UK Cities by a Single Clue #2 - Statistics

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Setting of the TV series "Peaky Blinders" Birmingham
96%
Host to the "The Fringe", the world's largest performing arts festival Edinburgh
89%
Its university's alumni include Stephen Hawking, Rosalind Franklin, Ian McKellen, Robert Walpole, and three English Kings Cambridge
86%
Nicknamed the "oil capital of Europe", this city's namesake county is home to Balmoral Castle Aberdeen
82%
This city's Roman name was "Aquae Sulis" Bath
82%
Its football club won the 2015-2016 Premier League with odds of 5000-1, much to the nation's surprise Leicester
82%
The home of BBC North, BBC Breakfast has been filmed here since 2012 Manchester
79%
Invented in the 1960s as a "new city" Milton Keynes
71%
Cumbria's only city Carlisle
68%
Southernmost city Truro
68%
The English fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada was based in this naval city Plymouth
64%
On the Gower Peninsula, this city was famous during the Industrial Revolution for its copper production Swansea
61%
Rockstar Games was founded in this Scottish city Dundee
57%
Marks & Spencer was founded here Leeds
57%
Smallest city, with a population of only 1841 (in 2011) St Davids
54%
Saint Etheldreda founded this fen city's famous cathedral in 673 Ely
50%
Connected by the Britannia and Menai bridges to the Isle of Anglesey Bangor
46%
Once home to Roman Britain's capital, then referred to as "Camulodunum" Colchester
46%
In 1839, this Welsh city was home to a large Chartist rising Newport
46%
This city on the Welsh Border is famous for its city walls and black-and-white buildings Chester
43%
Until 2022, it was home to Robin Hood Airport, formerly known as RAF Finningley Doncaster
32%
Only English city to have ever been excommunicated Norwich
32%
A city since "time immemorial", most famous for its three-spired cathedral Lichfield
29%
The River Ribble runs through here Preston
21%
Richard of York was killed in battle near this city during the War of the Roses Wakefield
18%
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