Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Major Cities): Countries, Major Cities & Towns

All British cities and towns (as urban areas or localities) of more than 50,000 inhabitants.

Countries
Principal Cities
Cities & Towns

Countries

	Name	Abbr.	Capital	A (km²)	C 1991-04-05	C 2001-04-29	C 2011-03-27
i	England	ENG	London	130,281	47,055,205	49,138,831	53,012,456
i	Northern Ireland	NIR	Belfast	13,576	1,577,836	1,685,267	1,810,863
i	Scotland	SCO	Edinburgh	77,925	4,998,567	5,062,011	5,295,000
i	Wales (Cymru)	WAL	Cardiff	20,732	2,835,073	2,903,085	3,063,456
	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	GBR	London	242,910	56,466,680	58,789,194	61,371,000

Principal Cities

	Name	Adm.	CU UE-E 2008-06-30
1	London	ENG	7,619,800
2	Birmingham	ENG	1,010,400
3	Glasgow	SCO	637,000
4	Leeds	ENG	477,600
5	Manchester	ENG	465,900
6	Bristol	ENG	465,500
7	Liverpool	ENG	464,200
8	Sheffield	ENG	458,100
9	Edinburgh	SCO	452,200

Cities & Towns

	Name	Adm.	CU C 1991-04-05	CU C 2001-04-29	CU UE-E 2008-06-30
i	Aberdeen	SCO	182,133	184,788	183,300
i	Aldershot	ENG	51,356	58,170	57,300
i	Ashford	ENG	52,002	58,936	65,100
i	Aylesbury	ENG	58,058	69,021	73,300
i	Bangor	NIR	52,437	58,368	60,400
i	Barnsley	ENG	75,120	71,599	74,100
i	Barry	WAL	49,887	50,661	53,000
i	Basildon	ENG	100,924	99,876	104,100
i	Basingstoke	ENG	77,837	90,171	95,500
i	Bath	ENG	85,202	90,144	96,100
i	Batley	ENG	48,030	49,448	51,400
i	Bebington	ENG	60,148	57,066	56,500
i	Bedford	ENG	73,917	82,488	86,800
i	Beeston and Stapleford	ENG	66,626	66,683	69,400
i	Belfast	NIR	279,237	276,705	267,742
i	Benfleet	ENG	49,701	48,539	50,400
i	Birkenhead	ENG	93,087	83,729	82,900
i	Birmingham	ENG	965,928	970,892	1,010,400
i	Blackburn	ENG	105,994	105,085	107,600
i	Blackpool	ENG	146,262	142,283	141,900
i	Bletchley	ENG	41,435	47,176	52,900
i	Bognor Regis	ENG	56,744	62,141	64,700
i	Bolton	ENG	139,020	139,403	140,300
i	Bootle	ENG	65,454	59,123	57,500
i	Bournemouth	ENG	155,488	167,527	168,000
i	Bracknell	ENG	60,895	70,795	74,100
i	Bradford	ENG	289,376	293,717	315,100
i	Brentwood	ENG	49,463	47,593	50,900
i	Brighton	ENG	124,851	134,293	139,100
i	Bristol	ENG	407,992	420,556	465,500
i	Burnley	ENG	74,661	73,021	71,200
i	Bury	ENG	62,633	60,718	61,600
i	Cambridge (/ Milton)	ENG	99,494	117,717	132,800
i	Cannock	ENG	60,106	65,022	66,900
i	Cardiff	WAL	272,129	292,150	310,800
i	Carlisle	ENG	72,439	71,773	73,900
i	Castlereagh	NIR	...	54,636	54,394
i	Chatham	ENG	71,691	73,468	74,600
i	Cheadle and Gatley	ENG	58,457	57,507	56,800
i	Chelmsford	ENG	97,451	99,962	106,300
i	Cheltenham	ENG	91,301	98,875	100,700
i	Cheshunt	ENG	51,998	55,275	57,300
i	Chester	ENG	80,110	80,121	81,300
i	Chesterfield	ENG	71,945	70,260	71,700
i	Clacton-on-Sea	ENG	45,065	51,284	54,600
i	Colchester	ENG	96,063	104,390	121,300
i	Corby	ENG	49,053	49,222	51,600
i	Coventry	ENG	299,316	303,475	312,500
i	Craigavon (incl. Lurgan & Portadown)	NIR	53,434	57,651	65,136
i	Crawley	ENG	88,203	100,547	102,100
i	Crewe	ENG	63,351	67,683	71,600
i	Crosby	ENG	52,869	51,789	50,300
i	Cumbernauld	SCO	49,507	49,664	51,000
i	Darlington	ENG	86,767	86,082	88,400
i	Dartford	ENG	59,411	56,818	60,800
i	Derby	ENG	223,836	229,407	247,500
i	Dewsbury	ENG	50,168	54,341	56,500
i	Doncaster	ENG	71,595	67,977	69,100
i	Dudley	ENG	192,171	194,919	195,800
i	Dundee	SCO	157,808	154,674	151,300
i	Dunstable	ENG	49,666	50,775	53,900
i	Eastbourne	ENG	94,793	106,562	114,200
i	East Kilbride	SCO	70,579	73,796	73,000
i	Eastleigh	ENG	49,934	52,894	55,100
i	Edinburgh	SCO	400,632	430,082	452,200
i	Ellesmere Port	ENG	64,504	66,265	66,400
i	Epsom and Ewell	ENG	64,405	64,493	69,700
i	Esher / Molesey	ENG	46,599	50,344	54,700
i	Exeter	ENG	94,717	106,772	118,700
i	Fareham / Portchester	ENG	54,866	56,160	57,300
i	Farnborough	ENG	52,535	57,147	56,300
i	Gateshead	ENG	83,159	78,403	78,100
i	Gillingham	ENG	94,923	98,403	99,900
i	Glasgow	SCO	658,379	629,501	637,000
i	Gloucester	ENG	114,003	123,205	129,300
i	Gosport	ENG	67,802	69,348	72,700
i	Gravesend	ENG	51,435	53,045	54,400
i	Grays	ENG	50,145	64,173	67,900
i	Greasby / Moreton	ENG	56,077	53,905	53,400
i	Great Yarmouth	ENG	56,190	58,032	60,300
i	Grimsby	ENG	90,703	87,574	87,700
i	Guildford	ENG	65,998	69,400	72,600
i	Halesowen	ENG	57,918	55,273	55,600
i	Halifax	ENG	91,069	83,570	87,600
i	Harlow (/ Sawbridgeworth)	ENG	84,061	88,296	88,600
i	Harrogate (/ Knaresborough)	ENG	79,558	85,128	90,300
i	Hartlepool	ENG	87,310	86,075	89,100
i	Hastings	ENG	81,139	85,828	87,200
i	Hemel Hempstead	ENG	79,235	83,118	84,200
i	Hereford	ENG	54,326	56,373	57,800
i	High Wycombe	ENG	71,718	77,178	76,900
i	Horsham	ENG	42,552	47,804	51,200
i	Hove	ENG	67,602	72,335	74,900
i	Huddersfield	ENG	143,726	146,234	152,000
i	Huyton-with-Roby	ENG	56,500	54,766	54,900
i	Ipswich	ENG	130,157	138,718	145,000
i	Keighley	ENG	49,567	49,453	53,100
i	Kettering	ENG	47,186	51,063	56,600
i	Kidderminster	ENG	54,644	55,348	56,300
i	Kingston upon Hull	ENG	310,636	301,416	320,100
i	Kingswood	ENG	60,192	62,679	65,700
i	Leeds	ENG	424,194	443,247	477,600
i	Leicester	ENG	318,518	330,574	348,000
i	Lincoln	ENG	80,281	85,963	88,800
i	Lisburn	NIR	...	71,403	72,315
i	Littlehampton	ENG	50,408	55,716	58,000
i	Liverpool	ENG	481,786	469,017	464,200
i	Livingston	SCO	42,178	50,826	55,000
i	London	ENG	6,638,109	7,172,091	7,619,800
i	Londonderry (Derry)	NIR	72,334	83,652	85,016
i	Loughborough	ENG	46,867	55,258	60,100
i	Lowestoft	ENG	62,907	68,340	71,600
i	Luton	ENG	171,671	185,543	193,000
i	Macclesfield	ENG	50,270	50,688	51,200
i	Maidenhead	ENG	59,605	58,848	62,900
i	Maidstone	ENG	90,878	89,684	93,900
i	Manchester	ENG	402,889	394,269	465,900
i	Mansfield	ENG	71,858	69,987	71,700
i	Margate	ENG	56,734	58,465	59,900
i	Middlesbrough	ENG	147,430	142,691	147,100
i	Morecambe	ENG	46,657	49,569	53,200
i	Morley	ENG	47,579	54,051	58,200
i	Newcastle-under-Lyme	ENG	73,731	74,427	76,100
i	Newcastle upon Tyne	ENG	189,150	189,863	200,200
i	Newport	WAL	115,522	116,143	119,200
i	Newtownabbey	NIR	58,231	62,022	61,713
i	Northampton	ENG	179,596	189,474	199,900
i	Norwich	ENG	171,304	174,047	194,400
i	Nottingham	ENG	270,222	249,584	273,300
i	Nuneaton	ENG	66,715	70,721	72,500
i	Oldbury / Smethwick	ENG	145,542	139,855	142,900
i	Oldham	ENG	103,931	103,544	104,700
i	Oxford	ENG	118,795	143,016	164,000
i	Paisley	SCO	73,925	74,170	72,800
i	Peterborough	ENG	134,788	136,292	143,300
i	Plymouth	ENG	245,295	243,795	256,000
i	Poole	ENG	138,479	144,800	145,400
i	Portsmouth	ENG	174,690	187,056	200,400
i	Preston	ENG	177,660	184,836	188,200
i	Reading	ENG	213,474	232,662	236,900
i	Redditch	ENG	73,372	74,803	75,900
i	Reigate / Redhill	ENG	47,602	50,436	53,700
i	Rhondda	WAL	59,947	59,602	60,100
i	Rochdale	ENG	94,313	95,796	96,300
i	Rotherham	ENG	121,380	117,262	119,900
i	Royal Leamington Spa	ENG	55,396	61,595	66,400
i	Royal Tunbridge Wells	ENG	60,272	60,095	62,000
i	Rugby	ENG	61,106	61,988	65,000
i	Runcorn	ENG	64,154	60,072	60,900
i	Sale	ENG	56,052	55,234	55,900
i	Salford	ENG	79,755	72,750	74,400
i	Scunthorpe	ENG	75,982	72,660	76,200
i	Sheffield	ENG	431,607	439,866	458,100
i	Shrewsbury	ENG	64,219	67,126	67,600
i	Slough	ENG	110,708	126,276	128,500
i	Solihull	ENG	94,531	94,753	97,600
i	Southampton	ENG	210,138	234,224	252,700
i	Southend-on-Sea	ENG	158,517	160,257	164,300
i	Southport	ENG	90,959	91,404	88,800
i	South Shields	ENG	83,704	82,854	82,200
i	St. Helens	ENG	106,293	102,629	103,000
i	Stafford	ENG	61,885	63,681	65,800
i	Staines	ENG	51,167	50,538	51,000
i	St Albans	ENG	80,376	82,429	85,400
i	Stevenage	ENG	76,064	81,482	81,800
i	Stockport	ENG	132,813	136,082	134,400
i	Stockton-on-Tees	ENG	83,576	80,060	86,100
i	Stoke-on-Trent	ENG	266,543	259,252	258,600
i	Stourbridge	ENG	55,624	55,480	55,800
i	Sunderland	ENG	183,310	177,739	177,400
i	Sutton Coldfield	ENG	106,001	105,452	108,600
i	Swansea	WAL	171,038	169,880	174,300
i	Swindon	ENG	145,236	155,432	166,500
i	Tamworth	ENG	68,440	71,650	72,800
i	Taunton	ENG	55,855	58,241	61,900
i	Torquay	ENG	59,587	62,968	65,100
i	Wakefield	ENG	73,955	76,886	78,600
i	Wallasey	ENG	60,895	58,710	58,200
i	Walsall	ENG	174,739	170,994	172,300
i	Walton and Weybridge	ENG	52,802	52,890	57,400
i	Warrington	ENG	82,812	80,661	82,800
i	Washington	ENG	56,848	53,388	53,300
i	Waterlooville	ENG	65,473	63,558	64,000
i	Watford	ENG	113,080	120,960	122,900
i	West Bromwich	ENG	146,386	136,940	140,000
i	Weston-super-Mare	ENG	69,372	78,044	85,500
i	Widnes	ENG	57,162	55,686	56,500
i	Wigan	ENG	85,819	81,203	82,600
i	Woking / Byfleet	ENG	98,138	101,127	103,800
i	Wolverhampton	ENG	257,943	251,462	251,300
i	Wolverton / Stony Stratford	ENG	55,733	60,359	67,700
i	Worcester	ENG	82,661	94,029	94,800
i	Worthing	ENG	95,732	96,964	99,600
i	York	ENG	124,609	137,505	148,300

(1991) (2001) UK National Statistics (web), General Register Office for Scotland (web).
(2008) Own computations based on data from UK National Statistics (web).

GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND: Major Cities

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Countries

Principal Cities

Cities & Towns