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| Town | Country | 2000 | 2002 | 22012 | |
| 1 | Aberystwyth | Wales | YES | YES | NO |
| 2 | Ayr | Scotland | YES | YES | NO |
| 3 | Ballymena | Northern Ireland | YES | YES | NO |
| 4 | Blackburn | England | YES | YES | NO |
| 5 | Blackpool | England | YES | YES | NO |
| 6 | Bolton | England | YES | YES | YES |
| 7 | Bournemouth | England | NO | NO | YES |
| 8 | Brighton and Hove | England | WON | NA | NA |
| 9 | Carrickfergus | Northern Ireland | NO | YES | NO |
| 10 | Chelmsford | England | YES | YES | WON |
| 11 | Colchester | England | YES | YES | YES |
| 12 | Coleraine | Northern Ireland | NO | YES | YES |
| 13 | Corby | England | NO | NO | YES |
| 14 | Craigavon | Northern Ireland | NO | YES | YES |
| 15 | Croydon | England | YES | YES | YES |
| 16 | Doncaster | England | YES | YES | YES |
| 17 | Dorchester | England | NO | NO | YES |
| 18 | Dover | England | YES | YES | NO |
| 19 | Dudley | England | NO | NO | YES |
| 20 | Dumfries | Scotland | NO | YES | NO |
| 21 | Gateshead | England | NO | NO | YES |
| 22 | Goole | England | NO | NO | YES |
| 23 | Greenwich | England | NO | YES | NO |
| 24 | Guildford | England | YES | YES | NO |
| 25 | Inverness | Scotland | WON | NA | NA |
| 26 | Ipswich | England | YES | YES | NO |
| 27 | Lisburn | Northern Ireland | YES | WON | NA |
| 28 | Luton | England | YES | YES | YES |
| 29 | Machynlleth | Wales | YES | YES | NO |
| 30 | Maidstone | England | YES | YES | NO |
| 31 | Medway | England | YES | YES | YES |
| 32 | Middlesbrough | England | YES | YES | YES |
| 33 | Milton Keynes | England | YES | YES | YES |
| 34 | Newport | Wales | YES | WON | NA |
| 35 | Newry | Northern Ireland | NO | WON | NA |
| 36 | Newtown | Wales | YES | YES | NO |
| 37 | Northampton | England | YES | YES | NO |
| 38 | Paisley | Scotland | YES | YES | NO |
| 39 | Perth | Scotland | NO | NO | WON |
| 40 | Preston | England | YES | WON | NA |
| 41 | Reading | England | YES | YES | YES |
| 42 | Shrewsbury | England | YES | YES | NO |
| 43 | Southend | England | YES | YES | YES |
| 44 | St. Asaph | Wales | YES | YES | WON |
| 45 | St. Austell | England | NO | NO | YES |
| 46 | Stirling | Scotland | YES | WON | NA |
| 47 | Stockport | England | YES | YES | YES |
| 48 | Swindon | England | YES | YES | NO |
| 49 | Telford | England | YES | YES | NO |
| 50 | Tower Hamlets | England | NO | NO | YES |
| 51 | Warrington | England | YES | YES | NO |
| 52 | Wirral | England | NO | YES | NO |
| 53 | Wolverhampton | England | WON | NA | NA |
| 54 | Wrexham | Wales | YES | YES | YES |