A to Z of place facts

Ilkley is a town in west Yorkshire. Home to the famous Ilkley moor (B'ah tat) and the Cow and calf rocks. It also has a Betty's tearoom and a toy museum.

Hunstanton a town in Norfolk by the sea

Gorseinon. Gate way to Gower

Fordingbridge, a pretty town in Hampshire.

Ely. Famous for its cathedral

Dartmouth is a pretty town in Devon at the mouth of the beautiful river Dart, and is home to the Royal Naval College.

Chiddingstone is a village in Kent, with a street of well-preserved Tudor buildings. Most of the village is now owned by the National Trust.

Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire.It was previously known for it's mining communities.It has produced many talented people, actors, sportspeople and musicians and the film 'Kes' was filmed in and around Barnsley.

Zouch (pronounced 'Zotch') is a village of Nottinghamshire that stands in the small space between the River Soar and the navigation canal, the Zouch Cut.

Xanten is a town in Germany, it is famous for having an open air museum of archaeology.

Wellington is a market town in Somerset, about 7 miles from Taunton.

Vilnius - Capital City of Lithuania.

Ulm - a city on the Danube, its cathedral having the second tallest spire in the world. Notable, too, as the birthplace of Einstein.

Twickenham is in South west London and is said to be the home of rugby.

Stourbridge was the centre of British glassmaking during the Industrial Revolution and is home to the Glass Museum.

Rossyth, home to a large British Naval shipyard and Naval enclave.

Quebec - Canadian city and Province

Cheers Bellanona. Q is next, so I think I'll pass on that...

Oh the more the merrier Henetha 😀

Sorry Bellanona. Crossed in mid air....

Plymouth, a city by the sea and with Dartmoor behind it, it's a great location. The Pilgrim fathers sailed to America from here.

Penshurst, a Kent Wealden village, home to Penshurst Place, an interesting stately home once inhabited by Henry VIII.

Oxford - City of dreaming spires. Home of one of the oldest universities in the world.

Nantwich, Cheshire, pleasant ancient market town.

Manor - A district in Sheffield with the ruins of a Manor house /Lodge where Mary, Queen of Scots was held when she was moved from her imprisonment in Sheffield castle.