There is no way that Faversham is a nicer town than Westerham. I’ve been to all of these towns and Westerham would easily be up there in the top two.

Love West Malling

I agree about Arundel. we go there often.

be careful of thanet ie boardstairs,margate, ramsgate etc.....a lot of robbings and chavs/pikeys.....trust me i live in thanet.

i love Canterbury but the parking is a cunt..so i stick to going to sandwich or deal.

CORRECTION: Steyning is pronounced 'STENN-ing'. Thanks to those who pointed out my mistake!

You don't pronounce Steyning as STAINING... It's phonetically pronounced as Sten-ning.

I would have thought Sevenoaks would have squeezed in the top 10, good list nonetheless 👍🏽

The oldest of the flags are those of the septachy... Northumberland, Essex and Kent among them

I was so enjoying the video and grew nervous as the number went down as genuinely thought it was obvious Maidstone would be number one. to leave out Maidstone is a very big mistake I would say. It stands head and shoulders above anything else Kent has to offer.

And people say that the English have no culture

Kent is an overpopulated toilet. I know, i live there. 😢

Thank You So Much For This Content .I do really miss the place. Especially Oxford .My last holiday is last 2018 .

I love your videos but your voice doesn't match your face, which triggers my autism. Can't you do something about that? Thanks in advance. ❤

Rochester is an urban sprawl of deeply seedy Chatham. Faversham is dull & small. Canterbury has to be no.1.

No mention of Gloucester

Worcestershire, it's the Rivers Severn and Teme, but this is the recent flag, the older one was better still had the 3 black pears on the shield.

Very informative but it’s an anachronism to refer to them as the oldest cities in the United Kingdom which didn’t exist in the 11th century and it would have been better to present them in chronological order since you’re telling us which are the oldest

Thank for your great work going all through these flags. Thankfully, 3 of the Yorkshire sub-couunties now have their flags registered with the Flag Institute, who is the equivalent of the Court Leon but for flags, all registered in 2013. East Riding 18th April. North Yorkshire 4th May West Yorkshire 23 May.

I think Durham is my favourite. I really like St Cuthbert as a Saint. I’ve had the privilege of walking on St Cuthbert’s Island.

Very interesting, although I would have preferred it in chronological order 👍

INVICTA Is important. It represents the fact that Kent was not conquered by William the bastard! They stood back and watched the Battle of Hastings and then ambushed William, now the Conqueror, at Swanscombe Kent. William asked not to fight as his men were depleted and exhausted. Instead a Parley was held were it was agreed that William would control Dover and the Medway crossing at Rochester while leaving the rest of Kent alone. William held to this agreement until roughly a year later when he was much stronger and took the rest of Kent. Google. There is a large plaque on a church wall in Swanscombe commemorating the Parley!

Ripon is the oldest City in England. Why the omission.?

Not for long......immigrants will cum

Small point, but it wasn't the Saxons who arrived in York, but rather the Angles. The former colonised the south and south west, whilst the Angles created Northumbria, Mercia and East Anglia.

Whitstable definitely missing from this list so is deal both top 5 for me

I love this sort of stuff. I've gotta get over there one day.

Yay Rochester got number 3. Im from Rochester lived here all my life.

Badly researched.

Faversham! My jaw dropped 🤣 Locally known as Chaversham 😅

This is a pretty arbitrary list. The town I grew up in, Winchester, was a major settlement long before the Romans invaded, and is probably 3,000 years old. When I left the UK to live abroad many years ago, I soon discovered that the "history" I learned from UK textbooks was heavily sanitized, very parochial, and often quite misleading.

The West Riding of Yorkshire has a very handsome flag consisting of a Scandinavian cross and the 'streaming sun' badge (The Sun of York) used by Richard III - Google it!

They woe be for long wen the immigrants get in....thanks labour

Have to place Sevenoaks over Edenbridge! But interesting video. Thanks.

Interesting video ❤ perhaps you’ll extend this series for the rest of Britain and Ireland too 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

the isle of wight is it own county and dose have it own flag

University should be written without a capital, apologies!

This should be taught in all British schools.

Bognor Regis is now seeking counselling.

JUST WAIT UNTIL THE ILLEGALS MOVE IN!!....ENJOY WHILE YOU CAN....🇬🇧

Chaversham is fast losing that title and reverting to Faversham as the DfL’s and Air BNB’s are starting to take over due to neighbouring Whitstable now being totally infested by them. Canterbury High Street is dire. Filthy and to many tacky shops especially from the Weavers to the Clock Tower. It’s just a tourist arena now surrounded by an often impenetrable ring road.

no watford?

Alex, thank you, Sir! Yours is the very information I was looking for. And so well done! I’ll be visiting from US in Oct ‘24 w my best friend and staying near Woodstock for a week. The Cotswolds in particular and the home of CS Lewis in Headington have been on my bucket list for some time. You’ve helped at least half of my vision come alive. So unless the world goes to pot before then, I’m looking forward to my journey. Again, my many thanks. ~ RM

Derby had a cathedral for hundreds of years and was only made a city about 50 years ago

Canterbury is no1

Faversham is not no1

It is odd that you missed Lincoln off of this list. It predates the Romans.

Sandwich is gorgeous

The flag of Cornwall is prevalent in Newcastle. It turns out the Newcastle Falcons (rugby team) have also adopted it.

Great choice lovely to see my home town of Faversham at number one x