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How many UK cities have you visited?

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NotInvolved · 10/04/2024 13:31

Inspired by a post on another thread, I decided to work this out. I've only been to 40 of the 76 - 32 in England, 6 in Scotland and only one each for Wales and Northern Ireland. (I've not included the Crown dependencies etc on the list though I have been to Douglas so it's 41 if I count that.) Some of my "visits" are a bit tenuous, such as my car broke down in Doncaster once so I perhaps haven't seen the place to its best advantage, but I haven't included places I have been through but not stopped at, such as going through Milton Keynes on the train, or being diverted through St Asaph due to roadworks on the way to a North Wales holiday!
I thought I'd visited most parts of the UK but looks like I actually have some pretty big gaps. How many have you been to? I have to confess that I didn't know that some of the places on this list even were cities.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-cities/list-of-cities-html

List of cities (HTML)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-cities/list-of-cities-html

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Frith2013 · 10/04/2024 13:35

43

Listinggracefully · 10/04/2024 13:36

Mainly because of my job, I've been to all but 3 of the English and Scottish ones. I've been to 3 of the Welsh ones and I've never been to Northern Ireland. I have also been to Douglas when I was a child.

TulipTuesday · 10/04/2024 13:36

Only 17, 16 in England, 1 in Wales

Again, a couple are tenuous. I only include Peterborough because I went to a motorbike festival on the outskirts years ago, and we drove briefly into Norwich to get some food on our way to the coast as a kid.

IvorTheEngineDriver · 10/04/2024 13:38

All but 4 in England (Chelmsford, Derby, Exeter and Hull).
All in Wales,
All but 2 in Scotland (Perth and Aberdeen)
Never been to NI in my life. None of the overseas ones.

TulipTuesday · 10/04/2024 13:38

Oh sorry, I missed Glasgow! Been there too.

GasPanic · 10/04/2024 13:39

Haven't been to hardly any of these, maybe 10. Been to over 50 countries though when I stopped counting so will call that a score draw.

Lengokengo · 10/04/2024 13:42

35, I thought I had been to quite a few, but not as many as others, clearly!

slavetothekittens · 10/04/2024 13:42

16, all in England.

UmaniCaroline · 10/04/2024 13:45

37, never been to Scotland!
Thanks for the list - there were some that I didn't know were cities.

SockQueen · 10/04/2024 13:46

25 in England (though some only very fleetingly e.g. for a wedding or uni open day)
3 in Scotland
4 in Wales
1 in Isle of Man

Chemenger · 10/04/2024 13:47

23 in England, all the Scottish ones, 22 in wales, none in NI.

Tarkan · 10/04/2024 13:55

6 in England
0 in N. Ireland
All of them in Scotland (I grew up in one, now live on the coast between two others and I'm actually heading off shopping in one of them today).

I don't know about Wales. I went as a baby but haven't been since so even if I've been in any I won't remember.

Not been to any of the overseas ones. DH has been to Stanley though and definitely more of the English ones than me.

Whataweirdsituation · 10/04/2024 14:11

What a fun thread!

Ive got 35 in England (I probably would have estimated 20!)
0 in NI
6 in Scotland
4 in Wales

TheDandyLion · 10/04/2024 14:11

18 England
5 Wales
0 Scotland
0 N Ireland

DahliaMacNamara · 10/04/2024 14:14

42 altogether, none in NI.

unpleasantindividual · 10/04/2024 14:16

2

Andthereyougo · 10/04/2024 14:18

40 in England
Only 1 in NI
3, possibly 4, in Scotland
5 in Wales

NahNeedsGarlic · 10/04/2024 14:18

21, including Douglas!

CommeIlFaut · 10/04/2024 14:20

Forty six. It was forty four until this morning but I had lunch in Newry and am soon to arrive in Belfast.

To my shame, only one in Wales and two in Scotland.

spanieleyes · 10/04/2024 14:22

64 in total, mainly Northern Ireland missing!

CarolinaInTheMorning · 10/04/2024 14:22

Seventeen. Four in Scotland, one in Wales, the rest in England. Not bad for an American.

SirSidneyRuffDiamond · 10/04/2024 14:23

52

Bjorkdidit · 10/04/2024 14:24

About 40 in England,
1 in NI
5 in Scotland
4 in Wales

I've been to both Douglas and Gibraltar many times and have had several Teams meetings with someone in the Falkland Islands.

newrubylane · 10/04/2024 14:26

24 in England, 2 in Wales. None in Scotland, to my shame, or NI/overseas.

GrimDamnFanjo · 10/04/2024 14:30
  1. I was really surprised at some though. Had no idea they were cities!
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