Which town/large village in England is the farthest from a railway station?

[Mcr Warrior]

I'll start off with Bude, which looks to be over 25 miles from Gunnislake railway station.

 

[martinsh]

I was going to guess Bude as well !!

 

[The Planner]

Minehead is around the same from Taunton if you discount the kettle railway. Though Multimap suggests Llantwit Major at 14.8 miles !!

 

[RPI]

Hay-on-Wye is a fair way from Hereford.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Minehead is around the same from Taunton if you discount the kettle railway. Though Multimap suggests Llantwit Major at 14.8 miles !!

Presumably by boat (!)

Hay-on-Wye is a fair way from Hereford.

But "only" 14.25 miles from Builth Road, apparently.

 

[starlightEXPRESS]

Hawick in the Scottish borders - 31 miles from Lockerbie, 39 miles from Berwick, 40 miles from Dunbar and 42 miles from Carlisle.


(Oops - Just realised that OP wanted England not the UK! )

 

[ACE1888]

another sad reflection on the 'brave new world ' of the 1960's, where did it all go wrong? answers on a postcard to.... Only this country would be so 'shortsighted', wouldn't it?

 

[OMGitsDAVE]

Keswick to Penrith? Seems to be the nearest to Keswick - 14 miles.

 

[Twoonthebuzzer]

Wells!!

Any other city in the Uk without a railWay?

Don't know how far away the nearest station is though! Castle Cary probably?

 

[tbtc]

Wells!!

Any other city in the Uk without a railWay?

You could ask a Brechin City supporter...

St Davids? St Andrews? Depends on whether you mean "town with cathedral" or "place with over 100,000 people"

 

[Grimsby town]

Louth. It has a population of 17,000 and is 15 miles away from Grimsby or Market Rasen

 

[Welshman]

Wells!!

Any other city in the Uk without a railWay?

Ripon
St Asaph

Both have cathedrals, so presumably both are cities.

 

[stut]

Ripon
St Asaph

Both have cathedrals, so presumably both are cities.

Not necessarily - Guildford has a cathedral and is not a city; Milton Keynes does not, but it is a city. What it needs is a Royal Charter, not a cathedral.

 

[merlodlliw]

Hay-on-Wye is a fair way from Hereford.

I am sure Powys County Council will be interested to know its just lost a town, to England.

As we are in Wales St Asaph(city but village size ) is only ten minutes to Rhyl station.About 8 miles


Bob

 

[HST Power]

There is a place called Cromer (no, not Cromer by the sea) in Hertfordshire which is about fifteen to twenty miles drive from the nearest town. It's bang in the middle of the countryside and would sure be a peaceful place to live in.

 

[gedj2]

Bury in the Northwest, there in the ELR station at Bolton St but that is now preserved and it does not have a metrolink station but that isn't the same as a heavy rail station is it.

 

[philjo]

There is a place called Cromer (no, not Cromer by the sea) in Hertfordshire which is about fifteen to twenty miles drive from the nearest town. It's bang in the middle of the countryside and would sure be a peaceful place to live in.

If it is the same Cromer I am thinking of (i.e. the one with the Windmill), it is only about 5 miles from Baldock & Stevenage

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Bury in the Northwest, there in the ELR station at Bolton St but that is now preserved and it does not have a metrolink station but that isn't the same as a heavy rail station is it.

Only about five miles from Farnworth railway station, a little further to Bolton.

 

[Southern Steve]

Hunstanton in Norfolk springs to mind - a resort town it is 18 miles from the nearest railhead at Kings Lynn.

 

[HST Power]

If it is the same Cromer I am thinking of (i.e. the one with the Windmill), it is only about 5 miles from Baldock & Stevenage

That's the one. I got my figures wrong, but the country roads make it seem a really long drive to me. I've never seen any 'windmill' before.

 

[trickyvegas]

Ashbourne with population of 10,000 is about 15 miles from both Derby and Uttoxeter

 

[junglejames]

Not necessarily - Guildford has a cathedral and is not a city; Milton Keynes does not, but it is a city. What it needs is a Royal Charter, not a cathedral.

I cant see anywhere that Milton Keynes is a city. When did it get its city status?

Also, I see St Asaph mentioned a couple of times. No sign of that anywhere.
Only Sts that are cities (apparently) are St Albans and St Davids.

 

[krus_aragon]

As we are in Wales St Asaph(city but village size ) is only ten minutes to Rhyl station.

St Asaph is one of Wales' four old cathedral cities (Bangor, St Davids, Llandaff) and was a city by means of antiquity, as opposed to having been granted city status by charter or by a monarch. It lost that status at some point in the 20th century during local government reorganisations.

If a city of antiquity changes local authority, then unless specific provisions are made to keep the city status then the powers that be at Westminster say that it lapses.

St Davids made sure to keep its smallest city status, given that it's such a tourist attraction. I don't think that Bangor has ever encountered such problems, remaining in 'Gwynedd' all along. The city of Llandaff was swallowed up by the newer city of Cardiff. Then Swansea and Newport make up the current five.

 

[HST Power]

Hunstanton in Norfolk springs to mind - a resort town it is 18 miles from the nearest railhead at Kings Lynn.

I've been there a few times.

 

[jonty14]

Peterlee in the north east. Nearest stations are Seaham and Hartlepool.

 

[stut]

I cant see anywhere that Milton Keynes is a city. When did it get its city status?

Apologies - was getting confused between it and Sunderland (who IIRC were in competition for the Royal Charter at the time). Sunderland does have a minster church, but it's not a bishopric.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Peterlee in the north east. Nearest stations are Seaham and Hartlepool.

Only about six miles from Seaham, and a bit further away from Hartlepool.

 

[Statto]

Fleetwood to Blackpool North about 9 miles
Also Knott End to Blackpool North which if don't get the Ferry involves a long route

 

[Greenback]

How far is Ilfracombe from Barnstpale station?

 

[12CSVT]

Barnard Castle

Middleton-in-Teesdale

Keswick

Various towns near the England / Scotland border (Jedburgh, Coldstream, St Boswells, Peebles, Melrose) - I know some of those are actually in Scotland.