The Five Most Beautiful Cities in the UK

The Five Most Beautiful Cities in the UK

York Flag of York Minster from the Lendal Bridge A panorama of 15 th century York by E Ridsdale Tate, York Castle is on the right hand side of the river, opposite the abandoned motte of Baile Hill Coat of arms of York

Roman Emperor Constantine the Great proclaimed Emperor at York in AD 306 The Guildhall where members of the City of York Council meet. Micklegate – York is famous for its medieval city walls. Panorama of the River Ouse looking south from Lendal Bridge

Edinburgh Clockwise from top-left: View from Calton Hill, Old College, Old Town from Princes Street, Edinburgh Castle, Princes Street from Calton Hill Flag of City of Edinburgh Coat of arms of City of Edinburgh

View of Edinburgh from Blackford Hill Edinburgh, showing Arthur's Seat, one of the earliest known sites of human habitation in the area Edinburgh Old Town Skyline Panorama Edinburgh in the 17 th century

Official logo of Cambridge in 1575

Cambridge Great St Mary's Church marks the centre of Cambridge, while the Senate House on the left is the centre of the University. Gonville and Caius College is in the background. King's College Chapel, seen from the Backs

Trinity Street King's Parade Silver Street

Durham Flag of the city of Durham A map of the city from 1610 Durham Cathedral and the River Wear Durham Cathedral photographed from the south, 2009

Looking across Elvet Bridge Durham Town Hall (Guildhall) Durham Viaduct Durham Cathedral from Elvet

Truro Boscawen Street in 1810 Sunday morning on Pydar Street The Cathedral in 1905, before completion of the spires Georgian architecture at Walsingham Place

St George's Church The River Kenwyn, which converges with the Allen and becomes the River Truro

The west front of the Cathedral Lower Lemon Street

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