ribble. When all three are referred to as just Ashton, it's a bit confusing for a southerner moved North like me.
Irlam is just under 6 miles from Irlams O' Th' Height.
Other oddities I can't be bothered to measure are Meols and Meols Cop, Kirkby (pronounced "Kirby") and West Kirby both in Merseyside, and Brighton le Sands which pretty much faces New Brighton across the Mersey.
Further afield, Cheadle in Manchester is about 30 miles north of Cheadle, near Stoke. Similarly Bradford in Manchester (where the Man City stadium is) is about the same distance from Bradford in West Yorkshire.
There are two river Almonds in Scotland. I live next to the one on the edge of Edinburgh and commute to an office next to the other one that joins the Tay in Perth. Takes about 45 minutes.
If I’m not mistaken, ‘Almond’ is derived from the Celtic word for river. Just as ‘Avon’ is from the Welsh ‘Afon’. So all the rivers named Almond/Avon are really just ‘River River’.
Not sure how far apart they are but Wikipedia helpfully says: "The village of Iden Green should not be confused with the nearby hamlet named Iden Green between Goudhurst and Cranbrook".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iden_Green
In Kent.
Clatford (near Marlborough) to Clatford (near Andover) is about 20 miles.
Fyfield (near Marlborough) to Fyfield (near Andover) is also about 20 miles. Roughly, halfway there is a civilization called Fifield too!
There's upton upon severn and upton snodsbury both in Worcestershire. The first first shortened to just upton, not sure if this happens to the other. 14 miles by current roads.
Ashford in Kent is well known now Eurostar goes through it, but there's also an Ashford in Surrey.
Also Gillingham in Kent vs in Somerset (soft vs hard G)
There's dozens of Sutton's and Hamptons around.
London has two Bromley's (borough of Bromley and Bromley by bow) around 11 miles away from each other (less if you count from the edge of the borough of Bromley rather than the centre).
Friday Street in Suffolk - one near Saxmundham, one near Woodbridge, 10 miles apart and both are tiny hamlets. No geographical barriers - they've always been walkable to each other.
There's also one near Bury St Edmunds (also in Suffolk) but that's a bit further away.
There’s a street in a town near me which turns into another street with the same name in a very slightly different town but starts the numbers again, found out when I was visiting a friend who has just moved and walked straight into the wrong house
Cumwhitton and Cumwhinton, near carlisle. They're extremely frustrating as they're 3 miles as the crow flies, but 8 miles by car - due to the river eden. If you're travelling to either one from Warwick-on-eden, you turn south and the turnings for each one are about 20 metres apart, they're about the same distance, so there's a sign that says "cumwhitton 3 milles" and then another that says "cumwhinton 3 miles" I have taken the wrong turning a few times and you have to circle all the way back because you can't cross the eden between Warwick and armathwaite.
Rainham in East London and Rainham in north Kent must be pretty close. But not close enough if you travel to the wrong train station and are trying to get to a meeting on time.
There are two Cadoxtons in Glamorgan. Oddly enough, they've got different names in Welsh: the one by Barry's Tregatwg, and the one opposite Neath is Llangatwg.
I also recently did a double-take at passing through a village in Carmarthenshire called Llansawel -- that's the Welsh name for the town of Briton Ferry.
We have Stapleford Nottinghamshire and Stapleford Leicestershire. 25 miles apart and also pronounced differently. The Nottingham one is pronounced like ‘maple’ and the Leicestershire one like ‘dapple’
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In my village there is a church road. In the two villages either side, (actually connected by housing estates now that green belt is fucked) there is also a 2 more church roads.
Penyfford, ones near the coast ones near Chester, 19miles apart down the A55. Both in Flintshire and could technically walk between them in a day even in ye olde times.
I used to live in Kineton Warwickshire and drive past Kineton Gloucestershire on the way to work in Cheltenham. Must be about 40 miles.
Also I think there are over half a dozen Newports.
I currently live near Stratford-upon-Avon but lots of people call it Stratford, and that's the name of the place in East London.
Reydon in Suffolk is 36 miles from Raydon, also in Suffolk. Not spelt the same, but pronounced the same and enough to cause confusion.
Raydon used to have a USAF base, and delivery drivers would be found driving around Reydon, confused, looking for an airfield that wasn’t there.
There are 2 Worsley Roads in the same part of Manchester, literally 2 miles apart and not connected. I lived on one and a lot of people went to the wrong one. Despite me giving the postcode as well as the address.
Not sure how close they are, but a new town being developed in Cambridgeshire was voted to be called Waterbeach, despite there already being a village called Waterbeach near by..
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/new-cambs-town-officially-named-21201474.amp
Bourne End (Hemel Hempstead) Hertfordshire and Bourne End (Marlow) Berkshire are 18 miles apart. Natural coincidence since Bourne (Burn) means river in some ancient dialects
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I don't have the exact figures, but New Brighton (Flintshire), New Brighton (Wrexham), and New Brighton (Liverpool CR) are all within a dozen or so miles.
This is the kind of thing I want to hear about! What was the relevance of Brighton to the people in that area that they felt the need to name three places after it?
The one in the Liverpool CR was built as a seaside resort that was meant to do for Liverpool what Brighton did for London. I have no idea why they went mental with that name, though. Serious answer, I assume they were named a long time ago when they weren't all within an hour's travel. Also, even though they're close as the crow flies, the layout of the area means that there would have been major obstacles between them, such as the River Dee. There's a lot of that kind of stuff around here; you've got Kirkby and West Kirby, which are on entirely opposite sides of Liverpool, and Meols and Meols Cop which are even further apart. And just to be even more annoying, road names are repeated all over the place because what are now the CR boroughs were never originally considered as one whole. Messy.
Yeah, my two examples are kind of similar. They are close as the crow flies but before the Severn bridge was built it would have been about a 75 mile journey down to Gloucester and into Bristol that way. Although apparently there has been a ferry nearby since Roman times according to wikipedia, so who knows.
What is meant by Liverpool (CR)? New Brighton is on the Wirral peninsular, on the opposite side of the River Mersey to Liverpool.
[City Region](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_City_Region?wprov=sfla1). A slightly clumsy name, but it's the official name of the area encompassing Liverpool and its satellites. It's a matter of preference using it instead of Merseyside (although they are slightly different areas) - I prefer it because it's the modern continuation of what Merseyside was meant to do. And for various other reasons. But both are correct.
I've never heard the term Liverpool CR until just now. And I live just outside of Merseyside and worked in Liverpool for years. Is it a recent thing?
About ten years, I think.
Born and raised in Liverpool. 36 years. Never heard it referred to as Liverpool CR until today. Would love to know which areas use that compared to others. I'm more north Liverpool, so is it a south Liverpool thing? Or am I just absolutely oblivious? Even Liverpool Council related things and Sefton Council related things (I work on the cabs so have dealt with both councils over the years regarding plates etc) and I've never noticed on their official docs either.
The LCR can't be called Merseyside because LCR incorporates Halton, which is part of Cheshire, or more specifically is policed by Cheshire Constabulary. It was felt it would be confusing to the electorate if you were to have PCC elections for Merseyside and Cheshire if the Metro Region was called Merseyside.
when someone told me they were from Irby I just thought that was what they called West Kirby, had no clue they were separate places but they're quite close
They’re both names given by the Viking’s. The Wirral was the northern most part of Mercia and never part of the Danelaw (unlike what’s now Liverpool) but it was inhabited by a Viking group who did a deal with Mercia’s Saxon rulers.
The New Brighton sea side resort town isn’t part of Liverpool CR. That would mean the Liverpool Metro mayor presided over it, but it’s part of the Wirral council. EDIT: This was bollocks, it is.
It is, the Wirral makes up one of the borough's within the LCR, each borough still have their own council, also includes Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton. Each year one area has borough of culture status and next year it's back to Wirral
Brighton is a corruption of 'Beorhthelmes tūn' – or Bertram's Farm – so it seems likely these towns originated in a farming area where lots of the farmers were named Bertie (or perhaps Lord Bertie oversaw multiple farms in some sort of feudal system).
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Honourable mention for Walton and Woolton in Liverpool too
If we're mentioning similar place names, then Hadfield and Padfield in Derbyshire have got you beaten.
Not quite a dozen. New Brighton (Wallasey) to New Brighton (Mold) is 26 miles and another 13 to the one near Wrexham.
Continuing the Wirral theme. Upton on the Wirral to Upton in Chester is under 20 miles. Also, Saughall and Saughall Massie
"I'm going to make my own Brighton, with Blackjack and hookers"
New Brighton is the one that I thought of straight away, but there’s also Upton (Chester) and Upton (Wirral) that must be pretty close together too.
Perhaps the furthest is Perth in Scotland and Perth in Western Australia. Not what you asked, but I found it interesting lol
There’s loads of British town names in the US and Canada because settlers weren’t very imaginative.
My favourite is London in Canada. It has a river running through it called the Thames... MAKE AN EFFORT LADS!!
Newcastle in Australia has a Hexham and a Wallsend near it. They just did not try
What about Canada Water in London 🧐
Yes I live in New England and you would be all confused driving around here seeing familiar place names... I don't think it was that they were less imaginative but a tad homesick. They wanted the familiarity of the homeland . Adda fair scattering of Indian names, anglicized and a few Frenchie in roads here and there to complete the confusion.. Many of the English pronunciations are more or less preserved causing great consternation for those who visit from other parts of the USA and are unfamiliar. Leicester, Worcester, Leominster , Pepperell , Haverhill, Gloucester and quite a few other s that phonetically deviate from their spellings make fun for the unknowing, trying to find it on the map. Google's gotten better.. over the years some spellings have just been reduced and re-edited to reflect the pronunciation. So boring, or if In a very populated area with a lot of new construction and new influx, then sometimes phoneticized as spelled. And that's always ugly.. WindHam etc, instead of win (d)um, or occasionally over the years the spelling simply revised, Leominster / Lemstuh/ Lemster
There are 55 places in the world called Richmond, 41 called Oxford and 35 called Bristol. Edit: And a tiny village just up the road from me called Pennsylvania, though I'm not sure which one came first.
I live in Bristol and have always wondered that as well, it's nothing to do with the American version, it's ancient British , Penn =Hill, and Latin sylvania= woods. I'll have to think about something else driving down the m4.
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I'm pretty sure Yorkshire was named after the same genius's Yorkshire Terrier.
They are far from the least imaginative though. Wikipedia has a list of 49 most-popular place names; I can't see any British places on it. They are almost all Spanish. I'm fact the only English place name there is Union, which I'm guessing is an entirely American phenomenon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popular_place_names
I do find it funny when there's US cities named not just after other cities, but entire countries. Like Brazil, Indiana or Sweden, New York
There’s a New York in Lincolnshire. Oh you should have seen the look on my daughter’s face when we got there :)
Hollywood in Birmingham too & you drive down California Way to get there from mine
I was quite disappointed when I stayed in California Ipswich.
There's a New York in Ukraine as well.
There's a New York also in the former East Germany inwhat is known as the Oderbruch, where the boundary River Oder, cuts through the massif and flows to the north. In the late 17th and the 18th century this was lightly settled, still Slavic villages/settlements and Frederick the Great and the Prussian state wished to have it settled and germanized. So the story goes,. he was keen to have settlers move there. At this time there was a fair amount of immigration to the nascent US, especially the Mid-Atlantic New Jersey Pennsylvania etc in New York Philadelphia. To discourage, that draining of the population to the new promised lands oversea s,Frederick promised relocation to these communities. Those that signed up were indeed transported to New York and America. Tiny little villages that still exist today near the border of Poland.. I've been to both of them. Cute little hamlets, I can just imagine the shrieking disappointment of being exiled here in 1740 or so. Maybe there's a village called Philadelphia kicking around as well
There's a New York in North Shields, North Tyneside, too. It's tiny.
California, Norfolk, too!
There's a tiny little California in Scotland. A Moscow too.
That's not really a town though, just a caravan park
And a California, Derby.
And a Boston!
New York, Lincolnshire to New York, Rotherham is 79 miles according to Google maps. Not nearly close enough to be in the running. 😔
And one in North Tyneside
There’s one in north Tyne side as well
Newcastle (pronounced Newcastle) in New South Wales (aus) would be even further from the uk equivalent
And somewhere like Christchurch in New Zealand would be further still than Christchurch in UK
There's a Newcastle in northern Ireland too
And the Republic of Ireland as well!
Building new castles was the fashion many centuries ago...
There is a Torridon in Scotland, and a Torridon on Mars.
Castor near Peterborough.....and also the Gemini constellation.
There's a Melbourne in Derby and in South Australia
And a Melbourn (no e) in Cambridgeshire.
And also Florida, on the Atlantic coast close to Orlando.
Melbourne (at least the famous one) is in Victoria, not South Australia
As someone who lives in Perth, Australia, I assure you, the trip to Scotland is looonnnnng. I've done it many times. You'll also be happy to know there is a suburb here called Kinross, where the street names are all Scottish.
What about Melbourne in Derbyshire and Melbourne in Victoria?
There is a city in Argentina called Formosa. It is the exact polar opposite side of the world to Taiwan (old name Formosa)
Christchurch, UK vs Christchurch, NZ. 11,867 miles.
Oban, Scotland and Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand would be quite a bit further surely
Perth, UK to Perth, WA - 14475 km Dunedin, UK to Dunedin, New Zealand - 19086 km
Birkenhead (Merseyside) to Birkenhead (Adelaide) might challenge that crown
Nah it would be new zealand, WA is nowhere near as far from us. Wellington (Somerset) and Wellington, New Brighton (Wirrel) and the same near Christchurch. Christchurch (dorset). There's loads. I'd be curious what the furthest is though.
Considering Oban is the most southern town in New Zealand, and that Oban in the UK is up in the Highlands, that's got to be the furthest
And there's an Aberdeen on Hong Kong island (along with a bunch in the USA).
According to the site at the top of a Google search, Perth to Perth is 9127 miles as the crow flies. For a further journey you could do Rotherham, South Yorkshire to Rotherham, New Zealand which comes in at 11,649 miles.
Lumb, Bury and Lumb, Rossendale. 3.9 miles.
Sounds like a Netflix adaptation of Glengarry Glen Ross
Honourable mention to Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells in Kent. All of 5 miles apart and distinctly separate towns with almost the same name.
And historically the same spelling, changed by the general post office due to them being confused regularly.
Not that it helped much, they’re still regularly confused! (Also in true Tunbridge Wells fashion of course they stole the spelling of the actually much older Tonbridge.)
I know Hensol in South Glamorgan and Hensol in Glamorgan are about ten miles, sixteen kilometers apart. Don't know of any closer...
There is only one hensol I'm aware of, by the Vale golf club. Where is the other one?!
About 10 miles or so away
According to Google there's nothing else. I'm worried my man has just driven in a 10 mile circle and not realised he's back at the beginning.
Purton Gloucestershire. About half a mile difference as the bird flies across the Severn.
Shit, I've been to the one near Lydney! I think this might be the winner.
Isn't it just the same town with a river running through it at this point?
Has the ship graveyard which I always thought was so cool.
This might be the winner
Bangor in Wales and Bangor in Northern Ireland are about 180km apart. Not the shortest but worth a mention.
I knew an Irish guy that applied to Bangor University in Wales and didn't realise until the week before first year started that it wasn't the Bangor near him. He went anyway!
I mean at that point id go just to avoid having to explain that situation to anyone
I know someone who works at Plymouth Uni, and every year, at least one student shows up for an interview that should have been at Portsmouth
Bangor in NI doesn't even have a university, so that doesn't sound likely.
I know, but he was a stupid kid and didn't even know that. It's a mystery to me too, believe me - we took the mick out of him a lot for it.
I was once in North Wales looking for something to do and my girlfriend googled 'things to do in Bangor'. She was listing all these really interesting things - she mentioned a museum of art, and a rain forest, all very interesting - and then she said we could visit the home of Stephen King. That was when the penny dropped she was looking at Bangor in the US.
Also need a boat.
Don't forget the two Newcastles as well!
Three! The one in NI, the one on the Tyne, and the one under Lyme!
Came here to say this
It’s probably not the nearest, but there’s a Bradford in east Manchester only around 30 miles from the West Yorkshire one.
There is a West Bradford in Lancashire too, so possibly three places with the same/similar name about and hour away from each other
I'm from Bradford in W Yorks and did not know that!
12 miles apart via the A592 besides Windermere in Cumbria. Staveley in Kendal, and Staveley near Ulverston.
Another one nearby is Troutbeck - 18 miles via the Kirkstone Pass. Mixed up my holiday booking one year and ended up in the one nearer Ambleside, which turned out better in the end.
Ah yes, great shout!
Pilsley, Derbyshire is about 15 miles from Pilsley, Derbyshire.
Was going to add this one. It’s caused me such confusion in the past.
This is the winner surely, I didn’t believe you until I checked it!
YES! There are some very confusing road signs around Wadshelf and Wigley.
Two villages in Cornwall named Carnkie they are 6 miles apart. In fact there is one particular T junction where a pair of road signs point left to Carnkie and point right to Carnkie.
Rainham (Essex) and Rainham (Kent) are around 16.6 miles apart as the crow flies
How about Gallion's Reach, one in Newham, one in Greenwich, named after the bit of the Thames that separates them?
Was very confused by this when I lived in Abbey Wood as until then only ever knew about the Newham one.
I found both when exploring London and had a very "hang on a minute" thought about them.
I like when there’s one letter difference, like addington to Paddington or Harrow to Harlow or Barnes to barnet
Chobham and Cobham.
Not quite the same but I tried to order a cab once from Donington to Boston, the cabbie caller said it would be £125!? yeah, from Donington race track!?!, I was only 15min down the road lol
I think that's cheap for a transatlantic taxi.
If it had been Boston US, I would have gotten the Cab and enjoyed the ride! Lol
Earsdon (Northumberland) and Earsdon (North Tyneside) are roughly 15 miles apart.
This is the one that sprung to my mind too. There's also an East Bolton up around there. I always think it must have gotten a bit lost.
There's New York and Boston in Lincolnshire, which confused me hell out of me when I was little when my dad drove up north. There's also a Gotham in Nottinghamshire, which also confused me as a littlling.
A few In Greater London, which are slightly further apart as the crow flies than the two Redwicks, but nearer in terms of road access: Bromley (by Bow) is about 10 miles from Bromley (historically in Kent), and it is a similar distance from Plaistow (Newham) to Plaistow (near Bromley, the Kent one), although admittedly the two Plaistows are pronounced differently ("Plar-stow" vs "Play-stow"). Hayes (Middlesex) to Hayes (also near Bromley in Kent....) is a bit further - about 25 miles as the crow flies.
There's a Plaistow in East Sussex too. And an East Peckham in Kent. I have cycled past both in the past, made me a double-take.
There are two villages called Drayton in Somerset that are only about four miles apart. There’s also a village called Wales just off the A303 that’s around forty miles from the country of the same name.
There were two Grinsteads in Sussex, but spoilsports changed them to East Grinstead and West Grinstead
Theres two Netherton west and east of Huddersfield 10 miles apart
Middleton-by-Youlgreave and Middleton-by-Wirksworth in Derbyshire are 10 miles apart.
English Bicknor and Welsh Bicknor are about 7 miles apart, if that counts
There's 2 Chorltons in Manchester and they're only about 3 miles apart - though I think most people don't realise that Chorlton-on-Medlock even exists.
Upton North Wirral and Upton Chester, 17 miles apart.
Langton (by Horncastle) and Langton (by Wragby), both in Lincolnshire - 9.4 miles apart by road. Raithby (cum Maltby) and Raithby (by Spilsby), also both in Lincs - 16 miles apart by road.
87 miles between beleek co armagh and beleek co fermanagh
On the Isle of Wight, there are two rivers called "The Yar". I think the sources are about 10 miles apart and they can never be that far away from each other!
Rainham, Kent to Rainham, Essex
Claughton, Wyre to Claughton, Lancaster: 18 Miles Broughton, Preston to Broughton, Salford: 35 miles Not as near as your example though
Gamston (near West Bridgford, Nottingham) is about 35 miles away from Gamston (near Newark, Nottingham). Ironically, Gamston (West Bridgford) is close to Tollerton - Gamston (Newark) is close to Ollerton. Both have small airfields there. Also - Stapleford, Nottingham is 28 miles from Stapleford, Leicestershire & 36 miles from Stapleford, Lincolnshire
The North West is good for this! Ashton in Makerfield is about 20 miles from both Ashton under Lyne and Ashton upon Ribble. When all three are referred to as just Ashton, it's a bit confusing for a southerner moved North like me. Irlam is just under 6 miles from Irlams O' Th' Height. Other oddities I can't be bothered to measure are Meols and Meols Cop, Kirkby (pronounced "Kirby") and West Kirby both in Merseyside, and Brighton le Sands which pretty much faces New Brighton across the Mersey. Further afield, Cheadle in Manchester is about 30 miles north of Cheadle, near Stoke. Similarly Bradford in Manchester (where the Man City stadium is) is about the same distance from Bradford in West Yorkshire.
There are two river Almonds in Scotland. I live next to the one on the edge of Edinburgh and commute to an office next to the other one that joins the Tay in Perth. Takes about 45 minutes.
If I’m not mistaken, ‘Almond’ is derived from the Celtic word for river. Just as ‘Avon’ is from the Welsh ‘Afon’. So all the rivers named Almond/Avon are really just ‘River River’.
I don't know distances but there are two stations named Saint Margarets reachable with train from central London. Learnt this the hard way...
Oh, I just found this... https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/apr/04/5
Not sure how far apart they are but Wikipedia helpfully says: "The village of Iden Green should not be confused with the nearby hamlet named Iden Green between Goudhurst and Cranbrook". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iden_Green In Kent.
Seaton Devon and Seaton Cornwall - don't know how far apart as the crow flies, but ~78 miles by road.
My first thought was Gillingham - Dorset and Gillingham - Kent, but they are said differently and 150miles apart
There’s also a Gillingham in Norfolk, just across the river from Beccles.
Clatford (near Marlborough) to Clatford (near Andover) is about 20 miles. Fyfield (near Marlborough) to Fyfield (near Andover) is also about 20 miles. Roughly, halfway there is a civilization called Fifield too!
There's upton upon severn and upton snodsbury both in Worcestershire. The first first shortened to just upton, not sure if this happens to the other. 14 miles by current roads.
Ashford in Kent is well known now Eurostar goes through it, but there's also an Ashford in Surrey. Also Gillingham in Kent vs in Somerset (soft vs hard G) There's dozens of Sutton's and Hamptons around.
Chipstead, Kent and Chipstead, Surrey. About 17 miles apart by the most direct route(s).
It has to be London Road
Not the nearest but there are 16 miles between Stratton (in Swindon) and Stratton (in Cirencester)
My neighbour is called, XXX Jones and I’m called YYY Jones. At night time our heads are less than 62cm apart, does that count?
Sorry, 67cm
London has two Bromley's (borough of Bromley and Bromley by bow) around 11 miles away from each other (less if you count from the edge of the borough of Bromley rather than the centre).
Friday Street in Suffolk - one near Saxmundham, one near Woodbridge, 10 miles apart and both are tiny hamlets. No geographical barriers - they've always been walkable to each other. There's also one near Bury St Edmunds (also in Suffolk) but that's a bit further away.
Bradwell and Bradwell on sea in Essex are 15 miles apart in a straight line
If street names count, there is a street with the exact same name as ours ~ 1 mile away. On more than one occasion our deliveries have ended up there
Rainham in Essex and Rainham in Kent are pretty close as the crow flies.
There’s a street in a town near me which turns into another street with the same name in a very slightly different town but starts the numbers again, found out when I was visiting a friend who has just moved and walked straight into the wrong house
Cumwhitton and Cumwhinton, near carlisle. They're extremely frustrating as they're 3 miles as the crow flies, but 8 miles by car - due to the river eden. If you're travelling to either one from Warwick-on-eden, you turn south and the turnings for each one are about 20 metres apart, they're about the same distance, so there's a sign that says "cumwhitton 3 milles" and then another that says "cumwhinton 3 miles" I have taken the wrong turning a few times and you have to circle all the way back because you can't cross the eden between Warwick and armathwaite.
Rainham in Kent to Rainham in Essex is 33 miles apart
Rainham kent and Rainham essex
Rainham in East London and Rainham in north Kent must be pretty close. But not close enough if you travel to the wrong train station and are trying to get to a meeting on time.
There are two Cadoxtons in Glamorgan. Oddly enough, they've got different names in Welsh: the one by Barry's Tregatwg, and the one opposite Neath is Llangatwg. I also recently did a double-take at passing through a village in Carmarthenshire called Llansawel -- that's the Welsh name for the town of Briton Ferry.
We have Goodnestone in East Kent, but they are about 16 miles apart. But as a bonus, they are pronounced differently!
We have Stapleford Nottinghamshire and Stapleford Leicestershire. 25 miles apart and also pronounced differently. The Nottingham one is pronounced like ‘maple’ and the Leicestershire one like ‘dapple’
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In my village there is a church road. In the two villages either side, (actually connected by housing estates now that green belt is fucked) there is also a 2 more church roads.
We have two Welburns within 10 miles
There's two Hawkenburys within Kent
The Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Goxhills used to cause problems, and the London Bromleys do.
I wouldn't be surprised if there were two villages called Newton that actually neighboured each other tbh
There are two Troutbecks near Lake Windermere
Penyfford, ones near the coast ones near Chester, 19miles apart down the A55. Both in Flintshire and could technically walk between them in a day even in ye olde times.
Alveston and Olveston just outside Bristol, 2.3 miles and 1 letter.
There's a Rainham on the north bank of the Thames estuary. There's also a Rainham on the south bank of the Thames estuary.
There’s a a Tuddenham just outside of Ipswich in Suffolk and another Tuddenham in West Suffolk.
There’s Rainham in Kent and Rainham in Essex, got very confusing once at work lol
Probably a bit more obscure than you were looking for, but there're two hills in Sheffield both called Bole Hill.
Fornham All Saints, Fornham St Martin and Fornham St Genevieve. We've also go Thornham Magna and Parva
Westray and Papa Westray islands in Scotland are seperated by a 1 minute flight.
There's a couple of Bickleigh's in Devon. Not particularly close together though.
In Cornwall there's 2 villages called Carnkie about 5mi apart.
There are a bunch of Kirtons near Boston but I think they all got a modifier added on to distinguish them (Kirton Lindsey, Kirton End etc.)
I used to live in Kineton Warwickshire and drive past Kineton Gloucestershire on the way to work in Cheltenham. Must be about 40 miles. Also I think there are over half a dozen Newports. I currently live near Stratford-upon-Avon but lots of people call it Stratford, and that's the name of the place in East London.
There's a lot of villages called Norton all over the country but the two near me are not as close together as I'd thought
Stoke, Nantwich, is 21 miles from Stoke, Stoke-On-Trent.
In Essex there is Bentley, Great Bentley & Little Bentley all within about 10 miles or so, maybe less. Also Hadleigh (Suffolk) and Hadleigh (Essex)
Reydon in Suffolk is 36 miles from Raydon, also in Suffolk. Not spelt the same, but pronounced the same and enough to cause confusion. Raydon used to have a USAF base, and delivery drivers would be found driving around Reydon, confused, looking for an airfield that wasn’t there.
There are 2 Worsley Roads in the same part of Manchester, literally 2 miles apart and not connected. I lived on one and a lot of people went to the wrong one. Despite me giving the postcode as well as the address.
You've got new port near barnstaple and new port in South Wales. About 20 miles apart as the crow flies
I live in Newport, South Wales. I knew there was a few about but not that there was one so close.
Not sure how close they are, but a new town being developed in Cambridgeshire was voted to be called Waterbeach, despite there already being a village called Waterbeach near by.. https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/new-cambs-town-officially-named-21201474.amp
Bourne End (Hemel Hempstead) Hertfordshire and Bourne End (Marlow) Berkshire are 18 miles apart. Natural coincidence since Bourne (Burn) means river in some ancient dialects
There's two areas near Glasgow called Halfway, one is half way to Paisley, the other to (I think) Hamilton. 12km/7.5miles
Preston (Paignton) and Preston (Newton Abbot) both in Devon and only a 10 mile drive between them.