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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Chris Moss

Where tourists seldom tread, part 16: a trio of small historic cities

looking up at a stained glass window inside Carlisle Cathedral, one of the town’s major attractions.
Carlisle’s 12th-century cathedral is one of the town’s major attractions. Photograph: Getty Images

Whenever this town-focused series includes a city, prideful hollering ensues. The English distinction – not tied to a cathedral, a certain form of local government, nor population size – is whimsical, even if signed off by royalty. This selection of destinations is not about alpha cities. The smallest is ancient; the other two newly minted. None merit bypassing.

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