Place name help

[winchman]

Just done a mini road trip to the East coast, wanted to go the the place called New York, but ran out of time

New York, Lincolnshire - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So how many places in the UK have the same name as a place more exotic?

 

[Mr Roo]

There’s a Dallas in the NorthEast of Scotland!

 

[rtcosic]

Washington
Boston
and many many more in all the colonies.

Don't know if I would call them 'exotic' though

 

[Mr Roo]

Just done a mini road trip to the East coast, wanted to go the the place called New York, but ran out of time

New York, Lincolnshire - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So how many places in the UK have the same name as a place more exotic?

Dallas, Moray - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Pop: 150-200 haha!

 

[Bullet2012]

Plenty here,

Locations in the United States with an English name - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Ali]

Someone said today Gotham city was based on the place in Leicestershire

 

[6ply]

Ever been to Egypt?

 

[Morris]

We've been to Durham in Connecticut. Not exactly exotic though.

 

[RWD3M]

We have a New Zealand 4 miles up the road from me!

New Zealand, Wiltshire - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Bobupndown]

We've got a Holywood in Co Down. Only one L though.

 

[skotl]

How about this, just outside aberfeldy

 

[RWD3M]

How about this, just outside aberfeldy

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Careful where you go with this one @skotl ! (Orkney and Shetland spring to mind )

 

[Agroshield]

On a similar theme:

Extracts from the Meaning of Liff

The Meaning of Liff - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[optima21]

Ever been to Egypt?

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there is an Egypt in Bradford too, together with the walls of Jericho

 

[Master-of-none]

California, near Great Yarmouth https://www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/destination/california

 

[Misterg]

Bethlehem in West Wales

(Used to be a good scrappy there.)

 

[magnet]

There is a New York in N Tyneside.

 

[Gragson]

There's a Gibraltar village in Bucks, it has nothing.
Similar to the known Gibraltar in that it has nothing.
Other than the real Mediterranean Gibraltar is a GB tax sponging pointless place mainly resided by ex Spanish people who want their cake and eat it...

 

[Robotstar5]

We have a Hollywood a couple of miles away.

 

[Melvyn Best]

There’s at least three Cambridges around not counting the original. I’ve been through one in Nova Scotia and another in New Zealand