Greenbridge, Essex
A town in Essex, England, on planet Earth. Famous throughout the Galaxy as the residence of Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings, whose poetry ranked as the very worst in the Universe until both she and it perished in Earth's demolition.
Point of Interest Dossier: Greenbridge, Essex
"The very worst poetry of all perished along with its creator Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Greenbridge, Essex, England in the destruction of the planet Earth."
— The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Chapter 7
Greenbridge, Essex was an English town in the county of Essex on planet Earth. While virtually unknown to the wider Galaxy prior to Earth's demolition, Greenbridge is immortalized in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as the ground zero of the very worst poetry in the Universe.
Literary Infamy & Annihilation
Until Thursday lunchtime on the day of Earth's vaporization by Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz and the Vogon Constructor Fleet, Greenbridge was home to Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings, whose verse was even worse than that of the Azgoths of Kria (second worst) and the Vogons (third worst). When the Vogon demolition beams reduced Earth to a whiff of hydrogen, ozone, and carbon monoxide, Greenbridge and every stanza penned by Jennings perished with it.
Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station
A sprawling satellite earth station located on Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall, England. Renowned for its enormous steerable parabolic dish antennas, which famously failed to notice the Vogon Constructor Fleet soaring through the ionosphere—even though it was exactly the sort of thing they had been looking for all those years.
Guildford
A historic market town in Surrey, Earth. Famously claimed by Betelgeusian researcher Ford Prefect as his earthly hometown during fifteen years of deep undercover reconnaissance as an out-of-work actor.