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1. For the letter A we head west; indeed if going by public transport our destination would be Britain's westernmost railway station. Which splendidly scenic Scottish town is this?
2. We head next to the south coast of England. Which seaside resort has pleasure gardens, a conference centre and a series of wooded valleys known as chines, among other things?
3. We now move east to a place considered by some to Britain's oldest town. Which C, promoted to city status as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of 2022, is this?
4. We head now to Norfolk. We arrive at a station whose buildings are made of Carrstone and which has signs and other paraphernalia in the old 'Network Southeast' style, which serves a pretty market town dating back to Anglo-Saxon times. Where have we just arrived?
5. We now head south to Cambridgeshire. Our next destination is dominated by its massive cathedral. Which town, where a famous rebel made his last stand in the aftermath of the Norman conquest, are we visiting now?
6. Back to Norfolk. Our next destination is a small market town, something of a local transport hub, and home to a jumps racecourse. This little town is?
7. We head to an important suburb of London. Here we can see the Cutty Sark tea clipper, can visit the Maritime Museum and observatory and can stand with one foot in the eastern hemisphere and one in the western hemisphere. Which London suburb goes in the blank?
8. For the letter H we remain in London. Our chosen H is home to a famous cemetery, where among others Karl Marx is buried, and is also supposedly where Dick Whittington heard the voice telling him to "turn again Whittington". Where have we arrived?
9. For the letter I we head north to Scotland. We are in the place that calls itself 'Capital of the Highlands'. Where, on the shores of a body of water home to one of the most famous of all cryptids, and also the hometown of writer Josephine Tey, have we fetched up now?
10. For the letter J we head to one of Britain's extremities. Which little town, which derives its name from that of a Dutch ferryman, are we visiting now?
11. This little town seems to have two of everything - two market places, two guildhalls, two giant churches etc. Which K have we arrived in that is really two towns in one?
12. "When you are tired of _________ you are tired of life". Can you name the large city beginning with L that completes this quote from Samuel Johnson of dictionary fame?
13. We reach the middle of the alphabet but we are emphatically not centrally located for this one - we are as far west as this quiz will take us. If you were near the western end of the Ardnamurchan Peninsula (the westernmost part of mainland Britain) where, beginning with M, is a place you would find a good restaurant?
14. Our next destination is a county town, home to almost half the population of its county. Home among other things to a building called The Forum which houses various things including the Millennium Library, which N is this?
15. We now head to the old university town in which the Thames briefly splits into two (The Isis and The Cherwell). Where are we now?
16. Back to Norfolk. Until the Black Death in the mid-14th century this place was bigger than nearby Fakenham. Nowadays it is a combination of nature reserve and working farm. Which P are we visiting?
17. Our next location is a former train station in Buckinghamshire. It was part of 'Metroland', served by what was then the Metropolitan Railway until the 1930s, and by the Great Central Railway until the 1960s.
18. We head next to a market town on the river Trent. It is most famous for its boarding school, where such luminaries as CB Fry and children's author Roald Dahl were educated.
19. We now head to Gloucestershire. Our S location was the birthplace of a famous cricketer turned artist (think wicket keepers and small dogs). Which S is our Cotswolds town?
20. We now turn to London. This suburb has two tube stations serving it, is home to a famous Lido, and also to Graveney School.
21. We turn now to the Lake District. One of the northernmost bodies of water there begins with the letter U - can you name it?
22. For the letter V we are using a Latin place name. The modern name of the place refers to someone who was martyred there.
23. Novelist Thomas Hardy created a fictional world for his characters which he gave a name that once belonged to the part of the country he grew up in. Which name did he use for the world in which you might visit Sandbourne, Casterbridge or Marlott Vale?
24. With the prefix 'Great' I become a major town in Norfolk, with no prefix I a small seaside town on the Isle of Wight. Where am I?
25. We reach the end of the alphabet, and though we do not reach an extremity of Britain we do at least end in a county that does contain such. Which is the alphabetically last place name in Britain?
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