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Grumpy_chap

Herzlos said:

The 2 large towns either side of me are 3 and 9 miles from the nearest supermarket. 

How can somewhere qualify as a "large town" and not have a supermarket?

I must be spolied with at least 2 large Supermarkets in walking distance and more than I'd ever bother to count within a 5 mile radius.  No Morrison's though.

motorguy

Grumpy_chap said:

Herzlos said:

The 2 large towns either side of me are 3 and 9 miles from the nearest supermarket. 

How can somewhere qualify as a "large town" and not have a supermarket?

I must be spolied with at least 2 large Supermarkets in walking distance and more than I'd ever bother to count within a 5 mile radius.  No Morrison's though.

Sounds lovely.  

I've a scenic glen with a river running through it within walking distance of me.

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Did a 250 mile round trip yesterday just for a day out. Fuel prices won't stop me from using the car. I just eat less kebabs now.

Grumpy_chap

motorguy said:

Grumpy_chap said:

Herzlos said:

The 2 large towns either side of me are 3 and 9 miles from the nearest supermarket. 

How can somewhere qualify as a "large town" and not have a supermarket?

I must be spolied with at least 2 large Supermarkets in walking distance and more than I'd ever bother to count within a 5 mile radius.  No Morrison's though.

Sounds lovely.  

I've a scenic glen with a river running through it within walking distance of me.

I can, if I wish, walk along the river to one of the Supermarkets.  The route to the other is less scenic however I cut it.

Herzlos

Grumpy_chap said:

Herzlos said:

The 2 large towns either side of me are 3 and 9 miles from the nearest supermarket. 

How can somewhere qualify as a "large town" and not have a supermarket?

I must be spolied with at least 2 large Supermarkets in walking distance and more than I'd ever bother to count within a 5 mile radius.  No Morrison's though.

I can't find a definitive guide on what makes a large town. These are towns that have about 1000 houses and have schools, so not isolated clusters of houses in the middle of nowhere. 

Grumpy_chap

Herzlos said:

Grumpy_chap said:

Herzlos said:

The 2 large towns either side of me are 3 and 9 miles from the nearest supermarket. 

How can somewhere qualify as a "large town" and not have a supermarket?

I must be spolied with at least 2 large Supermarkets in walking distance and more than I'd ever bother to count within a 5 mile radius.  No Morrison's though.

I can't find a definitive guide on what makes a large town. These are towns that have about 1000 houses and have schools, so not isolated clusters of houses in the middle of nowhere. 

1000 homes with, say, average 4 occupants each is 4k people.  If they are all adults, that just about makes one Council Ward.

The Council Ward where I live is approx 4.5k adults.  Plus the associated number of children.  The Village where I live comprises two Council Wards, total about 9.5k adults at the latest census.  Plus children under 18.

Around 80k electorate to make a Parliamentary Constituency.

A massive stretch of the imagination to call a cluster of 1k houses as a town...

Grumpy_chap

Well I found this
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8322/

So a small town can be as few as 7.5k population.

Locally, promoting "village status" is advantageous as it opens up additional development funding from the LA.

Herzlos

Both are technically villages, with populations of about 3000-3500.

Anyway, that's still a lot of people who live more than a few miles from a supermarket, which is what I think the original point was.

tedted

close to where i live is a village of nearly 12000 inhabitants it whants to stay a to stay the biggest in the county

motorguy

Just did some checking in our area.

The village / hamlet(?) we live on the edge of has around 300 residents.

The two closest small towns have 4,000 and 1,500 residents.   They're 3 miles and 4 miles away respectively.  

The nearest large supermarket (Tescos) is in the next town over from that.  It has around 18,000 residents.  Its about 10 miles away.