British Cities

[Sir Velo]

City boundaries transmanche do seem to be moveable feasts. The last time I visited Canterbury I was surprised to note it had a coastline.

Rising sea levels?

[cloughie]

BIG MISTAKE!

Sorry. I'll change the title.

Just to complete the picture and not upset the Celtic nations, the largest city in Cornwall is Truro. The smallest city in Cornwall is Truro.

[cloughie]

Presumably London.

No the City of London is the smallest city - Greater London, which the mayor has responsibility is a conglomeration of boroughs.

[jean]

But where is, or ever was, London Town?

https://genius.com/Darkbuster-london-town-lyrics

https://www.jstor.org/stable/913177?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

https://mainlynorfolk.info/peter.bellamy/songs/therigsoflondontown.html

[cloughie]

Or could it be London, Ontario?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

BIG MISTAKE!

Sorry. I'll change the title.

Errrmmm ... this was actually pointed out by the Lower Sixth in post #3.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Just to complete the picture and not upset the Celtic nations, the largest city in Cornwall is Truro. The smallest city in Cornwall is Truro.

Is this Truro? Or Falsro?


With thanks and apologies to Milton Jones. But not Milton Keynes.

[gurnemanz]

Re London without the City: What is it? A town or a conglomeration?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Errrmmm ... this was actually pointed out by the Lower Sixth in post #3.

I missed that too.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I missed that too.

It's just like being a teacher all over again!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Re London without the City: What is it? A town or a conglomeration?

I suppose it's like the former metropolitan counties of West Midlands, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cleveland, etc.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

It's just like being a teacher all over again!

Yep. Too busy watching out for miscreants to notice glaring errors.

[JimD]

Presumably London.

It is commonly alleged by the inhabitants to be Huddersfield.

On reflection they probably only count Yorkshire.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Or is it the wettest ?
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The wettest in England is Truro
The wettest in Wales is St David's
The wettest in Scotland is Glasgow.

The driest in the UK is London.

[Serial_Apologist]

Re London without the City: What is it? A town or a conglomeration?

A conurbation? Or doesn't that appellation count? Some people hate the term.