Picturesque Rural Village, Trains & Traffic Fix in Cities Skylines!

[@Sakuraid]

I have a recommendation, the slip lane that goes directly into your industry ban personal cars from it because a lot of people are unnecessarily going through the industry instead of going straight to the large roundabout underneath the highway.

[@OliverWieland]

Yes, that also was my thougt. The personal traffic uses the industry area as a shortcut

[@RampantFirefly]

Or just don't have an interstate going straight into local roads. There's absolutely no need for it and stuff like that (lack of road hierarchy) is what is causing all the problems. Adding more lanes to the slip road just made it worse.

[@metalheaded666]

@@RampantFirefly yeah that slip road should be deleted. It's also awkward with the weird inclines it creates

[@DrakeGamer85]

I thought the same thing as well, which TM:PE provides the option for - you can use it to regulate what vehicles are allowed on specific roads.

[@Anbregour]

I was literally just about to type the same idea.

[@davestarkie9977]

Its really good, so realistic.... my only comment would be the car parking, in many villages, car parks are either hidden behind the shops or at the edge of the village and you have to walk into it. just so the village centre isnt over run with car parks

[@chelseyjacqueline5445]

8:06- The junction on the round-about is set up wrong! Entering into the new-ish area, you don't have the 'enter the junction even if there is a vehicle already there' on for the round-about!

[@nsc211]

This has been driving me crazy since the last episode!

[@YunapePlaysAdoptMe]

Me too 😩

Its driving me nuts!

[@mileschalker2226]

Definitely a pavilion with a cricket pitch, and maybe a large estate / Manor House connecting onto the village! Edit: A canal along the side of the railway or going through the village would be awesome

[@Chezdoescricket]

I was just about to comment about a cricket pitch!

[@plutodwarfplanet]

obvious yes!

[@xxxyz721]

Something for the village green preservation society :).

[@gsouthgate258]

Would love some farming near the new village, complete with some farm houses/v rural properties! Perhaps should build a branch line with a train station in the main town too!

[@Risca88]

8:05 That small roundabout at the retail park is missing a "you go through" sign on it, slowing down the incoming traffic

[@GreedyDuck1]

8:16 There are cars flying across from The Wave Retail Park to Princesshay Park causing traffic stoppage between the roundabouts!

[@markneary1889]

The church really should have a stone wall and the graveyard would likely surround the church on three (if not all four) sides

[@ThatElfTorunn]

May I suggest "Little Biccy" as a village name, somewhat tea related, bounced off the name that was auto generated and we all know everyone loves a little biccy with their tea! 😁

[@PaulaXism]

Nether Dunker .. lmao :D

[@joshuaking8424]

I don’t drink tea….. so I don’t have biscuits with a tea I just eat them on there own….

[@Vekoboy]

Biccy is my nickname lol

[@elise3455]

Loving the village! Tip: Download the small rural powerlines and put them along the road towards the village. It'll look so much better and make more sense!

[@Barbie_RL]

at 8:05 the roundabout isn't set up correctly, you need the 'you go through' on the segment in the first quarter of the roundabout

[@agranddayout6100]

Lovely build! Having a train station makes it feel like a perfect British rural town. I feel like a Cricket pitch would make it look even more realistic!

[@speelydan]

42:05 - when you move those two farmhouses farther out, you should stick a couple of agriculture-focused Industrial zone assets next to them, so they have their own little farms.

[@AxR558]

The village definitely needs a manor house fairly close to the church, perhaps the estate of Earl Grey and as for a name I'd go with "Tealby" - it's a village in Lincs and of course Tealby ready soon...

[@georgeholmes3065]

The detailing was on point in this build.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you George Holmes :-)

[@QwertyCEN]

Suggestion for the Fire station - Fire stations, in my experiences small villages like this have a small garage, maybe even just a metal shed with a volunteer crew and a small Fire engine. They can be found pretty close to the housing and dense areas. Try look for images, a nice example I found while going around the Scottish Highlands was Bridge of Orchy Station.

[@alexanderviljoen]

Yay Biffa! I'm really enjoying your Brittish city build and have been looking forward to your next video. Thank you so much! 😄

[@18robsmith]

I feel for those lorry drivers who have been directed through the village by their errant sat-navs. So British, to add to the effect one needs a very narrow bridge with extremely tight bends at each end so the lorry can't physically get along that route.....

[@tomheadington4762]

Gotta have "station road", "main Street" and "church lane" to make it be a proper village :P

[@beastateverythin]

Your detailing is getting better each episode. I’m still loving this UK build. It was wonderful to see a small village downtown built

[@BlackNoteStudios]

BIFFA, more of this style, pleeeeeeeeeaaase. I love how you laid out all the houses and you custom picked each house to go to a specific spot and then custom landscaped it. Perfect. Agree, moving the farms out into the outer areas will make it more realistic for the rural areas. Houses tend not to be on top of each other and have big yards, open fields and meadows. I'd love to see a well thought out rural build with a small village as the center. Rural Skylines, if you will. Keep up the great vids!

[@realbizkit666]

The "hugo there" isn't setup correctly at the off ramp near the industry area. The cars can still go straigth through will on the lane for going off the highway.

[@AndreasBlohm1]

I'm sitting here literally screaming that!

[@finl7224]

Agreed

[@NOVAKMovies]

It's a shame really that you can't upload 8 hours of content like this each day, Biffa. It's so relaxing to watch and listen to.

[@mabs503]

Name: Sipton by the Pot. Ofcourse the lake will be called the Teapot.

[@leclark5067]

Biffa You keep forgetting to turn on straight thru on the intersection opposite the wave shopping centre. They keep stopping there because of the people waiting to get on

[@m2m462]

Yeah, I think he keeps missing it because he's so used to playing with the traffic on the wrong side of the road. He's forgotten that the TM:PE symbols are on the other side of the junction to what he's used to. Not a problem on big roundabouts but small ones when each exit is pretty much on top of the next (as far as nodes are concerned) its harder to notice. I've been pointlessly shouting at my screen since last episode on this one as that's probably all it would have taken to sort the whole traffic issue from the start!

[@gplusytCRST]

In light of the ever looming mistake when you see one of the trucks, you could call the village Tetley.

[@RobZebedee]

2:19 might be better to only allow trucks going to the industrial area use the short cut and force the private cars to use the main roundabout

[@thomasllewelynjones5546]

Love the build, long time viewer but only just subscribed haha... keep up the good work! What I would add to the village if possible: -Post Office -Manor House (maybe with a maze?) -Playground (but nothing too fancy haha) -Some sort of war memorial or cenotaph outside the church or the village hall -maybe some sort of small chalet with a hot tub (for some tourists) -a garden centre And for a village name: Newton (according to Ordinance Survey, the most common village name in the UK) or maybe to make it sound more tea related (and to make it sound like some posh family stuck their name on it in the middle ages or something) - Newton Twinings, Newton Tetley, Newtown Grey (as in Earl Grey)... otherwise: Brewstead, Cuppaton, or Mugford

[@mathollaplays]

Namefor the Rural Village: WilTEAshire, and you can create some 'rocky' formation. (from Wiltshire, where stonehenge is located)

[@mateusaraujo9688]

Cool name!

[@mmorris2830]

If he plopped a copy of the stone circle ruin/monument on one of the higher, mostly flat areas, that would be an outstanding name. Coming up with semi-functional pun names is tough lol

[@mathollaplays]

@@mmorris2830 Yeah. True. Dont think Biffa saw it.. lol

[@raistormrs]

"Actually, only the urban middle class worry about the preservation of the countryside, because they don't have to live in it." - Sir Humphrey Appleby (Yes Minister!)

[@kaltaron1284]

Great show. Together with the continuation Yes, Prime Minister!

[@fredu87]

That kind of village should definetly have farming industries on it outskirts, would fit perfectly! And great opportunity to put that in anyway

[@joshuaking8424]

Most villages don’t have farming INDUSTRY, around them, it’s just farm with fields, farm yard and a farm shop, usually run by the family

[@fredu87]

@@joshuaking8424 Depends, but in overall you're right. Im taking it in that game and build perspective that would fit there nicely

[@SuperTomtom1995]

A mini roundabout right in the middle for everybody to ignore is just about the most British your village can possibly get! Amazing job on the detailing it reminds me of where my Nana and Granddad live!

[@EndoScorpion]

Village name suggestions: - Kettleby - Teathorpe - Teakirk -by as a suffix means: farmstead, village, settlement -thorpe as a suffix means: secondary/outlying settlement which relied on a larger settlement nearby. kirk means church.

[@EndoScorpion]

I'd even suggest Hampton.... or Teahampton for this village as Hampton (hamm tun) means "hamlet by the water meadow". Or Kettlemere / Kettlemore - as -mere / -more means pond.

[@manamoth]

That giant tree is hiding the church. Maybe downsize the tree in from of the steeple. Also a town square. Maybe delete the pub across from the church (shame! ha) and make it a courtyard with a fountain with shops around it. Never saw a train pull up to the train station... Maybe put some farming industry behind the farmhouses. A small fenced space with sheep would look cool. Great work! Love watching.

[@Paladun100]

I love when you build something and dear to your heart , its refreshing to see a UK style village built by somebody thats knows a bit how they should look

[@ellnic]

You can get a Rural Fire station that looks way more inline with what your building in this village and doesn't look like it belongs in a town like the one have just placed. I think it would look fantastic.

[@1313BigStu]

Rural Fire Station by shonn2011 or Small Rural Fire Station by clubmaster would be better i think 0 Comments Subscribe to thread (?) Add a comment

[@hannelarsen4918]

Watching this series is making me miss my holidays to England, Liverpool especially. Stayed several times in the suburbs and seeing pubs and restaurants close to eachother, the horror of choosing where to eat or watch the footy.

[@joshuaking8424]

Liverpool is like the worst place to go. You need to Cornwall or Devon to see proper British countryside

[@bahamutgf]

Hey Biffa, at 2:11 you can clearly see that the leftmost lane is NOT forced out of the highway, people are seen switching lanes to stay on highway!! Dunno if you fixed that!

[@dantusmaximus]

I'd like to suggest Dunkstable as the village name (dunking biscuits etc) but more importantly they would have been dunking witches in the pond in the past! An amazing start to the village absolutely love it. A few suggestions: - A manor farm with stables (due to the "stable" in Dunkstable. - A windmill - Blacksmiths - Pottery shop/factory - A river - I feel like the map needs one running through connecting the villages to the town. - All the houses need big gardens?

[@randomgamer4048]

I know a good pack of small streets that might be good for this, “the town” by KPTR2112. It’s a pretty small pack (13 different roads). They’re based on the country lane roads by Delta 5-1 and they’re quite nice. They fit the small village aesthetic quite well. I don’t hear people bring it up at all so I figured I’d mention it.

[@spyburn007]

Love it all, feels like being back home, only comment would be remove the tree blocking the view of the church. Trees around the side brilliant, but at the front door seems like it shouldn’t be there.

[@joshuaking8424]

You get a lot of trees blocked churches in Britain 🤷‍♂️

[@simongeard4824]

Agreed, the front of a church is meant to be seen. You'd have trees around the building, certainly, and small ones in front - but nothing that would hide the church from the front.

[@capitalinventor4823]

I came here to say that. The church is supposed to be the main focus point and the front point of view is the main focus of the church but the large tree in front diminishes that view. A small tree or flower garden would work well and not take the eye away from the church.

[@Dralithian]

Don't forget Biffa! As mayor of this delightful, authentic, British village. You will require a large country estate house and grounds for you to retire in! Also, don't forget on those rural roads you need loads of over-hanging trees and fields etc

[@fumanchu4785]

Hedges! Cannot put enough hedges everywhere!

[@NutMegUK]

Hi Biffa! Village name suggestion: Brewsbury 🫖

[@railwayenthusiast7482]

Area suggestion: The village of Teachurch

[@joshuaking8424]

Village of ChurchTea. Rolls off the tongue better

[@railwayenthusiast7482]

@@joshuaking8424 yes you're right

[@FraggedLew]

Since High Bixley was quite a good name, why not Lower Biscuitley (in the name of something like lower sheering and biscuits).

[@pokergeniusordonkey6517]

Brilliant. The only thing I would change is removing the large tree in front of the church. I think people would want to see the church.

[@alexbuley531]

You should add a country Manor or stately home to your village build! Would look great! Turn it into a Park to increase the land value maybe? Also a new build estate that all the locals hate, "for destroying the historic look of the village" but was built anyway Loving the series so much! Thanks Biffa! 🙂

[@MarkLloyd72]

This village reminds me so much of where I grew up in Oxfordshire, only difference was the primary school was closed so I had to go to the next village school instead which was next to the pub, and I agree with the other commenters about adding a stately home, and if you are looking for inspiration the nearest one to me is Blenheim Palace at Woodstock it has a large park with it and something similar would look good in the new village area, also it would be nice to see a cricket pitch on the village green/park, and for the main city what about a rugby pitch don't see many being used in British builds it would make a nice change.

[@jefffranklin4894]

Thank you for doing my idea of the station Biffa, much love 🇬🇧💙

[@james_m_yt]

Love the detail on the village so far! Two things it definitely needs is a bowls club and an allotment.

[@jackimo22]

After two years of watching Biffa play, I’ve finally started playing cities:skylines. With everything I’ve learnt watching and on my forth build, I’m doing really well! Traffic at 90% with 55,000 population. If you don’t play, get at it, it’s hell of a lot of fun 😁 Thanks for the videos Biffa, love watching them and implementing everything you do

[@munchaking1896]

I've recently started getting back into Cities when the airport DLC dropped.

[@kylebroflovski5333]

It’s so pretty! Although I’m really keen to see a few small villages, perhaps a mining one (small quarry) and a farming one all connected to the main town via trains.

[@lordraven2264]

8:05 the straight through is not turned on in the round about. If you watch for the next few seconds, you'll notice vehicles are stopping in the round about at the East side. Love the village.

[@WillC441]

Love that the pubs are right next to the church; so the vice is nearby suitable salvation. And the vicar has somewhere to live for the other 6 days of the week.

[@lmdizajn]

Rural build is awesome Biffa! Would be nice to see more small villages around, every village with some main theme (historic catedral, castle, pond, farmers, big manson, horserace etc) Make them independently (also kind of water and energy) but still connected by rural roads, highways, buses, train... VERY NICE!

[@Rouverius]

What a wonderful little village. This is the kind of spot I'd like to visit one day. Seriously, great job.

[@tigonologdring9189]

Just one request: replace the Comic Sans fencing around the church with that wonderful stone wall you surrounded the station with, please. Love that the village green pond is big enough and deep enough to host the HMS Victory! That made me chuckle over my chicken balti pie 'n fried mash (the wonders of working-from-home lunches!). Actually, the Plough & _Sail_ pub would be superbly named I guess... Those "country roads" are US/Canadian (or farm tracks, where they'd be great) so using those to go out into the fields would really work (the tree lined ones remind me of the family farm in Norfolk). LOVE the rural lane though!

[@The8347135]

this city needs the ol' english neighborhood with plenty of rowhouses packed together in a community with a 35000 seat football stadium. Anfield/Goodison style

[@constantinosbou]

I really like the village! Quick tip for detailing: Maybe custom UK or not countryside power lines will be PERFECT little details and will also solve the power problem for isolated houses. Great job Biffa

[@qtolympus3527]

You can’t forget the traditional ‘Village Green’

[@kleckerklotz9620]

Looking really nice. Almost like the village where my parents live. Even it's in Germany. LOL Concerning the farms: You usually see them right in the village. So I would leave them. But you could plant a few fields where the farmer goes to work.

[@Oliver-rh5bv]

Villages are great. They add so much more detail to a city build. Maybe there are some power and telephone cables out there in the workshop which look a bit more village-like? Those with a wooden pole. You maybe already have some in your collection.

[@lstar337]

Looking great! My only criticism from growing up in a village is that they never have the amount of parking you have allowed for. The village hall I would say needs a “green” more than a massive parking area. And the primary school would normally be closer to the church (most are CofE schools) so the kiddies can walk there for church services.

[@stevenatkinson2393]

It's a perfect opportunity for a castle build I think

[@phillipbailey159]

Looks fantastic, the one thing I think you need in any english village, is the old village cricket pitch, somewhere behind one of the pubs maybe for easy access to food and drink.

[@18robsmith]

Replace the oversized pond with a cricket pitch.

[@tomhoste9973]

Buckwheat Village. Buckwheat is a kind of herbal tea.

[@Monodopo]

Hey Biffa! Have you thought before to encourage traffic to use the outside lane, i.e. not to back up the inside lane and the slip-lane off the highway? Using Traffic Manager, I like to adjust the highway speed limit with the inside-most lane going slowest, and the remaining lanes being designated as overtake lanes with higher speed-limits - you know, like a normal motorway in the UK. That way, the AI will use the faster outside lanes to travel past the highway exits while those wanting to get off the highway must bear towards the slower inside lane. You can change the speed limits per lane and along whole stretches of road (even extending outside of the unlocked map tiles). Maybe you could give this a try, and see if it actually does help :)

[@amdkillaplays]

There is an option within TMPE to enable different rules that do that without having to mess with the speeds, but I think it only works for roads that the game recognises as highway. Not sure if being in the highway section of the roads tool is enough for that recognition

[@DJDexterityakaPsyDex]

to make it even more realistic, you could ammend the lane control so people cut across both inside lanes to get to the slip road at the last minute!

[@time_to_teaparty]

I would like to see for the village some ruins of an old castle, a manor house that was owned by the family that founded the villager and maybe some classic hedge surrounded farms. I would also love to see a nice castle that people could visit as a tourist attraction somewhere on the map. A UK map without a castle isn't a real UK map. I really enjoy this map that you are creating Biffa.

[@Zenaidas]

Hey biffa, I think some of the traffic issues are caused by the small second round about into the city. One of the segments in the roundabout doesn't have Hugo-though. Keep up the awsome content 👍 edit: the issue I'm talking about can be seen at 8:06

[@emilymarielewis92]

I feel like the village pups should be more integrated within a row of buildings. One could be on the end of a row of shops and a few houses, with parking at the back. The other could be a bit further out. So fun seeing UK assets being used in City Skylines!

[@kallexiao8592]

@34:45 How about Kettleford / Kettlefield

[@1mattwilson83]

Looking good. (and i know I'm behind on videos, playing catch up right now ^^) My only comment is, if you're going for a more traditional OLD village, the houses would be on the main road mostly, with a few odd houses further afield, and then the old farmhouses. maybe with a few NEW houses dotted around. Also, need some cottages too on the out laying roads, maybe in a more forested area.

[@WardyChannel]

I’d put the public toilets on the paving next to the car park. Also stick a post box outside the shops like one is a post office. Love this series!

[@richardpartington3559]

I was thinking maybe keep the village name simple like Tetley, which would give it a tea related name as well.

[@silverhawk2018]

You just can't find anything wrong with how you do this. 110% I like it very much.

[@ashlyy1341]

that tiny roundabout is gonna turn into that 2way roundabout troll (was it teaville ?) edit: that village is looking lovely with all the little details ! some surrounding hamlets, couple more villages, and maybe a "new development" housing estate nearby could be cool additions ! some road network ideas for the village area: - an A road/primary route/arterial-collector running from the highway through multiple villages - varying road size and speed limit along A road length (4U 4lane, 4U 2 lane, 2U 2 lane, and 1U 2 lane) - some B road/collector action as an alternative to using the A road, and a way to get on/off it - fast, wiggly national roads for inter-village and village-to-B road travel - bus route that runs through all the villages/hamlets (like 1-2 stops in each) into the bus hub in town

[@MateusBC93]

This town deserves a football club!

[@kiranm.p.7990]

Started watching the british themed City, gonna marathon a few video this week. In love with the city 🤩.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you Kiran M. P. :-)

[@hamish2975]

I don't know why but I feel like East Mugsfeild has a good ring to it!

[@yellowbird8690]

When you are placing houses on roads that start straight then curve; do not have the one on the curve pointing at the road. It is more common to have them pointing in the some direction as the other houses but staggered back from the road. One road in my town has all the houses angled to the south for the sunny side, even though the road running East to West slightly curves North.

[@Steveddie93]

What a satisfying conclusion to the cliff hanger of the last episode! From 20 to 94%, wow

[@noke5095]

I'm loving the look of the village, the School you placed reminded me of my primary school and when you put the car park in it was in the exact spot our tarmacked playground was, we only got to play on the field on sunny days. Loving this build

[@Gary87]

i’m loving this series! watching the city grow is awesome and i can’t wait to see more

[@nzmcmt]

There's a village in Bedfordshire called 'Wyboston'. Always makes me chuckle seeing the name when driving past!

[@ATMGaming1]

Heyo Biffa, got an idea for around the pond. You've left one part that is sort of more inside towards the pond, and I think it will be great to add a ruin castle there, to put a path inside and a yellow street light. Lovely build

[@Gizur01]

It's a small English village from the looks of the buildings, possibly Yorkshire, but no cricket green?!?! As others have said, with a church of that size there would eb a country house nearby, possibly turned into a golf club or hotel now. Still remember that golf club built around some high hills, was excellent (Teaville?) and something like that around a Country/Manor house would not be out of place just outside the main "city" Also you have the two farmhouses that you are going to move back. You could add a third do some detailing and call them Farm Boggis, Farm Bunce and Farm Bean!!! As for a village name, Little Tetley . Tetley Row or Long Tetley (there may be a theme to the names!) Really liking this build, long may it continue, though I suspect the residents will be worried that the Green Belt doesn't protect them in a few months time, all that lovely open developme...I mean open countryside, between them and the main city is crying out for a Retail Park I feel!!!

[@chicklessheadin12]

Biffa, every British village worth its salt should have a village green cricket pitch 👍🏻

[@Shivan3333]

Seeing this vid really makes me miss my vacations to regions like the Yorkshire Dales. Keep up the great work Biffa! I hope to see some country roads with hand made stone walls in the future vids.

[@JRBarhydt]

we have so many tea-related, how about some tea biscuits? i'm thinking Jaffa Cake Lake!

[@steveyoung8769]

Biffa @8:05 the "you go through" on the roundabout is off when it should be on, will help your traffic

[@DrakeGamer85]

Oh, and for the village name - Market Teaby? Little Teawich? Upper Teasmede? The last one's second half is almost play on the product for making tea automatically in the morning: the good ol' teasmade

[@RimbleJim]

Name suggestion : Gray Earlington It looks great! Missing unnecessarily long single car width roads to get to a small parade of houses!

[@memofromessex]

Hey Biffa, used missed creating a duck island. I'd make your pond shallower and also have a hard boundary, like a quayside. True story - I've dug a pond as a conservation volunteer in a major UK city. Also, a ton of parking for village station - park and ride! Also, some smaller powerlines. Also, cricket pitch Love your stuff!

[@sophieraddysh9963]

Biffa's rural build is my favourite to watch so far! Was going to suggest Counteaside instead of countryside but sounded out it sounds a bit rude 😅.

[@AndreiKucharavy]

Great job on that little village - it has a great "Banished" feeling to it.

[@tehjoch]

Maybe this could be the village Teaple? Also, those trees inside the fire station may be a hazard xD

[@Massuus]

Make an island on the pond with a centerpiece on it like a church or something, that would look nice I think!

[@michaelbrewell99]

“Much Brewing on the Wold” for a name. 40 years ago when I resided in the old dart I played village cricket in places very much like this. How about a cricket pitch? Love the series by the way.

[@Daronkil]

just a small recommend, you could get rid of the tree in front of the church, I would think back in the day the clock tower wouldve been important for the poorer folk who dont have pocket watches.

[@PaulaXism]

How about Little Teasmere .. (reference the lake?) nice old sounding name.. Most small villages don't have the church on the main road.. it's away up a side road usually near the manor house (if that survives). There are usually a shop and post office and school near the crossroads with the village hall and the phonebox and only bus stop.. and something like a small cluster of houses again off a side road nearby for the farm workers. Otherwise it's scattered farms.. I know.. I went to a village school with a total of 21 kids... and every house had a dead car round the back.. sometimes only one.