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Guess where I live from five clues!

165 replies

SkipperKipper · 20/06/2026 09:03

Just a bit of fun! Feel free to join.

I’ll give 5 facts about where I live and see if anyone guesses the right answer.

  1. 15 minutes from an airport
  2. Lots of pubs/charity shops
  3. 30 mins from inner city
  4. Very white British/little diversity
  5. Pork pies!
OP posts:
mumumental · 20/06/2026 21:18

Durham.

withringsonherfingers · 20/06/2026 21:23

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 20/06/2026 21:08

I have no idea what any of that means
😕😆

The nursery rhyme is ‘ride a cock horse to
Banbury CROSS’…but Banbury fair is a (notorious) tradition in the town, so I wondered if you were local
and jokingly referencing that instead 😀

MadisonAvenue · 20/06/2026 21:40

Here’s mine, not long moved here so don’t know have an extensive knowledge of the area but will have a go

Breweries
You either love it or hate it
Training base of a team currently competing in the World Cup
Pickle

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 20/06/2026 21:59

withringsonherfingers · 20/06/2026 21:23

The nursery rhyme is ‘ride a cock horse to
Banbury CROSS’…but Banbury fair is a (notorious) tradition in the town, so I wondered if you were local
and jokingly referencing that instead 😀

No I just remember it as
ride a cock horse to Banbury fair

😵‍💫

VoteCountBinface · 20/06/2026 22:33

Home to one of the largest abbeys in Europe in the 12th century
The Climate Stripes were created here
Still not a city but has signs to the City Centre
Cheeselogs
Known for three Bs: beer, biscuits and bulbs

MargoChanellingBarbara · 20/06/2026 22:34

MadisonAvenue · 20/06/2026 21:40

Here’s mine, not long moved here so don’t know have an extensive knowledge of the area but will have a go

Breweries
You either love it or hate it
Training base of a team currently competing in the World Cup
Pickle

Burton-on-Trent, me duck

ourSusie · 20/06/2026 22:38

StabiaGirl · 20/06/2026 19:52

@FKAT Hereford

yes! FKAT you missed the colour of the boathouse

ourSusie · 20/06/2026 22:39

Dawnintheageofaquariams · 20/06/2026 19:46

Leeds?
Sir Jimmy Savile was in Scouts.

good grief

MadisonAvenue · 20/06/2026 22:41

MargoChanellingBarbara · 20/06/2026 22:34

Burton-on-Trent, me duck

Edited

Yes, not lived here long enough to call anyone me duck yet though

NormalForHere · 20/06/2026 22:42

Norwich?

ourSusie · 20/06/2026 22:44

VoteCountBinface · 20/06/2026 22:33

Home to one of the largest abbeys in Europe in the 12th century
The Climate Stripes were created here
Still not a city but has signs to the City Centre
Cheeselogs
Known for three Bs: beer, biscuits and bulbs

is it Reading? suttons seeds

ApolloandDaphne · 20/06/2026 22:45

Mine is easy. I don't even need 5 clues:

golf
university
Will and Kate

ourSusie · 20/06/2026 22:46

ApolloandDaphne · 20/06/2026 22:45

Mine is easy. I don't even need 5 clues:

golf
university
Will and Kate

st Andrews

ourSusie · 20/06/2026 22:50

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 20/06/2026 21:59

No I just remember it as
ride a cock horse to Banbury fair

😵‍💫

cross - fair doesn’t rhyme with horse

ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross
to see a fine lady on a white horse…

Financegoddess · 20/06/2026 22:56

Ok. Here’s mine

Tulip Parade
Geoff Capes
Girl & boyfriend (both 14) murdered the girls mother and sister (UK youngest double murderers)
Home to one of the oldest learned societies in the UK (founded in 1710)

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 20/06/2026 23:14

ourSusie · 20/06/2026 22:50

cross - fair doesn’t rhyme with horse

ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross
to see a fine lady on a white horse…

Yeh
i really wasn’t concerned about anything rhyming
i literally stated a childhood recollection and didn’t remember that lady and her horse either 😆

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 20/06/2026 23:17

Financegoddess · 20/06/2026 22:56

Ok. Here’s mine

Tulip Parade
Geoff Capes
Girl & boyfriend (both 14) murdered the girls mother and sister (UK youngest double murderers)
Home to one of the oldest learned societies in the UK (founded in 1710)

That’s got to be
Spalding.

Financegoddess · 20/06/2026 23:34

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 20/06/2026 23:17

That’s got to be
Spalding.

What gave it away 🤣

AlwaysRightISwear · 20/06/2026 23:38

VoteCountBinface · 20/06/2026 22:33

Home to one of the largest abbeys in Europe in the 12th century
The Climate Stripes were created here
Still not a city but has signs to the City Centre
Cheeselogs
Known for three Bs: beer, biscuits and bulbs

Definitely Reading

HauntedRavioli · 20/06/2026 23:40

John Cooper Clarke said he never wants to visit here. He only said it once, but he said it firmly.

AwksBut · 20/06/2026 23:44

Ihateboris · 20/06/2026 16:34

Here's my clues:

Cathedral
Race course
A well known hospital for the wrong reasons
Zoo

Lincoln?

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 20/06/2026 23:44

Financegoddess · 20/06/2026 23:34

What gave it away 🤣

The gentlemans club ❤️
Ive had some involvement in the refurbishment

FeelingALittleWoozyHere · 20/06/2026 23:49

I probably only need one

Roundabouts

Peakyblinder18 · 20/06/2026 23:49

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 20/06/2026 12:45

An Ode to my town

Where timber frames lean in to whisper of old,
And the red-brick facades catch the afternoon gold,
The history of kings and of commerce remains,
Alive in the cobbles and echoing lanes.
Beside Oare and Nagden, the tidal tides sweep,
Where the Creek tells the stories the marshlands will keep.
The barges once rested with hulls heavy-laden,
From waters of Swale to the gardens of Graveney.
Here hops were once gathered in seasons of cheer,
And centuries brewed in the heart of the gear.
Now Market Place bustles with chatter and stall,
As the Norman church steeple keeps watch over all.

Where am I ?

Norwich

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 20/06/2026 23:50

Ashby -de-la-zoush