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List of Freedom of the City recipients

The Freedom of the City, in military terms, is an honour conferred by a city council upon a military unit, which grants that unit the privilege of marching into the city "with drums beating, colours flying, and bayonets fixed". The honour is usually bestowed upon local regiments, in recognition of their dedicated service, and it is common for military units to periodically exercise their freedom by arranging a parade through the city.

Australia

Adelaide, South Australia

Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Ararat, Victoria

Bairnsdale, Victoria

Ballarat, Victoria

  • , RAN: 2 December 2004.

City of Banyule, Victoria

Bendigo, Victoria

Brisbane, Queensland

Broome, Western Australia

Cairns, Queensland

  • , RAN: 26 June 2022.

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Charters Towers, Queensland

City of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales

Darwin, Northern Territory

Derby, Western Australia

Devonport, Tasmania

Gawler, South Australia

  • , RAN: 26 April 1986.

Gold Coast, Queensland

Gosford, New South Wales

Goulburn, New South Wales

Ingham, Queensland

Ipswich, Queensland

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Katherine, Northern Territory

Kingaroy, Queensland

Kogarah, New South Wales

Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales

Kununurra, Western Australia

Lake Macquarie

  • , RAN: 9 August 1991.

Launceston, Tasmania

Liverpool

Maitland, New South Wales

Melbourne

City of Moreton Bay, Queensland

Mosman, New South Wales

  • , RAN: 28 October 2025.

Nambour, Queensland

Newcastle, New South Wales

  • : 13 December 1994.

Normanton, Queensland

Northam, Western Australia

North Sydney, New South Wales

  • , RAN: 27 November 1992.

Nowra, New South Wales

Onkaparinga, South Australia

  • 40th Regional Cadet Unit Noarlunga: 1998.
  • Squadron 605 Australian Air Force Cadets: 2004.
  • Australian Navy Cadets TS Noarlunga: 2004.

Parramatta

Perth

Port Stephens

  • 130 Signals Squadron

Queanbeyan, New South Wales

  • , RAN: 17 October 1981.

Redland City

  • 95 Wing RAAF: 12 April 2014.

City of Rockingham

  • , RAN: 12 November 1988.

Sale

Salisbury, South Australia

Shoalhaven, New South Wales

Sydney

Tamworth, New South Wales

Tennant Creek

City of Toowoomba, Queensland

Toowoomba Region, Queensland

Townsville, Queensland

City of Unley, South Australia

Wagga Wagga

Whitsunday Region

Wollongong

On 27 September 1980 the officers and crew of the Australian submarine HMAS Orion were granted the Freedom of the City of Wollongong in perpetuity.

Wyndham, Western Australia

Belgium

Herentals

Ypres

Canada

Alberta

Airdrie

Banff

  • 3 Squadron 41 Signal Regiment: 22 October 2016.
  • Rocky Mountain National Army Cadet Summer Training Centre (formerly BNACC)

Bon Accord

Bonnyville

Canmore

  • 878 Banff/Canmore Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron

Calgary

Cold Lake

Drumheller

Edmonton

Fort McMurray

Gibbons

Grande Cache

High River

Lethbridge

Medicine Hat

Morinville

Okotoks

Red Deer

Rocky Mountain House

St. Albert

Strathcona County

Vegreville

Wetaskiwin

British Columbia

Armstrong

Chilliwack

Comox

Courtenay

Esquimalt

Fort St. John

Kamloops

  • 886 (Kamloops Overlander) Wing: 2009.

Kelowna

Maple Ridge

Nanaimo

  • South Alberta Regiment: April 1941.
  • Le Régiment de Hull: May 1943. Le Régiment de Hull was the first French speaking unit to be posted to the West Coast. It so worried the residents that they doubled their police force. The residents and the Regiment soon broke the linguistic barrier and formed a bond of friendship, often playing in softball tournaments and learning French-Canadien folk songs.
  • Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's): 5 October 1974.
  • , RCN: March 1997.

New Westminster

Parksville

Pitt Meadows

Port Moody

Prince George

Qualicum Beach

  • 19 Mission Support Squadron, RCAF: 7 May 2022.

Richmond

Saanich

Sechelt

Surrey

  • , RCN: 23 September 2023.

Vancouver

Vernon

Victoria

Manitoba

Brandon

Portage la Prairie

Winnipeg

New Brunswick

Dorchester

Fredericton

Moncton

Oromocto

Sackville

Saint John

Sussex

Newfoundland and Labrador

Gander

St. John's

North West Territories

Yellowknife

  • , RCN: 18 June 1999.

Nova Scotia

Annapolis Royal

  • : 2004.

Halifax

Kentville

Sydney

Yarmouth

  • 84th Independent Field Battery, RCA: 29 September 2018.

Ontario

Aurora

Barrie

Belleville

Brampton

Brantford

Brockville

Cobourg

Collingwood

Cumberland

Dufferin County

Durham

Elgin County

Elliot Lake

Guelph

  • 11th Field Regiment, RCA: 1966.

Halton Hills

Hamilton

Kenora

Kingston

London

Markham

Meaford

Milton

Mississauga

Oakville

Orillia

Oshawa

Ottawa

Petawawa

Quinte West

  • 413 Wing RCAF Association: 7 April 2024.

Rideau Lakes

Sault Ste. Marie

Sioux Lookout

Sudbury

Thunder Bay

Timmins

Toronto

Trenton

Uxbridge

Waterloo

Westport

Whitchurch–Stouffville

Windsor

Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown

Quebec

Beaupré

Gatineau

Granby

Hampstead

Huntingdon

Matane

Mont-Joli

Montreal

Ormstown

Port-Cartier

Pointe-Claire

Quebec City

Rivière-du-Loup

Rimouski

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

Sayabec

Sherbrooke

Verdun

Westmount

Saskatchewan

Moose Jaw

Prince Albert

Regina

Saskatoon

Yorkton

  • 10th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA: 18 May 1985

Yukon

Dawson City

Whitehorse

  • Whitehorse Cadet Summer Training Centre: 24 July 2009.

France

Arras

Erquinghem-Lys

Moreuil

Vis-en-Artois

Germany

Bergen

Berlin (Spandau)

Celle

Hamelin

Hamm

Paderborn

Rheda-Wiedenbrück

Stadt Soest

Tiergarten

Xanten

Italy

Ortona

Malawi

Zomba

  • Changalume Barracks: 31 March 2017.

New Zealand

Auckland Region

Auckland

Howick

Papakura

Takapuna

  • Land Forces Command: 9 February 1982

Bay of Plenty

Rotorua

Tauranga

Canterbury

Akaroa

  • Ready Reaction Force Engineer Squadron: 25 October 1974

Ashburton

Christchurch

Lyttleton

  • 3 Field Troop, Royal New Zealand Engineers: 10 December 1994

Rolleston

Timaru

Gisborne District

Gisborne

Hawke's Bay

Hastings

Napier

Manawatu-Wanganui

Feilding

Foxton

Dannevirke

Levin

Palmerston North

Raetihi

Taihape

  • Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: 14 December 1973

Taumarunui

  • Royal New Zealand Service Corps: 8 October 1966

Wanganui

Marlborough

Blenheim

Nelson

Nelson

Northland

Kaitaia

  • Northland Regiment: 25 March 1955

Whangarei

Otago

Dunedin

Southland

Invercargil

Taranaki

Hawera

New Plymouth

Stratford

Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

Ngaruawahia

Paeroa

Raglan

Taupo

  • Regular Force Cadet School: 31 January 1970
  • New Zealand Officer Cadet Corps: 7 March 1998

Te Awamutu

Thames

Tokoroa

Wellington Region

Featherston

Wellington

Upper Hutt

West Coast

Greymouth

Rhodesia

Bulawayo

Salisbury

South Africa

Barberton

Cape Town

Mahikeng

Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown)

Johannesburg

Pretoria

United Kingdom

British Overseas Territories

Bermuda

Hamilton

Falkland Islands

Gibraltar

Crown dependencies

Bailiwick of Guernsey

Bailiwick of Jersey

Isle of Man

Douglas
Ramsey
  • , RN: 24 April 2010.

England

Abingdon

Albrighton

Aldeburgh

Aldershot

Amber Valley

Amesbury

Appleby-in-Westmorland

Arundel

Ashford

Aylesbury Vale

Barking and Dagenham

Barnet

Barnoldswick

Barnsley

Barnstaple

Barrow-in-Furness

Basildon

Basingstoke

Bath

Battersea

Bedale

Bedford

Berwick-upon-Tweed

Bethnal Green

Bexley

Beverley

Bicester

Birkenhead

Birmingham

Blackburn with Darwen

Blackpool

Blandford Forum

Bolton

Bordon

Boroughbridge

Boston

Bournemouth

Bracknell Forest

Bradford

Brampton

Brentford and Chiswick

Brentwood

Bridgnorth

Brighton and Hove

Bristol

Brixham

Bromley

Bromsgrove

Broxbourne

Broxtowe

Burghfield

Burnley

Burton upon Trent

Bury

Bury St. Edmunds

Calderdale

Cambridge

  • , RN: 6 July 2025.

Cannock Chase

Canterbury

Carlisle

Carterton

Charnwood

Chelsea

Cheltenham

Cheshire East

Cheshire West and Chester

Chester

Chesterfield

Chichester

Chippenham

Chorley

Christchurch

Colchester

Congleton

Copeland

Corby

Corsham

Cotswold

  • 29 Regiment RLC: 10 March 2005.

Coventry

  • , RN: 16 October 2014.

Crewe

Crewe and Nantwich

Croydon

Dacorum

Darlington

Dartmouth

Deal

Derby

Dereham

Diss

Doncaster

Dudley

Durham

Ealing

Eastbourne

Eastleigh

East Staffordshire

Eccles

Ellesmere Port and Neston

Ely

Epping Forest District

Epsom and Ewell

Exeter

Falmouth

Fareham

  • , RN: 2 July 1974.

Finchley

Folkestone

Friern Barnet

  • , RN: 28 March 1942.

Gateshead

  • , RN: 16 March 2026.

Gedling

Gillingham, Dorset

Gillingham, Kent

Gloucester

Gosport

Grantham

Gravesend

Great Aycliffe

Great Yarmouth

Greenwich

Grimsby

  • , RN: 2001.

Guildford

Hackney

Halifax

Halton

Hammersmith and Fulham

Harborough

Harlow

Harpenden

Harrogate

Harrow

Hartlepool

Haslingden

Hastings

Havant

Havering

Haverhill

Heddon-on-the-Wall

Helston

Hendon

High Peak

High Wycombe

Hillingdon

Hinckley and Bosworth

Hornsey

Hounslow

Hove

Huddersfield

Hunstanton

Huntingdon

Huntingdonshire

Hyndburn

Ilford

Ipswich

Isle of Wight

Islington

Keighley

Kendal

Kensington

Kensington and Chelsea

Kettering

Kidderminster

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Thames

Kirklees

Knowsley

Lancaster

Ledbury

  • , RN: 2007.

Leeds

Leicester

Leighton–Linslade

Lenham

Lewes

Lewisham

Lichfield

Lincoln

Liskeard

Littlehampton

Liverpool

City of London

Freedom of the City of London is a status into which only persons are admitted. The following units of HM Forces hold City Privileged Regiment status and consequently have the right to march through the City of London with drums beating, bayonets fixed and colours unfurled. Military units honoured in this fashion may only enter the City when the permission of the Lord Mayor of London has been sought and granted. All military units entering the City of London do so by permission of the Lord Mayor, they do not have 'the Freedom' even if they hold City Privileged Regiment status. Her Majesty's forces have no general right of entry to the City unless the Lord Mayor has granted permission. A civic officer going by the title of the City Marshal escorts all military units of HM Forces through the city.

Loughborough

Louth

Lowestoft

Ludgershall

Lyme Regis

Macclesfield

Malmesbury

Manchester

March

Maresfield

Market Drayton

Marlborough

Maryport

Medway

Melksham

Melton

Merton, Devon

Middlesbrough

Mid Sussex

Milton Keynes

Mole Valley

Morley

Mossley

Newark-on-Trent

Newbury

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle-under-Lyme

New Forest

Newham

  • "G" Company 7th Battalion The Rifles: 23 June 2012.

Newton Abbot

  • , RN: 1 April 2023.

Northampton

North East Lincolnshire

North Tyneside

  • 216 squadron (Tyne/Tees) Squadron Royal Corps of Transport (Volunteers) now 216 Tynemouth Squadron RLC. 23 February 1972.
  • Royal British Legion (Whitley Bay and Forest Hall Branches): 15 October 2009.
  • 2344 (Longbenton) Squadron Air Training Corps: 16 December 2014.

Northumberland

North Warwickshire

  • , RN: 1996.

Norwich

Nottingham

Nuneaton and Bedworth

Oadby and Wigston

Oakham

Odiham

Oldham

Oxford

Oxfordshire

Paignton

Pendle

Penzance

  • , RN: 2000.

Peterborough

Plymouth

Poole

Portsmouth

Preston

Purbeck

Ramsey

Ramsgate

Reading

Redbridge

Redcar and Cleveland

Redditch

Restormel

Ribble Valley

Richmond

Richmond upon Thames

Ripon

Rochdale

Romsey

Rossendale

Ross-on-Wye

Rotherham

Royal Wootton Bassett

Runnymede

Rushcliffe

Rushmoor, Hampshire

Salford

Salisbury

Sandbach

Sandhurst

Sandwell

Scarborough

  • 64 Medical Squadron 5 Medical Regiment: 2007.
  • 3 Medical Regiment: May 2015.
  • The Yorkshire Regiment

Scunthorpe

  • , RN: 1984.

Seaford

Seaham

Sefton

Selby

Sheffield

Shoreham

  • , RN: 17 February 2011.

Shrewsbury

Skipton

Snaith and Cowick

Southampton

Southend-on-Sea

South Derbyshire

Southport

South Ribble

South Tyneside

Southwark

Spenborough

Stafford

Stamford

St Albans

St Edmundsbury, East Anglia

St Helens

St Ives, Cambridgeshire

St Neots

Stockport

Stockton-on-Tees

Stoke-on-Trent

Stowmarket

Sunderland

Surrey Heath

Swindon

Tameside

Tamworth

Taunton Deane

Teesside

Telford and Wrekin

Test Valley

Tewkesbury

Thame

Thatcham

Thetford

Thurrock

Tiverton

Tonbridge and Malling

Torbay

Torpoint

  • , RN: 1997.

Torquay

Tower Hamlets

Trafford

Trowbridge

Truro

Tunbridge Wells

Ulverston

Uppingham

Uttlesford

Uxbridge

Vale Royal

Vale of White Horse

  • 3 Regiment RLC: 11 May 2016.
  • 4 Regiment RLC: 11 May 2016.
  • The Rifles: 11 May 2016.

Wakefield

Wallingford

Walsall

Waltham Forest

Wandsworth

Wanstead and Woodford

  • 45th (Essex) Signal Regiment (Volunteers): 1963.

Wantage

Freedoms within Vale of White Horse and Oxfordshire apply to Wantage

Warminster

Warrington

Warwick

Warwickshire

Watford

Waverley

Wellingborough

Wellington

Wells

Wem

West Bromwich

West Lancashire

West Suffolk

City of Westminster

Weston-super-Mare

Weymouth and Melcombe Regis

Weymouth and Portland

Whitehaven

Wigan

Wimborne Minster

Wincanton

Winchester

Windsor and Maidenhead

Wirral

Woking

Wokingham

Wolverhampton

Woodbridge

Wood Green

Woolwich

Worcester

Worthing

Workington

Wychavon

Wycombe

Wyre

Yeovil

York

Scotland

Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire

Angus

Ayr

Coldstream

Dumfries

Dumfries and Galloway

Dundee

East Lothian

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Highlands

Inverclyde

Inverness

Kirkcaldy

Lossiemouth and Branderburgh

Orkney

  • The Northern Diving Group Royal Navy: 9 July 2021.

Perth

Renfrewshire

Scottish Borders

South Ayrshire

St Andrews

Stirling

Sutherland

  • , RN: March 2011.

Wales

Aberconwy

Aberystwyth

Ammanford

Anglesey

Arfon

Bangor

Barry

Blackwood

Blaenau Gwent

Brecon

Bridgend

Caernarfon

Caerphilly

Cardiff

Carmarthen

Carmarthenshire

Ceredigion

Chepstow

Clwyd

Conwy

Cowbridge with Llanblethian

Delyn

Denbighshire

Flint

Flintshire

Haverfordwest

Llandudno

Merthyr Tydfil

Monmouth

Monmouthshire

Neath Port Talbot

Newport

Pembroke

  • , RN: 15 September 2006.
  • 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh: 15 September 2018.

Pembroke Dock

  • , RN: 15 September 2006.

Pencoed

Powys

Prestatyn

Rhondda Cynon Taf

St Davids

Swansea

Tenby

  • , RN: 1970.

Torfaen

Vale of Glamorgan

Wrexham

Wrexham Maelor

Northern Ireland

Antrim and Newtownabbey

Ards and North Down

Ballymena

Ballymoney

Bangor

Belfast

Castlereagh

Causeway Coast and Glens

Coleraine

Larne

Lisburn

Mid and East Antrim

Zimbabwe

Bulawayo

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