2012 City Status competition

[Josquius]

For the jubilee one lucky town is to be awarded city status.

Who should it be?

Some of the least well known and worthwhile England and Wales options have been cut

[Eddie Teach]

Several of those are already cities according to Civilization. Dover, Brighton, and Reading for sure.

[Sheilbh]

That's the 2000 Millenium City Status list.  Inverness, Wolverhampton and Brighton won.

The 2012 list is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom

To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, another competition was launched for towns to bid for city status, as well as for existing cities to bid for Lord Mayoralty or Provostship. It is expected that one new city will be created, as well as for one city to be granted a Lord Mayoralty/Provostship.[45] The six month application period opened on 1 December 2010, with the winners expected to be announced in the first half of 2012.[46] 26 applications were received, but that of Dumfries was rejected as invalid.[47] The remaining 25 applicants for city status in 2012 are:[48]
East of England: Chelmsford, Colchester, Luton, Southend-on-Sea
East Midlands: Corby
Greater London: Croydon, Tower Hamlets
North East England: Gateshead, Middlesbrough
North West England: Bolton, Stockport
Northern Ireland: Coleraine, Craigavon
Scotland: Perth
South East England: Medway, Milton Keynes, Reading
South West England: Bournemouth, Dorchester, St Austell
Wales: St Asaph, Wrexham
West Midlands: Dudley
Yorkshire and the Humber: Doncaster, Goole

Dorchester's a joke

[Ed Anger]

The village from "Hot Fuzz".

[Sheilbh]

The village from "Hot Fuzz".

Already a city:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells

[MadImmortalMan]

You're not a city unless the Queen says so... Heh.


I vote for Cairo, Illinois.

[Ed Anger]

The village from "Hot Fuzz".

Already a city:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells

Well, that ruined the fun.

[FunkMonk]

The  smiley is not English enough for this thread.

[mongers]

That's the 2000 Millenium City Status list.  Inverness, Wolverhampton and Brighton won.

The 2012 list is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom

To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, another competition was launched for towns to bid for city status, as well as for existing cities to bid for Lord Mayoralty or Provostship. It is expected that one new city will be created, as well as for one city to be granted a Lord Mayoralty/Provostship.[45] The six month application period opened on 1 December 2010, with the winners expected to be announced in the first half of 2012.[46] 26 applications were received, but that of Dumfries was rejected as invalid.[47] The remaining 25 applicants for city status in 2012 are:[48]
East of England: Chelmsford, Colchester, Luton, Southend-on-Sea
East Midlands: Corby
Greater London: Croydon, Tower Hamlets
North East England: Gateshead, Middlesbrough
North West England: Bolton, Stockport
Northern Ireland: Coleraine, Craigavon
Scotland: Perth
South East England: Medway, Milton Keynes, Reading
South West England: Bournemouth, Dorchester, St Austell
Wales: St Asaph, Wrexham
West Midlands: Dudley
Yorkshire and the Humber: Doncaster, Goole

Dorchester's a joke

Yeah, no place says 'county town' more than Dorchester.

Sadly I'd have to vote for my local conurbation Bournemouth-Poole-etc the whole thing is 350,000+ people and should be recognised as a city.

[Josquius]

That's the 2000 Millenium City Status list.  Inverness, Wolverhampton and Brighton won.

Woops

Well, it obviously has to be Middlesbrough in my book. Not only is it one of the biggest and most important of the lot in its own right but it is also the centre of Teeside which is very big and important and cityless.

[The Larch]

Some of the pictures for those cities seem to have been selected by their worse enemies.

And I could live with a much smaller picture for Wolverhampton.

[Razgovory]

Telford looks more like a man then a city.  Is Brighten and Hove built entirely on the pier?  Also does Dover have anything besides that lighthouse?

[mongers]

Telford looks more like a man then a city.  Is Brighten and Hove built entirely on the pier?  Also does Dover have anything besides that lighthouse?

Enormous castle, largest in the UK.

Also largest passenger port in UK.

[Razgovory]

Telford looks more like a man then a city.  Is Brighten and Hove built entirely on the pier?  Also does Dover have anything besides that lighthouse?

Enormous castle, largest in the UK.

Also largest passenger port in UK.

Look, I don't even know where half these places even are.  I'm judging by the picture that Tyr posted.  He posts a photo of a city with horse drawn wagons, I assume it's a city with horse drawn wagons.  He posts a picture of Dover that consists of a cliff and a lighthouse, I assume that Dover is a cliff and a lighthouse.  He posts a photo Telford that appears to be a man sitting at table, I assume that Telford is in fact a man siting at a table.  I don't understand your damn customs.  Maybe your inbred monarchs decided to give this man his own area code or something and now he may qualify as a city.

[Liep]

I agree, Brits are weird about their geography. Also, it makes British stand up comics less fun.