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Want to play guess where I live?

302 replies

0RACLE · 19/07/2025 21:49

We have the oldest cinema in Britain

we have 1 restaurant for every 250 people who live here

Babes in the Wood murders happened here

Have a guess and then post your own!

OP posts:
thetorturedpoetsdepartmentssecretary · 21/07/2025 01:24

My town is coastal, said to have a fayre, but not really now! Rock band Little Angels came from around here. Playwright Alan Ayckbourn lives here.

Brendahollowayreconsider · 21/07/2025 05:25

Granite and oil.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 21/07/2025 05:57

Brendahollowayreconsider · 21/07/2025 05:25

Granite and oil.

Aberdeen

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 21/07/2025 05:59

Violinist64 · 21/07/2025 00:39

The conductor Malcolm Sargent lived where l live and Daniel Lambert, the fattest man in Britain, died here. It is the most complete Georgian town in the country and has many churches.

Stamford

DameDaffodil · 21/07/2025 06:12

thetorturedpoetsdepartmentssecretary · 21/07/2025 01:24

My town is coastal, said to have a fayre, but not really now! Rock band Little Angels came from around here. Playwright Alan Ayckbourn lives here.

Scarborough!

CeeJay81 · 21/07/2025 06:29

Tiny Market Town
Most rural county
Touristy in Summer
Difficult to pronounce
Leader of a famous rock band has a place nearby(think he still does anyway).

rose69 · 21/07/2025 07:10

Cattery · 20/07/2025 20:45

Bob Hope was born here. There was an horrific murder in 1993

Eltham

ragandbonewoman · 21/07/2025 07:19

Cornishclio · 20/07/2025 22:15

Maybe Bude? Newquay has a station and fast food places

Spot on

RampantIvy · 21/07/2025 07:21

CeeJay81 · 21/07/2025 06:29

Tiny Market Town
Most rural county
Touristy in Summer
Difficult to pronounce
Leader of a famous rock band has a place nearby(think he still does anyway).

Alnwick?

CeeJay81 · 21/07/2025 07:22

RampantIvy · 21/07/2025 07:21

Alnwick?

Nope.
Another clue. It's not in England

NigelPonsonbySmallpiece · 21/07/2025 07:25

CeeJay81 · 21/07/2025 06:29

Tiny Market Town
Most rural county
Touristy in Summer
Difficult to pronounce
Leader of a famous rock band has a place nearby(think he still does anyway).

Llanidloes

CeeJay81 · 21/07/2025 07:26

NigelPonsonbySmallpiece · 21/07/2025 07:25

Llanidloes

Close! Very good guess.

NigelPonsonbySmallpiece · 21/07/2025 07:28

NigelPonsonbySmallpiece · 21/07/2025 07:25

Llanidloes

Actually I’m rethinking the rock band and going for Machynlleth instead.

first one the person is in the band not the leader though.

CeeJay81 · 21/07/2025 07:30

NigelPonsonbySmallpiece · 21/07/2025 07:28

Actually I’m rethinking the rock band and going for Machynlleth instead.

first one the person is in the band not the leader though.

Yep! 😁

NigelPonsonbySmallpiece · 21/07/2025 07:31

Ok. My town. The romans built a canal here. For a while the tallest building in the world was here (a long time ago).

RampantIvy · 21/07/2025 07:32

NigelPonsonbySmallpiece · 21/07/2025 07:31

Ok. My town. The romans built a canal here. For a while the tallest building in the world was here (a long time ago).

Lincoln?

Geneticsbunny · 21/07/2025 07:37

CharlieUniformNovemberTango2023 · 20/07/2025 23:27

In my town we call a pie in a barm cake (bap, bread roll or tea cake) a kebab.

We also have a pier but no sea or ocean.

Edited

Wigan

overthinker001 · 21/07/2025 07:37

WhatColourIsMyParachute · 20/07/2025 21:32

Chatham, Kent?

Yup 👍🏻

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 21/07/2025 07:47

Cinaferna · 20/07/2025 23:41

Tunbridge Wells?

Yes!

Dontcallmescarface · 21/07/2025 07:50

Steelworks · 20/07/2025 21:51

Frome

Yes.

Flozle · 21/07/2025 07:53

thetorturedpoetsdepartmentssecretary · 21/07/2025 01:24

My town is coastal, said to have a fayre, but not really now! Rock band Little Angels came from around here. Playwright Alan Ayckbourn lives here.

Scarborough?

Forthisthread222 · 21/07/2025 07:58

Ok so what bougher do i live .

Clue 1 : fritz clue 2: black cat

Brendahollowayreconsider · 21/07/2025 08:03

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 21/07/2025 05:57

Aberdeen

Got it in one 👍😁

WhatColourIsMyParachute · 21/07/2025 08:05

Everyone here but us seems like they have summer homes in The Cotswolds.

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 21/07/2025 08:09

Used to live in a town which had the first Zebra crossing in the world.
It had a famous dump in 1919 (and it's still a dump today 🤣)