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    Quote Originally Posted by uncle bob View Post
    Peterbrough. They have the best pub in the UK on a massive floating barge called Charters bar.
    If like me you love all your real ales then you will be like a kid in a sweetshop if you ever get a chance to visit.
    They have about 50 cask ales and ciders on draught at any one time, they have unthinkable amounts of Belgium beers including the trappist ales you could ever imagine.

    They have a massive outdoor beer garden next to the barge which is based on a bavarian beer garden. Lots of tables and chairs/benches and a live music band stand under cover.
    Its under the bridge on London Road by Peterborough United ground.
    https://youtu.be/N9mObgG3r-Q

    Always go up for the Peterborough beer festival every year for the last 25 years or more.
    Anyone ever been to the beer festival? Biggest one in UK.
    Look at YouTube videos.
    that pub sounds great, I hate Peterborough though, due to too many work trips there in a previous job.

    the whole area is just so flat, not seeing any hills anywhere I just found vaguely depressing

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
    that pub sounds great, I hate Peterborough though, due to too many work trips there in a previous job.

    the whole area is just so flat, not seeing any hills anywhere I just found vaguely depressing
    On a side note I’ve only been there twice with city, mostly over 25 yrs ago, it was carnage both times....seemed like the nutters always liked to go there despite it being a fair way away.....

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    Re: Favourite British City , Other Than Cardiff ?

    London, truly cosmopolitan city, good people, and you can do anything you want.
    Ipwich, lovely people
    Wareham
    Telford - - a dump but good personal memories

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    Swansea, got the Mumbles, Gower, close to West Wales and on the verge of Brecon Beacons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef View Post
    Swansea, got the Mumbles, Gower, close to West Wales and on the verge of Brecon Beacons.
    I like Swansea , but I think the Gower is a bit overrated, I mean it's FINE but nothing spectacular

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef View Post
    Swansea, got the Mumbles, Gower, close to West Wales and on the verge of Brecon Beacons.
    Yeah nice surroundings, but we are talking about cities and swansea isn’t very good

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    Quote Originally Posted by goats View Post
    Yeah nice surroundings, but we are talking about cities and swansea isn’t very good
    Yes I know but that’s why I put it on, besides I have family there.

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    Norwich is a nice city, lovely away day
    Sheffield & Newcastle are good fun
    Best thing about Nottingham is their tram service

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swiss Peter View Post
    Smaller cities - Bath, Brighton, Canterbury, Norwich. Bath if I had to pick one of those.
    Same for me really.
    Cardiff is a great size and I never feel overwhelmed by it. Brighton and Norwich both fit that bill.

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    St. David's.
    Very easy to see all the sights of the City.

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    Chester & York
    Lovely Cities with plenty to do plus both have great race courses very close to the City centre

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    Durham, lovely place, Norwich is great too with the river meandering through the edge of the city, very old in parts and quaint

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    Re: Favourite British City , Other Than Cardiff ?

    Interesting thread.

    To get in before TBG - Wareham, Telford and Falmouth are not cities.

    Nor is Brighton! Brighton and Hove is a city - but the former town of Brighton is just a constituent part of the bigger city. Well I never!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
    Interesting thread.

    To get in before TBG - Wareham, Telford and Falmouth are not cities.

    Nor is Brighton! Brighton and Hove is a city - but the former town of Brighton is just a constituent part of the bigger city. Well I never!
    You do realise you've probably pissed on his bonfire now don't you?

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    Hasn't been mentioned by anyone so far but I did the touristy bit around Oxford for a couple of days and really took to the city. I'd been there for different sporting occasions in the past, but had never ventured into the centre and the colleges. I really liked the place. Brighton and Newcastle also deserve mentions in my book.

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    Lived in Manchester pre hacienda days great folk know how to have a good time. Been in London 41 years and I think it’s got lots to offer. Great theatres, there’s nowhere in Uk better for food and restaurants, diverse culture, fabulous museums ( all free) and plenty of tourists. I think night clubbing has seen better days as far as the west end is concerned. Saying all that I am working on my exit out and Hastings is where I’m looking to relocate at the end of the year.

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    There are a few cities like Oxford, York and Bath that are nice to visit but I wouldn’t fancy living there as they are overrun by tourists at times.

    I stayed in Glasgow for a month and liked it. Had a real buzz to the place and nice Victorian architecture.

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    Re: Favourite British City , Other Than Cardiff ?

    Chichester is quite good too. nice old pubs, good theatre and nice people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xsnaggle View Post
    Chichester is quite good too. nice old pubs, good theatre and nice people.
    Yup, Chichester is a nice place.

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    Re: Favourite British City , Other Than Cardiff ?

    LONDON. All human life is there.

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    Southampton, laid back city and close to the New Forest. Lived there in the early 80's and loved the atmosphere of The Dell, Proper old ground hemmed in by just about everything.

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    I’ll give Oxford a shout as it’s been missed so far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Des Parrot View Post
    I’ll give Oxford a shout as it’s been missed so far.
    See post #37 https://www.ccmb.co.uk/showthread.ph...=1#post5185147

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    Quote Originally Posted by Des Parrot View Post
    I’ll give Oxford a shout as it’s been missed so far.
    cracking pubs and real ale

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    Torquay is also one of my favourites along with Weymouth

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