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Place names: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral

137 replies

Kovus · 11/07/2024 03:41

E.g;

Oxford
Sevenoaks
Ingoldmells

Post one or more. Can be foreign, but needs to be reasonably well-known!

OP posts:
PeppermintParty · 11/07/2024 15:56

Stonehenge
Buckingham
Silverstone

PeppermintParty · 11/07/2024 16:02

Leighton Buzzard
Swanage

OldFred · 11/07/2024 16:29

Harry Potter Edition-

Hogwarts
Privet Drive
Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour

OldFred · 11/07/2024 16:33

Harry Potter Filming Locations Edition-

Goathland Railway Station
(Hogsmeade Station)

Ashridge, Berkhampstead
(Forbidden Forest)

Leadenhall Market
(Diagon Alley & Leaky Cauldron)

AdaColeman · 11/07/2024 23:20

Kent....
Swanley
Appledore
Golden Green

AdaColeman · 12/07/2024 00:55

Kent again....

Bearsted
New Ash Green
Saltwood

BobbyBiscuits · 12/07/2024 01:21

Canterbury (ant)
Wheathampstead
Sittingbourne (tin)- is tin a mineral?

Fishponds
Limehouse
Sandy- again, sand, mineral?

Catford
Plumstead
Crystal palace (I'm questioning all my minerals here...?)

I'm taking it we can't just use the periodic symbol, ie 1 or 2 letters as it would too easy?

This is really fun though. 😁

ihavebecomecomfortablynumb · 12/07/2024 01:55

Yorkshire version

Cowick
Oakenshaw
Penistone

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 12/07/2024 04:49

Catcliffe
Grassington
Goldthorpe

Yorkshire version

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 12/07/2024 05:26

Welsh version

Fishguard
Rosemarket
Tintern

RobinHumphries · 12/07/2024 05:45

Rattery

AdaColeman · 12/07/2024 08:10

Kent yet again....

Womenswold
Ebony
Chalk

AquaTofana · 12/07/2024 08:20

Sussex version!

Petworth (covers a multitude!!)
Ashington
Saltdean

Kovus · 12/07/2024 08:33

Let's up the challenge. Not sure if this is even possible, but......

5 stars for the first place name to contain all of Animal, Vegetable and Mineral.

10 stars to get all three in a single place name but in the right order.

OP posts:
ihavebecomecomfortablynumb · 12/07/2024 13:13

Kovus · 12/07/2024 08:33

Let's up the challenge. Not sure if this is even possible, but......

5 stars for the first place name to contain all of Animal, Vegetable and Mineral.

10 stars to get all three in a single place name but in the right order.

Edited

I’ve thought a few with animal and mineral but not all three. Still thinking. 🤣

muddyford · 12/07/2024 13:29

Bedford
Wells
Bath
Liverpool
Buckingham
Sandringham

muddyford · 12/07/2024 13:34

Swansea
Shepherd's Bush...

muddyford · 12/07/2024 13:48

Kidlington (Oxfordshire)has A and V. Just need the M.

leeverarch · 12/07/2024 13:56

Stoneleigh
Fishbourne
Sandy
Canary Islands

blacksax · 12/07/2024 13:58

Sevenoaks
Ramsgate
Catford
Wormwood Scrubs

Kovus · 12/07/2024 14:02

@blacksax Wormwood Scrubs - very close.

Worm - A
Wood - V
Scrub - V
Rubs - V

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blacksax · 12/07/2024 14:10

@Kovus

Wormwood = V also😁

leeverarch · 12/07/2024 14:11

Shetland (pony)

Kovus · 12/07/2024 14:11

Cru could also be V - at a push!

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leeverarch · 12/07/2024 14:17

Mousehole

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