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Runcorn
Runcorn is a Cheshire town on the Mersey at the Runcorn Gap, first recorded as Aethelflaed's 915 burh, later a canal port and chemical town, designated a New Town in 1964, population about 61,000 in 2021.
Salford
Salford: city in Greater Manchester, England, west of Manchester across the River Irwell; 37 square miles, about 220,000 people. Industrial-era canal and rail pioneer, now known for Salford Quays, MediaCityUK and large-scale regeneration.
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Saltburn-by-the-Sea: Victorian seaside resort in North Yorkshire, England, founded by Henry Pease in 1861, known for its 1869 pier and the 1884 water-balanced cliff lift, Britain's oldest.
Sandbach
Sandbach: market town in Cheshire East, England, chartered by Elizabeth I in 1579. Known for its early 9th-century Saxon Crosses, Foden and ERF truck manufacturing, and an emerging 2026 Neighbourhood Plan.
Scarborough
Scarborough is a seaside town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England, Britain's first seaside resort and the largest town on the Yorkshire Coast.
Sheffield
Sheffield, South Yorkshire's largest city and historic "Steel City", is a Core Cities Group borough of about 582,000 people beside the Peak District, famed for cutlery and steelmaking and now a £2.01 billion visitor economy.
South Shields
South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, at the mouth of the River Tyne; Roman Arbeia, medieval Caer Urfa, a coal, salt and shipbuilding town of about 73,000 people, home of Catherine Cookson and the Shields Ferry.
Southport
Southport is a seaside resort in Sefton, Merseyside, England, founded in 1792 by William Sutton. Known for Lord Street, the 1860 Southport Pier (Britain's second longest, closed since 2022), Victorian parks, and the Sefton Coast dunes.
St Helens, Merseyside
St Helens, Merseyside: a Liverpool City Region metropolitan borough of about 183,200 people, historically built on glassmaking (from 1773) and coal, now undergoing major town centre regeneration while ranking among England's more deprived areas.
Stockport
Stockport, a town in Greater Manchester, England, on a red sandstone promontory over the River Mersey. Saxon origins, 1220 mayoral charter, 1840 brick viaduct, County Borough 1888, Metropolitan Borough 1974, major town centre regeneration since 2019.
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees is a market town and administrative center in north east England, divided by the River Tees, known for its wide High Street market chartered in 1310.
Sunderland
Sunderland: coastal city and metropolitan borough on the River Wear, Tyne and Wear, England; former world shipbuilding capital (Mackem identity), city status 1992, now built around Nissan's plant, AESC gigafactory and Riverside Sunderland regeneration.
Wakefield
Wakefield: cathedral city in West Yorkshire on the River Calder, a medieval 'Merrie City' and inland port for coal, corn, and wool; birthplace of Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.
Wallasey
Wallasey is a town on the Wirral, Merseyside, opposite Liverpool; recorded in Domesday 1086, a dormitory town grown around the Seacombe, Egremont and New Brighton Mersey ferries and New Brighton resort.
Wallsend
Wallsend, a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, on the River Tyne's north bank. Named for the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall at Segedunum Roman fort; later a coal mining and shipbuilding center undergoing town centre regeneration.
Warrington
Warrington is a market town and unitary borough in Cheshire, England, on the River Mersey between Liverpool and Manchester. Known for Roman Wilderspool, its medieval market, the wire industry ('The Wire'), New Town status, and 215,425 residents (2025 estimate).
Washington, Tyne and Wear
Washington, Tyne, and Wear: a New Town in the City of Sunderland designated 24 July 1964, built around mining villages, home to Washington Old Hall of George Washington's family and Nissan's Sunderland plant; Metro extension planned by 2033.
Whitby
Whitby is a seaside town and port in North Yorkshire, England, at the mouth of the River Esk. Known for Whitby Abbey, the 664 Synod of Whitby, Captain Cook's ships, and Bram Stoker's Dracula; population about 13,000.
Whitehaven
Whitehaven, Cumbria: a planned Georgian port town founded on coal exports to Ireland, once second only to London in tonnage, now a regeneration focus facing the Bransty Tunnel rail closure and orange harbour water.
Wigan
Wigan: large town in Greater Manchester, England, historically in Lancashire; Roman settlement Coccium, 1246 charter, major coal ('Coalopolis') and cotton town, home of Wigan Warriors rugby league club and Wigan Athletic, known for pies and Wigan Pier.
Wilmslow
Wilmslow: mainly residential commuter town in Cheshire East, England, near Manchester; key service centre, population about 24,600, around 22 minutes by train to Manchester, known for affluence, quality shopping, and Green Belt surroundings.
Withernsea
Withernsea is a small seaside town on the Holderness coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, about 23 miles east of Hull, with about 6,200 residents.
York
York (Eboracum, Eoforwic, Jorvik) is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, founded by Rome in AD 71, Viking capital until 954, home of York Minster, and now a major heritage tourist economy.