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UK Cities by a Single Clue #2

Can you name the UK cities that correspond to these clues?
Answer must match the yellow box!
Only includes current "official" cities as of 25th January 2024
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Last updated: January 26, 2024
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First submittedJanuary 24, 2024
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Southernmost city
Truro
Setting of the TV series "Peaky Blinders"
Birmingham
The home of BBC North, BBC Breakfast has been filmed here since 2012
Manchester
Only English city to have ever been excommunicated
Norwich
Host to the "The Fringe", the world's largest performing arts festival
Edinburgh
Richard of York was killed in battle near this city during the War of the Roses
Wakefield
A city since "time immemorial", most famous for its three-spired cathedral
Lichfield
Saint Etheldreda founded this fen city's famous cathedral in 673
Ely
Smallest city, with a population of only 1841 (in 2011)
St Davids
Connected by the Britannia and Menai bridges to the Isle of Anglesey
Bangor
This city's Roman name was "Aquae Sulis"
Bath
Until 2022, it was home to Robin Hood Airport, formerly known as RAF Finningley
Doncaster
Invented in the 1960s as a "new city"
Milton Keynes
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Nicknamed the "oil capital of Europe", this city's namesake county is home to Balmoral Castle
Aberdeen
Its university's alumni include Stephen Hawking, Rosalind Franklin, Ian McKellen, Robert Walpole, and three English Kings
Cambridge
The River Ribble runs through here
Preston
In 1839, this Welsh city was home to a large Chartist rising
Newport
Cumbria's only city
Carlisle
Marks & Spencer was founded here
Leeds
On the Gower Peninsula, this city was famous during the Industrial Revolution for its copper production
Swansea
Its football club won the 2015-2016 Premier League with odds of 5000-1, much to the nation's surprise
Leicester
The English fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada was based in this naval city
Plymouth
Once home to Roman Britain's capital, then referred to as "Camulodunum"
Colchester
Rockstar Games was founded in this Scottish city
Dundee
This city on the Welsh Border is famous for its city walls and black-and-white buildings
Chester
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