Our government is planning to provide substantial extra housing around existing infrastructure such as railway stations.  It makes sense rather than building isolated and unconnected communities on fields in the middle of nowhere.  There's more to it than that, though - considerations that it's not wise to build on land that will flood, nor in places so far from anywhere that there's no business  case / prospect of work in reasonable commute distance.  And other services too.  Nor can you really build residences on and where there are already a load of residences unless you're redeveloping tired neighbourhoods or infilling.

Here are 10 maps of random railway stations and there immediate areas, each anonymised.  Which look like they may be candidates for new housing or industry and can you identify where they are?

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B.


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E.


F.


G.


H.


I.


J.

 
F Falmouth

 
A) The First one is Bounds Green, north London

 
E. Earlsfield.

 
J.  Jewellery Quarter.  I was hesitating to post this because I felt I had cheated by looking at a list of stations beginning with the letter J; on the other hand, Graham had kindly chosen to help us by his choice of labels for the maps.

I recommend a visit to the Jewellery Quarter's museums to get an appreciation of British craftsmanship and a realisation that there is still some manufacturing in this country.

 
H: Habrough

 

I wondered who would spot the pattern in the naming.  I know nothing of the Jewellery Quarter - often wondered about it purely based on the name and somewhere that sounds like it's worth taking a look.

The map suggests that this is NOT a station obviously ripe for significant extra residential housing.  Do I have that right?

 
B. Barnham