Talk:List of towns in England/Archive 1

Archive 1

Cleobury Mortimer

Cleobury Mortimer in Shropshire is a town. I know this for sure and despite its size it is refered to as a town in Shropshire all the time. Talk:Cleobury Mortimer :) David 21:47, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Southsea

Southsea is not a town. It is a urban parish within the unitary authority of Portsmouth, see http://www.southseatowncouncil.co.uk/h1.htm. It is misleading to claim town status as the parish council only covers 25% of the area called Southsea. The Town Council name is self granted and meaningless in law Nuttah68 15:07, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

link to List of civil parishes in England

I've been watching this page for a few months now. While the preamble at the top states that this is the list of towns with charters it doesn't include a link to the list of Civil Parishes or a discussion of the differences. I feel it could be expanded & clarified.MGSpiller 23:20, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

An entity can be both - a town and a parish. All four in my local government district are. - fchd 06:47, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Looking at the definition of what a town is almost makes this article pointless. Any local government body, at any level, can declare itself a 'town'. Maybe what we need is a article of towns with official recognition (charter, letters patent etc) and the rest move to the appropriate aministrative council level article.

This started with Southsea, which I still maintain is not a town as a)it is wholly within the borders of the City of Portsmouth and b)the 'town' council represents less than a quarter of Southsea Nuttah68 17:09, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

To a large extent this is the list of chartered towns. For simplicities sake I'm going to presume that any local government body larger than a civil parish either is a town or a collection of towns already. Perhaps it would help to move the page to List of chartered towns in England? MGSpiller 19:19, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

I think as the creator of this article I'm somewhat responsible for the confusion here. We really need to decide whether it is a list of chartered towns, a list of places with town councils, or if (as present) the criteria are more complex, we need to specify exactly what they are. If we can find consensus on this, then questions on the position of Southsea and the title of the article should have obvious answers. Thoughts? Warofdreams talk 02:37, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Half the problem seems to be that, for the UK at least, the term 'town' has no defined meaning and can be applied to anywhere by anyone. Nuttah68 16:36, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

West & South Yorkshire

There are a lot of places in this area that refer to themselves as towns yet are not on the list. Whether they are official towns or not, I don't know. Someone might want to check though:

• Heckmondwike
• Horbury
• Liversedge
• Mirfield
• South Kirkby & Moorthorpe
• South Elmsall

Note that the last three all call their council a "town council". Heckmondwike has a market. Epa101 12:55, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

"Official" is a difficult term here, but Heckmondwike, Mirfield and South Elmsall certainly seem to count. Horbury and Liversedge don't seem to meet any of the criteria. South Kirkby and Moorthorpe is (in my view) best omitted, as it is not a simple example of a town, but rather a multi-centred parish which has (declared itself?) a town. Warofdreams talk 16:32, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

South Kirkby & Moorthorpe has indeed declared itslef to be a town. This is not without precedent. Ossett, where I live, was originally founded as "Ossett-cum-Gawthorpe", and then just shortened to "Ossett". Horbury has a town hall, and all of the locals refer to it as a town. Don't know much about Liversedge, although it is a "postal town" - letters are just Liversedge, West Yorkshire. Epa101 16:30, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Grimethorpe calls its centre a "town centre" on all signposts and in council documents. They may also be worth consideration. Epa101 16:37, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

The town hall in Horbury is an argument for its inclusion, although Google turns up a lot of sites referring to it as a village and rather fewer talking about it as a town. This tendency is even more pronounced in the case of Grimethorpe. The postal town isn't very relevant here; many villages and suburbs have postal addresses typically in this format. Warofdreams talk 02:11, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I've added Heckmondwike and South Elmsall to the list, for I cannot see how anyone can dispute how they are towns. Shall wait a bit longer in case of further comments on the rest. Epa101 10:07, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Now added more: Mirfield, South Kirkby & Moorthorpe, Brierley all on there; they fit the legal definition. However, now I note some places that are on there that maybe shouldn't be. What about Featherstone, Knottingley and Stainforth? What basis is there for calling them towns? None of them call their councils "town councils". Featherstone has a market, but the other two don't. Epa101 17:36, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Actually, Featherstone does have a town council. I just saw that it listed a parish clerk [rather than a town clerk] on a Wakefield district website. Epa101 09:15, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the additions. Stainforth also has a town council (see [1]). Knottingley has a town hall, but it's pretty marginal. Warofdreams talk 18:44, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Liphook

Can I ask why you've removed Liphook from List of towns in England? Nuttah68 08:27, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

I removed Liphook from the list as it is not a town. It has no town council, no market and no sign of ever having had a town charter. Even our article on it states "Liphook is a large village in Hampshire, England." Warofdreams talk 14:58, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

• • In England there is no official entity of a 'Town Council', it is a title that any parish council can adopt. In fact there is no longer any legal or official definition of a 'Town'. To deny Liphook the place on this list merely because one editor has used the word 'village' is arbitrary. Unless you have amore valid reason, will you agree to my restoring it to the list? Nuttah68 20:08, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

No. Can I repeat that Liphook does not meet *any* criterion for being a town. It is not a town. Warofdreams talk 13:44, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

• • • • I'm sorry, you are still going to provide a better reason for removing Liphook from the list. Either that, or the list gets a major edit as looking through the current article well over 50% of the 'towns' do not meet the criteria as you list them. As a starter Basingstoke, Eastleigh and Milton Keynes do not meet the rules other than they have choosen to call their council a 'town council'. Nuttah68 17:52, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
      • To add further weight, here is the town of Liphook's page from the Hampshire County Council website. http://www.hants.gov.uk/localpages/south_east/liphook/ Nuttah68 18:19, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

As discussed above, a clear definition of what constitutes a town for the purposes of this article would be useful. However, there is no consensus that Liphook is a town. Given that any parish council which feels that the settlement it serves deserved the title "town" can rename themselves, and yet Bramshott and Liphook Parish Council has not done this, this seems a further argument against including Liphook. Warofdreams talk 22:41, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

The adoption and use of the term 'town council' is a matter of political sensitivity. Fareham (pop 108,000) has a borough council, because as well as including the town it encompasses many outlying areas that would not consider themselves part of a town. Havant has a borough council as the council boundaries also includes the town of Waterlooville which has a population of 45,000. Southsea, as discussed earlier, has a town council even though it is in central Portsmouth and has never existed as a seperate entity in its life (it was built as a wealthier suburb of Portsmouth). Here the term has been adopted as Southsea has a different ruling party to the rest of the city.

Liphook council serves areas other than just the town of Liphook, so has not choosen to take the name 'town' for its council. I still maintain that Hampshire CC recognition of Liphook as a town should be enough for inclusion on this list.

The list either has to be only those places that have been awarded the title of 'town' by some higher body and most entries removed, or there has to be an acceptance that the term town is subjective and anything showing use of the word town to describe a place is enough for entry on the list. Nuttah68 15:53, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Clearly, it wouldn't be possible to have a list which included places with "anything showing use of the word town". You can find places which are actually very small villages described as towns on some websites - either because they use the term for any settlement, or because they are written by people who do not know, or do not care about local usage. What does work at present is including places which are commonly described as towns. Usually, having a town council is good evidence of this, as is having a market, annual fair or other feature associated with having received a town charter. As I say, I clear debate about what to include will be useful, but under no sensible definition can Liphook be included. Warofdreams talk 00:38, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Liphook is commonly called a town. Hampshire County Council, a higher tier of government, recognises Liphook as a town as I have shown. Liphook has held markets since the 1600s until recently. It has held a fair and carnival annually since the same time. How much more do you want?

I'm afraid your unwillingness to accept recognition from a higher tier of government of Liphook as a town rather strange. Yet you have not questioned many other places that have less to back up their claim. Up to now, it appears that you accept a wikipedia mention of village over a official mention of town. Nuttah68 16:29, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

OK, that's promising. I can't find anything online, but if you have sources for it having had a market and a fair, they can go in the Liphook article, and we then have some evidence for Liphook being a town. Whether or not one page on Hampshire County Council's website calls Liphook a town is irrelevant; it's unsourced, and plenty of other pages on their site refer to it as a village. If you have some specific places in mind on this list which don't fit the criteria, then by all means let's look at them, but Basingstoke, Milton Keynes and Eastleigh fall into the "generally referred to as a town" category, so should be included under current guidelines. Warofdreams talk 23:55, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

TBH, no I can no longer be bothered with this debate. The criteria are subjective and list has become meaningless and POV. A quick skim of the list shows housing estates and suburbs scattered throughout, let alone hamlet/village/town questionables. I am the only person researching the topic. If you want my sources, type Liphook into Google, it's all there in the first 30 returns. Nuttah68 16:24, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

As far as I can determine, Liphook is described about half the time as a village (with a village hall and a village surgery), and the other half as a town (e.g. by Hamps. Council and Thompson yellow pages). Perhaps we could include all possible towns, but use italics for those that have no charter. Dbfirs 11:43, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Completeness

Is this list believed to be complete? If it's not, a Template:Expand list would be good. (I've just noticed Stokesley was missing and added it. It has a town council, town hall, a market, and is referred to as a town in its article.) — ras52 12:00, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

The list is unlikely to be complete, but there probably aren't a large number of missing entries. I'm doubtfule about adding {{expand list}}, as we already get plenty of places added which fit none of the criteria of a town, but someone feels should appear on the list. Warofdreams talk 02:06, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

There are currently 1173 towns on this list - according to http://www.ruralcommunities.gov.uk/files/CA%20141.pdf there are "1,274 market towns in England", but it's not clear where this figure comes from, or whether it includes all towns and cities. Might there be an official list of towns somewhere in the depths of gov.uk? — sjorford++ 11:51, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Toxteth?

What basis is there for calling Toxteth a town? On http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk , it doesn't even seem to have been a separate place from Liverpool at any point.

I believe that it is because it has a town hall. However, toxteth.net states "Even though the locals call 'Toxteth Town Hall' by this name, it is not and never has been a Town Hall", so I've removed it. Warofdreams talk 16:11, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Quite correct, of course. It was a park, not a town. Dbfirs 07:37, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Classifying towns?

This list has a problem; namely that the word "town" has several different meanings, some official, some not. Places on this list:

• may or may not have been given a town charter
• may be civil parishes that have simply chosen the epithet "town council"
• may have city or borough status
• may be new towns with neither a single town council or a town charter (e.g. Milton Keynes?)
• may have been incorporated into a larger town/city, and no longer have a separate town council (e.g. Sutton Coldfield)

I think, to be useful, the list ought to contain all of these, so I'm not suggesting any radical cutting (except to get rid of those places that are definitely villages). However, it would definitely be useful to have a note by each town explaining how it deserves to be here. That would also give it added value over and above Category:Towns in England. Thoughts? — sjorford++ 16:23, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

We don't seem to have any criteria for inclusion or exclusion. In country areas, many large villages are called towns, especially if they have markets (see Reeth below). We seem to be including only medium & large towns, or those that have several of the characteristics of a town. How do we decide? Dbfirs 07:52, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

London

Does anyone know on what criteria have places in Greater London been added to this list? MRSC (talk) 15:37, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

I've removed them as its completely miss leading. Likelife (talk) 20:12, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Reverted all these changes as these have no doubt been included as the original settlements had town status under various circumstances long before Greater London came into being and retain this status going forward in the form of a suburban town (or maybe as a market town). If you had looked at the individual article pages you should have found a reference to this. If any are any that are not clear I would suggest you bring them here first and also raise a question about their status on the article page. This has been debated previously within the Project also.Tmol42 (talk) 20:53, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes but these are not considered as towns but as suburbs in one city by legal terms. Places like Manchester is considered a city and not a town just because it use to be one. There are no references on the pages to confirm that they are towns. If we go by original settlements, everywhere would still be classed as villages.Likelife (talk) 22:32, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Not clear what you mean by "legal terms". Many if not most towns outside London are administed by a larger legal entity, borough or district, but this does not result in them losing their town status. The two issues are mutually exclusive. In other words just because a town has become subsumed into a larger urban area does not mean it loses its status as a town. You refer to Manchester and like all the other cities you will find it listed as a town on the article page, all be it emboldened to indicate its a historic town which has been granted city status. This acquired city status does not undo its historic town status and origins. If you have an issue about a statement about the town's status on a town article page not having a cite add a tag on that page, checking first that it is not dealt with elsewhere in the article. I doubt there are no references at all but no doubt there are some that could be improved.

I suspect if you look at any of the articles on the towns in the Greater London Area, that you had deleted, they will typically refer to being a "suburban town" in the lead section and in the history section they most frequently talk about how they were granted a town charter or have become a town by some other now historic reason. Editors working on the London Project have largely standardised the leads and a typical one would be as in the following example. Barking is a suburban town in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, in north-east London. A different example would be Coulsdon.... a town on the southernmost boundary of the London Borough of Croydon. It is surrounded by the Greater London greenbelt......".

Greater London is the administrative body covering the City of London and the Boroughs, and towns will crop up in nearly if not all these boroughs. Similarily there are towns located in the other urban areas across Britain in the list.Tmol42 (talk) 23:37, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

So we could double the length of our list by including places that were once towns but are no longer recognisable as such? As you say, most medium & large modern towns and cities are amalgamations. Should we have a separate list of former towns? Dbfirs 07:36, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

No. I suspect very nearly all towns are already on the list, a few are no doubt missing but hardly enough to affect the article length, and in any case that would not be a reason not to add them. I stress again these so-called suburban towns are not "former towns" even if they may no longer be "recogised as such" as you describe, they still are towns in the traditional sense, assuming the town charter had not been revoked which happened occaisonally and historically and in a few cases Town Councils may have been wound up but these are exceptional. Regardless of whether the town becomes surrounded by urban area or remains with a belt of green fields it is still a town. Tmol42 (talk) 12:52, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Molesey

I note that this place has been added as a town, though it is described as two villages in one of the references. Does it have a charter? Dbfirs 07:21, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Ubication

Why are cities ordered only by name and no indication whatsoever of there general position is given? (northern, western, eastern, central or southern England) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.233.219.179 (talk • contribs) 23:55, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

... because this information is only a simple click away. Dbfirs 07:30, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Reeth

I have just removed Reeth again after I had restored it along with other (vandalistic) deletions. Probably the only justification for calling it a town is the market. This website [2] uses both "town" and "village". There must be many hundreds of villages that have some characteristics of towns, and are sometimes so-called locally. We really ought to specify the criteria that we use. I suggest that places be included only if they have at least three town characteristics (such as market charter, town hall, town council, actual market ...), but that just moves the problem to a list of characteristics. Can anyone suggest any answers? Dbfirs 08:08, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

There is a practical definition with reasonably workable / clear criteria set out on the article about towns relating to England and Wales see Town#England and Wales. What a town is, is not something that can be absolutely tied down to all imbracing rules but having watched this article for some time my judgements when a town is added or substracted to the list is to look at the specific article page on the basis this will be normally correct with reference to the settlement's history/ governance if its complicated. Unless there is some contemporary discussion on status in progress on the talk page I revert or not accordingly.Tmol42 (talk) 15:14, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the guidance on the criteria. Reeth (as the "Capital of Swaledale", with a market) satisfies some of them, but not others. Our article says "village" so that indicates that it should not be included in the list of towns. Dbfirs 18:46, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

... although if we include the village of Milnthorpe as a town ... ? Dbfirs 07:53, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

According to the information recorded in Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: volume 3 (1926), pp. 222-233 as reported here Milnthorpe was a market town. There is a reference here to a market charter being awarded in 1334 by Edward III. During Medieval times it was also an important sea-port although this importance subsequently reduced. By the way there seems to be suggestions that Reeth was granted a royal charter or otherwise to hold a market during the reign of William amd Mary see here if this is commentary is verifiable then the Reeth article should be amended and Reeth included in the list of towns in this article.Tmol42 (talk) 14:37, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll leave things as they are for now, because Reeth probably prefers to be called a village. There's now doubt about Bircotes, part of the civil parish of Harworth & Bircotes. It seems to be described regularly as a village, but sometimes as a town. Dbfirs 08:37, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

( ... and thanks, Tmol42, for correcting my silly mistake over Bottesford. I think I must have been more than half asleep!) Dbfirs 08:47, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Review

I've started to review this list, and as I suspected it is a random and incomplete collection with no criteria for inclusion other than "known as a town in some context". Looking at the list for London. The entries can be placed into a number of categories:

1. places without any history of civic existence, not even a parish
2. places that have been ancient parishes but nothing more and were absorbed into other towns/boroughs circa 1900-1935
3. metropolitan boroughs of the County of London
4. places that have been municipal boroughs
5. ancient market towns and boroughs

I propose removing all entries in the first three categories. The rationale is that the first two are 'colloquially towns' and it is subjective to include them. For London alone a large part of List of districts of London could be added to the list. The third category of metropolitan boroughs 1900-1965 is because these were never towns in any sense of the word. Wandsworth (the example we have) was made up of multiple parishes: Clapham, Putney, etc.

For the last two categories, which is what is detailed in the introduction - i.e. towns through historic charter right - our list is far from complete. For example it does not include all of List of market towns in London.

Outside London the list should be restricted to successor parishes, other town councils, and those places in categories 4 and 5. I can review a few more counties in southern England as I have sources for that, but others will need to look and the Midlands and the North. MRSC (talk) 23:06, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm slowly working through the list. Adding places according to the following criteria and indicating each one:

• town council
• successor parish, town council
• borough (1835–1974)
• ancient market town/ancient borough

If a place falls into multiple categories I'm putting the most recent. i.e. town council removes the need to explore earlier borough rights. I'm identifying successor parishes with town councils separately to newer town councils so it is possible to x-reference with successor parish. MRSC (talk) 08:25, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

This is very useful and much-needed work! What is your definition of ancient market town? I'm thinking of places like Tickhill where the market died out (although that is a successor parish, so the case for inclusion is clear), and places like Penisale which had a market charter but no settlement generally regarded as a town. Warofdreams talk 14:07, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

For market town it could just as easily read 'market charter', perhaps it should? I'm putting anything that does not fall into the other 'newer' categories that was not an ancient borough into that category for now as long as I can find reference to a charter somewhere. I have a list of the ancient boroughs 1307-1660. [3] Need to dig out a list source for market charters, I know I have seen one somewhere. Change of text to 'market charter' would make it easier to include the examples you give? MRSC (talk) 15:29, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

I think market charter is a good choice. I was mostly wondering about long-expired market charters and whether they would qualify a settlement for this list. Warofdreams talk 12:30, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

We shouldn't worry if a charter has expired or lapsed. All the former boroughs that did not become successor parishes or have charter trustees have effectively lapsed (or had their charter passed to a district). If we are concerned about presenting town councils, ancient market towns, and former boroughs as if they have parity of status, we could split the list into three sections. If I were building the list from scratch I'd probably do that, although there is nothing wrong with it all in one table. MRSC (talk) 13:33, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your excellent work in sorting this list. Dbfirs 13:30, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Ordnance Survey

Here is what Ordnance Survey consider a town in their gazetteer. MRSC (talk) 12:40, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Town	Local authority
Dyce	Aberdeen City
Aberchirder	Aberdeenshire
Ballater	Aberdeenshire
Banchory	Aberdeenshire
Banff	Aberdeenshire
Ellon	Aberdeenshire
Fraserburgh	Aberdeenshire
Huntly	Aberdeenshire
Inverbervie	Aberdeenshire
Inverurie	Aberdeenshire
Kintore	Aberdeenshire
Laurencekirk	Aberdeenshire
Macduff	Aberdeenshire
Oldmeldrum	Aberdeenshire
Peterhead	Aberdeenshire
Portsoy	Aberdeenshire
Rosehearty	Aberdeenshire
Stonehaven	Aberdeenshire
Turriff	Aberdeenshire
Arbroath	Angus
Barry	Angus
Brechin	Angus
Carnoustie	Angus
Forfar	Angus
Kirriemuir	Angus
Monifieth	Angus
Montrose	Angus
Bunavullin	Argyll and Bute
Campbeltown	Argyll and Bute
Cove	Argyll and Bute
Dunoon	Argyll and Bute
Helensburgh	Argyll and Bute
Inveraray	Argyll and Bute
Lochgilphead	Argyll and Bute
Oban	Argyll and Bute
Pennyghael	Argyll and Bute
Rothesay	Argyll and Bute
Tobermory	Argyll and Bute
Barking	Barking & Dagenham
Dagenham	Barking & Dagenham
Barnet	Barnet
East Barnet	Barnet
Edgware	Barnet
Finchley	Barnet
Friern Barnet	Barnet
Hendon	Barnet
Barnsley	Barnsley
Bolton Upon Dearne	Barnsley
Goldthorpe	Barnsley
Penistone	Barnsley
Royston	Barnsley
Thurnscoe	Barnsley
Worsbrough	Barnsley
Keynsham	Bath and North East Somerset
Midsomer Norton	Bath and North East Somerset
Radstock	Bath and North East Somerset
Bedford	Bedford
Kempston	Bedford
Bexley	Bexley
Crayford	Bexley
Erith	Bexley
Sutton Coldfield	Birmingham
Blackburn	Blackburn with Darwen
Darwen	Blackburn with Darwen
Blackpool	Blackpool
Abertillery/Abertyleri	Blaenau Gwent
Blaina	Blaenau Gwent
Brynmawr	Blaenau Gwent
Ebbw Vale/Glyn Ebwy	Blaenau Gwent
Nantyglo	Blaenau Gwent
Tredegar	Blaenau Gwent
Bolton	Bolton
Farnworth	Bolton
Horwich	Bolton
Kearsley	Bolton
Little Lever	Bolton
Westhoughton	Bolton
Bournemouth	Bournemouth
Bracknell	Bracknell Forest
Baildon	Bradford
Bingley	Bradford
Ilkley	Bradford
Keighley	Bradford
Queensbury	Bradford
Shipley	Bradford
Silsden	Bradford
Kenton	Brent
Wembley	Brent
Willesden	Brent
Maesteg	Bridgend
Pontycymer	Bridgend
Porthcawl	Bridgend
Beckenham	Bromley
Bromley	Bromley
Orpington	Bromley
Penge	Bromley
Amersham	Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury	Buckinghamshire
Beaconsfield	Buckinghamshire
Buckingham	Buckinghamshire
Chesham	Buckinghamshire
Gerrards Cross	Buckinghamshire
High Wycombe	Buckinghamshire
Marlow	Buckinghamshire
Princes Risborough	Buckinghamshire
Wendover	Buckinghamshire
Bury	Bury
Prestwich	Bury
Radcliffe	Bury
Ramsbottom	Bury
Whitefield	Bury
Abercarn	Caerphilly
Bargod or Bargoed	Caerphilly
Bargoed or Bargod	Caerphilly
Bedwas	Caerphilly
Blackwood/Coed Duon	Caerphilly
Caerphilly/Caerffil	Caerphilly
Pontllanfraith	Caerphilly
Rhymney/Rhymni	Caerphilly
Risca	Caerphilly
Ystrad Mynach	Caerphilly
Brighouse	Calderdale
Elland	Calderdale
Halifax	Calderdale
Hebden Bridge	Calderdale
Sowerby Bridge	Calderdale
Todmorden	Calderdale
Chatteris	Cambridgeshire
Godmanchester	Cambridgeshire
Huntingdon	Cambridgeshire
March	Cambridgeshire
Ramsey	Cambridgeshire
St Ives	Cambridgeshire
St Neots	Cambridgeshire
Whittlesey	Cambridgeshire
Wisbech	Cambridgeshire
Camden Town	Camden
Hampstead	Camden
Ammanford/Rhydaman	Carmarthenshire
Burry Port/Porth Tywyn	Carmarthenshire
Carmarthen/Caerfyrddin	Carmarthenshire
Kidwelly/Cydweli	Carmarthenshire
Llandovery/Llanymddyfri	Carmarthenshire
Llanelli	Carmarthenshire
Newcastle Emlyn/Castell Newydd Emlyn	Carmarthenshire
Ampthill	Central Bedfordshire
Biggleswade	Central Bedfordshire
Dunstable	Central Bedfordshire
Houghton Regis	Central Bedfordshire
Leighton Buzzard	Central Bedfordshire
Sandy	Central Bedfordshire
Aberaeron	Ceredigion
Aberystwyth	Ceredigion
Bridgend	Ceredigion
Cardigan/Aberteifi	Ceredigion
Lampeter/Llanbedr Pont Stefan	Ceredigion
New Quay/Ceinewydd	Ceredigion
Alderley Edge	Cheshire East
Alsager	Cheshire East
Bollington	Cheshire East
Congleton	Cheshire East
Crewe	Cheshire East
Knutsford	Cheshire East
Macclesfield	Cheshire East
Middlewich	Cheshire East
Nantwich	Cheshire East
Sandbach	Cheshire East
Wilmslow	Cheshire East
Ellesmere Port	Cheshire West and Chester
Frodsham	Cheshire West and Chester
Malpas	Cheshire West and Chester
Neston	Cheshire West and Chester
Northwich	Cheshire West and Chester
Winsford	Cheshire West and Chester
Queensferry	City of Edinburgh
Marylebone	City of Westminster
Paddington	City of Westminster
Bilston	City of Wolverhampton
Wednesfield	City of Wolverhampton
Alloa	Clackmannanshire
Alva	Clackmannanshire
Clackmannan	Clackmannanshire
Dollar	Clackmannanshire
Tillicoultry	Clackmannanshire
Abergele	Conwy
Betws-y-Coed	Conwy
Colwyn Bay/Bae Colwyn	Conwy
Conwy	Conwy
Llandudno	Conwy
Llanfairfechan	Conwy
Llanrwst	Conwy
Penmaenmawr	Conwy
Bodmin	Cornwall
Bude	Cornwall
Camborne	Cornwall
Falmouth	Cornwall
Fowey	Cornwall
Helston	Cornwall
Higher Larrick	Cornwall
Launceston	Cornwall
Liskeard	Cornwall
Looe	Cornwall
Lostwithiel	Cornwall
Newlyn	Cornwall
Newquay	Cornwall
Padstow	Cornwall
Penryn	Cornwall
Penzance	Cornwall
Redruth	Cornwall
St Austell	Cornwall
St Ives	Cornwall
Saltash	Cornwall
Seaton	Cornwall
Stratton	Cornwall
Torpoint	Cornwall
Wadebridge	Cornwall
Coulsdon	Croydon
Croydon	Croydon
Purley	Croydon
Ambleside	Cumbria
Appleby-in-Westmorland	Cumbria
Barrow-In-Furness	Cumbria
Bowness-On-Windermere	Cumbria
Cleator Moor	Cumbria
Cockermouth	Cumbria
Dalton-In-Furness	Cumbria
Egremont	Cumbria
Grange-Over-Sands	Cumbria
Kendal	Cumbria
Keswick	Cumbria
Kirkby Lonsdale	Cumbria
Kirkby Stephen	Cumbria
Maryport	Cumbria
Millom	Cumbria
Penrith	Cumbria
Sedbergh	Cumbria
Ulverston	Cumbria
Whitehaven	Cumbria
Windermere	Cumbria
Workington	Cumbria
Darlington	Darlington
Denbigh/Dinbych	Denbighshire
Llangollen	Denbighshire
Prestatyn	Denbighshire
Rhyl	Denbighshire
Ruthin/Rhuthun	Denbighshire
Alfreton	Derbyshire
Alkmonton	Derbyshire
Ashbourne	Derbyshire
Bakewell	Derbyshire
Belper	Derbyshire
Bolsover	Derbyshire
Buxton	Derbyshire
Chesterfield	Derbyshire
Clay Cross	Derbyshire
Dronfield	Derbyshire
Glossop	Derbyshire
Heanor	Derbyshire
Ilkeston	Derbyshire
Long Eaton	Derbyshire
Matlock	Derbyshire
New Mills	Derbyshire
Ripley	Derbyshire
Shirebrook	Derbyshire
Staveley	Derbyshire
Swadlincote	Derbyshire
Wirksworth	Derbyshire
Ashburton	Devon
Axminster	Devon
Barnstaple	Devon
Bideford	Devon
Buckfastleigh	Devon
Budleigh Salterton	Devon
Crediton	Devon
Dartmouth	Devon
Dawlish	Devon
Exmouth	Devon
Great Torrington	Devon
Higher Dunstone	Devon
Holsworthy	Devon
Honiton	Devon
Ilfracombe	Devon
Ivybridge	Devon
Kingsbridge	Devon
Lynton	Devon
Newton Abbot	Devon
Northam	Devon
Okehampton	Devon
Ottery St Mary	Devon
Salcombe	Devon
Seaton	Devon
Sidmouth	Devon
South Molton	Devon
Tavistock	Devon
Teignmouth	Devon
Tiverton	Devon
Totnes	Devon
Wotton Cross	Devon
Adwick Le Street	Doncaster
Bentley	Doncaster
Conisbrough	Doncaster
Doncaster	Doncaster
Mexborough	Doncaster
Blandford Forum	Dorset
Bridport	Dorset
Christchurch	Dorset
Dorchester	Dorset
Fortuneswell	Dorset
Gillingham	Dorset
Lyme Regis	Dorset
Shaftesbury	Dorset
Sherborne	Dorset
Swanage	Dorset
Wareham	Dorset
Weymouth	Dorset
Wimborne Minster	Dorset
Brierley Hill	Dudley
Coseley	Dudley
Dudley	Dudley
Halesowen	Dudley
Sedgley	Dudley
Stourbridge	Dudley
Annan	Dumfries and Galloway
Castle Douglas	Dumfries and Galloway
Dalbeattie	Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries	Dumfries and Galloway
Gatehouse of Fleet	Dumfries and Galloway
Kirkcudbright	Dumfries and Galloway
Langholm	Dumfries and Galloway
Lochmaben	Dumfries and Galloway
Lockerbie	Dumfries and Galloway
Moffat	Dumfries and Galloway
New Galloway	Dumfries and Galloway
Newton Stewart	Dumfries and Galloway
Sanquhar	Dumfries and Galloway
Stranraer	Dumfries and Galloway
Whithorn	Dumfries and Galloway
Wigtown	Dumfries and Galloway
Annfield Plain	Durham
Barnard Castle	Durham
Bishop Auckland	Durham
Brandon	Durham
Chester-Le-Street	Durham
Consett	Durham
Crook	Durham
Edmondbyers	Durham
Newton Aycliffe	Durham
Peterlee	Durham
Seaham	Durham
Shildon	Durham
Spennymoor	Durham
Stanley	Durham
Tow Law	Durham
Willington	Durham
Acton	Ealing
Ealing	Ealing
Greenford	Ealing
Northolt	Ealing
Southall	Ealing
Cumnock	East Ayrshire
Darvel	East Ayrshire
Galston	East Ayrshire
Greenholm	East Ayrshire
Kilmarnock	East Ayrshire
Newmilns	East Ayrshire
Stewarton	East Ayrshire
Bearsden	East Dunbartonshire
Kirkintilloch	East Dunbartonshire
Milngavie	East Dunbartonshire
Cockenzie and Port Seton	East Lothian
Dunbar	East Lothian
East Linton	East Lothian
Haddington	East Lothian
Musselburgh	East Lothian
North Berwick	East Lothian
Prestonpans	East Lothian
Tranent	East Lothian
Barrhead	East Renfrewshire
Beverley	East Riding of Yorkshire
Bridlington	East Riding of Yorkshire
Cottingham	East Riding of Yorkshire
Driffield	East Riding of Yorkshire
Goole	East Riding of Yorkshire
Hedon	East Riding of Yorkshire
Hessle	East Riding of Yorkshire
Hornsea	East Riding of Yorkshire
Seaton	East Riding of Yorkshire
Withernsea	East Riding of Yorkshire
Battle	East Sussex
Bexhill	East Sussex
Crowborough	East Sussex
Eastbourne	East Sussex
Hailsham	East Sussex
Hastings	East Sussex
Heathfield	East Sussex
Heathfield	East Sussex
Lewes	East Sussex
Newhaven	East Sussex
Rye	East Sussex
Seaford	East Sussex
Uckfield	East Sussex
Edmonton	Enfield
Enfield	Enfield
Southgate	Enfield
Basildon	Essex
Billericay	Essex
Braintree	Essex
Brentwood	Essex
Brightlingsea	Essex
Burnham-On-Crouch	Essex
Canvey Island	Essex
Chelmsford	Essex
Chigwell	Essex
Chipping Ongar	Essex
Clacton-On-Sea	Essex
Colchester	Essex
Epping	Essex
Frinton-On-Sea	Essex
Great Dunmow	Essex
Halstead	Essex
Harlow	Essex
Harwich	Essex
Loughton	Essex
Maldon	Essex
Rayleigh	Essex
Saffron Walden	Essex
Stansted Mountfitchet	Essex
Waltham Abbey	Essex
Walton-On-The-Naze	Essex
West Mersea	Essex
Wickford	Essex
Witham	Essex
Wivenhoe	Essex
Bo'ness	Falkirk
Denny	Falkirk
Falkirk	Falkirk
Grangemouth	Falkirk
Anstruther Easter	Fife
Anstruther Wester	Fife
Auchmuirbridge	Fife
Auchtermuchty	Fife
Buckhaven	Fife
Burntisland	Fife
Cowdenbeath	Fife
Crail	Fife
Culross	Fife
Cupar	Fife
Dunfermline	Fife
Earlsferry	Fife
Falkland	Fife
Kinghorn	Fife
Kirkcaldy	Fife
Ladybank	Fife
Leslie	Fife
Leven	Fife
Lochgelly	Fife
Markinch	Fife
Methil	Fife
Newburgh	Fife
Pittenweem	Fife
St Andrews	Fife
Tayport	Fife
Connah's Quay	Flintshire
Flint/Y Fflint	Flintshire
Mold/Yr Wyddgrug	Flintshire
Blaydon	Gateshead
Gateshead	Gateshead
Rowlands Gill	Gateshead
Ryton	Gateshead
Whickham	Gateshead
Rutherglen	Glasgow City
Cheltenham	Gloucestershire
Cirencester	Gloucestershire
Fairford	Gloucestershire
Lechlade on Thames	Gloucestershire
Nailsworth	Gloucestershire
Northleach	Gloucestershire
Stow-on-the-Wold	Gloucestershire
Stroud	Gloucestershire
Tetbury	Gloucestershire
Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire
Eltham	Greenwich
Greenwich	Greenwich
Woolwich	Greenwich
Bala/Y Bala	Gwynedd
Barmouth/Abermaw	Gwynedd
Bethesda	Gwynedd
Blaenau Ffestiniog	Gwynedd
Caernarfon	Gwynedd
Criccieth	Gwynedd
Dolgellau	Gwynedd
Porthmadog	Gwynedd
Pwllheli	Gwynedd
Tywyn	Gwynedd
Hackney	Hackney
Stoke Newington	Hackney
Runcorn	Halton
Widnes	Halton
Fulham	Hammersmith &Fulham
Hammersmith	Hammersmith &Fulham
Aldershot	Hampshire
Alton	Hampshire
Andover	Hampshire
Basingstoke	Hampshire
Bordon	Hampshire
Eastleigh	Hampshire
Emsworth	Hampshire
Fareham	Hampshire
Farnborough	Hampshire
Fleet	Hampshire
Fordingbridge	Hampshire
Gosport	Hampshire
Havant	Hampshire
Horndean	Hampshire
Lymington	Hampshire
Petersfield	Hampshire
Ringwood	Hampshire
Romsey	Hampshire
Totton	Hampshire
Hornsey	Haringey
Tottenham	Haringey
Wood Green	Haringey
Harrow	Harrow
Pinner	Harrow
Stanmore	Harrow
Hartlepool	Hartlepool
Hornchurch	Havering
Rainham	Havering
Romford	Havering
Upminster	Havering
Kington	Herefordshire
Ledbury	Herefordshire
Leominster	Herefordshire
Ross-on-Wye	Herefordshire
Baldock	Hertfordshire
Berkhamsted	Hertfordshire
Bishop's Stortford	Hertfordshire
Borehamwood	Hertfordshire
Bushey	Hertfordshire
Cheshunt	Hertfordshire
Chorleywood	Hertfordshire
Harpenden	Hertfordshire
Hatfield	Hertfordshire
Hemel Hempstead	Hertfordshire
Hertford	Hertfordshire
Hitchin	Hertfordshire
Hoddesdon	Hertfordshire
Letchworth Garden City	Hertfordshire
Potters Bar	Hertfordshire
Radlett	Hertfordshire
Rickmansworth	Hertfordshire
Royston	Hertfordshire
Sawbridgeworth	Hertfordshire
Stevenage	Hertfordshire
Tring	Hertfordshire
Ware	Hertfordshire
Watford	Hertfordshire
Welwyn Garden City	Hertfordshire
Alness	Highland
Armadale	Highland
Cromarty	Highland
Dingwall	Highland
Dornoch	Highland
Fort William/An Gearasdan	Highland
Fortrose	Highland
Grantown-On-Spey	Highland
Invergordon	Highland
Kilbeg	Highland
Kingussie	Highland
Kinloch Hourn	Highland
Nairn	Highland
Tain	Highland
Thurso	Highland
Tokavaig/Tòcabhaig	Highland
Uig	Highland
Wick	Highland
Hayes	Hillingdon
Hillingdon	Hillingdon
Northwood	Hillingdon
Ruislip	Hillingdon
Uxbridge	Hillingdon
West Drayton	Hillingdon
Yiewsley	Hillingdon
Brentford	Hounslow
Chiswick	Hounslow
Feltham	Hounslow
Hounslow	Hounslow
Isleworth	Hounslow
Gourock	Inverclyde
Greenock	Inverclyde
Port Glasgow	Inverclyde
Amlwch	Isle of Anglesey
Beaumaris	Isle of Anglesey
Holyhead/Caergybi	Isle of Anglesey
Llangefni	Isle of Anglesey
Castletown	Isle of Man
Douglas	Isle of Man
Peel	Isle of Man
Ramsey	Isle of Man
Cowes	Isle of Wight
Newport	Isle of Wight
Ryde	Isle of Wight
Sandown	Isle of Wight
Shanklin	Isle of Wight
Ventnor	Isle of Wight
Hugh Town	Isles of Scilly
Finsbury	Islington
Islington	Islington
Ashford	Kent
Broadstairs	Kent
Deal	Kent
Dover	Kent
Faversham	Kent
Folkestone	Kent
Gravesend	Kent
Herne Bay	Kent
Hythe	Kent
Lydd	Kent
Maidstone	Kent
Margate	Kent
New Romney	Kent
Northfleet	Kent
Ramsgate	Kent
Royal Tunbridge Wells	Kent
Sandwich	Kent
Sevenoaks	Kent
Sheerness	Kent
Sittingbourne	Kent
Swanley	Kent
Swanscombe	Kent
Tenterden	Kent
Tonbridge	Kent
Whitstable	Kent
Chelsea	Kingston upon Thames
Kingston Upon Thames	Kingston upon Thames
New Malden	Kingston upon Thames
Surbiton	Kingston upon Thames
Batley	Kirklees
Cleckheaton	Kirklees
Dewsbury	Kirklees
Heckmondwike	Kirklees
Holmfirth	Kirklees
Huddersfield	Kirklees
Liversedge	Kirklees
Mirfield	Kirklees
Huyton-With-Roby	Knowsley
Kirkby	Knowsley
Prescot	Knowsley
Brixton	Lambeth
Clapham	Lambeth
Lambeth	Lambeth
Streatham	Lambeth
Accrington	Lancashire
Adlington	Lancashire
Bacup	Lancashire
Bamber Bridge	Lancashire
Barnoldswick	Lancashire
Barrowford	Lancashire
Brierfield	Lancashire
Burnley	Lancashire
Carnforth	Lancashire
Chorley	Lancashire
Church	Lancashire
Clayton-Le-Moors	Lancashire
Cleveleys	Lancashire
Clitheroe	Lancashire
Colne	Lancashire
Earby	Lancashire
Fleetwood	Lancashire
Freckleton	Lancashire
Fulwood	Lancashire
Great Harwood	Lancashire
Haslingden	Lancashire
Heysham	Lancashire
Kirkham	Lancashire
Leyland	Lancashire
Longridge	Lancashire
Lytham St Anne's	Lancashire
Morecambe	Lancashire
Nelson	Lancashire
Ormskirk	Lancashire
Oswaldtwistle	Lancashire
Padiham	Lancashire
Poulton-Le-Fylde	Lancashire
Rawtenstall	Lancashire
Rishton	Lancashire
Skelmersdale	Lancashire
Thornton	Lancashire
Trawden	Lancashire
Ulnes Walton	Lancashire
Whitworth	Lancashire
Garforth	Leeds
Guiseley	Leeds
Horsforth	Leeds
Morley	Leeds
Otley	Leeds
Pudsey	Leeds
Rothwell	Leeds
Wetherby	Leeds
Yeadon	Leeds
Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Leicestershire
Braunstone Town	Leicestershire
Coalville	Leicestershire
Hinckley	Leicestershire
Loughborough	Leicestershire
Lutterworth	Leicestershire
Market Harborough	Leicestershire
Melton Mowbray	Leicestershire
Shepshed	Leicestershire
Wigston	Leicestershire
Catford	Lewisham
Deptford	Lewisham
Lewisham	Lewisham
Alford	Lincolnshire
Boston	Lincolnshire
Bourne	Lincolnshire
Burton-by-Lincoln	Lincolnshire
Gainsborough	Lincolnshire
Grantham	Lincolnshire
Holbeach	Lincolnshire
Horncastle	Lincolnshire
Louth	Lincolnshire
Mablethorpe	Lincolnshire
Market Deeping	Lincolnshire
Market Rasen	Lincolnshire
NORTH HYKEHAM	Lincolnshire
Skegness	Lincolnshire
Sleaford	Lincolnshire
Spalding	Lincolnshire
Spilsby	Lincolnshire
Stamford	Lincolnshire
Woodhall Spa	Lincolnshire
Luton	Luton
Chatham	Medway
Gillingham	Medway
Rochester	Medway
Merthyr Tydfil	Merthyr Tydfil
Merton	Merton
Mitcham	Merton
Morden	Merton
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough
Bonnyrigg	Midlothian
Dalkeith	Midlothian
Lasswade	Midlothian
Loanhead	Midlothian
Penicuik	Midlothian
Milton Keynes	Milton Keynes
Newport Pagnell	Milton Keynes
Abergavenny/Y Fenni	Monmouthshire
Chepstow/Cas-Gwent	Monmouthshire
Monmouth/Trefynwy	Monmouthshire
Usk/Brynbuga	Monmouthshire
Buckie	Moray
Burghead	Moray
Charlestown of Aberlour	Moray
Cullen	Moray
Dufftown	Moray
Elgin	Moray
Findochty	Moray
Forres	Moray
Keith	Moray
Lossiemouth	Moray
Portknockie	Moray
Rothes	Moray
Stornoway/Steòrnabhagh	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Crynant/Creunant	Neath Port Talbot
Neath/Castell-Nedd	Neath Port Talbot
Port Talbot	Neath Port Talbot
East Ham	Newham
Stratford	Newham
West Ham	Newham
Caerleon or Caerllion	Newport
Caerllion or Caerleon	Newport
Cwmbran/Cwmbrân	Newport
Attleborough	Norfolk
Aylsham	Norfolk
Cromer	Norfolk
Diss	Norfolk
Downham Market	Norfolk
Fakenham	Norfolk
Great Yarmouth	Norfolk
Harleston	Norfolk
Holt	Norfolk
Hunstanton	Norfolk
King's Lynn	Norfolk
North Walsham	Norfolk
Sheringham	Norfolk
Swaffham	Norfolk
Thetford	Norfolk
Watton	Norfolk
Wells-Next-The-Sea	Norfolk
Wymondham	Norfolk
Ardrossan	North Ayrshire
Irvine	North Ayrshire
Kilwinning	North Ayrshire
Largs	North Ayrshire
Millport	North Ayrshire
Saltcoats	North Ayrshire
Stevenston	North Ayrshire
Cleethorpes	North East Lincolnshire
Grimsby	North East Lincolnshire
Airdrie	North Lanarkshire
Blackwood	North Lanarkshire
Coatbridge	North Lanarkshire
Cumbernauld	North Lanarkshire
Kilsyth	North Lanarkshire
Motherwell	North Lanarkshire
Wishaw	North Lanarkshire
Barton-Upon-Humber	North Lincolnshire
Brigg	North Lincolnshire
Scunthorpe	North Lincolnshire
Clevedon	North Somerset
Nailsea	North Somerset
Weston-super-Mare	North Somerset
Longbenton	North Tyneside
Meadow Well	North Tyneside
Tynemouth	North Tyneside
Wallsend	North Tyneside
Whitley Bay	North Tyneside
Filey	North Yorkshire
Harrogate	North Yorkshire
Knaresborough	North Yorkshire
Malton	North Yorkshire
Northallerton	North Yorkshire
Norton-on-Derwent	North Yorkshire
Pateley Bridge	North Yorkshire
Pickering	North Yorkshire
Richmond	North Yorkshire
Scarborough	North Yorkshire
Selby	North Yorkshire
Settle	North Yorkshire
Skipton	North Yorkshire
Tadcaster	North Yorkshire
Whitby	North Yorkshire
Brackley	Northamptonshire
Burton Latimer	Northamptonshire
Corby	Northamptonshire
Daventry	Northamptonshire
Desborough	Northamptonshire
Higham Ferrers	Northamptonshire
Irthlingborough	Northamptonshire
Kettering	Northamptonshire
Northampton	Northamptonshire
Oundle	Northamptonshire
Raunds	Northamptonshire
Rothwell	Northamptonshire
Rushden	Northamptonshire
Thrapston	Northamptonshire
Wellingborough	Northamptonshire
Alnwick	Northumberland
Amble	Northumberland
Ashington	Northumberland
Bedlington	Northumberland
Berwick-upon-Tweed	Northumberland
Blyth	Northumberland
Hexham	Northumberland
Morpeth	Northumberland
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea	Northumberland
Ponteland	Northumberland
Prudhoe	Northumberland
Arnold	Nottinghamshire
Beeston	Nottinghamshire
Carlton	Nottinghamshire
Eastwood	Nottinghamshire
Hucknall	Nottinghamshire
Kirkby - In - Ashfield	Nottinghamshire
Mansfield	Nottinghamshire
Mansfield Woodhouse	Nottinghamshire
Market Warsop	Nottinghamshire
Newark-on-Trent	Nottinghamshire
Retford	Nottinghamshire
Southwell	Nottinghamshire
Stapleford	Nottinghamshire
Sutton In Ashfield	Nottinghamshire
West Bridgford	Nottinghamshire
Worksop	Nottinghamshire
Chadderton	Oldham
Failsworth	Oldham
Oldham	Oldham
Royton	Oldham
Shaw	Oldham
Kirkwall	Orkney Islands
Stromness	Orkney Islands
Abingdon	Oxfordshire
Banbury	Oxfordshire
Bicester	Oxfordshire
Burford	Oxfordshire
Carterton	Oxfordshire
Charlbury	Oxfordshire
Chipping Norton	Oxfordshire
Didcot	Oxfordshire
Faringdon	Oxfordshire
Henley-on-Thames	Oxfordshire
Kidlington	Oxfordshire
Thame	Oxfordshire
Wallingford	Oxfordshire
Wantage	Oxfordshire
Witney	Oxfordshire
Woodstock	Oxfordshire
Fishguard/Abergwaun	Pembrokeshire
Goodwick/Wdig	Pembrokeshire
Haverfordwest/Hwlffordd	Pembrokeshire
Milford Haven/Aberdaughleddau	Pembrokeshire
Milford Haven/Aberdaugleddau	Pembrokeshire
Narberth/Arberth	Pembrokeshire
Neyland	Pembrokeshire
Pembroke/Penfro	Pembrokeshire
Tenby/Dinbych-y-pysgod	Pembrokeshire
Aberfeldy	Perth and Kinross
Alyth	Perth and Kinross
Auchterarder	Perth and Kinross
Blairgowrie	Perth and Kinross
Coupar Angus	Perth and Kinross
Crieff	Perth and Kinross
Kinross	Perth and Kinross
Perth	Perth and Kinross
Pitlochry	Perth and Kinross
Poole	Poole
Brecon/Aberhonddu	Powys
Builth Wells/Llanfair-Ym-Muallt	Powys
Hay-on-Wye/Y Gelli Gandryll	Powys
Llandrindod Wells/Llandrindod	Powys
Llanidloes	Powys
Llanwrtyd Wells	Powys
Machynlleth	Powys
Montgomery	Powys
Newtown/Y Drenewydd	Powys
Presteigne/Llanandras	Powys
Slough	Powys
Talgarth	Powys
Welshpool/Y Trallwng	Powys
Reading	Reading
Ilford	Redbridge
Wanstead	Redbridge
Woodford	Redbridge
Brotton	Redcar & Cleveland
Guisborough	Redcar & Cleveland
Loftus	Redcar & Cleveland
Marske-By-The-Sea	Redcar & Cleveland
Redcar	Redcar & Cleveland
Saltburn-By-The-Sea	Redcar & Cleveland
Skelton	Redcar & Cleveland
Erskine	Renfrewshire
Johnstone	Renfrewshire
Paisley	Renfrewshire
Renfrew	Renfrewshire
Abercynon	Rhondda,Cynon,Taff
Aberdare/Aberdar	Rhondda,Cynon,Taff
Ferndale	Rhondda,Cynon,Taff
Mountain Ash/Aberpennar	Rhondda,Cynon,Taff
Pontypridd	Rhondda,Cynon,Taff
Porth	Rhondda,Cynon,Taff
Rhondda	Rhondda,Cynon,Taff
Tonypandy	Rhondda,Cynon,Taff
Treherbert	Rhondda,Cynon,Taff
Treorchy/Treorci	Rhondda,Cynon,Taff
Barnes	Richmond upon Thames
Richmond	Richmond upon Thames
Teddington	Richmond upon Thames
Twickenham	Richmond upon Thames
Buckley	Rochdale
Heywood	Rochdale
Littleborough	Rochdale
Middleton	Rochdale
Milnrow	Rochdale
Rochdale	Rochdale
Maltby	Rotherham
Rawmarsh	Rotherham
Rotherham	Rotherham
Swinton	Rotherham
Wath Upon Dearne	Rotherham
Kensal Town	Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
Kensington	Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
Oakham	Rutland
Uppingham	Rutland
Eccles	Salford
Irlam	Salford
Pendlebury	Salford
Swinton	Salford
Walkden	Salford
Worsley	Salford
Blackheath	Sandwell
Oldbury	Sandwell
Smethwick	Sandwell
Tipton	Sandwell
Wednesbury	Sandwell
West Bromwich	Sandwell
Coldstream	Scottish Borders
Duns	Scottish Borders
Eyemouth	Scottish Borders
Galashiels	Scottish Borders
Hawick	Scottish Borders
Innerleithen	Scottish Borders
Jedburgh	Scottish Borders
Kelso	Scottish Borders
Lauder	Scottish Borders
Melrose	Scottish Borders
Peebles	Scottish Borders
Selkirk	Scottish Borders
Bootle	Sefton
Crosby	Sefton
Formby	Sefton
Litherland	Sefton
Maghull	Sefton
Southport	Sefton
Stocksbridge	Sheffield
Da Toon o Ham	Shetland Islands
Lerwick	Shetland Islands
Bishop's Castle	Shropshire
Bridgnorth	Shropshire
Ludlow	Shropshire
Market Drayton	Shropshire
Much Wenlock	Shropshire
Oswestry/Croeswallt	Shropshire
Shrewsbury	Shropshire
Whitchurch	Shropshire
Slough	Slough
Solihull	Solihull
Bridgwater	Somerset
Burnham-on-Sea	Somerset
Chard	Somerset
Cowbridge	Somerset
Crewkerne	Somerset
Frome	Somerset
Glastonbury	Somerset
Ilminster	Somerset
Minehead	Somerset
Shepton Mallet	Somerset
Somerton	Somerset
Street	Somerset
Taunton	Somerset
Watchet	Somerset
Wellington	Somerset
Wincanton	Somerset
Yeovil	Somerset
Ayr	South Ayrshire
Girvan	South Ayrshire
Maybole	South Ayrshire
Prestwick	South Ayrshire
Troon	South Ayrshire
Chipping Sodbury	South Gloucestershire
Kingswood	South Gloucestershire
Thornbury	South Gloucestershire
Yate	South Gloucestershire
Biggar	South Lanarkshire
East Kilbride	South Lanarkshire
Hamilton	South Lanarkshire
Lanark	South Lanarkshire
Hebburn	South Tyneside
Jarrow	South Tyneside
South Shields	South Tyneside
Southend-on-Sea	Southend-on-Sea
Bermondsey	Southwark
Camberwell	Southwark
Billinge	St Helens
Haydock	St Helens
Newton-Le-Willows	St Helens
Rainford	St Helens
St Helens	St Helens
Biddulph	Staffordshire
Burton upon Trent	Staffordshire
Cannock	Staffordshire
Kidsgrove	Staffordshire
Leek	Staffordshire
Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire
Rugeley	Staffordshire
Stafford	Staffordshire
Stone	Staffordshire
Tamworth	Staffordshire
Uttoxeter	Staffordshire
Bridge of Allan	Stirling
Callander	Stirling
Doune	Stirling
Dunblane	Stirling
Bramhall	Stockport
Cheadle	Stockport
Cheadle Hulme	Stockport
Gatley	Stockport
Hazel Grove	Stockport
Marple	Stockport
Romiley	Stockport
Stockport	Stockport
Billingham	Stockton on Tees
Stockton-on-Tees	Stockton on Tees
Aldeburgh	Suffolk
Beccles	Suffolk
Bury St Edmunds	Suffolk
Eye	Suffolk
Felixstowe	Suffolk
Framlingham	Suffolk
Hadleigh	Suffolk
Haverhill	Suffolk
Ipswich	Suffolk
Leiston	Suffolk
Lowestoft	Suffolk
Newmarket	Suffolk
Saxmundham	Suffolk
Southwold	Suffolk
Stowmarket	Suffolk
Sudbury	Suffolk
Wickham Market	Suffolk
Woodbridge	Suffolk
Hetton-Le-Hole	Sunderland
Houghton-Le-Spring	Sunderland
Washington	Sunderland
Addlestone	Surrey
Ashford	Surrey
Banstead	Surrey
Camberley	Surrey
Caterham	Surrey
Chertsey	Surrey
Dorking	Surrey
Egham	Surrey
Epsom	Surrey
Esher	Surrey
Ewell	Surrey
Farnham	Surrey
Frimley	Surrey
Godalming	Surrey
Guildford	Surrey
Haslemere	Surrey
Horley	Surrey
Leatherhead	Surrey
Redhill	Surrey
Reigate	Surrey
Staines	Surrey
Sunbury	Surrey
Walton-on-Thames	Surrey
Warlingham	Surrey
Weybridge	Surrey
Woking	Surrey
Carshalton	Sutton
Sutton	Sutton
Wallington	Sutton
Gorseinon	Swansea
Highworth	Swindon
Swindon	Swindon
Ashton-Under-Lyne	Tameside
Denton	Tameside
Droylsden	Tameside
Dukinfield	Tameside
Hyde	Tameside
Mossley	Tameside
Stalybridge	Tameside
Newport	Telford and Wrekin
Telford	Telford and Wrekin
Penarth	The Vale of Glamorgan
Grays	Thurrock
Tilbury	Thurrock
Paignton	Torbay
Torquay	Torbay
Abersychan	Torfaen
Blaenavon	Torfaen
Pontypool/Pont-y-pwl	Torfaen
Bethnal Green	Tower Hamlets
Bow	Tower Hamlets
Poplar	Tower Hamlets
Stepney	Tower Hamlets
Altrincham	Trafford
Hale	Trafford
Sale	Trafford
Stretford	Trafford
Urmston	Trafford
Castleford	Wakefield
Featherstone	Wakefield
Hemsworth	Wakefield
Horbury	Wakefield
Knottingley	Wakefield
Normanton	Wakefield
Ossett	Wakefield
Pontefract	Wakefield
Aldridge	Walsall
Bloxwich	Walsall
Brownhills	Walsall
Darlaston	Walsall
Walsall	Walsall
Willenhall	Walsall
Chingford	Waltham Forest
Leyton	Waltham Forest
Walthamstow	Waltham Forest
Battersea	Wandsworth
Putney	Wandsworth
Wandsworth	Wandsworth
Lymm	Warrington
Warrington	Warrington
Atherstone	Warwickshire
Bedworth	Warwickshire
Kenilworth	Warwickshire
Nuneaton	Warwickshire
Royal Leamington Spa	Warwickshire
Rugby	Warwickshire
Stratford-upon-Avon	Warwickshire
Warwick	Warwickshire
Newbury	West Berkshire
Thatcham	West Berkshire
Alexandria	West Dunbartonshire
Clydebank	West Dunbartonshire
Dumbarton	West Dunbartonshire
Armadale	West Lothian
Bathgate	West Lothian
Linlithgow	West Lothian
Livingston	West Lothian
Whitburn	West Lothian
Arundel	West Sussex
Billingshurst	West Sussex
Bognor Regis	West Sussex
Burgess Hill	West Sussex
Crawley	West Sussex
East Grinstead	West Sussex
Haywards Heath	West Sussex
Horsham	West Sussex
Littlehampton	West Sussex
Midhurst	West Sussex
Portslade-By-Sea	West Sussex
Shoreham-By-Sea	West Sussex
Southwick	West Sussex
Worthing	West Sussex
Abram	Wigan
Ashton-in-Makerfield	Wigan
Atherton	Wigan
Golborne	Wigan
Hindley	Wigan
Ince in Makerfield	Wigan
Leigh	Wigan
Standish	Wigan
Tyldesley	Wigan
Wigan	Wigan
Bradford-On-Avon	Wiltshire
Calne	Wiltshire
Chippenham	Wiltshire
Cricklade	Wiltshire
Devizes	Wiltshire
Malmesbury	Wiltshire
Marlborough	Wiltshire
Melksham	Wiltshire
Mere	Wiltshire
Trowbridge	Wiltshire
Warminster	Wiltshire
Westbury	Wiltshire
Wilton	Wiltshire
Wootton Bassett	Wiltshire
Eton	Windsor and Maidenhead
Maidenhead	Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor	Windsor and Maidenhead
Bebington	Wirral
Birkenhead	Wirral
Heswall	Wirral
Hoylake	Wirral
Wallasey	Wirral
Wokingham	Wokingham
Bewdley	Worcestershire
Bromsgrove	Worcestershire
Droitwich	Worcestershire
Evesham	Worcestershire
Great Malvern	Worcestershire
Kidderminster	Worcestershire
Redditch	Worcestershire
Stourport-on-Severn	Worcestershire
Wrexham/Wrecsam	Wrexham

Carlton Colville

Carlton Colville in Suffolk has just been designated as a town — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.183.252.32 (talk) 19:37, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Farnborough, Runcorn, Welwyn Garden City et al

There are some obvious omissions from the list that don't meet the criteria set here. A bit like the Clacton example above, the likes of Runcorn and Welwyn Garden City are quite clearly towns, but dont have town councils (although WGC are attempting to form one at present), don't have historic market charters or borough status.

The same can be said for the smaller Derbyshire towns that aren't on the list for the same reason - like Melbourne, Hadfield, Swadlincote, Eckington, Newhall and Long Eaton.

I can't at present add any of these to the list as I have no evidence to put in the STATUS coulumn in the table.

Thoughts?

Whiteseditor30 (talk) 15:45, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Clacton

Any particular reason why Clacton-on-Sea is not listed? Bretonbanquet (talk) 22:21, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Hmm - Clacton seems to fall into a gap in "the system" - it wasn't (AFAIK) an ancient or market town, it wasn't a borough nor part of a borough (past or present), and it doesn't have a town council. Oh dear! Argovian (talk) 10:58, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

I'd forgotten I'd asked this ;) Yes, it does seem to be a bit of an anomaly despite the 53,000 people that live there. It has a town hall and no town council! The district council do describe it as a town though. [4] Bretonbanquet (talk) 11:10, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Really, Clacton (and other similar places that are clearly towns but don't conform to the usual means of public/official "acknowledgement" of town status) should be on the list... perhaps in a separate section ("Other towns"?) below the New towns. Argovian (talk) 16:22, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Makes sense. To the average reader, a town is a town is a town, regardless of official acknowledgement of town status. Clacton (for example) can't realistically be described as anything else. I wonder how many similar cases there might be? Bretonbanquet (talk) 16:43, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Outside London, probably not that many... that's my hunch. Most towns have some historic "acknowledgement" (a charter, etc), or a modern-day town council, or are the chief settlement of a former/present-day borough, or are a statutory new town. Would be great if we could find one or two more as we can't really create a section with Clacton all on its own.. ;) Argovian (talk) 16:48, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Good point, although some would say Clacton is a bit "special" ;) I shall scout around for any others that might join Clacton in a section of that kind. Bretonbanquet (talk) 16:52, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

There are loads of towns not on the list. By this, I mean towns that almost always referred to as towns, but do not have a market charter or town council at present.

So looking at some example counties

Derbyshire is missing the following

Eckington, Hadfield, Killamarsh, Newhall, Long Eaton, Melbourne, Langley Mill and Swadlincote.

Hertfordshire is missing Baldock, Rickmansworth, Broxbourne and Kings Langley

Leicestershire is missing three towns - two fairly large ones at that - Coalville (5k), Oadby (pop of 24k) and Wigston Magna (pop of 33k)

And as a final example - Surrey is missing loads as town councils and market charters seemingly not that popular in leafy Surrey - Addlestone, Ashford, Bagshot, Banstead, Camberley, Caterham, Egham, Cobham, Epsom, Esher, Oxted, Redhill, Shepperton, Sunbury-on-Thames and Virgina Water.

Whiteseditor30 (talk) 13:04, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

If you research the history and administrative government story for Clacton this shows that this once small coastal rural parish of Great Clacton evolved in little over 20 years after 1871 when the pier was built into a thriving residential and commercial community. Its significance no doubt resulted in it being elevated to the status of an Urban District. I suspect the 'town hall' was built soon after to reflect the Council's elevated status. But unlike the earlier town charters, Boroughs and later Town Councils (which are really civil parish councils that choose to redesignate themselves a 'town') I cannot find a source for a UDC having the legal provision/ instrument to designate its historic/commercial centre as a 'town' (others please correct me here!). In 1974 when the Clacton UDC was abolished it was subsumed into Tendring District with the Council using the old 'town hall' as a civic offices. The thing is a lot of places call themselves towns or are colloqually known as such without legal backing and the article list once included many of these. But sentiment does not make them a 'town' which is a legal administrative device so the article was overhauled to ensure entries had town status which could meet WP:VERIFICATION policy. Hope this helps to at least focus discussion. Tmol42 (talk) 01:54, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

I'm aware of what you're saying - the point is that Clacton is only ever described as a "town" (cf places that are often described as villages when they are officially a town or places often described as towns when they are officially a city) and this article is called "List of towns..." and should include such places albeit not in the same section as those communities that are officially chartered etc. There has to be some sort of inclusion in this article of places like Clacton, otherwise it will dumbfound people as to why such places are missing. In this new section there can be a short analysis, along the lines perhaps of what you've just written above, and then a concise list of example towns with their populations (and we're looking at places like Clacton with a population of 50k plus). This would be no different to how in the city status related articles cathedral towns and large towns without city status is discussed. As for citations etc - it will not be an issue to find good, reliable sources for Clacton being commonly and only described as a town. Argovian (talk) 11:01, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Population

Any chance of listing populations? Like the equivalent City page does. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.1.219.138 (talk) 03:15, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Yes - I'd be very interested to know populations — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.20.130.252 (talk) 17:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

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