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The Historic Towns and Cities of Britain

Britains many and varied historic towns and cities are the heartbeat where trade has flourished for centuries and so continues today. Some of the country's best preserved buildings adorn the ancient narrow lanes and bustling thoroughfares and many are recognisable from television and film sets today. Magnificent cathedrals and churches dominate the skylines and each has a very different story to tell.

Alfriston | Alnmouth | Alnwick | Alresford | Alston | Amberley | Ambleside | Ashby de la Zouch | Ashford | Axminster | Aylesbury | Barnard Castle | Bath | Battle | Beaulieu | Beaumaris | Bedford | Berkeley | Berwick upon Tweed | Betws y Coed | Beverley | Bewdley | Birmingham | Bishop Auckland | Boston | Bourne | Bourton on the Water | Bradford on Avon | Brampton | Bridgnorth | Brighton | Bristol | Broadstairs | Broadway | Brockenhurst | Bromyard | Buckingham | Builth Wells | Bury St Edmunds | Buxton | Caerleon | Caernarfon | Callander | Cambridge | Canterbury | Carew | Carlisle | Carlton Le Moorland | Castle Combe | Chatham | Chelmsford | Cheltenham | Chester | Chichester | Chipping Campden | Clare | Clitheroe | Cockermouth | Colchester | Conwy | Corsham | Corsham | Cowes | Cranbrook | Crook | Cullompton | Dartmouth | Dedham | Derby | Dereham | Derry | Derry | Diss | Dorchester | Dover | Downham Market | Dunblane | Durham | Edinburgh | Ely | Eton | Evesham | Exeter | Eye | Fairford | Fakenham | Falmouth | Farnham | Faversham | Firle | Firle | Fowey | Framlingham | Freshwater | Gainsborough | Glasgow | Gloucester | Greenwich | Guildford | Hadleigh | Halstead | Harlech | Harrogate | Hay on Wye | Helston | Henley on Thames | Hereford | Hertford | Hexham | Hinton Charterhouse | Holt | Holyhead | Honiton | Hungerford | Inveraray | Inverness | Ironbridge | Jedburgh | Kings Lynn | Kingston upon Thames | Kirkby Lonsdale | Lacock | Lancaster | Lavenham | Ledbury | Lenham | Leominster | Lewes | Lichfield | Lincoln | Liskeard | Liverpool | Llanberis | Llandudno | Llanelli | Llangefni | Llangefni | Llantrisant | Llantwit Major | Louth | Ludlow | Lydney | Lymington | Malmesbury | Manchester | Marazion | Marlborough | Melksham | Melrose | Melton Mowbray | Middleham | Middleton in Teesdale | Minster | Monmouth | Nantwich | New Buckenham | Newark | Newbury | Newcastle | Newent | North Berwick | North Walsham | Northallerton | Northampton | Norwich | Nottingham | Oakham | Oakham | Orford | Ormskirk | Oswestry | Oxford | Padstow | Painswick | Peebles | Pembroke | Penzance | Peterborough | Petworth | Porlock | Portsmouth | Quorn | Rhayader | Ribchester | Richmond upon Thames | Ripley | Ripon | Rochester | Romsey | Ross on Wye | Rothbury | Rugby | Ruthin | Rye | Saffron Walden | Salisbury | Sandwich | Sedgefield | Selby | Shaftesbury | Shanklin | Sheffield | Sherborne | Shrewsbury | Sidmouth | Sittingbourne | Slough | Southampton | Southwell | Spalding | St Albans | St Andrews | St Asaph | St Austell | St David's | St Ives | St Ives | Stafford | Stamford | Stirling | Storrington | Stroud | Swaffham | Talybont on Usk | Taplow | Tarbet | Taunton | Tenby | Tenterden | Tetbury | Tewkesbury | Thetford | Tobermory | Tonbridge | Totnes | Truro | Uckfield | Upton upon Severn | Wadhurst | Ware | Wareham | Warwick | Watton | Wells | Welwyn | Westerham | Wetherby | Weymouth | Whitstable | Wimborne | Winchelsea | Winchester | Windsor | Woburn | Wolsingham | Worcester | Wymondham | Yarmouth | York |

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