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Southernmost city
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Truro
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Setting of the TV series "Peaky Blinders"
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Birmingham
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The home of BBC North, BBC Breakfast has been filmed here since 2012
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Manchester
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Only English city to have ever been excommunicated
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Norwich
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Host to the "The Fringe", the world's largest performing arts festival
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Edinburgh
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Richard of York was killed in battle near this city during the War of the Roses
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Wakefield
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A city since "time immemorial", most famous for its three-spired cathedral
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Lichfield
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Saint Etheldreda founded this fen city's famous cathedral in 673
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Ely
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Smallest city, with a population of only 1841 (in 2011)
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St Davids
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Connected by the Britannia and Menai bridges to the Isle of Anglesey
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Bangor
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This city's Roman name was "Aquae Sulis"
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Bath
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Until 2022, it was home to Robin Hood Airport, formerly known as RAF Finningley
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Doncaster
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Invented in the 1960s as a "new city"
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Milton Keynes
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Nicknamed the "oil capital of Europe", this city's namesake county is home to Balmoral Castle
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Aberdeen
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Its university's alumni include Stephen Hawking, Rosalind Franklin, Ian McKellen, Robert Walpole, and three English Kings
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Cambridge
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The River Ribble runs through here
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Preston
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In 1839, this Welsh city was home to a large Chartist rising
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Newport
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Cumbria's only city
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Carlisle
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Marks & Spencer was founded here
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Leeds
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On the Gower Peninsula, this city was famous during the Industrial Revolution for its copper production
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Swansea
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Its football club won the 2015-2016 Premier League with odds of 5000-1, much to the nation's surprise
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Leicester
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The English fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada was based in this naval city
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Plymouth
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Once home to Roman Britain's capital, then referred to as "Camulodunum"
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Colchester
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Rockstar Games was founded in this Scottish city
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Dundee
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This city on the Welsh Border is famous for its city walls and black-and-white buildings
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Chester
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