Category
Towns & cities
From cathedral cities to market towns to overlooked seaside resorts. Where most of Britain actually lives.
3,128 places in this category.
Towns & cities by region
- 470 towns cities in East of England
- 452 towns cities in South East England
- 433 towns cities in South West England
- 257 towns cities in East Midlands
- 213 towns cities in Northern Ireland
- 204 towns cities in North East England
- 191 towns cities in North West England
- 182 towns cities in Yorkshire & the Humber
- 182 towns cities in Central Scotland
- 173 towns cities in West Midlands
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Aldenham
Aldenham β village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England.
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Byfleet
Byfleet β inland island village forming a suburb of Woking in Surrey, England.
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City of London
City of London β city, ceremonial county and local government district containing the historic centre and the primary central business district in the London Region in England, UK.
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City of Westminster
City of Westminster β city and borough in London, England, UK.
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Claygate
Claygate β a village located in Elmbridge, United Kingdom.
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Cobham
Cobham β village in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England.
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Denham
Denham β village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England.
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Laleham
Laleham β village in the Spelthorne borough, United Kingdom.
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London
London β capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom.
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New Haw
New Haw β village in the borough of Runnymede, Surrey, United Kingdom.
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Oatlands
Oatlands β village in Surrey, England.
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Thames Ditton
Thames Ditton β village in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, United Kingdom.
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Whyteleafe
Whyteleafe β village in Tandridge district, Surrey, United Kingdom.
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Bricket Wood
Bricket Wood β village in the county of Hertfordshire, England.
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Chelsfield
Chelsfield β village and suburb in the London Borough of Bromley, England, UK.
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Chipperfield
Chipperfield β village and civil parish in the Dacorum district of Hertfordshire, England.
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Crockenhill
Crockenhill β village in Kent, England, UK.
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Croxley Green
Croxley Green β village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England.
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Cudham
Cudham β village in the London Borough of Bromley in London, UK.
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Darenth
Darenth β village in Dartford, United Kingdom.
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Downe
Downe β village in the London Borough of Bromley, England, UK.
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Elstree
Elstree β village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England.
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Farnborough
Farnborough β area of London, within London Borough of Bromley.
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Green Street Green
Green Street Green β village in the London Borough of Bromley, England, UK.
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Havering-atte-Bower
Havering-atte-Bower β village in London Borough of Havering, United Kingdom.
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Kemsing
Kemsing β village and civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom.
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Keston
Keston β village in the London Borough of Bromley, England, UK.
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Netherne-on-the-Hill
Netherne-on-the-Hill β village in Surrey, England, UK.
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Pratt's Bottom
Pratt's Bottom β village in the London Borough of Bromley, England, UK.
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Sarratt
Sarratt β village in Hertfordshire, England.
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Shortlands
Shortlands β suburban village in the London Borough of Bromley, Greater London, England.
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South Oxhey
South Oxhey β village in Hertfordshire, England, UK.
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Southfleet
Southfleet β village and civil parish in Kent, England.
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Stondon Massey
Stondon Massey β village and civil parish in the Brentwood borough of Essex, England.
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Swanscombe
Swanscombe β small town in the Dartford Borough of Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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Tyburn
Tyburn β village in the county of Middlesex close to the current location of Marble Arch in present-day London.
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Covent Garden
Former market hall + piazza in London's West End.
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Betchworth
Betchworth β village and civil parish in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England.
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Boxley
Boxley β village and civil parish in Maidstone District, Kent, England, UK.
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Effingham
Effingham β village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England, UK.
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Englefield Green
Englefield Green β village in the borough of Runnymede, Surrey, UK.
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Ottershaw
Ottershaw β village in the borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, UK.
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Aylesford
Aylesford β village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, England.
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Coxheath
Coxheath β village and civil parish in Kent, UK.
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Great Bookham
Great Bookham β village located in Mole Valley, Surrey, United Kingdom.
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Hoo St Werburgh
Hoo St Werburgh β village in Kent, England, UK.
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Hunton
Hunton β village and civil parish in Kent, England, UK.
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Hurst Green
Hurst Green β village in Surrey, England, UK.
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Mereworth
Mereworth β village in Kent, England, UK.
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Nettlestead
Nettlestead β village and civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom.
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Otham
Otham β village in Kent, England, UK.
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Sevenoaks Weald
Sevenoaks Weald β village in Sevenoaks, Kent, England, UK.
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Shepway
Shepway β area of Maidstone, Kent, England.
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Trottiscliffe
Trottiscliffe β village and civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many towns & cities are in this guide?
- We currently list 3,128 towns & cities across the United Kingdom β every entry sourced from Wikipedia, Wikidata or OpenStreetMap and validated against our schema.
- Are these places free to visit?
- Many places in the guide are free to enter β almost every national museum, every public park and garden, every parish church and cathedral. Castles, historic houses and theme parks usually charge admission; National Trust and English Heritage members visit those properties free.
- Where does the data come from?
- Every entry is built from open data: OpenStreetMap (locations, tags, opening hours), Wikipedia (descriptions), Wikidata (structured facts and operator information), Wikimedia Commons (images), ONS open data (population). The site never makes runtime API calls β everything is fetched at build time and committed.
- How often is this updated?
- A weekly automated job re-fetches the upstream sources and rebuilds the site. Manual editorial corrections are applied as overlays on top of the open data.