Geography
All the places name-dropped in I'm Alan Partridge are real locations in East Anglia.
Linton and Longstanton are in Cambridgeshire, though neither has a Travel Tavern nor a spice museum.
Exterior shots of the Linton Travel Tavern were actually filmed at the Hilton Hotel on Elton Way in Watford, Hertfordshire. Spalding is in Lincolnshire; Swaffham is a market town in Norfolk, Spixworth and Hemsby are real Norfolk villages which feature in the show as the home location of phone-in guests. Sprowston, a real village just outside of Norwich, is mentioned in the episode Never Say Alan Again in a conversation with John, Alan's builder.
The (Great) Ouse and the Waveney are major rivers, as referenced in Radio Norwich's ident. Linton really is equidistant between London and Norwich (about 95 km (59 mi) in each direction). Due to the coverage, a number of Norfolk residents are not happy with the association.
Tiptree is mentioned in Radio Norwich's ident even though it lies in the heart of Essex. On a similar vein, Felixstowe is also mentioned even though it is in East Suffolk.
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