What is your favourite UK city after Brighton and London?

[Eeyore]

Bath, l also like a lot of East Midland cities, for some of the architecture.

 

[mikeyjh]

Obv Derby has a pull on my heart - Otherwise Manchester, best UK city outside of London by miles for me. Do like York, Bath, Exeter. Also have a soft spot for Portsmouth, not everyone's cup of tea, but the whole waterfront dockyard etc is fascinating. Not many cities have that much history on their doorstep.....

 

[worthingseagull123]

Just wondering; and if you want an alternative thread to Albiob stuff. I spent a night in Birmingham on Sunday, a city I have stayed in a number of times for many reasons over the years. Had some decent beer at Brewdog then rocked up to the amazing Al Frash on The Ladypool Road for a fantastic seriously good lamb vindaloo*. It's an underated city in my opinion and I quite like it.

* - it does not take a lot to make me happy.

Why are you assuming Brighton and Hove will be everyones favourite city? It was a great place 20 years ago. Not so much now and there are towns I now prefer. Brighton has many issues as a town sadly.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Sheffield! Otherwise I wouldn't have lived here for 22 years.

Had some amazing nights out in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and London but i wouldn't want to live in any of those cities.

I live 10 mins from Sheffield city centre and 15 mins from some of the most beautiful countryside in Britain in the Peak District (which you can actually see from my house).

Add in the fantastic choice of pubs and restaurants and the general feel that you don't live in a big city (but have all the amenities of one) and it's pretty much spot on.

Just a shame the football teams are total shite and we always lose at bloody Hillsborough.

 

[bobby baxter]

Nottingham and Liverpool for me, although I suppose a lot depends on the people you are there with.

 

[Puppet Master]

Newcastle

 

[daveinprague]

Fuengirola

 

[Austrian Gull]

Norwich
Edinburgh
Lincoln

Can't wait to visit York again next summer - haven't been there for nearly 30 years. Have very good memories of it as a place.

 

[Northstandite]

Bath, Liverpool, and it's been a long time since I went to either, also Glasgow & Edinburgh.

(I meant to say - AWFUL city centres, probably due to the Luftwaffe & post-WW2 town planners/architects - Leicester, Portsmouth, Southampton, Plymouth.

Corrected myself above.

 

[shingle]

Canterbury

 

[Norman Potting]

Edinburgh & York

York and Edinburgh. Like Plymouth, not so much for the City but for the stunning location and surrounding countryside.

 

[The Spanish]

Glasgow. Very funny people, down to earth and know how to enjoy themselves. food and weather is shit and its full of loons but there's something about the place.

 

[Frampler]

Norwich and York are great. The fact that they are filled with good pubs might have something to do with that.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Why are you assuming Brighton and Hove will be everyones favourite city? It was a great place 20 years ago. Not so much now and there are towns I now prefer. Brighton has many issues as a town sadly.

I added the caveat as I was interested in places outside of these two. I sense a significanct number would have posted these two otherwise.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

I lived in Newcastle for a few years, have family from that neck of the woods and my mum lives there now... I know it very well and quite like it

so there

 

[The Truth]

Phone city is pretty decent. Great customer service.

 

[brightn'ove]

Another vote for York, honorable mention for Leeds.

 

[Bognor Bystander]

After Brighton and before London it would be Chichester and the only vote for Stoke probably as I was born there...

 

[patchamalbion]

another vote for Bristol here - cracking city with loads to do, great alternate scene with some awesome pubs and great countryside nearby

 

[Motogull]

I've got a bit of a love/hate thing going on with London.

Another vote for Bristol.

Soft spot for Bournemouth.