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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

OP posts:
Spendonsend · 10/04/2024 17:40
  1. Nearly all the welsh and scottish ones. Big gaps in the middle/north of England
Anxietysux · 10/04/2024 17:41

15 all in England. A couple more I've been to the airport only so didn't count them.

NisekoWhistler · 10/04/2024 17:47

46

Lurleene · 10/04/2024 17:49

48 that I'm sure of.

Toddlerteaplease · 10/04/2024 17:50
Jins · 10/04/2024 17:53

62!

KThnxBye · 10/04/2024 17:56

Birmingham

AdaColeman · 10/04/2024 18:16

43

Including 5 in Scotland and 5 in Wales, as well as Douglas and Gibraltar.

I was surprised at some of the places that weren't included on the list!

aintnospringchicken · 10/04/2024 18:29

19 in England
All of the cities in Scotland (I'm Scottish)
2 in Northern Ireland
1 in Wales

LlynTegid · 10/04/2024 18:33

Every Scottish one, all but 3 of the English ones, plus Cardiff and Swansea.

EventuallyDecluttered · 10/04/2024 18:34

38 in England
4 in Scotland
2 in Wales
0 in Northern Ireland
1 in Gibraltar

So 45 in total

BoudiccaOfSuburbia · 10/04/2024 18:44

36 (soon to be 37)
None in NI, only Edinburgh in Scotland.

(plans some trips)

I have been to so many coastal and upland regions all over GB (not yet NI), but not so many cities.

Northernsouloldies · 10/04/2024 18:50

Loads but only saw the inside of a dance hall generally, dark when we got there and sunglasses on in the morning light.16 years of travel going to Northern soul niters.

SwedishEdith · 10/04/2024 18:51

48 that I'm sure about.

Skykidsspy · 10/04/2024 18:58

44, which I was surprised at!

2 in NI
2 in Wales
3 in Scotland
& the rest in England so 37

i think I’m not very well travelled too, must do more than I realise!

GameOfJones · 10/04/2024 18:59

36 if I include Douglas. Mostly in England but 4 in Wales and 3 in Scotland.

I've never been to Northern Ireland, only to ROI.

SausageRoll2020 · 10/04/2024 19:05

31 in total

21 in England
7 in Scotland
3 in Wales

Oblomov24 · 10/04/2024 20:33

30

thevegetablesoup · 10/04/2024 21:50

Ive been to 35 including all the Scottish ones (not Scottish and don't live there)

ReignOfError · 10/04/2024 22:06

58, all 8 in Scotland, 46 in England, one in Northern Ireland and three in Wales. I’ve also been to Douglas.

Echobelly · 10/04/2024 22:09

36 - just added St Davids today, as holidaying in Pembrokeshire!

Tir3edAndTested · 10/04/2024 22:12

38 across all 4 countries.
4 NI,
4 Wales,
2 Scotland
The rest England (mostly southern england)

thinkofnewname · 10/04/2024 22:14

I lived in London for a few years when I had my first child and was amazed at the number of people I met who "travelled" and had lots of holidays in different countries but had hardly left London in the UK.

Backhometothenorth · 10/04/2024 22:15

63 - I need to visit NI as this accounts for most of those missing

NewName24 · 10/04/2024 22:45

Thanks for the list OP - quite fascinating. If you'd asked me to name 76 cities, or even just the ones in England, I'd have never thought of several of them.

Anyhow
I've been to
34 in England
0 in NI
1 in Scotland and all 7 in Wales

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