# Think of a British city that isn't London **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298 "2015-10-11T16:46:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/21 "2015-10-11T20:12:30Z")
I thought first of Liverpool, mainly because of the Beatles. I thought of Birmingham second, Manchester third, Newcastle fourth. ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Ravenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Abner\_Ravenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Ravenwood)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/22 "2015-10-11T20:14:20Z")
Manchester because that’s the name of my high school. Or York. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/23 "2015-10-11T20:18:38Z")
Newry ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/24 "2015-10-11T20:21:29Z")
Oxford. Because Tolkien. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Ravenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Abner\_Ravenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Ravenwood)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/25 "2015-10-11T20:24:20Z")
Or Norfolk because of Norfolk, Virginia. There are plenty of towns, cities and counties in Virginia named after ones from England or Scotland. I’m from Midlothian and now live in Loudoun County, both Scottish names. My home county is Chesterfield, which also in English. I think it’s a county, not a city, though. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/26 "2015-10-11T20:26:24Z")
Birmingham, because I work with researchers at the university there (same reason Adelaide was my answer for Australia). ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/27 "2015-10-11T20:27:34Z")
Kingston upon Hull ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/28 "2015-10-11T21:03:09Z")
Manchester here as well. Leeds after that. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/29 "2015-10-11T21:03:16Z")
Bristol, mainly because I happened to have a meeting with a guy from Bristol last week. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/30 "2015-10-11T21:13:49Z")
Plymouth, because I live here. I’m surprised so many are thinking of Manchester over Birmingham. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/31 "2015-10-11T21:15:52Z")
Peterborough. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/32 "2015-10-11T21:16:12Z")
Doncaster. My grandparents and my mother were from there. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/33 "2015-10-11T21:37:19Z")
Ely, for lots of reasons (lovely Cathedral!), but mostly because my SCA persona’s from there. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/34 "2015-10-11T21:49:16Z")
Aberdeen. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/35 "2015-10-11T21:54:41Z")
Southampton, then York, I imagine because I know people who currently live or formerly lived in those places. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/36 "2015-10-11T22:33:27Z")
> [@Abner\_Ravenwood](#): > > Or Norfolk because of Norfolk, Virginia. There are plenty of towns, cities and counties in Virginia named after ones from England or Scotland. > > I’m from Midlothian and now live in Loudoun County, both Scottish names. My home county is Chesterfield, which also in English. I think it’s a county, not a city, though. Sorry, other way round. Norfolk in England is a county (county town Norwich). Chesterfield in England is a town, not a county (or a city, come to that). And no-one has mentioned Edinburgh or Glasgow? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/37 "2015-10-11T22:44:43Z")
Nottingham came first to my mind. A former employer was based there. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/38 "2015-10-11T22:45:59Z")
Leeds. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/39 "2015-10-11T22:48:06Z")
Birmingham. I travel on Birmingham Drive on my daily commute to work. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/40 "2015-10-12T00:13:14Z")
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