List of surrounding towns within a given radius

Question

Is it possible to get a list of surrounding "towns" within a given radius? Can someone please give me some pointers for this if it can be done? Thanks!

Answer 1

Google Maps doesn't allow this.

However, you can use geonames.org, but even they don't have a list of nearby towns. The way to do it appears to be

1. get a list of nearby postcodes

2. look up the placename for each postcode

3. remove the duplicates

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