# Think of a British city that isn't London

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/121 "2015-10-20T15:56:15Z")

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Brighton, possibly, though it’s not a port. There’s no Dover in NZ as far as I can tell.

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/122 "2015-10-20T19:00:17Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Brighton, possibly, though it’s not a port. There’s no Dover in NZ as far as I can tell.

Hope its not Gravesend 😉

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**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/123 "2015-10-21T01:54:47Z")

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> [@racer72](#):
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> Not mentioned so far in this thread is a seaport at the southern end of England, it is also my last name. I have been able to trace my ancestry back to that area and have a trail that goes back as far as the late 1200’s. I have visited 2 towns in the US with the same name and visited a town in New Zealand with the same name too.

Plymouth? There’s New Plymouth in New Zealand.

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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/124 "2015-10-22T00:18:45Z")

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Another vote for Manchester, especially only England. For Scotland it would be Edinburgh and Glasgow equally, for Wales Cardiff and Belfast for Northern Ireland.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/125 "2015-10-22T20:58:34Z")

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North Kilttown

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**Author:** ![Beelzebubba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-british-city-that-isnt-london/734298/126 "2015-10-29T08:23:12Z")

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Birmingham is my next thought after London. I have a friend who was born there.

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