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She's granted EIGHT new cities, including COLCHESTER
OMG MEANINGLESS CITY TWINS!OMG I KNOW THIS DOESN’T MEAN ANYTHING REALLY BUT
MILTON KEYNES TOO <3
OMG MEANINGLESS CITY TWINS!
We claimed 'oldest town' but your definition is more accurate. It was a Roman capital so we can easily swap town for city in terms of historical status.I am shocked Colchester wasn’t one already, isn’t it the earliest or longest continually inhabited place in the UK or is that somewhere else?
MK hasn’t been around very long at all but we were given a bit of a complex by people constantly telling us we weren’t a city. People are weird
Stanley (Falklands) (pop 2,100)
I’m surprised it’s not more redwall-tastic:
Bangor (NI) (pop 61,000)
Colchester (pop 122,000)
Doncaster (population 110,000)
Douglas (pop 27,000)
Dunfermline (pop 56,000)
Milton Keynes (pop 223,000)
Stanley (Falklands) (pop 2,100)
Wrexham (pop 42,500)
Can't believe Port Stanley - home to three Brits and a penguin
The monarch grants it.How do you get a “Royal” like … Royal Tunbridge Wells(?)
How do you get a “Royal” like … Royal Tunbridge Wells(?)
The prefix "Royal" dates to 1909, when King Edward VII granted the town its official "Royal" title to celebrate its popularity over the years among members of the royal family. Royal Tunbridge Wells is one of only three towns in England to have been granted this (the others being Royal Leamington Spa and Royal Wootton Bassett).
The royals have to LOVE visiting.
Royal Jeffrey Epstein's Private Island on the way then?
You gonna sail down there on your canal boat?Could I just move to the Falklands if I wanted to? Or are there any hoops to jump through?
How do you get a “Royal” like … Royal Tunbridge Wells(?)
I don't know how others see the town. To me it just feels like a BIG TOWN. Although there are quite a few features that probably lend itself to city status. Barracks, University, Zoo, the history and CURRENT MUSEUM OF THE YEAR.How is Colchester not already a city?
I don't know how others see the town. To me it just feels like a BIG TOWN. Although there are quite a few features that probably lend itself to city status. Barracks, University, Zoo, the history and CURRENT MUSEUM OF THE YEAR.
They've been trying for years. I presumed it would never happen, with the likes of Reading, Milton Keynes, Croydon and Northampton in the running.
I'm quite pleased and amused about it. Especially as stinking old Ipswich remains a mere town.
It's by far the highest population town IIRC, but I know an ever growing Colchester and Reading were both up there.Yeah that’s sort of how I feel about it - we didn’t need it but now it’s happened I feel SEEN.
If fucking Northampton had got there first I’d have been STEAMING! What a PIT!
I always feel like England has too many cities, but I'm sure it's just because Scotland has so few (though we now have an eighth thanks to the recent news )
Port Stanley SAYS HI!Don’t you have the SMALLEST city?
Such an ANOMALY. Is GREATER LONDON a CITY?The City of London is technically one of the smallest cities also, isn't it?
Well I mean population-wise, I’m sure that’s a stat (people always mention) so it must be trueThe City of London is technically one of the smallest cities also, isn't it?
According to Wikipedia, NO.Such an ANOMALY. Is GREATER LONDON a CITY?
In Greater London, for example, the City of London and that of Westminster each hold city status separately but no other local authority has been granted city status, nor has Greater London as a whole.
Don’t you have the SMALLEST city?
St David's in Wales although I'm sure the Falklands Islands one must now be the smallest.Don’t you have the SMALLEST city?
St David's in Wales although I'm sure the Falklands Islands one must now be the smallest.
OT: I just remembered I dreamt about the Falklands last night. They were dreary.
I always thought a town with cathedral = city automatically which I'm sure Colchester does. I could be wrong on both points.