kids encyclopedia robot

List of twin towns and sister cities in England facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

A "twin town" or "sister city" is when two towns or cities in different countries decide to become friends! It's like having a pen pal, but for a whole town. They agree to connect and learn about each other's cultures. This often involves visits between schools, sports teams, and local groups. It helps people from different places understand each other better and build friendships across borders.

England has many towns and cities that are twinned with places all over the world. This list shows some of them.

Welcome to Glastonbury - geograph.org.uk - 1114993
Twin towns of Glastonbury
England Administrative 2010
Administrative map of England

Towns Starting with A

Abingdon-on-Thames

Adur

Alnwick

  • Lagny-sur-Marne, France
  • Time, Norway
  • Voerde, Germany

Alton

  • Montecchio Maggiore, Italy
  • Pertuis, France

Alveston

  • Courville-sur-Eure, France

Amber Valley

Amersham

  • Bensheim, Germany
  • Krynica-Zdrój, Poland

Andover

  • Andover, United States
  • Goch, Germany
  • Redon, France

Ashby-de-la-Zouch

  • Evans, United States
  • Pithiviers, France

Ashford

  • Bad Münstereifel, Germany
  • Fougères, France
  • Hopewell, United States

Ashington

Ashton-under-Lyne

Aylesbury

Towns Starting with B

Ba Towns

Baldock

  • Eisenberg, Germany
  • Sanvignes-les-Mines, France

Banbury

  • Ermont, France
  • Hennef, Germany

Barking and Dagenham

  • Tczew, Poland
  • Witten, Germany

Barnet

Barnsley

  • Horlivka, Ukraine
  • Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

Barnstaple

Basildon

  • Heiligenhaus, Germany
  • Meaux, France

Basingstoke and Deane

Bassetlaw

Bath

Be-Bo Towns

Beaminster

  • Saint-James, France

Beccles

  • Petit-Couronne, France

Bedford

Belper

Beverley

  • Lemgo, Germany
  • Nogent-sur-Oise, France

Bewdley

  • Fort-Mahon-Plage, France
  • Vellmar, Germany

Bexley

Biddulph

  • Italy Fusignano, Italy

Bideford

Biggleswade

  • Erlensee, Germany

Billericay

Birmingham

Blackburn

Blackpool

Blyth

Bodmin

Bognor Regis

  • Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
  • Trebbin, Germany
  • Weil am Rhein, Germany

Bolton

Bournemouth

  • Lucerne, Switzerland
  • Netanya, Israel

Br Towns

Brackley

Bracknell

Bradford

Bradley Stoke

  • Champs-sur-Marne, France

Brent

Brentwood

Bridgnorth

  • Schrobenhausen, Germany
  • Thiers, France

Bridgwater

Bridlington

Bridport

  • Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, France

Brighouse

  • Lüdenscheid, Germany

Bristol

Bromley

Bromsgrove

  • Gronau, Germany
  • Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin, France

Broxtowe

Bu Towns

Buckingham

  • Mouvaux, France
  • Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany

Bude-Stratton

Buntingford

  • Luynes, France
  • Ólvega, Spain

Burgess Hill

Burnley

Burton Latimer

  • Altendiez, Germany

Burton upon Trent

  • Elkhart, United States
  • Lingen, Germany

Bury

Bury St Edmunds

Buxton

  • Bad Nauheim, Germany
  • Oignies, France

Towns Starting with C

Ca Towns

Calderdale

  • County Mayo, Ireland
  • Musoma, Tanzania
  • Strakonice, Czech Republic

Callington

Calne

  • Caln Township, United States
  • Charlieu, France
  • Eningen unter Achalm, Germany

Cambridge

Cannock Chase

Canterbury

Carlisle

Ch Towns

Chard

  • Helmstedt, Germany
  • Morangis, France
  • Șeica Mare, Romania

Cheddar

  • Felsberg, Germany
  • Vernouillet, France

Chelmsford

Cheltenham

Chesham

  • Archena, Spain
  • Friedrichsdorf, Germany
  • Houilles, France

Chester

Chesterfield

Chichester

Christchurch

Ci-Cr Towns

Cirencester

  • Itzehoe, Germany
  • Saint-Genis-Laval, France

Cleethorpes

  • Königswinter, Germany

Clevedon

  • Épernay, France
  • Ettlingen, Germany
  • Middelkerke, Belgium

Coalville

  • Romans-sur-Isère, France

Cockermouth

  • Marvejols, France

Colchester

Congleton

  • Trappes, France

Corby

Coventry

Crawley

Crewe

  • Bischofsheim, Germany
  • Dzierżoniów, Poland
  • Mâcon, France

Crowborough

Croydon

Towns Starting with D

Dacorum

  • Neu-Isenburg, Germany

Dalton-in-Furness

Darlington

Dartford

Denton

  • Kierspe, Germany
  • Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France

Derby

Desborough is part of the Charter of European Rural Communities. This is a group of twin towns across Europe. Desborough also has one other twin town.

Charter of European Rural Communities

  • Bienvenida, Spain
  • Bièvre, Belgium
  • Bucine, Italy
  • Cashel, Ireland
  • Cissé, France
  • Esch (Haaren), Netherlands
  • Hepstedt, Germany
  • Ibănești, Romania
  • Kandava (Tukums), Latvia
  • Kannus, Finland
  • Kolindros, Greece
  • Lassee, Austria
  • Medzev, Slovakia
  • Moravče, Slovenia
  • Næstved, Denmark
  • Nagycenk, Hungary
  • Nadur, Malta
  • Ockelbo, Sweden
  • Pano Lefkara, Cyprus
  • Põlva, Estonia
  • Samuel (Soure), Portugal
  • Slivo Pole, Bulgaria
  • Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic
  • Strzyżów, Poland
  • Tisno, Croatia
  • Troisvierges, Luxembourg
  • Žagarė (Joniškis), Lithuania

Other

  • Neuville-de-Poitou, France

Devizes

Didcot

  • Meylan, France
  • Planegg, Germany

Doncaster

Dorchester

  • Bayeux, France
  • Lübbecke, Germany

Dover

Droitwich Spa

  • Bad Ems, Germany
  • Voiron, France

Dronfield

Dunstable

  • Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
  • Porz (Cologne), Germany

Durham

Towns Starting with E

Ealing

East Grinstead

East Sussex

Eastleigh

Enfield

  • Chalandri, Greece
  • Courbevoie, France
  • Gladbeck, Germany
  • Sarıyer, Turkey

Epsom and Ewell

  • Chantilly, France

Evesham

  • Dreux, France
  • Evesham, United States
  • Melsungen, Germany

Exeter

  • Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
  • Rennes, France
  • Terracina, Italy

Towns Starting with F

Falmouth

Fareham

  • Pulheim, Germany
  • Vannes, France

Farnham

  • Andernach, Germany

Faversham

  • Hazebrouck, France

Felixstowe

Fenland

  • Nettetal, Germany
  • Sunshine Coast, Australia

Filton

  • Saint-Vallier, France
  • Witzenhausen, Germany

Folkestone

Frome

Towns Starting with G

Gateshead

  • Komatsu, Japan
  • Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France

Glastonbury

Glossop

  • Bad Vilbel, Germany

Gloucester

Godalming

  • Joigny, France
  • Mayen, Germany

Godmanchester

Grantham

Gravesham

Great Yarmouth

Greenwich

Guildford

Towns Starting with H

Ha Towns

Hackney

Hailsham

  • Gournay-en-Bray, France

Halifax

Halton

Hammersmith and Fulham

Haringey

Harlow

Harpenden

Harrogate

Harrow

Hartlepool

Hastings

Havant

Havering

Haywards Heath

He Towns

Helston

Henley-on-Thames

  • Bled, Slovenia
  • Falaise, France
  • Leichlingen, Germany

Hereford

  • Dillenburg, Germany
  • Jaworzno, Poland
  • Vierzon, France

Herne Bay

Hertford

  • Évron, France
  • Wildeshausen, Germany

Hi-Hy Towns

High Wycombe

  • Kelkheim, Germany

Hillingdon

Hinckley

  • Le Grand-Quevilly, France
  • Herford, Germany

Hitchin

Horsham

  • Lage, Germany
  • Saint-Maixent-l'École, France

Hounslow

Huntingdon

Hythe

Towns Starting with I

Ilkeston

Ilkley

  • Coutances, France

Ipswich

Isle of Portland

  • Holzwickede, Germany
  • Louviers, France

Isle of Wight

Towns Starting with K

Kegworth

  • Bihorel, France
  • Bois-Guillaume, France
  • Bosc-Guérard-Saint-Adrien, France
  • Isneauville, France
  • Fontaine-le-Bourg, France
  • Ry, France

Keighley

Kendal

Kenilworth

Kensington and Chelsea

Kettering

  • Kettering, United States
  • Lahnstein, Germany

Kidderminster

Kingsbridge

  • Weilerbach, Germany

Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Thames

King's Lynn

  • Emmerich am Rhein, Germany

Kirklees

Knowsley

Knutsford

  • Montmorency, France

Towns Starting with L

La-Le Towns

Lambeth

Lancaster

Launceston

  • Achim (Börßum), Germany
  • Plestin-les-Grèves, France

Leeds

Leicester

Leighton–Linslade

  • Coulommiers, France
  • Titisee-Neustadt, Germany

Letchworth Garden City

Lewes

  • Blois, France
  • Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany

Lewisham

Li Towns

Lichfield

Lincoln

Liskeard

Littlehampton

  • Chennevières-sur-Marne, France
  • Durmersheim, Germany

Liverpool

Lo-Ly Towns

London

Long Eaton

Looe

  • Quiberon, France

Loughborough

Lowestoft

  • Plaisir, France

Ludlow

  • La Ferté-Macé, France
  • Narberth, Wales, United Kingdom
  • San Pietro in Cariano, Italy

Luton

Lyme Regis

Lymington

Lytham St Annes

  • Caudry, France
  • Werne, Germany

Towns Starting with M

Maldon

  • Cuijk, Netherlands
  • Villeparisis, France

Malvern

Manchester

Mansfield

Margate

  • Idar-Oberstein, Germany
  • Les Mureaux, France
  • Yalta, Ukraine

Marlow

  • Budavár (Budapest), Hungary
  • Marly-le-Roi, France

Medway

Middlesbrough

Minehead

Towns Starting with N

Nantwich

  • Bischofsheim, Germany
  • Dzierżoniów, Poland
  • Mâcon, France

Newark-on-Trent

Newbury

  • Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
  • Braunfels, Germany
  • Carcaixent, Spain
  • Eeklo, Belgium
  • Feltre, Italy

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newham

Newhaven

  • La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin, France

Newmarket

  • Lexington, United States
  • Maisons-Laffitte, France
  • Le Mesnil-le-Roi, France

Newquay

  • Dinard, France

Newton Abbot

  • Aÿ-Champagne, France
  • Besigheim, Germany

North Tyneside

Northampton

Norwich

Nottingham

Nuneaton and Bedworth

Towns Starting with O

Oadby and Wigston

  • Maromme, France
  • Norderstedt, Germany

Oakham

Oldham

  • Kranj, Slovenia

Oswestry

  • Combs-la-Ville, France

Oxford

Towns Starting with P

Peacehaven

  • Épinay-sous-Sénart, France
  • Isernhagen, Germany

Pendle

  • Creil, France
  • Marl, Germany

Penrith

  • Penrith, Australia

Penzance

Peterborough

Peterlee

  • Nordenham, Germany

Petersfield

Plymouth

Poole

  • Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France

Portsmouth

Potters Bar

  • Franconville, France
  • Viernheim, Germany

Preston

Towns Starting with R

Ramsgate

Reading

Redcar and Cleveland

Redditch

Redruth

Reigate and Banstead

Richmond upon Thames

Rochdale

Romsey

  • Battenberg, Germany
  • Paimpol, France
  • Treviglio, Italy

Rossendale

Rotherham

Royal Leamington Spa

Royal Tunbridge Wells

Rugby

Runnymede

Rushmoor

  • Dayton, United States
  • Gorkha, Nepal
  • Meudon, France
  • Oberursel, Germany
  • Rzeszów, Poland
  • Sulechów, Poland

Rustington

Towns Starting with S

Sa-Se Towns

Salford

Salisbury

Sandwell

Sandwich

Scarborough

  • Cahir, Ireland

Scunthorpe

Seaford

  • Bönningstedt, Germany
  • Crivitz, Germany

Seaham

  • Gerlingen, Germany

Sefton

Selby

Sevenoaks

Sh-Sn Towns

Shaftesbury

  • Brionne, France
  • Lindlar, Germany

Sheffield

Shepshed

  • Domont, France
  • Kotturu, India

Shepton Mallet

Sherborne is part of the Douzelage. This is a group of twin towns across the European Union.

  • Agros, Cyprus
  • Altea, Spain
  • Asikkala, Finland
  • Bad Kötzting, Germany
  • Bellagio, Italy
  • Bundoran, Ireland
  • Chojna, Poland
  • Granville, France
  • Holstebro, Denmark
  • Houffalize, Belgium
  • Judenburg, Austria
  • Kőszeg, Hungary
  • Marsaskala, Malta
  • Meerssen, Netherlands
  • Niederanven, Luxembourg
  • Oxelösund, Sweden
  • Preveza, Greece
  • Rokiškis, Lithuania
  • Rovinj, Croatia
  • Sesimbra, Portugal
  • Sigulda, Latvia
  • Siret, Romania
  • Škofja Loka, Slovenia
  • Sušice, Czech Republic
  • Tryavna, Bulgaria
  • Türi, Estonia
  • Zvolen, Slovakia

Sheringham

  • Muzillac, France
  • Otterndorf, Germany

Skegness

  • Bad Gandersheim, Germany

Sleaford

  • Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf, Germany
  • Marquette-lez-Lille, France

So-Sp Towns

Solihull

  • Changzhou, China
  • Cholet, France
  • Main-Taunus (district), Germany

Somerton

South Ribble

South Tyneside

Southampton

Southend-on-Sea

  • Sopot, Poland

Southwark

Spalding

  • Sézanne, France

Spelthorne

  • Grand Port, Mauritius
  • Melun, France

St Towns

St Albans

  • Fano, Italy
  • Nevers, France
  • Nyíregyháza, Hungary
  • Odense, Denmark
  • Worms, Germany

St Helens

St Ives, Cambridgeshire

St Ives, Cornwall

St Neots

  • Faches-Thumesnil, France

Stafford

Stalybridge

  • Armentières, France

Stamford

Stevenage

  • Autun, France
  • Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
  • Kadoma, Zimbabwe
  • Shymkent, Kazakhstan

Stockport

Stockton-on-Tees

Stoke-on-Trent

Stratford-upon-Avon

Street

  • Isny im Allgäu, Germany
  • Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine, France

Su-Sy Towns

Sudbury

  • Clermont, France
  • Fredensborg, Denmark
  • Höxter, Germany

Sunderland

Surrey Heath

Sutton

Swaffham

  • Hemmoor, Germany
  • Valence-en-Poitou, France

Swindon

Towns Starting with T

Tameside

  • Bengbu, China

Tamworth

  • Bad Laasphe, Germany
  • Tamworth, Australia
  • Vaujours, France

Taunton

Tavistock

  • Celle, Germany
  • Pontivy, France

Tendring

  • Biberach an der Riss, Germany
  • Świdnica, Poland
  • Valence, France

Thame

  • Montesson, France
  • Sinaia, Romania

Thetford

Thurrock

Tiverton

  • Chinon, France
  • Hofheim am Taunus, Germany

Todmorden

  • Bramsche, Germany
  • Roncq, France

Tonbridge and Malling

Torbay

Totnes

Tower Hamlets

Trowbridge

  • Charenton-le-Pont, France
  • Elbląg, Poland
  • Leer, Germany
  • Oujda, Morocco

Truro

Towns Starting with U

Uckfield

  • Arques-la-Bataille, France
  • Quickborn, Germany

Ulverston

Towns Starting with V

Vale of White Horse

Verwood

  • Liederbach am Taunus, Germany
  • Orée-d'Anjou, France

Towns Starting with W

Wa Towns

Wadebridge

Wakefield

Wallingford

Walsall

Waltham Forest

  • Roseau, Dominica
  • Saint-Mandé, France
  • St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
  • Wandsbek (Hamburg), Germany

Wantage

  • Mably, France
  • Seesen, Germany

Ware

  • Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France
  • Wülfrath, Germany

Warminster

Warrington

  • Červený Kostelec, Czech Republic
  • Česká Skalice, Czech Republic
  • Hilden, Germany
  • Hronov, Czech Republic
  • Jaroměř, Czech Republic
  • Náchod, Czech Republic
  • Nové Město nad Metují, Czech Republic

Warwick

  • Saumur, France
  • Verden an der Aller, Germany

Waterlooville

  • Henstedt-Ulzburg, Germany
  • Maurepas, France

Watford

We-Wh Towns

Wellingborough

  • Niort, France
  • Wittlich, Germany

Wellington, Shropshire

Wellington, Somerset

  • Torres Vedras, Portugal

Wells

  • Bad Dürkheim, Germany
  • Fontanellato, Italy
  • Paray-le-Monial, France

West Lancashire

Weston-super-Mare

Weymouth

  • Holzwickede, Germany
  • Louviers, France

Whitby

Whitstable

  • Albertslund, Denmark
  • Borken, Germany
  • Dainville, France
  • Grabow, Germany
  • Mölndal, Sweden
  • Říčany, Czech Republic

Wi-Wo Towns

Wigan

Willenhall

Wimborne Minster

Wincanton

  • Gennes-Val-de-Loire, France
  • Lahnau, Germany

Winchester

Windsor and Maidenhead

Winsford

  • Deuil-la-Barre, France

Wirksworth

  • Die, France
  • Frankenau, Germany

Wirral

Wisbech

Witney

Woking

Wokingham

  • Erftstadt, Germany
  • Viry-Châtillon, France

Worcester

  • Kleve, Germany
  • Ukmergė, Lithuania
  • Le Vésinet, France
  • Worcester, United States

Workington

  • Selm, Germany
  • Val-de-Reuil, France

Worthing

  • Elzach, Germany
  • Gutach im Breisgau, Germany
  • Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
  • Simonswald, Germany
  • Waldkirch, Germany

Towns Starting with Y

Yarm

  • Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany
  • Vernouillet, France

Yate

  • Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany

Yeovil

  • Herblay-sur-Seine, France
  • Samarate, Italy
  • Taunusstein, Germany

York

kids search engine
List of twin towns and sister cities in England Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.