Places that are in the wrong place

Beach, just below the Lansdown hills, nr Bath.

New York is just outside Whitley Bay.

Leeds Castle

Beat me to it so,

Bolton Abbey.

Bolton Abbey

Bolton Castle is also in North Yorkshire.

Confusingly, it’s located in a village called Castle Bolton 🤣

Torthorwald should be somewhere in Bavaria, not just outside Dumfries.

Blackpool should be the capital of Ireland.

Subtle, I see what you did there….

Bethlehem in Carmarthenshire.  Surely it should be somewhere much warmer ?

ditto Bethesda in Gwynedd – not in any way like a pool in Bethlehem, more like a dystopian slate mine from hell

Subtle, I see what you did there….

Ta……I was hoping someone would1! (-:

Burntisland. Really needs to be offshore – and I don’t mean near Scotland 🙂

Ta……I was hoping someone would1! (-:

Took me a while, bit intellectual for a Friday afternoon

it would look like that if you were stood at Portpatrick on 12th July

Portpatrick – another one in an unexpected plane. It should be in RoI or maybe in Wales at the location he left from?

New York is just outside Whitley Bay.

True, but it’s a bit north of Washington.

Frieth should be a wee village outside Aberdeen or something, but in fact it’s wrongly located near Henley in Berkshire. Also nearby are Skirmett and Fingest which are both terrible afflictions sailors got in the 17thC when they didn’t eat fruit for a month not small pretty hamlets in the Chilterns.

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Affetside should be in the Lakes. Not on the outskirts of Bury.

Meaux should be in Normandy, not in a windy bit of the East Riding. Really not sure where the Land of Green Ginger should be, but probably not where it is.

And also Pontefract should be in Wales

Absolutely this.

Someone mentioned Surry Hills in Sydney – on a road ride around Sydney I went through Hyde Park, Paddington, Kings Cross, Waterloo and Kensington.

May as well have just stayed in London.
The Australians don’t have much imagination when it comes to naming places…

What the hell is Leuchars doing there? Get back to France.

Church Stretton should absolutely be in Suffolk.

Aston Cantlow, Devon wants you back.

Also, Pontefract. Damn right!

York should be near Bristol.
But that’s only because I have to drive there for work next week.

We started at Loggerheads. Not long later we were at Woore. Then we went to Sleap. A nice 2 hour ride on the Staffordshire/Shropshire border.

I did once hear of a guy who was told by a fortune teller that he’d die in California. He was quite complacent until he found out how many of them there were in the UK.

Bathgate and Lennoxtown can scoot off back to West Yorkshire where they should be.

Beauly, in name and feel, should be just outside Bristol.

Sanna must have floated across the sea from Finland too…

Also, Pontefract. Damn right!

Maybe we can get a petition to have it moved. Brick by brick, like they do for the buildings at outdoor museums.

Towcester. Sounds like it ought to be in the kitchen rather than Northamptonshire.

Euston should be in Texas not London.

Ferness.

Ah, the four way crossing where if you fancy your chances, you can just carry on over without slowing down.
Also pretty hard to negotiate in a cold winter, twisty bends that drop down to a river then rise again.

Royston clearly belongs in Lancashire, not Hertfordshire.

The residents of Royston, near Barnsley South Yorkshire would like a word too

Bolton Abbey

Bolton Castle is also in North Yorkshire

What do you mean also in North Yorkshire? Bolton Abbey is on Devonshire.

Gotham near Nottingham should be somewhere in the US.
Jerusalem near Lincoln should be in Israel.
Newark, where I am, should be in Noo Joizey.

The Lincolnshire village of Boothby Graffoe should be on stage.

This thread is going to turn into the Meaning of Liff isn’t it?

Royston clearly belongs in Lancashire, not Hertfordshire.

As a resident, I try to do my bit;

And also Pontefract should be in Wales

I think the Welsh might object to that! 🙄😁

This thread is going to turn into the Meaning of Liff isn’t it?

Are you meaning the capital of the Pitcairn Islands?

Jerusalem near Lincoln should be in Israel.

Well, half of it should…

👏 @timmys

Pen Y Ghent? What’s it doing in’t Dales?
Should be in Welsh Wales Shirley?

No Place, in County Durham, shouldn’t be anywhere!
Stanley, also Co Durham, should be with Hilda in Coronation street!
Pity me, Co Durham, should be all of the UK!
Can you tell I’m from Durham

Yep. I used to live on a Co.Durham Indian reservation, Running Waters.

Luib on Skye –  surely it should be in an oil-rich gulf state?

Once Brewed, Northumberland –  it should be a suburb of Burton upon Trent

Ferness*…..Should be on the West Coast of Scotland, with a beautiful silver beach and a quirky pub with an old fashioned red phone box outside. Instead it’s a non-descript wee hamlet between Grantown and Forres.

Hey, don’t be so mean about my nearest Hamlet. Actually calling it a hamlet is doing it a favour! But I heartily approve of your proposal – because I’d then be a short walk from a beautiful silver beach and a quirky pub.

* And don’t believe the sign posts. Calling it Ferness is a hanging offence – it’s ‘Glenferness’ if you want a local to talk to you any time in the next 20 years.

Newark, where I am, should be in Noo Joizey

Newark. I knew someone from Newark. When I worked out what it’s an anagram for, it all made sense. But I’m sure you’re lovely @FrankConway.