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English cities are cities that can be founded by the English civilization in Civilization V and its expansions. The first city founded is the Capital Capital, and the names of future cities are chosen in the order they appear on the list below.

The names listed are default names; players can change their cities' names if they choose.

Founding Order City Name Notes
1 London Capital city, old Roman fort town, home of the Globe Theatre and Big Ben
2 York Ancient Roman settlement. Namesake of the American City, "New York"
3 Nottingham Home to the legend of Robin Hood
4 Hastings Coastal Town, site of the battle between Harold Godwinson and William of Normandy
5 Canterbury Located in Kent, seat of the Archbishop
6 Coventry The most central city in the UK
7 Warwick Historic medieval town
8 Newcastle Major industrial port city
9 Oxford Famous university city
10 Liverpool Major industrial port city
11 Dover Coastal port that is near the Channel Tunnel link to France
12 Brighton Popular seaside resort in the south of England.
13 Norwich Early Anglo-Saxon Settlement
14 Leeds Third largest city in the UK
15 Reading Old Anglo-Saxon Town
16 Birmingham Second-largest city in England, famous for its jewelry trade and Industrial Revolution-era landmarks
17 Richmond The most duplicated place name, with 57 worldwide
18 Exeter The most South-Western Roman fortified settlement
19 Cambridge  Famous university city
20 Gloucester Ancient Roman Settlement
21 Manchester Ancient Roman settlement, third city of England
22 Bristol Ancient Roman Settlement, largest city in South West England
23 Leicester Ancient Roman settlement, close to the site of the Battle of Bosworth
24 Carlisle Roman outpost associated with Hadrian's Wall
25 Ipswich Possibly the oldest town in England
26 Portsmouth Major port city, home to a historic dockyard that is part of the Royal Navy
27 Berwick Appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Berewice
28 Bath Ancient Roman settlement
29 Mumbles Town in Wales adjacent to Swansea
30 Southampton Saxon and Medieval walled town turned major commercial port city, famous for embarkment of Great War infantry and the Titanic
31 Sheffield Inhabited since the Upper Paleolithic, underwent rapid growth during the Industrial Revolution
32 Salisbury Closest city to the Stonehenge, tallest cathedral spire in Britain is home to a copy of the Magna Carta
33 Colchester Ancient Roman capital
34 Plymouth Gateway port to the new world
35 Lancaster Ancient Roman settlement
36 Blackpool Well-known tourist city
37 Winchester Original capital city of England
38 Hull Founded in the 12th century at the mouth of the river Hull
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