Are there any places in the UK with an evil neighbouring twin?

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asymmetricears@reddit

Hereford is Hertford's evil twin. Not quite neighbouring though.

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SamW1996@reddit

"Yorkshire is full of hills and moors, Lancashire is full of Mills and whores".

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Typical-Newspaper409@reddit

Newcastle-under-Lyme is confusing when people just call it Newcastle.

Also Lincolnshire has the lovely small villages of New York and Boston, which are the good twin out of the pair if you ask me.

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I remember when I worked in a call centre I used to get a lot of calls from Newcastle-under-Lyme. It could be confusing, especially as Royal Mail only call the town "Newcastle" and don't include "under-Lyme" in addresses.

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yearsofpractice@reddit

Good call. I work for a company headquartered in Stoke On Trent. I live in Newcastle upon Tyne. When talking to colleagues, I need to be clear which Newcastle I live in lest I be expected to go into the office.

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Most_Moose_2637@reddit

When I was a kid we used to go on holiday to a caravan park in Wales a lot. There was someone there whose "catchphrase" became "under Lyme, not upon Tyne!".

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yearsofpractice@reddit

Noice. Am stealing that - “Upon Tyne, Not Under Lyme!” I’ll cheerfully say during relevant introductions.

For clarity, I’m a grey 50 year old dad, so that kind of shanter goes with the territory. I’ve earned it.

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alphahydra@reddit

Maybe Brighton and Blackpool?

Both pier-centric seaside resorts. Brighton in the South, Blackpool in the North.

Brighton is known for its Bohemian cultural scene, vibrant restaurant circuit, and genteel trappings. The town itself is thriving (relatively speaking) and fairly well-off, being both a bustling city in itself and part of the London commuter belt.

Blackpool is a traditionally unpretentious, working-class resort town. It has some cool attractions, rollercoasters etc. and in contrast with Brighton's highbrow vibe, is largelt associated with amusement arcardes, gambling, lowbrow Chubby Brown-style entertainments, and chips in a plastic tray. Beyond the Pleasure Beach and the seafront, it's one of the most deprived urban areas in the country.

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No_Inspector2925@reddit

Drifting off topic (and out of the UK) a bit but I like that Dublin comes from the Irish Gaelic translation of Blackpool. Name twins, but both very different offerings.

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Late-Development-666@reddit

I always thought Blackpool’s counterpart in the south was Margate. Slightly similar vibe, outside the promenade, you have deprivation (although Margate is becoming more arty).

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BillyJoeDubuluw@reddit

Largely agree.

Brighton and Blackpool are the joint “big daddies” of the English seaside, whether you like one of them or neither…

It’s a bit like selling Benidorm and Marbella… One is more bourgeoisie and one is more boisterous, but they ultimately both have a space for just about everybody.

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jools4you@reddit

Would it not be Brighton and New Brighton

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okizubon@reddit

Or Darkton?

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EtwasSonderbar@reddit

Derry and Londonderry.

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DoctorRaulDuke@reddit

Chester and its misogynist twin Manchester

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holytriplem@reddit

Never understood why there needs to be both a Leyton and a Leytonstone

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jizzyjugsjohnson@reddit

Tone - town. So Leyton and Leyton’s town

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holytriplem@reddit

But -ton itself comes from the same root as -town. So why would you need a Leytown's Town on top of a Leytown? It's just unnecessarily redundant, superfluous and tautological

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48panda@reddit

Same with the 9 "River Avon"s

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jizzyjugsjohnson@reddit

Inception!

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whiskeyiskey@reddit

https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2022/01/leytonstone-high-stone.html?m=1

Well now you do I suppose :)

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Gaseousitsover@reddit

Tonbridge and Tunbridge

Royal Tunbridge Wells is fairly posh and has a nice vibe. Tonbridge is the shit twin in my opinion.

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Alix_T_1865@reddit

Bradford on Avon and Bradford, the first one is a small market town in Wiltshire, the other one is the city near Leeds

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Trust_And_Fear_Not@reddit

Hertfordshire and Herefordshire. I wouldn't say either of them are particularly evil (they're both quite nice!) but they do often get confused for one another.

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Starboard_1982@reddit

Northampton and Southampton? Also weirdly, their biggest sports teams are both nicknamed the Saints (the rugby team in Northampton and the football team in Southampton). Southampton is a huge port (albeit on a river), Northampton is about as far away from the sea as you can get.

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Alix_T_1865@reddit

I don’t follow Northampton but it turns out they’re the Saints because they were founded as Northampton St James!

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rolfeadog@reddit

OH. WHEN. THE. SAINTS!

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Crafty-Strength1626@reddit

SPURS

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takesthebiscuit@reddit

Cobblers!

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dospc@reddit

Godmanchester and Manchester

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CarpeCyprinidae@reddit

Not in the UK any more but still British Isles. Blackpool and Dublin. Dublin (Dubh Linn) means Black Pool.

As Top Gear once discovered, Staffordshire has both a Keele and a Leek which is evil luck if you are a sailor who can't spell

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shortmash@reddit

Hetton-le-Hill and Hetton-le-Hole

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BritishGent_mlady@reddit

A few miles east of Swindon there are two neighbouring villages, Great Coxwell and Little Coxwell

🙂

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Ururuipuin@reddit

I think their opposite would be Acocks Green in Birmingham

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jizzyjugsjohnson@reddit

Or Little Mingeton

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Fanny_Flapps@reddit

Dull in Perthshire is twinned with Boring and Bland, believe it or not

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dull%2C_Perth_and_Kinross

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StabbyMcStabbedface@reddit

Middleham childhood home to Richard 3rd is twined with Agincourt in France, i always thought that was us being the evil neighbouring twin..

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yearsofpractice@reddit

Holy shit so it is! I drove through there twice recently and clocked it was twinned with somewhere, but the link simply didn’t register. Nice info.

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cozywit@reddit

Some joker turned Horsham's cesspit it into a town called Crawley.

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SilyLavage@reddit

Newcastle-under-Lyme seems to do everything it can to distance itself from Stoke-on-Trent despite being physically part of the latter.

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firpo_sr@reddit

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opjm000@reddit

There's Leeds a modern city and down the road is Bradford. The less said about down the road the better.

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nutrition_nomad_@reddit

i think a lot of people joke about places like slough being the “twin” of nicer nearby towns, same layout but a bit more rough around the edges, so it kind of fits what you’re describing in a funny way

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slade364@reddit

Slough's nightlife is incredible; it's got two nightclubs, it's got Chasers and New York, New York. They call it the nightclub that never sleeps. That closes 1. There was, a themed nightclub called Henry the Eights. This was incredible. It had the Anne Bol-inn, this is true, as you went into the loo, there was a sign that said mind your head, nice, and underneath someone had written 'And don't get your Hampton Court.' It's not there any more. But not a day goes by that I don't think about it.

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gridlockmain1@reddit

I’m genuinely sitting here trying to remember if this is a David Brent quote

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Juuudes@reddit

Linda Smith was from Erith. She said that Erith isn't twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham.

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Much-Beyond2@reddit

Guildford and Ilford

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ferdinandsalzberg@reddit

Which is the evil one?

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gridlockmain1@reddit

Both

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mhoulden@reddit

Going by names, how about Scunthorpe and Wetwang?

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smash993@reddit

Reigate and Redhill

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Cuznatch@reddit

Not quite the same, but there's two villages in Norfolk called Old Buckenham and New Buckenham. I was confused by the names for a long time, as Old Bucky has a street of beautiful old cottages and a ruined castle, whereas New Bucky is a lot newer looking in terms of houses.

It turns out "New" Buckenham was was named as much because it was a planned village in the 12th century to accompany William D'Aubigny's new castle nearby, which replaced an older castle at, you guessed it, Old Buckenham.

Obviously because New Bucky was established, Old Bucky wasnt as popular for a while, and so fewer houses were maintained through the centuries, resulting in a newer overall impression than New Buckenham.

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evenstevens280@reddit

Gloucester and Frocester

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TheClnl@reddit

North Shields and South Shields on either bank of the Tyne. It's less of an evil twin and more of a slow sibling thing though.

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Free_Ad7415@reddit

Upper Ting Tong and Lower Ting Tong?

Not sure if it quite fits your bill, but I like the names

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jimmywhereareya@reddit

I don't understand the question... Lol

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parsuval@reddit

Edinburgh and Glasgow as far as chippies go. The two largest cities in Scotland are more similar than the residents of either would admit. But in Edinburgh we eat chippies with salt and sauce, while in Glasgow they eat it with salt and vinegar. Both sets of residents look down on the other for doing so.

(Chippy sauce is brown sauce mixed with vinegar)

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