Guess the Place

[johnfilmer]

That was quick MartinR, and correct


I was aiming at the station, but it’s on the map edge, hence the strange orientation.


Over to you, and Seasons Greetings.

[MartinR]

Goudhurst Road, Horsmondon.  Centred on:

• Nat Grid:                  TQ 702 404
• Nearest Post Code: TN12 8JX
• Coords (WGS84):    51°08'N 000°25'E or 51.138,0.433

[johnfilmer]

Christmas duties performed, visiting completed (the joy of a small family) so back to GTP
I have defaulted to an OS map, 25inch to mile, 1897.

[John Walker]

You have it JohnFilmer - well done.  It is indeed The Dove at Dargate.

The clue 'In the blue corner' related to a Dargate resident, Barry McGuigan.

For boxer Barry McGuigan, Muhammad Ali was the inspiration for taking up the sport.
The 55-year-old, who lives in Dargate near Faversham, told how Ali had just had his titanic fight with Joe Frazier in New York in 1971 when he began to take boxing seriously.
"Like many a kid just getting into boxing at the time, I wanted to be like Ali," McGuigan wrote in his column in The Mirror.

[MartinR]

Well done John.  With the name I've now found it:

• Address:        Plumpudding Ln, Dargate, Faversham ME13 9HB
• Nat Grid:       TR0806661557
• Coords (WGS84): 51°18'54"N 000°59'03"E or 51.31507,0.98427

[johnfilmer]

Gotcha! It’s The Dove pub.

[John Walker]

One more clue which might help.

[Beachbum]

Got it, but will let others find it as I have had a few lately.........

[John Walker]

The nearby busy 'A' Road is the A299

[John Walker]

East Kent - rural

[John Walker]

Not Sheppey MartinR.  I can see your thinking though.  The blue corner clue is more to do with a notable resident.

[MartinR]

Sheppey somewhere?

[John Walker]

Slightly cryptic clue:  In the blue corner...

[John Walker]

Not sure if this does class as a village or even a hamlet but it does have a name.  A spattering of mixed houses, a closed post office, a manor, a scrap yard and the GTP Pub.  A newly formed woodland is close by as is a busy 'A' Road which heads for the coast.  A well-established very large woodland is also close by.

[John Walker]

Town or village?

A small village Shoot999