List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom

This is a list of places in the United Kingdom having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.

The list is arranged by UK country; and then by the ceremonial counties of England, the counties of Northern Ireland, the council areas of Scotland, and the principal areas of Wales. It forms part of the larger list of twin towns and sister cities.

England

Cornwall

Bodmin – Bederkesa, Germany; Grass Valley, California; Le Relecq-Kerhuon, Finistère, France (French Wikipedia)
Bude – Ergué-Gaberic, Finistère, France (French Wikipedia)
Callington – Guipavas, Finistère, France (French Wikipedia) and Barsbuttell, Germany.
Calstock – St Thuriau, France, Morbihan, France (French Wikipedia)
Camborne – Sainte-Anne D'Auray, Morbihan, France (French Wikipedia)
Cawsand – Porspoder, France (French Wikipedia)
Constantine, Kerrier – Pont-Croix, Finistère, France
Falmouth – Douarnenez, Finistère, France and Rotenburg an der Wümme, Germany
Feock – L'Hopital Camfrout, Finistère, France (French Wikipedia)
Hayle – Pordic, Côtes-d'Armor, France (French Wikipedia)
Helston – Sasso Marconi,Italy, Pleumeur Bodou, Côtes-d'Armor, France (French Wikipedia) and Port Augusta, South Australia)
Launceston – Plestin-Les-Greves, Côtes-d'Armor, France (French Wikipedia), Achim bei Wolfenbuttel, Germany and Launceston, Tasmania
Liskeard – Quimperlé, Finistère, France
Looe – Quibéron, Morbihan, France (French Wikipedia)
Lostwithiel – Pleyber-Christ, Finistère, France (French Wikipedia)
Mabe Burnthouse – Primelin, Finistère, France (French Wikipedia)
Millbrook – Plouider,Finistère, France (French Wikipedia)
Newquay– Dinard, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
North Cornwall – Wesermunde LK Germany
Penryn, Cornwall – Audierne, Finistère, France
Penwith District – Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany
Penzance – Concarneau, Finistère, France; Bendigo, Australia; and Nevada City, California
Porthleven – Guisseny, Finistère, France (French Wikipedia)
Redruth– Plumergat et Meriadec, Morbihan, France (French Wikipedia) and Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Restormel Borough – Kreis Dithmarschen in Schleswig Holstein, Germany
St Buryan – Calan, Morbihan, France
St Erth – Ploulec'h, Côtes-d'Armor, France (French Wikipedia)
St Germans – Plougerneau, Finistère, France (French language website)
St Ives, Cornwall – Camaret-sur-Mer,Finistère, France
Saltash – Plougastel-Daoulas, Finistère, France
St Neot – Malguenac, Morbihan, France (French Wikipedia)
Stithians – Ploerdut, Morbihan, France (French Wikipedia)
The Lizard – Landevennec,Finistère, France (French Wikipedia)
Torpoint – Benodet, Finistère, France (French Wikipedia)
Truro – Boppard, Germany; Morlaix, Finistère, France, Stade, Germany, Truro, Nova Scotia, Truro, Massachusetts
Wadebridge – Langueux, Côtes-d'Armor, France (French Wikipedia)

See also – Twinning Committee for Cornwall for more information.

County Durham

Acala de Guadira, Spain; Banska Bystrica, Slovakia; Durham County, North Carolina, USA; Jaszbereny, Hungary; Kostroma, Russia; Kreis Wesel, Germany; Nakskov, Denmark; Somme, France; Tubingen, Germany
Darlington – Amiens, France; Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Newton Aycliffe– Perstorp, Sweden
Peterlee – Nordenham, Germany
Sedgefield – Hamminkeln, Germany
Seaham – Gerlingen, Germany

Cumbria

Kendal – Rinteln, Germany; Killarney, Ireland
Ulverston – Albert, France
Carlisle – Flensburg, Germany; Słupsk, Poland
Sedbergh – Zreĉe, Slovenia
Dalton-in-Furness – Dalton, Pennsylvania, USA
Workington – Selm, Germany; Val-de-Reuil, France

Derbyshire

Belper – Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States
Chesterfield – Darmstadt, Germany; Troyes, France; Tsumeb, Namibia; Yangquan, China
Derby – Osnabrück, Germany
Dronfield – Sindelfingen, Germany
Glossop – Bad Vilbel, Germany
Ilkeston – Chalons-en-Champagne, France
Matlock – Eaubonne, France
Whaley Bridge – Tymbark, Poland (1994)
Wirksworth – Die, France

Devon

Baranya, Hungary; Calvados, France; Lüneburg Region, Germany; Marin County, California, USA; Uelzen District, Germany
Ashburton – Ardmore, Ireland; Ashburton, New Zealand; Cleder, France
Barnstaple – Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; Trouville, France
Bideford – Landivisiau, France
Bovey Tracey – Le Molay-Littry, France
Dolton – Amfreville, France
Exeter – Bad Homburg, Germany (1965); Rennes, France; Terracina, Italy; Yaroslavl, Russia
Hartland – Plozévet, France
Ivybridge – Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives, France (1972)
Plymouth – Brest, France (1963); Gdynia, Poland; Novorossiysk, Russia; Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; San Sebastián, Spain
Seaton – Thury-Harcourt, France
South Molton – Livarot, France

Dorset

Blandford – Preetz, Germany
Bournemouth – Lucerne, Switzerland; Netanya, Israel
Christchurch – Aalen, Germany; Christchurch, New Zealand; Saint-Ghislain, Belgium; Tatabánya, Hungary
Dorchester – Bayeux, France; Holbæk, Denmark; Lubbecke, Germany
Lytchett Matravers – Les Pieux, France
Poole – Cherbourg, France
Shaftesbury – Lindlar, Germany
Sherborne – Altea, Spain; Bellagio, Italy; Bundoran, Republic of Ireland; Chojna, Poland; Holstebro, Denmark; Houffalize, Belgium; Judenburg, Austria; Karkkila, Finland; Kötzting, Germany; Meerssen, Netherlands; Niederanven, Luxembourg; Oxelösund, Sweden; Preveza, Greece; San Gimignano, Italy; Sesimbra, Portugal
Swanage – Rudesheim, Germany
Verwood – Liederbach am Taunus, Germany
Wareham – Hemsbach, Germany
Weymouth – Holzwickede, Germany; Louviers, France
Wimborne Minster – Ochsenfurt, Germany; Valognes, France

East Riding of Yorkshire

Beverley – Lemgo, Germany
Hornsea – La Grande-Motte, France
Hull – Freetown, Sierra Leone

East Sussex

Battle – Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France
Bexhill – Merris, France
Crowborough – Montargis, France and Horwich, UK
East Hoathly and Halland – Juziers, France
East Sussex – Essonne, France; Kreis Pinneberg, Germany.
Forest Row – Milly-la-Forêt, France
Hastings – Béthune, France; Dordrecht, Netherlands; Oudenaarde, Belgium; Schwerte, Germany
Heathfield and Waldron – Forges-les-Eaux, France
Hove – Draveil, France
Hurst Green – Ellerhoop, Germany
Lewes – Blois, France; Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany
Newick – Itteville, France
Northiam – Calonne-sur-la-Lys, France
Peacehaven – Épinay-sous-Sénart, France; Isernhagen, Germany
Polegate – Barmstedt, Germany
Rotherfield – Saint-Chéron, France
Rye – Rye, USA
Seaford – Bonningstedt, Germany; Crivitz, Germany
Uckfield – Quickborn, Germany
Wadhurst – Aubers, France

Essex

Billericay – Billerica, Massachusetts, USA; Fishers, Indiana, USA
Braintree – Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, France
Castle Point – Romainville, France; Cologne District, Germany; County Roscommon, Ireland
Chelmsford – Annonay, France; Backnang, Germany
Colchester – Avignon, France; Wetzlar, Germany; Imola, Italy
Epping – Eppingen, Germany
Saffron Walden – Bad Wildungen, Germany
Southend-on-Sea – Sopot, Poland

Gloucestershire

Alveston – Courville sur Eure, France
Gloucester – Gouda, Netherlands (1972); Metz, France; Trier, Germany; St Ann, Jamaica
Cheltenham – Annecy, France; Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, USA ; Göttingen, Germany ; Kisumu, Kenya; Sochi, Russia ; Stampersgat, Netherlands ; Weihai, China
Dursley – Bovenden, Germany

Greater Manchester

Ashton-under-Lyne – Chaumont, France
Bolton – Le Mans, France; Paderborn, Germany
Bury – Angoulême France; Datong China; Tulle France; Schorndorf Germany; Woodbury, New Jersey, USA
Denton Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
Droylsden – Villemomble, France
Dukinfield – Champagnole, France
Heywood – Peine, Germany
Hyde – Colmar, France
Longdendale – Ruppichteroth, Germany
Manchester – Amsterdam, Netherlands; Chemnitz, Germany; Córdoba, Spain; Faisalabad, Pakistan; Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua; Rehovot, Israel; Saint Petersburg Russia; Wuhan, China
Mossley – Hem, France
Oldham – Geesthacht, Germany; Kranj, Slovenia; Landsberg am Lech, Germany
Rochdale – Bielefeld, Germany; Lviv, Ukraine; Sahiwal, Pakistan; Tourcoing, France
Salford – Clermont-Ferrand, France; Lunen, Germany; Narbonne, France; Saint-Ouen, France
Stalybridge – Armentières, France 1955
Stockport – Béziers, France (1972); Heilbronn, Germany (1982)
Tameside – Bengbu, China; Mutare, Zimbabwe
Wigan – Angers, France

Hampshire

New Alresford – Bricquebec, France
Andover – Redon, France; Goch, Germany
Basingstoke and Deane – Alençon, France; Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium (1979); Euskirchen, Germany
Bishops Waltham – Saint-Bonnet-le-Château, France
Botley – Saint-Jean-Brévelay, France
Braishfield – Crouay, France
Bransgore – Saint-Georges-Montcocq, France
Broughton – Sauve, France
Clanfield – Val d'Oison, France
Colden Common – Saint-Vigor-le-Grand, France
Eastleigh – Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France; Kornwestheim, Germany
Emsworth – Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, France
Fareham – Pulheim, Germany; Vannes, France
Fordingbridge – Vimoutiers, France
Gosport – Royan, France
Hayling Island – Gorron, France
Hedge End – Comines-Warneton, Belgium
Horndean – Aubergenville, France
Hythe & Dibden – Mauves-sur-Loire, France
Lymington – Almansa, Spain; Mosbach, Germany; Vitré, France
Lyndhurst – La Chevrolière, France
Michelmersh and Timsbury – Ryes, France
New Milton and District – Canteleu, France
North Baddesley – Authie, France; Carpiquet, France
Odiham – Sourdeval, France
Petersfield – Barentin, France; Warendorf, Germany
Portsmouth – Duisburg, Germany; Caen, France; Sister Cities: Haifa, Israel; Sydney, Australia; Portsmouth, New Hampshire & Portsmouth, Virginia
Romsey – Battenberg, Germany; Paimpol, France
Rushmoor – Meudon, France; Oberursel, Germany
Southampton – Le Havre, France
Swanmore – Manéglise, France
Sway – Bretteville, France
Winchester – Gießen, Germany; Laon, France
Whitchurch – Neuvic-Sur-L'Isle, France

Herefordshire

Hereford – Vierzon, France; Dillenburg, Germany
Kington – Marines, France
Ross-on-Wye – Condé-sur-Noireau, France; Betzdorf, Germany

Hertfordshire

Baldock – Eisenberg, Germany
Berkhamsted – Beaune, France
Bishop's Stortford – Friedberg, Hesse, Germany; Villiers-sur-Marne, France
Borehamwood – Fontenay-Aux-Roses, France; Offenburg, Germany
Broxbourne – Sutera, Sicily, Italy; Dinant, Belgium, Stains, France
Buntingford – Luynes, France
Cheshunt – Stains, France
Chorleywood – Dardilly, France
Colney Heath – Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon, France
Dacorum – Neu-Isenburg, Germany
Harpenden – Alzey, Germany; Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, France
Hatfield – Marignane, France; Zierikzee, Netherlands (since 1953)
Hertford – Évron, France; Hartford, Connecticut, USA; Wildeshausen, Germany
Hertfordshire County – Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Hitchin – Bingen am Rhein, Germany; Nuits-Saint-Georges, France
Hoddesdon – Dinant, Belgium
Kings Langley – Baku, Ghana
Knebworth – Chatelaillon-Plage, France
Letchworth – Chagny, France; Kristiansand, Norway; Wissen, Germany
Potters Bar – Franconville, France; Viernheim, Germany
Radlett – Vriezenveen, Netherlands
Radlett & Aldenham – Lautertal/Odenwald, Germany; Louveciennes, France
Royston – Grossalmerode, Germany; La Loupe, France
Sawbridgeworth – Bry-Sur-Marne, France
St Albans – Fano, Italy; Nevers, France; Nyíregyháza, Hungary; Odense, Denmark; Worms, Germany
Stevenage – Autun, France; Chimkent, Kazakhstan; Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany; Kadoma, Zimbabwe
The Hadhams – Haddam, Connecticut, USA
Ware – Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France; Wülfrath, Germany
Watford – Mainz, Germany; Nanterre, France; Novgorod, Russia; Pesaro, Italy; Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Welwyn – Champagne-Sur-Oise, France

Isle of Wight

Bembridge – Plédran, France
Cowes – Deauville, France

Kent

Canterbury – Reims, France; Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, USA
Edenbridge – Mont St Aignon, France
Faversham – Hazebrouck, France
Folkestone – Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Gravesham - Neumunster, Germany; Cambrai, France
Sandwich - Honfleur,France; Henshuai, China
Sevenoaks – Pontoise, France; Rheinbach, Germany
Sittingbourne – Ypres, Belgium
Southborough – Lambersart, France
Tonbridge – Heusenstamm, Germany; Le Puy-en-Velay, France
Royal Tunbridge Wells – Wiesbaden, Germany (1989)

Lancashire

Blackpool – Bottrop, Germany
Burnley – Vitry Sur Seine, France
Carnforth – Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Region Pas de Calais, France
Chorley – Székesfehérvár, Hungary (1992)
Fleetwood – Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
Lancaster – Aalborg, Denmark (1977); Rendsburg, Germany (1950)
Oswaldtwistle – Falkenberg, Sweden
Preston – Almelo, Netherlands; Kalisz, Poland; Nîmes, France; Recklinghausen, Germany
Wigan – Angers, France

Leicestershire

Broughton Astley – Gévezé, France
Leicester – Chongqing, China; Krefeld, Germany; Masaya, Nicaragua; Rajkot, India; Strasbourg, France
Loughborough – Bhavnagar, India; Gembloux, Belgium; Épinal, France; Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (1966)
Oadby and Wigston – Maromme, France; Norderstedt, Germany
Shepshed – Domont, France
Narborough & Littlethorpe – Genappe, Belgium
Thurmaston – Offranville, France

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire – Galaţi County, Romania; Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; Sarthe, France
Alford – Conlie, France
Allington & Sedgebrook – Tuffé, France
Bardney – La Bazoge, France
Barton-upon-Humber – Feyzin, France; Gondomar, Portugal
Billinghay – Ballon, France
Boston – Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Laval, France; Mikawa, Japan
Bourne – Doudeville, France
Branston – La-Chartre-sur-le-Loir, France
Broughton – Nozay, France
Burgh le Marsh – Beaumont-Sur-Sarthe, France
Caistor – Savigne-L'Eveque, France
Chapel St Leonards – Cerans Foulletourt, France
Cherry Willingham – Le Grand-Luce, France
Cleethorpes – Konigswinter, Germany
Crowland – Parigné-l'Évêque, France
Dunston – Trange, France
Glanford – Gifhorn, Germany
Grantham – St Augustin, Germany
Grasby – St-Remy-De-Sille, France
Grimsby – Tromsø, Norway (1961); Bremerhaven, Germany (1963); Banjul, The Gambia; Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France
Harlaxton – Pontmain, France
Holton Le Clay – Sarge Les Le Mans, France
Horncastle – Bonnétable, France
Keelby – Maisdon-Sur-Sevre, France
Lincoln – Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany; Port Lincoln, Australia; Tangshan, China
Louth – La Ferté Bernard, France
Ludford – Voue, France
Market Rasen – Mamers, France
Nettleham – Mulsanne, France
North Hykeham – Denzlingen, Germany
Old Bolingbroke – Bolingbrook, Illinois, USA
Saxilby – Haarlemmerliede En-Spaarnwoude, Netherlands
Scopwick & Kirkby Green – Sceaux Sur Huisne, France
Scunthorpe – Clamart, France; Luneburg, Germany
Skegness – Bad Gandersheim, Germany
Spalding – Speyer, Germany
Spilsby – Fresnay-Sur-Sarthe, France
Stamford – Kutna Hora, Czech Republic; Vence, France
Swineshead – La Milesse, France
Tetford – Juille, France
Washingborough – Orgerus, France
Welton – Monce-En-Belin, France
Willingham-By-Stow – Moyenneville, France
Winterton – Saffre, France
Woodhall Spa – Roeze-Sur-Sarthe, France

London

Greater London Authority – Berlin, Germany; Beijing, China; Moscow, Russia; New York City, New York, USA; Paris, France^[1]
In addition, London has a "partnership" agreement with Tokyo, Japan.^[2]

Barking and Dagenham – Witten, Germany; Tczew, Poland
Barnet – Chaville, France; Jinja, Uganda; Le Raincy, France; Montclair, New Jersey, USA; Morphou, Cyprus; Ramat Gan, Israel; Siegen-Wittgenstein, Germany; Tempelhof, Germany
Bexley – Arnsberg, Germany; Evry, France; Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Brent – South Dublin County
Bromley – Neuwied, Germany
Camden – Frederiksberg, Denmark; Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; Mochudi, Botswana

City of London

Algiers, Algeria

Hamburg, Germany^[3]

Mumbai, India^[4]

Croydon – Arnhem, Netherlands
Ealing – Bielany, Poland; Marcq-en-Barœul, France; Steinfurt, Germany
Enfield – Courbevoie, France; Gladbeck, Germany
Greenwich – Tema, Ghana; Reinickendorf, Germany; Maribor, Slovenia
Hackney – Alexandra, South Africa; Bridgetown, Barbados; Göttingen, Germany; Haifa, Israel; Krasnopresnensky, Russia; Suresnes, France
Hammersmith and Fulham – Anderlecht, Belgium; Neukolln, Germany; Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Haringey – Clarendon Parish, Jamaica; Koblenz, Germany; Larnaca, Cyprus; Livry-Gargan, France; Sundbyberg, Sweden
Harrow – Douai, France
Havering – Ludwigshafen, Germany; Hesdin, France
Hillingdon – Emden, Germany; Mantes-La-Jolie, France; Schleswig, Germany
Hounslow – Lahore, Pakistan; Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France; Leningradsky District, Russia; Ramallah, Palestine
Islington – Lefkara, Cyprus; Southern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia; St. George's, Grenada
Kensington and Chelsea – Cannes, France
Kingston upon Thames – Delft, Netherlands
Lambeth – Bluefields, Nicaragua; Moskvoretsky District, , Moscow, Russia; Shinjuku, Japan; Spanish Town, Jamaica; Vincennes, France
Lewisham – Antony, France; Charlottenburg, Germany; Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Merton – Irving, Texas, USA
Newham – Kaiserslautern, Germany; South West District, Moscow, Russia
Redbridge – Haute Normandie, France
Richmond – Fontainebleau, France; Konstanz, Germany; Richmond, Virginia, USA
Southwark – Clichy, France; Langenhagen, Germany
Sutton – Hammanskraal, South Africa; Wilmersdorf, Germany; Gagny, France; Gladsaxe, Denmark; Minden, Germany
Tower Hamlets – Mödling, Austria; Sylhet, Bangladesh
Waltham Forest – St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda; Wandsbek, Germany; St-Mande, France
Wandsworth – Schiedam, Netherlands

Merseyside

Liverpool – Cologne, Germany (1952); Odessa, Ukraine (1956); Dublin, Ireland (1997); Shanghai, China (1999)
Sefton – Gdańsk, Poland; Shanghai, China
Knowsley – Moers, Germany (1980)

Norfolk

Cromer,- Crest, France
Downham Market – Civray, Vienne, France
Great Yarmouth – Rambouillet, France
Norwich – El Viejo, Nicaragua; Koblenz, Germany; Novi Sad, Serbia; Rouen, France

Northamptonshire

Corby – Châtellerault, France; Velbert, Germany
Daventry – Westerburg, Germany
Kettering – Kettering, Ohio, USA; Lahnstein, Germany
Northampton – Marburg, Germany; Poitiers, France

Northumberland

Alnwick – Lagny-sur-Marne, France; Time, Norway; Voerde, Germany
Blyth Valley – Solingen, Germany; Ratingen, Germany; Gelendzhik, Russia

North Yorkshire

Great Ayton – Ouzouer-Sur-Loire, France
Harrogate – Wellington, New Zealand
Ingleton – La Chapelle-Des-Marais, France
Knaresborough – Bebra, Germany
Middleham – Azincourt, France
Middlesbrough – Dunkerque, France; Masvingo, Zimbabwe; Middlesborough, Kentucky, USA; Oberhausen, Germany
Northallerton – Ormesson-Sur-Marne, France
Richmond – Vinstra, Norway [2]
Ripon – Foix, France
Scarborough – Osterode am Harz, Germany
Selby – Carentan, France
Settle – Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France
Skipton – Simbach Am Inn, Germany
Tadcaster – Saint Chély d'Apcher, France
Whitby – Anchorage, Alaska, USA; Cooktown, Australia; Nuku'Alofa, Tonga; Stanley, Falkland Islands; Waimea, Hawaii, USA; West Wyalong, Australia; Whitby, Canada; Whitianga, New Zealand
Yarm – Schwalbach Am Taunus, Germany; Vernouillet, France
York – Dijon, France; Münster, Germany

Nottinghamshire

Broxtowe – Gütersloh, Germany
Mansfield – Mansfield, Ohio, USA; Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA; Heiligenhaus, Germany
Nottingham – Ghent, Belgium (1985); Harare, Zimbabwe (1986); Karlsruhe, Germany; Ljubljana, Slovenia
Keyworth – Feignies, France
Retford – Pfungstadt, Germany

Oxfordshire

Abingdon – Argentan, France (1956); Schongau, Bavaria, Germany (1970); Lucca, Italy (1972)
Banbury – Hennef, Germany, Ermont, France
Didcot – Meylan, France
Faringdon – Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe, France (1990)
Long Wittenham – Thaon, France
Oxford – Bonn, Germany (1947); Grenoble, France; Leiden, Netherlands; León, Nicaragua; Perm, Russia
Stanford in the Vale – St Germain du Corbeis, France (1989)
Uffington – Le Chevain, France (1991)
Wallingford – Bad Wurzach, Germany; Luxeuil-les-Bains, France
Wantage – Seesen, Germany (1989); Mably, Loire, France (1990)

Rutland

Rutland, Vermont, USA
Whitwell – Paris, France

Shropshire

Baschurch – Giat, France
Bishop's Castle – Saint-Marcel, France (2004)
Bridgnorth – Schrobenhausen, Germany; Thiers, France
Ellesmere – Diksmuide, Belgium
Ludlow – La Ferté-Macé, France; San Pietro in Cariano, Italy
Market Drayton – Arlon, Belgium; Pézenas, France
Oswestry – Combes-la-Ville, France
Shifnal – Machecoul, France
Shrewsbury – Zutphen, Netherlands
Wellington – Châtenay-Malabry, France
Wem – Fismes, France
Whitchurch – Neuchatel-en-Bray, France

Somerset

Somerton – Sillé-le-Guillaume, France; Licciana Nardi, Italy
Taunton – Taunton, Massachusetts, USA; Lisieux France.
Wincanton – Gennes, France; Lahnau, Germany; Les Rosiers, France
Clevedon – Epernay, France;Middelkerke, Belgium;Ettlingen, Germany
Street– Gravenchon France

South Yorkshire

Doncaster – Wilmington, North Carolina, USA; Dandong, China; Avion, France; Herten, Germany; Gliwice, Poland
Rotherham – Saint-Quentin, France; Kaiserslautern, Germany
Sheffield – Anshan, China; Bochum, Germany; Donetsk, Ukraine; Esteli, Nicaragua; Kawasaki, Japan
Barnsley – Gorlovka, Ukraine; Schwabisch Gmund, Germany

Staffordshire

Audley – Aixe-sur-Vienne, France
Biddulph – Fusignano, Italy
Cannock – Datteln, Germany
Cheddleton – Mitterteich, Germany
Codsall And Bilbrook – St-Pryve-St-Mesmin, France
Colwich & The Haywoods – Rimbach, Germany
East Staffordshire – Blantyre, Malawi; Elkhart, Indiana, USA; Kardzhali, Bulgaria; Lingen, Germany
Eccleshall – Sancerre, France
Lichfield – Limburg an der Lahn, Germany; Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France
Little Aston – St-Georges-Sur-Baulche, France
Marchington – Neudrossenfeld, Germany
Penkridge – Ablon-Sur-Seine, France
Rugeley – Western Springs, Illinois, USA
Stafford – Belfort, France; Dreieich, Germany; La Roe, France; Stafford County, USA; Tarragona, Spain
Staffordshire – Ivanovo, Russia
Stoke-on-Trent – Erlangen, Germany
Tamworth – Bad Laasphe, Germany
Trysull & Seisdon – Conde-Ste-Libiaire, France
Tutbury – Ollainville, France
Uttoxeter – Raisdorf, Germany

Suffolk

Beccles – Petit-Couronne, France
Boxford – Boxford, Massachusetts, USA
Bury St Edmunds – Compiègne, France; Gödöllő, Hungary; Huy, Belgium; Kevelaer, Germany
East Bergholt – Barbizon, France
Eye – Pouzauges, Vendée, France
Felixstowe – Salzwedel, Germany; Wesel, Germany
Framlingham – Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, France
Framsden – St Etienne de Lisse, France
Great Cornard – Languidic, France
Hadleigh – Rousies, France; Schoorl, Netherlands
Halesworth – Bouchain, France; Eitorff, Germany
Haughley & Wetherden – Noyelles-Les-Seclin, France
Haverhill – Ehringshausen, Germany; Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA; Pont-Saint-Esprit, France
Ipswich – Arras, France
Lowestoft – Plaisir, France
Mildenhall – Luc-sur-Mer, France
Newmarket & Exning – Le Mesnil-Le-Roi, France; Maisons-Laffitte, France
Newmarket – Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Norton – Muids, France
Redgrave / Botesdale / Rickinghall – Tinteniac, France
Stowmarket – Verneuil-sur-Avre, France
Sudbury – Höxter, Germany; Clermont (Oise), France
Suffolk County – Suffolk County, New York, USA
Waveney – Katwijk, Netherlands
Woodbridge – Mussidan, France
Woolpit – La Bonneville Sur Iton, France
Wortham And Burgate – Hede, France

Surrey

Bramley, Surrey – Rhens, Germany (1986)
Cranleigh – Vallendar, Germany
Dorking – Gouvieux, France (1998)
Elmbridge – Rueil-Malmaison, France (1966)
Epsom & Ewell – Chantilly, Oise, France (1995)
Farnham – Andernach, Germany (1991)
Godalming – Joigny, France; Mayen, Germany
Guildford – Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (1979)
Haslemere – Bernay, France (1985); Horb am Neckar, Germany (1991)
Reigate and Banstead – Brunoy, France; Eschweiler, Germany.
Richmond – Fontainebleau, France; Konstanz, Germany; Richmond, Virginia, USA
Spelthorne – Melun, France (1990)
Surrey Heath– Sucy-en-Brie, France; Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
Waverley – Mayen-Koblenz, Germany (1977)
Woking – Amstelveen, Netherlands (1983); Le Plessis-Robinson, France (1992); Rastatt, Germany (2001)

Tyne and Wear

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne – Atlanta, Georgia, USA (1977)
Sunderland – Essen, Germany, (1949); Saint Nazaire, France; Washington, D.C., USA;
South Shields and South Tyneside – Wuppertal, Germany

Warwickshire

Leamington Spa – Brühl, Germany (1973); Heemstede, Netherlands (1987); Sceaux, France (1969)
Nuneaton and Bedworth – Cottbus, Germany (1999); Roanne, France (1956)
Rugby – Évreux, France; Rüsselsheim, Germany (1977)
Warwick – Verden, Germany (1990)

West Midlands

Birmingham – Chicago, Illinois (USA); Frankfurt, Germany; Johannesburg, South Africa; Leipzig, Germany; Lyon, France; Milan, Italy
Coventry – (26) Parkes Australia (1956); Graz, Austria (1957); Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina (1957); Cornwall, Ontario, Canada (1972); Granby, Quebec, Canada (1963); Windsor, Ontario, Canada (1963); Jinan, China (1983); Lidice, Czech Republic (1947); Ostrava, Czech Republic (1959); Caen, France (1957); Saint-Etienne, France (1955); Dresden, Germany (1959); Kiel, Germany (1947); Dunaujvaros, Hungary (1962); Kecskemet, Hungary (1962); Bologna, Italy (1960); Kingston, Jamaica (1962); Arnhem, Netherlands (1958); Warsaw, Poland (1957); Cork, Ireland (1958); Galaţi, Romania (1962); Volgograd, Russia (1944); Belgrade, Serbia (1957); Coventry, Connecticut, USA (1962); Coventry, New York, USA (1972); Coventry, Rhode Island, USA (1971).
Solihull – Cholet, France; Main-Taunus-Kreis, Germany.
Stourbridge – Sturbridge, USA.
Willenhall – Drancy, France.

West Sussex

Angmering – Ouistreham, France
Bognor Regis – Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Burgess Hill – Abbeville, France; Schmallenberg, Germany
Chichester – Chartres, France; Ravenna, Italy
Crawley – Dorsten, Germany
Hassocks – Montmirail, France; Wald-Michelbach, Germany
Hurstpierpoint – Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville, France
Littlehampton – Durmersheim, Germany
Rustington – Los Altos, USA
Worthing – Le Pays des Olonnes, France; Elztal region, Germany

West Yorkshire

Bradford – Galway, Ireland (1986); Mönchengladbach, Germany; Roubaix, France; Skopje, Macedonia; Verviers, Belgium
Brighouse – Lüdenscheid, Germany
Elland, Riorges, France
Halifax – Aachen, Germany; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Haworth – Haworth, USA
Hebden Bridge – Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France; Warstein, Germany
Ilkley – Coutances, France
Keighley – Poix-du-Nord, France; Myrtle Beach, Carolina; Manzini, Swaziland
Kirklees – Besancon, France (since 1955), Kreis Unna, Germany (since 1967), Kostanay, Kazakhstan (since 1989), Bielsko Biala, Poland (since 1992)
Leeds – Colombo, Sri Lanka; Brno, Czech Republic; Dortmund, Germany; Durban, South Africa; Ulan Bator, Mongolia; Hangzhou, China; Lille, France; Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Morley – Siegen, Germany
Todmorden – Bramsche, Germany; Roncq, France

Wiltshire

Calne – Charlieu, France; Eningen, Germany; Caln Township, Pennsylvania, USA
Chippenham – La Fleche, France; Freiburg, Germany;
Cricklade – Suce sûr Erdre, France
Devizes – Mayenne, France; Oamaru, New Zealand; Tornio, Finland; Waiblingen, Germany
Purton – Héric, France
Swindon – Ocotal, Nicaragua; Salzgitter, Germany; Toruń, Poland, Chattanooga, USA
Trowbridge – Oujda, Morocco
Bradford on Avon – Sully Sur Loire, France

Worcestershire

Bewdley – Fort-Mahon-Plage, France; Vellmar, Germany
Droitwich Spa – Bad Ems, Germany
Kidderminster – Husum, Germany
Redditch – Auxerre, France; Mtwara, Tanzania
Worcester – Kleve, Germany; Le Vésinet, France

Northern Ireland

Antrim

Ballyclare – Dorsten, Germany
Ballymena – Morehead, Kentucky, USA
Belfast – Belfast, Maine, USA; Bonn, Germany; Hefei, China; Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Larne – Clover, South Carolina, USA

Down

Bangor, County Down – Bregenz, Austria

Tyrone

Omagh – L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France

Scotland

Aberdeen

Aberdeen – Regensburg, Germany (1955), Clermont-Ferrand, France (1983), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (1986), Gomel, Belarus (1990), Stavanger, Norway (1990)

Dundee

Dundee – Nablus, Palestine; Orléans, France; Alexandria, Egypt; Würzburg, Germany

East Lothian

Haddington, East Lothian – Aubigny-sur-Nère, France;

Edinburgh

Edinburgh – Aalborg, Denmark (1964); Dunedin, New Zealand; Florence, Italy (1964); Munich, Germany; Nice, France; Vancouver, Canada

Fife

Burntisland – Flekkefjord, Norway
Dunfermline – Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Glenrothes – Böblingen, Germany
Kirkcaldy – Ingolstadt, Germany
Leven – Holzminden, Germany

Glasgow

Glasgow – Dalian, China; Havana, Cuba (2002); Marseille, France (2006); Nuremberg, Germany; Turin, Italy; Rostov on Don, Russia

Highland

Inverness – Augsburg, Germany; La Baule, France; Saint-Valery-en-Caux, France
Wick – Klaksvík, Faroe Islands

North Lanarkshire

Cumbernauld – Bron, France
Stepps & Cardowan – Les Marches, France
Kilsyth; Meulan, France

Midlothian

Dalkeith – Jarnac, France

Perth and Kinross

Abernethy – Grisy-Suisnes, France
Blairgowrie – Pleasanton, California, USA; Fergus, Ontario, Canada
Comrie – Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada
Errol – Mardié, France
Perth – Aschaffenburg, Germany; Perth, Ontario, Canada; Pskov, Russia; Haikou, Hainan, China; Bydgoszcz, Poland
Pitlochry – Confolens, France

Renfrewshire

Paisley – Fürth, Germany

Shetland

Lerwick – Måløy, Norway

South Lanarkshire

Bothwell – Jouy-en-Josas, France
East Kilbride – Ballerup, Denmark
Hamilton – Châtellerault, France
Lesmahagow – Hemmingen, Germany (1975); Yvetot, France (1975)
Lanark – Hemmingen, Germany (1975)

Stirling

Falkirk – Créteil, France; the Odenwald region, Germany

West Dunbartonshire

Clydebank – Argenteuil, France

West Lothian

Linlithgow – Guyancourt, France

Wales

Anglesey

Rhosyr and Aberffraw – Mortagne-sur-Gironde, Charente-Maritime, France

Cardiff

Cardiff – Hordaland county, Norway; Luhans'k, Ukraine; Nantes, France; Stuttgart, Germany; Xiamen, China

Carmarthenshire

Ammanford – Breuillet, Essonne, France
Llanelli – Agen, Aquitaine, France

Conwy

Llandudno – Wormhout, France

Gwynedd

Bala – Bala, Ontario, Canada

Monmouthshire

Newport – Guangxi, China (1996); Heidenheim, Germany; Kutaisi, Georgia (1989)
Monmouth – Carbonne, France; Waldbronn, Germany

Neath Port Talbot

Port Talbot – Heilbronn, Germany

Pembrokeshire

Fishguard – Loctudy (Finistère), France

Powys

Brecknockshire – Blaubeuren, Germany
Brecon – Gouesnou, (Finistère), France; Saline, Michigan, USA
Crickhowell – Scaër, (Morbihan), France
Hay-on-Wye – Redu, Belgium
Llandrindod Wells – Contrexéville, France
Llangedwyn – Omerville, (Val-d'Oise), France
Llanidloes – Derval, (Loire-Atlantique), France
Llanwrtyd Wells – Český Krumlov, Czech Republic; Meriel, France
Machynlleth – Belleville, Michigan, USA
Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn – Les Herbiers, France

Swansea

Swansea – Århus, Denmark; Cork, Ireland (1994); Ferrara, Italy; Mannheim, Germany; Pau, France; Paris, America; New York City

References

External links

Extensive list of UK twin towns from the Dorset Twinning Association.
Database of twinning towns from the Local Government International Bureau
European Commission Information
Stapleford - Nachingwea Twinning Link

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