Northampton is a large market town in the East Midlands. It is about 67 miles north-west of London and around 50 miles south-east of Birmingham. The district’s population is 200,100 and the town population is 189,474, making Northampton the 21st-largest settlement in England, and the UK’s 3rd-largest town without official city status, after Reading and Dudley. Northampton [...]

Milton Keynes, often abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east , about 45 miles north-west of London.  It is also the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes. It was formally designated as a new town on 23 January 1967, with the design brief to become a ‘city’ in scale.

Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in the North East. Middlesbrough is different from the other districts on Teesside, as the borough is almost entirely urbanised, thus making it the largest town in terms of area and population, but the smallest district. Teesport is the UK’s third [...]

Medway is a town in South England.  It amalgamated with Gillingham Borough Council and part of Kent County Council to form Medway Council, a unitary authority independent of Kent County Council, hence the larger population figures. The main towns involved  are, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, and Rainham.  Medway is siutated on the River Medway

Luton is a large town in Bedfordshire, 30 miles north of London. Luton is home to Blue Square Premier team Luton Town Football Club, whose history includes several spells in the top flight of the English league as well as a Football League Cup triumph in 1988. London Luton Airport, opened in 1938, and during the [...]

Ipswich is a non-metropolitan district and the county town of Suffolk. It is located on the estuary of the River Orwell. Nearby towns are Felixstowe in Suffolk and Harwich and Colchester in Essex. The town of Ipswich overspills the borough boundaries significantly, with only 85% of the town’s population living within the borough at the [...]

Croydon is a district in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Croydon. It is situated 9.5 miles south of Charing Cross. In the early 20th century Croydon was an important industrial area, known for metal working, car manufacture and its airport.  In the mid 20th century these sectors were replaced with retailing and [...]