Historic Cities in England
Birmingham in the county of West Midlands
Birmingham, Britain's second city, known as the city of a thousand trades, has long been recognised as one of the World's most important manufacturing and commercial centres.
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Bristol in the county of Somerset
Bristol Zoo is not this great city's only claim to fame
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Cambridge in the county of Cambridgeshire
Cambridge has an abundance of magnificent buildings, and these together with riverside walks, wonderful museums and quaint old streets, quickly draw the visitor under the spell of this historic and charming City
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Chester in the county of Cheshire
Chester, the county town of Cheshire, is one of the oldest and most complete walled cities with fantastic architecture and history.
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Leicester in the county of Leicestershire
Leicester is famed amongst other things for its fine parish church which was raised to Cathedral status in 1927.
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Liverpool in the county of Merseyside
From early humble origins Liverpool, over the centuries has grown and developed to become one of the most exciting cities to...
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London in the county of Greater London
London is one of the World's most exciting, cultural destinations where visitors can walk with history whilst enjoying all that...
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Manchester in the county of Greater Manchester
A thriving truly cosmopolitan city with a great mixture of new and old. The capital of the north
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Newcastle upon Tyne in the county of Tyne & Wear
This important City was known as Pons Aelii in Roman times; the Romans built the first bridge over the River Tyne, it was guarded...
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Nottingham in the county of Nottinghamshire
The City of Nottingham is famed for fine lace, the romance of Maid Marion and Robin Hood and as the birthplace of the founder of the Salvation Army, General William Booth (1829-1912).
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Oxford in the county of Oxfordshire
Oxford's fame is perhaps second only to Windsor, it is an acclaimed seat of learning with a University whose first college was founded in 1249, almost half a century after the first charter granted to the town by Henry II.
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York in the county of North Yorkshire
One of the most historic cities in Britain with overs 2000 years of history...
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