British Town Centres on GeoGuessr (EP#3) - American finds ENGLISH & SCOTTISH towns!

[@alloverthemap23]

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[@robertwilloughby8050]

Now, that statue in Dudley would be Duncan Edwards (1936-1958), who in only 5 years became the best defensive midfielder in the country, playing for Manchester United. He was in the Munich Disaster, and died a few weeks later, having made a brave fight against his injuries.

[@David_K_Booth]

Streets called "Cheapside" are quite common in England, because cheap is an old word for a market - effectively it means "Market Street".

[@alloverthemap23]

Quite interesting - thanks for that

[@atomicdanny]

Something you've mentioned before road numbers - there is actually a pattern to them (I can't share links but if you search for "Great Britain road numbering scheme" you'll get a wiki explaining the numbers :) (e.g. 2 numbered roads are in the southeast - e.g. A2 is London to Dover

[@elliottjones8967]

From watching other videos, I’ve noticed when you look at Cornwall you look at that entire southwest peninsula but Cornwall only actually starts just after Plymouth (Devon) so that might just help narrow your search quicker

[@tonycasey3183]

A White Hart is a white stag. Pubs and other structures/locations named White Hart are historically associated with one of the King Richards - can't remember which.

[@chriswalker2753]

Richard II - came to a bad end.

[@stubbsz]

White Hart is super common name for a pub.

[@darrenholt-qm7om]

People have been flying abroad for years, but the beauty of the UK is right under there nose. And most people from the uk will never see it, This channel has inspired me to travel more

[@alloverthemap23]

I'm glad to have inspired you to do so ... such a beautiful country and so many interesting things to see - castles, cities, statues, countryside, football grounds (lol)

[@ann_onn]

In Central Manchester, we've only had a couple of inches of snow, so far. Nothing too bad. Airport delays, etc. Our biggest issue at the moment is flooding. Derby is a city, Huddersfield is a town. Derby is in Derbyshire, Huddersfield is in Yorkshire. The distinction between a city and a town is quite arbitrary though. Some towns are bigger than some cities - St Davids (in Wales) is a city with a population of about 2,000. Reading (Berkshire) is a town with 240,000. There's all kinds of anomalies. Stockport, for example, would be a city elsewhere, but it's too close to Manchester and Salford. The City of London is only one square mile - it's only the financial district, somewhat separate from the rest of London, for ancient constitutional reasons.

[@stevelknievel4183]

You absolutely nailed the pronunciation of Witham! Also, the White Hart is a not uncommon name for a pub. I imagine that White Hart Lane was named after one of them although I can't find it on Google Maps.

[@davidcronan4072]

As opposed to the river in Lincolnshire which is pronounced "With-am"

[@davidcronan4072]

"Cheap" in street names is Old English for "market". "Chipping", as in Chipping Camden means the same thing.

[@ann_onn]

The statue in Dudley is Duncan Edwards, one of the Man U "Busby Babes", who died following the Munich air disaster in 1958.

[@alloverthemap23]

Interesting. From Dudley and an interesting story about him surviving the airplane crash and then passing a few weeks later..

[@gadi70]

Tried to find the places by moving as little as i could, but i guess the "steps" in breakdown is cumulative with previous rounds? Nice little places you really can't spot without browsing menancically all over the map (never heard of any except Dudley, i were there once ~15 years ago and it sounded familiar). Had fun almost one and half hours with this one, and there were signs, which i didn't notice. Got lucky on spotting though which is somewhat unfair.

[@davidpreston9909]

David Wagner was Jurgen Klopp's Best Man at his wedding.

[@tonycasey3183]

I know you're more interested in football (soccer) but the George Hotel (undergoing renovation in the Huddersfield part of you Geoguessr search) was the birthplace of Rugby League and the statue in George Square is that of former Prime Minister and Huddersfield lad, Harold Wilson.

[@alloverthemap23]

I'm interested in any sport really... I've actually played rugby (1 yr in university), Gaelic football (on a challenge from an irish friend of mine here in the states), American football (when young), and obviously football. So to know Huddersfield is birthplace of rugby league is pretty cool. I really want to find out what towns/cities are rugby first, football second etc.

[@SamThredder]

At this point I think the compressed mic noise at the start of your videos followed by AND WELCOME BACK has become your official intro

[@alloverthemap23]

Ha - I need to do a serious upgrade in 2025. Instead I'm buying $200 pairs of football boots for my kids ever growing feet... and then add futsal shoes...kids are expensive. But my focus will be upgrade this stuff

[@Chris-fw3os]

The statue in Dudley is Duncan Edwards; one of Manchester United's Busby Babes who died in the Munich air crash

[@englishcat19]

I used to work in the White Hart in Witham, this was back in the early 90s and it still looks the same. I was good friends with the chef and he’d make me huge steak sandwiches or beef baguettes, plus they had local beer on tap which was delicious. I remember putting on 5 stone in a year (70 lbs)

[@jonthomson5764]

About 10 miles south of Manchester here. By the time I noticed any snow, already melted or for all intents and purposes irrelevant.

[@garyrigby21]

We've had snow in Liverpool then it rained all day

[@vickithomson4470]

I'm in Livingston, Scotland and we got around 5 inches of snow. The temperature has dropped even further and so it has frozen making it very slippy

[@Adam-zh4hm]

9 inches of snow in the Yorkshire Dales but it was head high in some of the drifts in the fields 😂

[@jejmoss11]

With the measurements in the UK, we used to use imperial like the USA but switched to metric but most people interchange between the two systems. We always measure ourselves in feet and inches and weight ourselves in stones (a stone is 14 pounds). Plus, the roads are all in miles. We also used to Fahrenheit but switched to Celsius officially.

[@thryduulf]

Round 1: No immediate clues, but the road names will be helpful later on. Heading north I quickly find we're near a cathedral, then I spy the very helpful BBC Radio Derby building. Zooming on Derby I start looking for the cathedral but spot Sadler Gate and The Strand before I do. Round 2: This looks similar to several places I've been but not quite right for any of them. Northumberland Street suggests we're in the north of England, possibly the north east, but it's not definitive. The coronavirus decals on the lampposts may be helpful but I can't quite read them. Moving to get a closer look, the imagery changes to when they were advertising the Theatre Royal Huddersfield - very helpful and it turns out this square is very easy to find when zooming in. Round 3: I made a meal of this one. I headed north and ran into suburbs without spotted anything useful, then headed south to find something telling us we're in Scotland, following by hopping across a pedestrian area to find helpful road signs putting on the A9 near the M9 with Bannockburn a local destination to the south. The only place that makes sense is Stirling. It takes me a bit to work out where in town we are but I get 8 yards away in the end. Round 4: We're near the A12 and B1018 I the A12 is a big road so I decide to look for more clues first. I follow signs towards the station, it turns out to be a way out of the town centre. There are buses saying Three Rivers District Council, but I thought that was Buckinghamshire - which isn't near the A12. After a bit I find a sign pointing to Braintree and Maldon, so I look on the A12 between the two and find we're in Witham. The shopping centres in the town centres turn out to be easy to find. Round 5: No moving needed on this one, as St. Edmund's Church is clearly marked on the map. Overall a perfect score in 14 minutes, but a very large 35 yards away in total. I could have done better I feel.

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

Chicka Filla are all over the UK they opened in 1920, I wonder if they know an American company are basically using their name.

[@mattbentley9270]

4 inches of snow up north I think, nothing down south where I am

[@mattbentley9270]

Full English for dinner, yep ! called a fry up....

[@Stu-Vino]

Witham is a bit of a dump (I have family who live there!) Dudley is the largest town in the UK that doesn't have a train station or a football team.

[@jisles]

An hours drive north of Manchester and we have had what we would consider to be a lot of snow Probably a light dusting in comparison to parts of America and Canada though

[@jisles]

Thought I’d add- chiropodist is a foot doctor!

[@darrenholt-qm7om]

On the first guess I was in in the exact spot the bottom of saddlergate in derby Explore watching the KZbin video on my phone what are the chances of that

[@realnutteruk1]

We mostly use Celsius, though some of the older Brits are still wedded to Fahrenheit... We are still using miles for road distances though, and pints for beer...

[@TwoEyedJack-b4q]

No snow here.

[@SamThredder]

That chicken shop is a play on the word 'filler' not 'filet'. We say fillet with a hard t over here anyway. And two L's. Chicken Fillet Burger for example. Pronounced chicken Fill-it.

[@alloverthemap23]

Yep - same with Ireland. I've been to Ireland a few times and always joke about Americans pronunciation of a steak "filet" But the chain in the US is Chick - Fil - A ..lol

[@SteeJansify]

Nottingham here, we had barely an inch or two of snow overnight and then it's just poured with rain all day. Looked the same in Liverpool too. Bit disappointing really, was hoping to play in the snow with my daughter and we just got soaked and the snow didn't last long.

[@alloverthemap23]

Nothing is more frustrating to get a good snowstorm and then have it get slushed by rain or sleet....

[@TheRatlord74]

took me a little while but I got a perfect score.

[@alloverthemap23]

great game!

[@camero3266]

City of Derby *

[@thebestspork]

"Glasgow" is pronounced Glaz-go rather than Glass--coah

[@dvboy]

Chick Fil A has tried and failed twice to make it in the UK. They attracted bad press for supporting anti-LGBT+ organisations. Apparently they are going to have another go this year. Recently discovered the channel and enjoy the videos. I try to see if I can work out where you are before you do. I find it amusing when you miss something obvious.

[@alloverthemap23]

Interesting. I didn't know they had attempted the UK market. Thanks for watching!