Surely the river must be The Wold, if the city is called Blightea on the Wold?! In terms of tea-related UK town names, what about Kettling (after Kettering)
The little “Tudor” housing areas are begging for little cobbled streets around them, with awkwardly tight newer tarmac roads in the heavier flow areas. It’s reminding me a lot of Dorset/Devon!
Also very Chester-esque, the shops on the Rows are all built in old Tudor terraces with pretty much all original features. Not so great if you're tall though because of the low ceilings lol
24:39 Why not have one set of platforms for intercity trains from off the map, and the other set of platforms for local trains. That way you don't need the tracks to cross.
So question, if all four train lines merge into one then do you really need the ability to cross from line to line? Also it would be cool if you had more road types like gravel, cobblestone, brick. The cobblestone especially would give you that old town feeling.
I was going to say that area needed cobblestone roads to fit with those older buildings, glad I am not the only one. 100% agree with you on the bizarre logic of the train lines.
You could name the new area Kettle (or Eastkettle and Westkettle) on the River Boil. Then it would be Kettle-on-the-Boil. (I'll see myself out.) And the little village further over could be Whistling?
Since you took inspiration from Oxford, and it's Tolkien's alma mater I would suggest the river Teasen(Isen) and the city Teasengard (They have taken Hugo to Teasengard! Teasengard!). And then built it like an old university town mixing auditoriums and residential and commercial.
Teaford! As you took inspiration from Oxford and it has the bonus of sounding similar to Telford River wise it could be the River Teas - sounds like Thames which runs through Oxford! And that's another joining to Teaford as it took its name from the river Also, you could look into doing canals, with barges etc. Road wise, how about a cobbled street? And how about a Market Square instead of more shops in buildings in the space infront of the commercial 🤔
I think an interesting idea for the city would be a small race track in the British style much like tracks like oulton park or Cadwell. Motorsport is of course big in the UK and a track is something I haven't seen in many other builds
the paths next to the river would have been used to pull barges in the days before rail. one thing you would find along such paths are pubs at regular intervals for the boatmen to stop for a drink at the end of the day. there's a really nice looking narrow boat pack on the workshop that has ferries that would look perfect on the river
2 techniques for making rivers: 1) the terrain tool option on the far right. It raise or dios by 'one unit'. So left click and draw the river. If the ground is sloped downwards so will the trench that it digs. It's lowers the terrain BY THE SAME AMOUNT. Rather than TO THE SAME HEIGHT' usually takes 2 or 3, passes to get a decent depth. But ensures the river is equally deep regardless of starting terrain 2) make ditch at the 'top'/ beginning of river. Choose slope mode on terrain tools. Left click the terrain just below sea level on the beach. Create a slope from starting ditch to sea
Hey Biffa, idk if you've seen CPP's modded series with the realistic population mod, but he opened the whole map up, no tile restrictions, and I don't think it'd be bad if you do too. I really like this UK theme series you're doing and tile restrictions are no fun. You should def keep the milestones if you can. I hope you consider it! 🙂
38:30 you used to have some cobblestone roads, you were super excited when you downloaded them then promptly forgot you had them haha. enjoyed the video
honestly since this is supposed to be a more general british map, the river has to be called avon - when asked about rivers in england, the ancient celts replied with "avon" : the celtic word for river! that's why there's so many in england. river avon = river river. i think it's so perfectly english - and calls for an even more wonderfully hyphenated name (like stratford-upon-avon) for the village/town!
Cobbled streets would look great with the old style buildings and a big cathedral to tie in with the historic part of town. Something like Canterbury, which is a great time spanning English city, maybe chuck in a Roman Bathhouse if your feeling adventurous.
10:20 That looks like the perfect river for some sort of kayak course. Is there anything like that in the steam workshop you could add? Or for something bigger, a marina and some narrow boats? You could even join a small canal to your original village.
_And_ _up_ _and_ _down_ _the_ _people_ _go_ _Gazing_ _where_ _the_ _lilies_ _blow_ _Round_ _an_ _island_ _there_ _below_ _The_ _island_ _of_ _Shalott_ It could be "The island in the river flowing down to Camelot".
16:22 You can name the district “flow of tea”, “Blightea Tea Sip”, “Teaside” or “Riverside tea”. (Sorry for the horrible names, There just ideas and BTW you make amazing quality content)
a market place would be nice around "old market station" :D and you can make it with organic specialization. 1x4 low density commercial area ( just like parking lots)
24:53 "That one" is called a crossover. The thing you tried just before that was a double crossover. Double crossovers require less space but are full of rail crossings which drive maintenance costs through the roof. Most railways are desperate to avoid them.
I think for those houses at 37:50 a cobble road might look good with that style. There is similar on Queen St and High St in Salisbury if that helps for any inspiration in this area. Great video again Biffa!
What might be fun is a nature reserve area along the river with a walkers pub, waterfall, hiking paths, campsite, a cave, etc. Thinking of the type of tourist attractions you find in the lake district.
I can see what you were going for, (stratford and york have those buildings) but yet i cant help but feel that style of house is for use in a more rural setting, not that close to a railway station that large, or high street shops, even if i can think of examples The station and high street shops are more modern city center buildings to me and completly out of place at the side of them Maybe its the fact your placing them in straight grids thats doing it, (tudor streets dont tend to be in such rigid blocks ...and often have random sized squares and rectangles).... i dunno 1940s Terraces can be placed in grids but i dont think i have ever seen gridded tudor syle
THIS. The rural housing would work so much near the village, with more flats and touristy monuments/chrurches/some modern business buildings near the train station.
like why is it such a built up, fancy train station with nothing around it bad the vibes not matching at all! no hate, i love what was built but think it would work so much better elsewhee
Really loving this series! I do think that the red brick style of Northern cities in particular is missing a bit - especially as they would look great surrounding that train station!
For the Fachw houses, please separate them by one row each. It would look far more natural, and you could add paths/trees between them to really beautify the area up.
In case you didn't know, the half-timbered house is a type of building that was mostly found in Germany and Switzerland. In old cities, like Trier, well preserved and even decorated half-timbered houses are a tourist attraction. However, the oldest half-timbered house in Germany is in Göttingen and it is estimated that it was built in the 13th century. Anyway, until the 19th century, the type of construction spread as far as England.
Mayor Biffa, I would like to suggest that instead of calling an area East or West, the city could call it Cha (for East) and Tu (for West) - St. Gilles Tu and St. Gilles Cha. I think it would be nice to play a bit with tea origin names.
So I know it's not tea themed, but given the use of "Wold" in the city name (which means something like uplands or a down), calling the river something like the Avonwold would seem fitting. And then the little town could be something like "Little Blightea-upon-Avonwold."
you just made me think of a place close to where I grew up called Little Barford which is this tiny village that has been absorbed into the sort of sprawl of St Neots and is surrounded by car dealerships, a bowling alley and a power station and even a company called Biffa waste management?! Meanwhile there is the town of Great Barford a few miles away which is much less built up.
@@Jay_Johnson Where I grew up, versions of names get reused like that all the time. The craziest examples (named after a historic local chieftain) is the region often called the Beaver Valley, where one can find the Beaver River, Big and Little Beaver Rivers, Beaver County, the county seat also called Beaver, and then cities, towns and townships of Beaver Falls, North and South Beaver, Big and Little Beaver, and others. A ton of companies have it in their names as well.
The High-level Station on the riverside reminds me alot of Bath Spa Station, Would be great if you added a Bus Station near by to create a Transport Hub, you should also build an old town with Pedestrianised cobbled streets and a Covered Shopping centre as they are very common in town centres, e.g. The Maylord Centre in Hereford, the Loreburn in Dumfries, the Crowngate in Worcester, also you could ban some parking on the shorter roads in the town centre
and as you mentioned yourself later, those kind of houses where always a commercial place like blacksmith, carpenter, butchery, bakery etc. all those old german traditional jobs and the second and third floors where made as a living space and storage place aswell for the whole family. I don´t know how your mod works but maybe you could make it up to 2 Families living there with like 8 or 10 members each party... love and light Cheech
How about naming the river the Teatyme River, because by the time you “finished” all of that work just to go to the steam workshop to solve your problems, it was probably tea time. Loving how this build is turning out!
For your more Germanic houses, any chance of finding cobble roads? This new area puts me in mind of Glasgow, or Inverness where I live and you have the mix of old style historic buildings, new shops and infrastructure but they end up keeping the old cobble roads.
I think in future you could add little sub power stations to connect all your little villages and towns up using the different types of power lines would look cool
What about making the beginning and end of the river that are “bugged” under construction areas where they are still building. Converting the natural river into the neat city one. Can put some vehicles and signs there.
Those timber-framed houses combined with all the park area and beeing next to an industrialization-era trainstation sends a lot of vibes of some kind of new town. One of those built like around 1910ish. And that is a perfectly fit. Even with that tiny wall built around it.
You sir, are a legend. Great build/tutorial. I was putting off the downtown in my current build because I want a river running through it and I wasn't looking forward to the terrible combination of terraforming and water that inevitably occurs! Can't believe i never saw these river networks before on the workshop.
Totally stole this river walk idea for my capital district that I'd been planning out recently. Perfect timing for great inspiration and great assets. City Hall, Oppression Office, Tax office and Court House all along a walkable and bike friendly river walk with multiple parks and a few shops.
@11:10 the slip road is in the wrong direction. Both are leading to the hwy. also the out of bounds lake where you started your flow has a water spawn point.
I think in honor of Macwelshman's indispensable mods necessary for this episode, the new area should be called Glengettea! Named for a specialty brand of Welsh tea made to be brewed in softer Welsh waters, I think it is the perfect tribute.
Aside from the redundant train connections that others have mentioned, I really enjoyed this build. Was really hoping you'd add the park where you did in the end. That really works with the area IMHO. Really nice work Biffa
My ideas for the new area: - cobbled streets would give a nice old town vibe - a park between the riverfront and the tracks, as it's not really suitable for development - remove the smoke from the houses/commercial buildings using the hide it mod :-)
The back of the market station into the high street reminds me a lot of where I live, there’s loads of markets and fairs that happen there and i think it would be super cool if you added that in your new area! alternative a cross/cenotaph would be really authentic also:)
Biffa! There needs to be some more randomness to the road layouts. I know you’re a UK resident too but I can’t think of loads of old UK towns which are on a grid system. Lots of towns in the UK have parks alongside the rivers (probably due to threat of flooding).
18:50 You don't need the 2 bendy connecting roads to meet at a junction on the main road. You could make them right turn only, and have 1 exit lane on the main road and 1 lane for straight on. Then you have a grade separated junction without traffic crossing the main road
Ok, I know these are a little bit silly, but I enjoy the following for the names: The river is clearly called the 'Avon' in true Celtic/British fashion The "westen" side is 'Occidenwold' And the "easten" is 'Lower Woldington'
Im thinking cobble roads would suit the new area really nicely or for any potentially new small old village areas! So glad to have been along for the whole journey of Blighty!
39:00 I’m gonna have to repeat what’s being said because I like the idea so much! I think a cobblestone road would be excellent! Biffa + Water = Anxiety!
One thing that just eats at me as an architecture person so when I see roof intersections coming together to make valleys. Like the letter V or W. In snowy environments like New England that's a big no no cause the snow would destroy it. You see it every now and then, but it's frowned upon. Love the work, it's gorgeous to watch, but the couple of times that happened bugged me just a touch.
I like the idea of little towns and villages all over the map. Each town could have factory. Connected by trains/ good trains. And have 1 or 2 citys with the tall high tech buildings.
The area near the train station needs a pub and an open area/park next to it, think it would bring it all together but other than that it's looking great and I think you have the detailing bug now
I would love to see a big main square, with a cathedral, plazas in front and old shops surrounding it. Perhaps also some other historic monuments around it, and cobblestone roads ;-)
Your assumption about the buildings at 34:40 being German is a big correct. The town I live in has this arcitecture all over the place! Also for roads for that section I would say go with cobblestone pavement
25:47 Wouldn't it be more efficient and aesthetically pleasing to have top 2 platforms to go connect to existing railway line and bottom 2 extending out to the lake ? It would create kind of a transfer hub where people coming from the "old" town to the new park/entertainment/business area near the lake ? Also great work with the canal, looking forward to see how it'll look when its all built up.
City Planner Plays sitting watching the beginning of this, shaking his head and muttering under his voice, "Should have respected the topography." 😂 It's a real shame you're prioritising the roads along the riverside and cutting the paths/making them cross the small road bridges. You could easily make cars take longer routes to either end of the river where you can have larger bridges rather than adding small bridges right beside bigger ones. Put the pedestrian first as that would be a real gem of the city if the walk ways are preserved without breaks! I also don't feel the roads with the walls make sense where they are. There's a huge train station there, so it would have built up roads near by for the traffic. Plus your blocked all the houses up with walls! Those roads are more for connecting two places, separating the roads from the fields with the walls. It does look lovely though, especially once you put that park in there.
Hi Biffa loving the series so far. I was initially skeptical about the railway station as it’s such a huge glass building that’s elevated and it’s not too realistic here in lil old England for a rural offshoot of a town to have such a big and elevated station. However when you stated using the thatched buildings it gave me Bicester village vibes. It’s a rich peoples shopping center just north of Oxford! I think you’ll have to build a lot of buildings around this station to make it look more viable however you could go for a massive white thatched shopping/residential/office centre around this and that would help make the station look like it belongs a lot more! :)
In the mid 17th century the river Wold (Credit to Katie Goudie for the river name) was used to bring tea to a long gone factory that was used to blend tea to be sent to London coffee houses. When the tea tax was dramatically reduced, the factory expanded and the town of 'Blendings' sprang up around it.
lovely new little german style area...looks great with that little wall instead of those trees, very nice ...could be named Hamburg St. Pauls... And how about the horse and pony club (isn´t it a vanilla park)...
Love the look of new area! Cobblestone streets occasionally would also make it 🤌 I’ve been waiting to comment until I had some Tea names in my brain. Play with them how you will: Tetley-on-the-water Brewswold Letitbrew Twinninginton Teapigleton And I can’t think of a good one for Yorkshire Tea but it needs to be mentioned because it’s the best of the best! Maybes Yorkshire Tea Downs? Also, where’s the parking at for that station? I love how we always have awkwardly squeezed in new car parks in UK
Lavenham Suffolk would be good inspiration for ideas to go with the Tudor frame buildings. Tight narrow streets, market square, large church, duck pond, town hall, old railway line footpaths as some suggestions to help with the quintessential rural UK town look as the build develops.
A church would look nice in the middle of all the new houses you just placed, there definitely would be a huge minster in the middle like York! Its very much like the shambles ☺️👍🏻 loving this series biffa!
One idea I'd suggest (though im not sure if there are workshop mods for it) would be to use cobblestone roads. I've seen a lot of UK villages/towns that have them with the older building styles and even in my home town of Portsmouth, in the Old Portsmouth area there are still cobble roads in some areas (Battery Row & Grand Parade). To me cobble roads seem a really good way to mix old town aesthetic with more modern settings and look better than just dirt roads everywhere.
Need to check the workshop for any canal boats, I think they're also called Narrowboats possibly. Having those moving up and down that river would be excellent.
Don't forget to look through the unique buildings to find something to add near the train station. Like the old market. Another thing to look at would be to put in the tourist walking and bus routes in a tourist area.
Teaton Regis as the name, maybe a small market town. Maybe some large houses mixed with old Victorian industrial warehouse/factories converted into flats along the river. Definitely need some moored canal boats on the river if there are any.
Your inspiration for this was Oxford. I'd love to see you do a Park and Ride, so you make it mucho difficult for cars in town, but but not "around" town, and also finds a way to encourage people to park outside town in massive car parks and then take a Bus for the rest of their journey, so for example no parking in any commercial areas in town, but no one cares because super convenient bus. expand to tourists and bus trips etc could be fun. FWIW Oxford has a *huge* park and ride park just off the junction of the M40
