List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom

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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 includes villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.

Contents

England

Northern Ireland

Antrim and Newtownabbey [1]

Ards and North Down [2]

Armagh [3]

Ballymena [4]

Ballymoney [5]

Banbridge [6]

Bangor [7]

Belfast [8] [9]

Carrickfergus [10]

Coleraine [5]

Cookstown

Craigavon [13]

Downpatrick [14]

Dromore [15]

Enniskillen terminated its twinning. [16]

Larne [4]

Limavady [5]

Moyle [5]

Newcastle [17]

Newry, Mourne and Down [18]

Newtownards [7]

Omagh terminated its twinning. [16]

Rathfriland [21]

Scotland

Wales

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