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UK Cities, Towns & their Rivers (with map)

Can you identify these UK cities and towns and the rivers which flow through or by them. The rivers are not necessarily the longest but are relevant in their size or location or otherwise have a commercial, historical or cultural significance. The list is obviously subjective!
Some rivers flow through or by more than one town or city.
Some towns or cities have more than one river flowing through or by them.
Some rivers have different names along different parts of their length. In these cases,
any of the names will be accepted.
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City or Town
River
Aberdeen
Dee (Scotland)
Don (Scotland)
Bedford
Great Ouse
Belfast
Lagan
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Tweed
Birmingham
Tame (West Midlands)
Bournemouth
Stour (Dorset)
Bristol
Avon (Bristol)
Cambridge
Cam/Granta
Cardiff
Taff
Carlisle
Eden
Carmarthen
Tywi
Colchester
Colne (Essex)
Derby
Derwent (Derbyshire)
Durham
Wear
Edinburgh
Forth
Stirling
Enniskillen
Erne
Exeter
Exe
Glasgow
Clyde
Gloucester
Severn
Shrewsbury
Hereford
Wye
Kingston upon Hull
Humber
City or Town
River
Leeds
Aire
Leicester
Soar
Lincoln
Witham
Liverpool
Mersey
London
Thames
Oxford
Maidstone
Medway
Manchester
Irwell
Middlesbrough
Tees
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne (Northumberland)
Norwich
Wensum
Yare
Nottingham
Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Perth
Tay
Peterborough
Nene
Plymouth
Tamar
Preston
Ribble
Sheffield
Don (Yorkshire)
Southampton
Itchen
Test
Stratford-upon-Avon
Avon (Warks)
Swansea
Tawe
York
Ouse/Ure (Yorkshire)
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Level 87
Apr 3, 2020
Enjoyed this but it's a wonky map! Never would have guessed Lincoln from that dot.
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Level 80
Apr 3, 2020
That's where Lincoln is though. This was taken from an overlay of a Google map so it's pretty accurate.
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Level 83
May 26, 2020
top quiz. have nominated it.
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Level 80
May 28, 2020
Thanks for that
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Level 59
Jul 9, 2020
Stirling is a town, not a river
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Level 80
Jul 9, 2020
Thanks for that, well spotted, I've now corrected the cell layout.
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Level 77
Aug 19, 2020
Awesome quiz! Nominated.
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Level 80
Aug 19, 2020
Thanks for that.
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Level 70
Nov 26, 2020
Lovely selection of places and rivers. I believe Stoke-on-Trent should be put in the 'City or Town' column.
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Level 80
Nov 27, 2020
You're quite right, thanks for that, now fixed!