As of 2015, there are currently a total of 69 cities in the United Kingdom. 51 in England, 7 in Scotland, 6 in Wales and 5 in Northern Ireland. (Wikipedia)
My challenge focus on visiting 40 of 51 cities in England which I have never visited before. Here are the list of 51 cities in England:
1. Bath √
2. Birmingham √
3. Bradford
4. Brighton & Hove √
5. Bristol
6. Cambridge √
7. Canterbury √
8. Carlisle
9. Chelmsford √
10. Chester
11. Chichester √
12. Coventry
13. Derby √
14. Durham
15. Ely √
16. Exeter
17. Gloucester
18. Hereford
19. Kingston upon Hull
20. Lancaster
21. Leeds
22. Leicester
23. Lichfield
24. Lincoln
25. Liverpool √
26. City of London √
27. Manchester √
28. Newcastle upon Tyne
29. Norwich √
30. Nottingham
31. Oxford √
32. Peterborough √
33. Plymouth
34. Portsmouth
35. Preston
36. Ripon
37. St. Albans √
38. Salford
39. Salisbury √
40. Sheffield
41. Southampton
42. Stoke on Trent
43. Sunderland
44. Truro
45. Wakefield
46. Wells
47. City of Westminster √
48. Winchester √
49. Wolverhampton
50. Worcester
51. York √
Fun Facts:
* So what is a city you may ask? The Oxford English dictionary defines 'city' as a 'large town' or 'a town created a city by charter and containing a cathedral'.
* In the United Kingdom however, not every city has a cathedral and not all cathedrals are found in the city.
* Not all large towns in the United Kingdom are officially designated as cities and there are a number of UK cities which are no bigger than an average towns or even villages.
* There are no specific criteria which automatically grant city status in the United Kingdom.
* In present times, city status in the United Kingdom is granted by the British monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II.
Source: http://www.ukcities.co.uk
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