UK Cities by Wikipedia Descriptions #2

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The Old Firm rivalry between Celtic and Rangers	Glasgow
The first and former capital city of England	Winchester
After the fire of 1666, a number of plans were drawn up to remodel the City and its street pattern into a renaissance-style city with planned urban blocks, squares and boulevards	London
The Gower Peninsula to the west was the first area in the United Kingdom to be designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)	Swansea
The Mackem accent and dialect is often mistaken for Geordie by people not from the region	Sunderland
It was originally an outlying part of the hamlet of Myton, named Wyke	Hull
The character of Alan Partridge in the sitcom I'm Alan Partridge (1997–2002) and the comedy film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013) is a ______ broadcaster played by Steve Coogan.	Norwich
Was dubbed "Cottonopolis" and "Warehouse City" during the Victorian era	Manchester
Appearing in the town's Roman name, Aquae Sulis (literally, "the waters of Sulis")	Bath
John Frost and 3,000 other Chartists marched on the Westgate Hotel at the centre of the town	Newport
The club won just one out of 38 league games and finished with just 11 points, the lowest in the history of the Premier League	Derby
The University of ______ was founded in 1209. The buildings of the university include King's College Chapel	Cambridge
MP Caroline Lucas is the only Green MP in the UK Parliament	Brighton
from Cumbric: Caer Luel; Scots: Cairel, Cairl, Caeril; Scottish Gaelic: Cathair Luail	Carlisle
36 miles (58 km) northeast of Plymouth and 65 miles (105 km) southwest of Bristol	Exeter
MediaCityUK became the headquarters of CBBC and BBC Sport in 2011	Salford
One of the founder members of the Football League and the first team to be crowned English football champions	Preston
Proverbially it is the strategically important "Gateway to the Highlands"	Stirling
Since the inception of the global financial crisis of 2008–2009, residents of the Republic of Ireland have increasingly been cross-border shopping to ______ to buy cheaper goods due to the difference in currency	Newry
Founded as Eboracum c. 71 AD	York
Becoming a major centre for the production and trading of wool in the 17th and 18th centuries	Leeds
Nicknames: "Granite City"	Aberdeen
The city has more miles of canal than Venice	Birmingham
This pilgrimage provided the framework for Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century collection of stories, The ______ Tales	Canterbury

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