Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Major Cities of England): Counties, Unitary Districts, Major Cities & Towns

The counties and unitary districts of England as well as all cities and towns (as census-defined urban areas) of more than 20,000 inhabitants.

Counties & Unitary Districts
Principal Cities
Cities & Towns

Counties & Unitary Districts

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Adm.	Capital	A (km²)	C 1991-04-05	C 2001-04-29	C 2011-03-27
i	Bath and North East Somerset	BSS	Dist	ENG		346	158,692	169,040	176,016
i	Bedford	BFD	Dist	ENG		476	133,692	147,911	157,479
i	Blackburn with Darwen	BLB	Dist	ENG		137	136,556	137,470	147,489
i	Blackpool	BLP	Dist	ENG		35	146,069	142,283	142,065
i	Bournemouth	BMO	Dist	ENG		46	151,302	163,444	183,491
i	Bracknell Forest	BRF	Dist	ENG		109	95,949	109,617	113,205
i	Brighton and Hove	BAH	Dist	ENG		83	228,933	247,817	273,369
i	Bristol (City of)	BRI	Dist	ENG		110	376,146	380,615	428,234
i	Buckinghamshire	BHS	Cnty	ENG		1,565	454,692	479,026	505,283
i	Cambridgeshire	CAM	Cnty	ENG		3,046	492,277	552,658	621,210
i	Central Bedfordshire	CBF	Dist	ENG		716	218,742	233,661	254,381
i	Cheshire East	CSE	Dist	ENG		1,166	339,299	351,817	370,127
i	Cheshire West and Chester	CSW	Dist	ENG		917	311,038	321,971	329,608
i	Cornwall	COR	Dist	ENG		3,546	466,377	499,114	532,273
i	Cumbria	CUM	Cnty	ENG		6,768	483,163	487,607	499,858
i	Darlington	DAR	Dist	ENG		197	98,906	97,838	105,564
i	Derby	DER	Dist	ENG		78	218,802	221,708	248,752
i	Derbyshire	DSH	Cnty	ENG		2,547	710,003	734,585	769,686
i	Devon	DEV	Cnty	ENG		6,564	646,903	704,493	746,399
i	Dorset	DST	Cnty	ENG		2,542	361,072	390,980	412,905
i	Durham (County)	DUR	Dist	ENG		2,226	493,741	493,470	513,242
i	East Riding of Yorkshire	ERY	Dist	ENG		2,408	291,981	314,113	334,179
i	East Sussex	ESX	Cnty	ENG		1,709	461,132	492,324	526,671
i	Essex	ESS	Cnty	ENG		3,465	1,241,078	1,310,835	1,393,587
i	Gloucestershire	GLO	Cnty	ENG		2,653	528,370	564,559	596,984
i	Greater London	LON		ENG		1,572	6,679,332	7,172,091	8,173,941
i	Greater Manchester	MAN	MCnty	ENG		1,276	2,498,618	2,482,328	2,682,528
i	Halton	HAL	Dist	ENG		79	124,142	118,208	125,746
i	Hampshire	HSH	Cnty	ENG		3,679	1,168,096	1,240,103	1,317,788
i	Hartlepool	HAR	Dist	ENG		94	90,409	88,611	92,028
i	Herefordshire (County of)	HFS	Dist	ENG		2,180	159,870	174,871	183,477
i	Hertfordshire	HER	Cnty	ENG		1,643	977,665	1,033,977	1,116,062
i	Isle of Wight	WIG	Dist	ENG		380	124,577	132,731	138,265
i	Isles of Scilly	SCI	Dist	ENG		16	2,048	2,153	2,203
i	Kent	KEN	Cnty	ENG		3,544	1,268,978	1,329,718	1,463,740
i	Kingston upon Hull (City of)	KUH	Dist	ENG		71	254,117	243,589	256,406
i	Lancashire	LAN	Cnty	ENG		2,903	1,101,458	1,134,974	1,171,339
i	Leicester	LEI	Dist	ENG		73	270,493	279,921	329,839
i	Leicestershire	LSH	Cnty	ENG		2,083	565,539	609,578	650,489
i	Lincolnshire	LIN	Cnty	ENG		5,921	584,536	646,645	713,653
i	Luton	LUT	Dist	ENG		43	171,671	184,371	203,201
i	Medway (Gillingham and Rochester)	MED	Dist	ENG		192	240,228	249,488	263,925
i	Merseyside	MER	MCnty	ENG		645	1,403,422	1,362,026	1,381,189
i	Middlesbrough	MID	Dist	ENG		54	140,849	134,855	138,412
i	Milton Keynes	MKE	Dist	ENG		309	176,330	207,057	248,821
i	Norfolk	NFK	Cnty	ENG		5,371	745,613	796,728	857,888
i	Northamptonshire	NHS	Cnty	ENG		2,364	578,807	629,676	691,952
i	North East Lincolnshire	NEL	Dist	ENG		192	159,662	157,979	159,616
i	North Lincolnshire	NLS	Dist	ENG		846	152,326	152,849	167,446
i	North Somerset	NSS	Dist	ENG		374	177,472	188,564	202,566
i	Northumberland	NHL	Dist	ENG		5,013	304,557	307,190	316,028
i	North Yorkshire	NYS	Cnty	ENG		8,038	535,862	569,660	598,376
i	Nottingham	NOT	Dist	ENG		75	263,522	266,988	305,680
i	Nottinghamshire	NTS	Cnty	ENG		2,085	730,078	748,510	785,802
i	Oxfordshire	OFS	Cnty	ENG		2,605	547,584	605,488	653,798
i	Peterborough	PET	Dist	ENG		343	152,829	156,061	183,631
i	Plymouth	PLY	Dist	ENG		80	243,373	240,720	256,384
i	Poole	POO	Dist	ENG		65	133,050	138,288	147,645
i	Portsmouth	PMO	Dist	ENG		40	174,697	186,701	205,056
i	Reading	REA	Dist	ENG		40	128,877	143,096	155,698
i	Redcar and Cleveland	RAC	Dist	ENG		245	145,123	139,132	135,177
i	Rutland	RUT	Dist	ENG		382	31,489	34,563	37,369
i	Shropshire	SHR	Dist	ENG		3,197	266,871	283,173	306,129
i	Slough	SLO	Dist	ENG		33	104,228	119,067	140,205
i	Somerset	SOM	Cnty	ENG		3,451	460,368	498,093	529,972
i	Southampton	SHT	Dist	ENG		50	196,864	217,445	236,882
i	Southend-on-Sea	SOS	Dist	ENG		42	158,517	160,257	173,658
i	South Gloucestershire	SGS	Dist	ENG		497	220,364	245,641	262,767
i	South Yorkshire	SYS	MCnty	ENG		1,552	1,263,153	1,266,338	1,343,601
i	Staffordshire	SFS	Cnty	ENG		2,620	785,274	806,744	848,489
i	Stockton-on-Tees	SOT	Dist	ENG		204	173,912	178,408	191,610
i	Stoke-on-Trent	STR	Dist	ENG		93	244,643	240,636	249,008
i	Suffolk	SUF	Cnty	ENG		3,801	636,285	668,553	728,163
i	Surrey	SUR	Cnty	ENG		1,663	1,013,872	1,059,015	1,132,390
i	Swindon	SWI	Dist	ENG		230	170,850	180,051	209,156
i	Telford and Wrekin	TAW	Dist	ENG		290	139,516	158,325	166,641
i	Thurrock	THU	Dist	ENG		163	127,815	143,128	157,705
i	Torbay	TBY	Dist	ENG		63	119,674	129,706	130,959
i	Tyne and Wear	TYN	MCnty	ENG		540	1,096,072	1,075,938	1,104,825
i	Warrington	WRT	Dist	ENG		181	183,096	191,080	202,228
i	Warwickshire	WAR	Cnty	ENG		1,975	484,320	505,860	545,474
i	West Berkshire (Newbury)	WBS	Dist	ENG		704	136,700	144,483	153,822
i	West Midlands	WML	MCnty	ENG		902	2,561,684	2,555,592	2,736,460
i	West Sussex	WSX	Cnty	ENG		1,991	704,339	753,614	806,892
i	West Yorkshire	WYS	MCnty	ENG		2,029	2,013,516	2,079,211	2,226,058
i	Wiltshire	WSH	Dist	ENG		3,255	395,381	432,973	470,981
i	Windsor and Maidenhead	WAM	Dist	ENG		197	132,465	133,626	144,560
i	Wokingham	WOK	Dist	ENG		179	139,189	150,229	154,380
i	Worcestershire	WOR	Cnty	ENG		1,741	508,015	542,107	566,169
i	York	YOR	Dist	ENG		272	166,008	181,094	198,051
i	England	ENG			London	130,281	47,055,205	49,138,831	53,012,456
	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	GBR			London	242,910	56,466,680	58,789,194	61,371,000

UK National Statistics (web).

Principal Cities

	Name	Adm.	CU C 2001-04-29
1	London	LON	7,172,091
2	Birmingham	WML	970,892
3	Liverpool	MER	469,017
4	Leeds	WYS	443,247
5	Sheffield	SYS	439,866
6	Bristol	BRI	420,556
7	Manchester	MAN	394,269
8	Leicester	LEI	330,574
9	Coventry	WML	303,475
10	Kingston upon Hull	KUH	301,416
11	Bradford	WYS	293,717

Cities & Towns

	Name	Adm.	CU C 1981-04-05	CU C 1991-04-05	CU C 2001-04-29
i	Abingdon	OFS	29,130	35,234	36,010
i	Accrington	LAN	36,459	36,466	35,203
i	Aldershot	HSH	53,665	51,356	58,170
i	Alfreton	DSH	21,284	22,822	22,302
i	Altrincham	MAN	39,528	40,042	40,695
i	Amersham	BHS	21,326	21,711	21,470
i	Andover	HSH	30,632	34,647	37,955
i	Arnold	NTS	37,721	37,646	37,402
i	Ashford	KEN	45,198	52,002	58,936
i	Ashington	NHL	27,786	27,962	27,335
i	Ashton-in-Makerfield	MAN	...	28,105	28,505
i	Ashton-under-Lyne	MAN	43,605	43,906	43,236
i	Atherton	MAN	...	21,696	20,302
i	Aylesbury	BHS	51,999	58,058	69,021
i	Aylesford / East Malling	KEN	21,017	24,085	24,244
i	Banbury	OFS	37,463	39,906	43,867
i	Banstead / Tadworth	SUR	35,360	37,245	38,664
i	Barnsley	SYS	76,783	75,120	71,599
i	Barnstaple	DEV	24,490	27,691	30,765
i	Barrow-in-Furness	CUM	50,174	48,947	47,194
i	Basildon	ESS	94,800	100,924	99,876
i	Basingstoke	HSH	73,027	77,837	90,171
i	Bath	BSS	84,283	85,202	90,144
i	Batley	WYS	45,582	48,030	49,448
i	Bebington	MER	62,618	60,148	57,066
i	Bedford	BFD	75,632	73,917	82,488
i	Bedworth	WAR	29,192	31,932	30,001
i	Beeston and Stapleford	NHS	64,785	66,626	66,683
i	Belper	DSH	...	18,213	21,938
i	Benfleet	ESS	50,783	49,701	48,539
i	Bentley	SYS	34,273	32,675	33,968
i	Beverley	ERY	19,368	23,632	29,110
i	Bexhill	ESX	34,625	38,905	39,451
i	Bicester	OFS	15,946	22,128	31,113
i	Billericay	ESS	...	33,377	33,687
i	Billingham	SOT	...	36,869	35,592
i	Birkenhead	MER	99,075	93,087	83,729
i	Birmingham	WML	1,013,995	965,928	970,892
i	Bishop Auckland	DUR	23,560	23,154	24,764
i	Bishop's Stortford {Bishops Stortford}	HER	22,535	28,403	35,325
i	Blackburn	BLB	109,564	105,994	105,085
i	Blackpool	BLP	146,297	146,262	142,283
i	Bletchley	MKE	...	41,435	47,176
i	Blyth	NHL	35,101	35,327	35,691
i	Bognor Regis	WSX	50,323	56,744	62,141
i	Bolton	MAN	143,960	139,020	139,403
i	Bootle	MER	70,860	65,454	59,123
i	Borehamwood	HFS	...	29,837	31,172
i	Boston	LIN	33,908	34,606	35,124
i	Bournemouth	BMO	142,829	155,488	167,527
i	Bracknell	BRF	52,257	60,895	70,795
i	Bradford	WYS	293,336	289,376	293,717
i	Braintree	ESS	30,975	33,229	42,393
i	Bredbury and Romiley	MAN	...	28,205	28,167
i	Brentwood	ESS	51,212	49,463	47,593
i	Bridgwater	SOM	30,782	34,610	36,563
i	Bridlington	ERY	28,426	31,334	33,589
i	Brighouse	WYS	32,597	32,198	32,360
i	Brighton	BAH	134,581	124,851	134,293
i	Bristol	BRI	413,861	407,992	420,556
i	Broadstairs	KEN	21,551	22,116	22,712
i	Bromley Cross / Bradshaw	MAN	...	22,017	22,747
i	Bromsgrove	WOR	24,576	26,366	29,237
i	Burgess Hill	WSX	23,577	26,077	29,388
i	Burnham-on-Sea / Highbridge	SOM	...	19,588	21,476
i	Burnley	LAN	76,365	74,661	73,021
i	Burntwood	SFS	28,938	28,801	29,205
i	Burton upon Trent	SFS	...	...	43,784
i	Bury	MAN	61,785	62,633	60,718
i	Bury St Edmunds	SUF	30,563	31,237	36,218
i	Buxton	DSH	...	19,854	20,836
i	Camberley / Frimley	SUR	45,108	46,120	47,123
i	Camborne / Redruth	COR	34,262	35,915	39,937
i	Cambridge (/ Milton)	CAM	...	99,494	117,717
i	Cannock	SFS	54,503	60,106	65,022
i	Canterbury	KEN	34,546	36,464	43,552
i	Canvey Island	ESS	35,243	36,406	37,479
i	Carlisle	CUM	72,206	72,439	71,773
i	Carlton	NTS	46,053	47,302	48,493
i	Castleford	WYS	39,308	38,536	37,525
i	Caterham and Warlingham	SUR	30,331	30,177	31,649
i	Central Milton Keynes	MKE	...	31,366	31,442
i	Chadderton	MAN	...	34,026	33,001
i	Chapeltown	SYS	...	23,479	22,665
i	Chatham	MED	65,835	71,691	73,468
i	Cheadle and Gatley	MAN	59,478	58,457	57,507
i	Chelmsford	ESS	91,109	97,451	99,962
i	Cheltenham	GLO	87,188	91,301	98,875
i	Chesham	BHS	20,883	20,290	20,357
i	Cheshunt	HFS	49,616	51,998	55,275
i	Chester	CSW	80,154	80,110	80,121
i	Chesterfield	DSH	73,352	71,945	70,260
i	Chester-le-Street	DUR	34,776	35,123	36,049
i	Chichester	WSX	26,050	26,572	27,477
i	Chippenham	WSH	21,325	25,961	33,189
i	Chipping Sodbury	SGS	...	31,973	34,408
i	Chorley	LAN	33,465	33,536	33,424
i	Christchurch	DST	32,854	36,379	40,208
i	Clacton-on-Sea	ESS	39,618	45,065	51,284
i	Clay Cross / North Wingfield	DSH	22,635	24,271	20,754
i	Cleckheaton and Liversedge	WYS	...	27,151	26,796
i	Cleethorpes	NEL	33,238	32,719	31,853
i	Clevedon	NSS	17,875	21,670	21,957
i	Clifton	NOT	...	...	22,312
i	Coalville	LSH	28,831	30,408	32,124
i	Colchester	ESS	87,476	96,063	104,390
i	Colne	LAN	...	18,776	20,118
i	Congleton	CSE	23,482	24,897	25,400
i	Consett	DUR	22,409	20,148	20,659
i	Corby	NHS	48,704	49,053	49,222
i	Coventry	WML	318,718	299,316	303,475
i	Cramlington	NHL	...	26,238	28,653
i	Crawley	WSX	80,113	88,203	100,547
i	Crewe	CSE	59,097	63,351	67,683
i	Crosby	MER	54,103	52,869	51,789
i	Crowborough	ESX	...	19,563	20,281
i	Crowthorne	WOK	...	21,500	24,082
i	Darlington	DAR	85,519	86,767	86,082
i	Dartford	KEN	62,032	59,411	56,818
i	Darwen	BLB	30,883	29,864	31,570
i	Daventry	NHS	...	18,099	21,731
i	Deal	KEN	26,311	28,504	29,248
i	Denton	MAN	...	...	26,866
i	Derby	DER	218,026	223,836	229,407
i	Dewsbury	WYS	49,612	50,168	54,341
i	Didcot	OFS	...	17,691	25,231
i	Doncaster	SYS	74,727	71,595	67,977
i	Dover	KEN	33,461	34,179	34,087
i	Droitwich	WOR	18,025	20,966	22,585
i	Dronfield	DSH	22,641	22,985	21,177
i	Droylsden	MAN	...	22,666	23,172
i	Dudley	WML	186,513	192,171	194,919
i	Dunstable	CBF	48,436	49,666	50,775
i	Durham (County Durham)	DUR	...	36,937	42,939
i	Eastbourne	ESX	86,715	94,793	106,562
i	East Grinstead	WSX	23,867	27,058	26,222
i	Eastleigh	HSH	58,585	49,934	52,894
i	East Retford	NTS	19,308	20,679	21,314
i	Eccles	MAN	...	36,000	36,610
i	Egham	SUR	21,810	23,816	27,666
i	Ellesmere Port	CSW	65,829	64,504	66,265
i	Epsom and Ewell	SUR	65,830	64,405	64,493
i	Esher / Molesey	SUR	46,688	46,599	50,344
i	Eston and South Bank	RAC	37,694	37,343	32,788
i	Evesham	WOR	...	17,823	22,179
i	Exeter	DEV	88,235	94,717	106,772
i	Exmouth	DEV	28,037	28,414	32,972
i	Failsworth	MAN	...	20,160	20,007
i	Falmouth	COR	17,810	20,297	21,635
i	Fareham / Portchester	HSH	55,563	54,866	56,160
i	Farnborough	HSH	48,063	52,535	57,147
i	Farnham	SUR	34,541	36,178	36,298
i	Farnworth	MAN	25,591	25,053	25,264
i	Felixstowe	SUF	24,207	28,606	29,349
i	Felling	TYN	36,377	35,053	34,196
i	Ferndown	DST	...	25,177	25,246
i	Fleet	HSH	27,406	30,391	32,726
i	Fleetwood	LAN	27,899	27,227	26,841
i	Folkestone	KEN	42,949	45,587	45,273
i	Formby	MER	26,852	25,356	24,478
i	Frome	SOM	19,678	23,159	24,171
i	Gateshead	TYN	91,429	83,159	78,403
i	Gillingham	MED	92,531	94,923	98,403
i	Glossop / Hollingworth	DSH	29,923	30,771	32,219
i	Gloucester	GLO	106,526	114,003	123,205
i	Godalming	SUR	18,758	20,630	21,514
i	Golborne	MAN	20,633	21,693	23,119
i	Gosforth	TYN	...	23,315	23,620
i	Gosport	HSH	69,664	67,802	69,348
i	Grantham	LIN	30,700	33,243	34,592
i	Gravesend	KEN	53,450	51,435	53,045
i	Grays	THU	45,881	50,145	64,173
i	Greasby / Moreton	MER	56,410	56,077	53,905
i	Great Malvern	WOR	30,153	31,537	35,588
i	Great Sankey	WRT	...	34,025	40,265
i	Great Yarmouth	NFK	54,777	56,190	58,032
i	Grimsby	NEL	91,532	90,703	87,574
i	Guildford	SUR	61,509	65,998	69,400
i	Guiseley / Yeadon	WYS	...	31,104	31,381
i	Halesowen	WML	57,333	57,918	55,273
i	Halifax	WYS	76,675	91,069	83,570
i	Harlow (/ Sawbridgeworth)	ESS	...	84,061	88,296
i	Harpenden	HER	...	28,097	28,452
i	Harrogate (/ Knaresborough)	NYS	...	79,558	85,128
i	Hartlepool	HAR	91,749	87,310	86,075
i	Harwich	ESS	...	18,436	20,130
i	Hastings	ESX	74,979	81,139	85,828
i	Hatfield	HER	33,174	31,104	32,281
i	Havant	HSH	50,098	46,510	45,435
i	Haverhill	SUF	...	19,086	22,010
i	Haywards Heath	WSX	...	28,923	29,110
i	Hazel Grove and Bramhall	MAN	40,819	39,730	38,724
i	Hazlemere / Tylers Green	BHS	...	20,843	20,500
i	Heanor	DSH	21,863	22,180	22,620
i	Hedge End	HSH	...	16,171	21,174
i	Hemel Hempstead	HFS	80,110	79,235	83,118
i	Hereford	HFS	48,277	54,326	56,373
i	Herne Bay	KEN	...	31,861	34,747
i	Hertford	HER	21,350	21,665	24,460
i	Heswall	MER	...	31,093	29,977
i	Heywood	MAN	29,639	29,286	28,024
i	High Wycombe	BHS	69,575	71,718	77,178
i	Hinckley	LSH	35,510	40,608	43,246
i	Hindley	MAN	...	22,581	23,457
i	Hitchin	HER	33,480	32,221	33,352
i	Hoddesdon	HER	37,960	36,883	35,235
i	Holmfirth / Honley	WYS	21,138	21,979	22,690
i	Horley	SUR	...	19,267	22,582
i	Horsham	WSX	38,356	42,552	47,804
i	Houghton-le-Spring	TYN	35,337	35,100	36,746
i	Hove	BAH	65,587	67,602	72,335
i	Hoylake / West Kirby	MER	24,815	25,554	25,524
i	Hucknall	NTS	27,463	29,160	29,188
i	Huddersfield	WYS	147,825	143,726	146,234
i	Huntingdon	CAM	...	15,575	20,600
i	Huyton-with-Roby	MER	62,011	56,500	54,766
i	Hyde	MAN	30,461	30,666	31,253
i	Ilkeston	DSH	34,683	35,134	37,270
i	Ipswich	SUF	129,661	130,157	138,718
i	Jarrow	TYN	31,345	29,325	27,526
i	Keighley	WYS	49,188	49,567	49,453
i	Kendal	CUM	23,710	25,461	28,030
i	Kenilworth	WAR	18,782	21,623	22,218
i	Kettering	NHS	44,758	47,186	51,063
i	Kidderminster	WOR	50,385	54,644	55,348
i	Kidsgrove	SFS	27,999	27,702	28,724
i	King's Lynn {Kings Lynn}	NFK	37,323	41,281	40,921
i	Kingston upon Hull	KUH	322,144	310,636	301,416
i	Kingswood	SGS	54,736	60,192	62,679
i	Kirkby	MER	52,825	43,017	40,006
i	Kirkby in Ashfield	NTS	...	27,014	27,067
i	Lancaster	LAN	43,902	44,497	45,952
i	Leatherhead	SUR	42,399	42,903	42,885
i	Leeds	WYS	445,242	424,194	443,247
i	Leicester	LEI	324,394	318,518	330,574
i	Leigh	MAN	42,627	43,150	43,006
i	Leighton Buzzard	CBF	...	32,610	32,753
i	Letchworth	HER	31,146	31,418	32,932
i	Leyland	LAN	36,694	37,331	37,103
i	Lichfield	SFS	25,408	28,666	28,435
i	Lincoln	LIN	79,980	80,281	85,963
i	Litherland	MER	21,989	20,905	22,242
i	Littlehampton	WSX	46,028	50,408	55,716
i	Liverpool	MER	538,809	481,786	469,017
i	Locks Heath	HSH	...	29,848	36,452
i	Lofthouse / Stanley	WYS	...	19,136	22,947
i	London	LON	6,574,009	6,638,109	7,172,091
i	Longbenton / Killingworth	TYN	36,780	34,630	34,878
i	Long Eaton	DSH	42,285	44,826	46,490
i	Loughborough	LSH	44,895	46,867	55,258
i	Loughton	ESS	...	39,553	41,078
i	Lowestoft	SUF	59,430	62,907	68,340
i	Luton	LUT	163,209	171,671	185,543
i	Lytham St. Anne's {Lytham St. Annes}	LAN	39,599	40,866	41,327
i	Macclesfield	CSE	47,525	50,270	50,688
i	Maghull / Lydiate	MER	...	29,206	28,848
i	Maidenhead	WAM	59,809	59,605	58,848
i	Maidstone	KEN	86,067	90,878	89,684
i	Maldon	ESS	...	15,841	20,731
i	Manchester	MAN	437,612	402,889	394,269
i	Mangotsfield	SGS	...	27,860	33,762
i	Mansfield	NTS	71,325	71,858	69,987
i	Margate	KEN	53,137	56,734	58,465
i	Market Harborough	LSH	...	16,563	20,127
i	Melton Mowbray	LSH	23,379	24,348	25,554
i	Middlesbrough	MID	158,516	147,430	142,691
i	Middleton	MAN	51,373	45,621	45,314
i	Morecambe	LAN	41,432	46,657	49,569
i	Morley	WYS	44,671	47,579	54,051
i	Nelson	LAN	30,449	29,120	28,998
i	New Addington	LON	...	21,445	21,527
i	Newark-on-Trent	NTS	33,143	35,129	35,454
i	Newburn	TYN	43,701	42,897	41,294
i	Newbury	WBS	31,488	33,273	32,675
i	Newcastle-under-Lyme	SFS	73,208	73,731	74,427
i	Newcastle upon Tyne	TYN	199,064	189,150	189,863
i	New Milton / Barton-on-Sea	HSH	...	24,324	26,681
i	Newport	WIG	19,758	20,574	22,957
i	Newton Abbot	DEV	20,567	23,801	24,855
i	Newton Aycliffe	DUR	...	25,085	25,655
i	Newton-le-Willows	MER	...	19,416	21,307
i	Northampton	NHS	154,172	179,596	189,474
i	Northfleet	KEN	21,400	21,397	23,457
i	North Shields	TYN	...	38,119	39,042
i	Northwich	CSW	32,664	34,520	39,568
i	Norton-Radstock	BSS	...	19,032	20,049
i	Norwich	NFK	169,814	171,304	174,047
i	Nottingham	NOT	273,300	270,222	249,584
i	Nuneaton	WAR	60,337	66,715	70,721
i	Oadby	LSH	...	18,538	22,679
i	Oakengates / Donnington	TAW	...	27,366	31,246
i	Oldbury / Smethwick	WML	153,268	145,542	139,855
i	Oldham	MAN	107,095	103,931	103,544
i	Ormskirk	LAN	22,308	23,425	23,392
i	Ossett	WYS	...	20,405	21,076
i	Oxford	OFS	113,847	118,795	143,016
i	Paignton	TBY	...	42,989	47,398
i	Penzance	COR	...	19,709	20,255
i	Peterborough	PET	113,404	134,788	136,292
i	Peterlee	DUR	31,405	31,139	29,936
i	Plymouth	PLY	238,583	245,295	243,795
i	Pontefract	WYS	...	28,358	28,250
i	Poole	POO	122,815	138,479	144,800
i	Portsmouth	PMO	174,218	174,690	187,056
i	Potters Bar	HER	22,610	22,414	22,008
i	Prescot	MER	...	37,486	39,695
i	Preston	LAN	166,675	177,660	184,836
i	Prestwich	MAN	31,854	31,801	31,693
i	Pudsey	WYS	...	31,636	32,391
i	Radcliffe	MAN	27,664	32,567	34,239
i	Ramsgate	KEN	36,678	37,895	37,967
i	Rawtenstall	LAN	21,247	21,933	21,797
i	Rayleigh	ESS	28,574	28,912	30,629
i	Reading	REA	194,727	213,474	232,662
i	Redcar	RAC	35,373	35,877	36,443
i	Redditch	WOR	61,639	73,372	74,803
i	Reigate / Redhill	SUR	48,241	47,602	50,436
i	Rochdale	MAN	97,292	94,313	95,796
i	Rochester	MED	23,840	23,971	27,125
i	Rotherham	SYS	122,374	121,380	117,262
i	Rottingdean / Saltdean	BAH	...	21,487	21,411
i	Royal Leamington Spa	WAR	56,552	55,396	61,595
i	Royal Tunbridge Wells	KEN	57,699	60,272	60,095
i	Royton	MAN	...	21,475	22,238
i	Rugby	WAR	59,039	61,106	61,988
i	Rugeley	SFS	23,751	22,975	22,724
i	Runcorn	HAL	63,995	64,154	60,072
i	Rushden	NHS	22,394	23,854	25,331
i	Ryde	WIG	19,384	20,502	22,806
i	Sale	MAN	57,872	56,052	55,234
i	Salford	MAN	96,525	79,755	72,750
i	Salisbury	WSH	36,890	39,268	43,355
i	Scarborough	NYS	36,665	38,809	38,364
i	Scunthorpe	NLS	79,043	75,982	72,660
i	Seaford	ESX	...	19,622	21,851
i	Seaham	DUR	21,807	22,130	21,153
i	Sevenoaks	KEN	24,493	24,489	26,699
i	Sheffield	SYS	470,685	431,607	439,866
i	Shipley	WYS	...	28,165	28,162
i	Shrewsbury	SHR	57,731	64,219	67,126
i	Sittingbourne	KEN	35,893	38,771	39,974
i	Skelmersdale	LAN	42,611	42,104	39,279
i	Slough	SLO	106,341	110,708	126,276
i	Solihull	WML	93,940	94,531	94,753
i	Sompting / Lancing	WSX	...	29,575	30,360
i	Southampton	SHT	211,321	210,138	234,224
i	Southend-on-Sea	SOS	155,720	158,517	160,257
i	Southport	MER	88,596	90,959	91,404
i	South Shields	TYN	86,488	83,704	82,854
i	Spalding	LIN	18,182	18,731	22,081
i	St. Helens	MER	114,397	106,293	102,629
i	Stafford	SFS	60,915	61,885	63,681
i	Staines	SUR	51,949	51,167	50,538
i	St Albans	HER	76,709	80,376	82,429
i	Stalybridge	MAN	...	22,921	22,568
i	Stanford Le Hope / Corringham	THU	...	30,747	30,102
i	Stanley	DUR	20,058	18,905	19,072
i	Stapenhill / Winshill	SFS	...	...	21,985
i	St Austell	COR	20,267	21,622	22,658
i	Staveley	DSH	24,457	27,665	25,763
i	Stevenage	HER	74,757	76,064	81,482
i	Stockport	MAN	135,489	132,813	136,082
i	Stockton Heath / Thelwall	WRT	...	22,821	25,874
i	Stockton-on-Tees	SOT	86,699	83,576	80,060
i	Stoke-on-Trent	STR	272,446	266,543	259,252
i	Stourbridge	WML	55,136	55,624	55,480
i	Stratford-upon-Avon	WAR	20,941	22,231	22,187
i	Stretford	MAN	47,522	43,906	42,103
i	Strood	MED	...	31,803	32,663
i	Stroud	GLO	...	...	32,052
i	Sudbury	SUF	...	19,512	20,188
i	Sunbury	SUR	28,240	27,392	27,415
i	Sunderland	TYN	195,064	183,310	177,739
i	Sutton Coldfield	WML	102,572	106,001	105,452
i	Sutton in Ashfield	NTS	39,536	37,890	41,951
i	Swadlincote	DSH	33,667	36,859	39,322
i	Swanley / Hextable	KEN	...	21,081	20,986
i	Swindon	SWI	127,348	145,236	155,432
i	Swinton and Pendlebury	MAN	44,508	43,906	41,347
i	Tamworth	SFS	63,260	68,440	71,650
i	Taunton	SOM	47,793	55,855	58,241
i	Telford Dawley	TAW	28,645	35,750	40,437
i	Thatcham	WBS	14,940	20,726	22,989
i	Thetford	NFK	19,529	20,058	21,760
i	Thornaby	SOT	26,319	24,189	22,620
i	Thornton / Cleveleys	LAN	26,697	28,061	31,157
i	Tonbridge	KEN	34,407	34,260	35,833
i	Torquay	TBY	54,430	59,587	62,968
i	Totton	HSH	...	25,906	27,986
i	Trowbridge	WSH	27,299	29,334	34,401
i	Truro	COR	...	18,966	20,920
i	Tyldesley	MAN	...	30,606	34,022
i	Urmston	MAN	43,706	41,804	40,964
i	Wakefield	WYS	74,764	73,955	76,886
i	Walkden	MAN	...	38,685	36,218
i	Wallasey	MER	62,465	60,895	58,710
i	Wallsend	TYN	44,542	45,280	42,842
i	Walsall	WML	177,923	174,739	170,994
i	Walton and Weybridge	SUR	50,031	52,802	52,890
i	Warrington	WRT	81,366	82,812	80,661
i	Warwick	WAR	21,701	22,476	23,350
i	Washington	TYN	48,856	56,848	53,388
i	Waterlooville	HSH	57,296	65,473	63,558
i	Watford	HER	109,503	113,080	120,960
i	Wellingborough	NHS	38,598	41,602	46,959
i	Wellington	TAW	...	18,494	22,319
i	Welwyn Garden City	HER	40,665	42,087	43,512
i	West Bridgford	NTS	27,463	33,843	43,395
i	West Bromwich	WML	153,725	146,386	136,940
i	Westhoughton	MAN	...	20,373	21,997
i	Weston-super-Mare	NSS	60,851	69,372	78,044
i	Weymouth	DST	38,384	46,065	48,279
i	Whitefield	MAN	...	22,783	23,284
i	Whitehaven	CUM	27,512	26,542	24,978
i	Whitley Bay	TYN	36,040	33,335	36,544
i	Whitstable	KEN	...	28,907	30,195
i	Wickford	ESS	...	26,294	30,751
i	Widnes	HAL	55,973	57,162	55,686
i	Wigan	MAN	88,725	85,819	81,203
i	Wigston	LSH	32,373	32,864	33,116
i	Wilmslow / Alderley Edge	CSE	...	33,884	34,087
i	Winchester	HSH	34,127	36,121	41,420
i	Windsor / Eton	WAM	30,832	30,136	30,568
i	Winsford	CSW	26,548	26,839	29,440
i	Wisbech	CAM	22,932	24,981	26,536
i	Witham	ESS	21,875	22,684	22,631
i	Witney	OFS	14,215	20,377	22,765
i	Woking / Byfleet	SUR	92,667	98,138	101,127
i	Wokingham	WOK	30,344	38,063	39,544
i	Wolverhampton	WML	263,501	257,943	251,462
i	Wolverton / Stony Stratford	MKE	...	55,733	60,359
i	Worcester	WOR	75,466	82,661	94,029
i	Workington	CUM	...	...	21,514
i	Worksop	NTS	34,551	37,247	39,072
i	Worthing	WSX	90,687	95,732	96,964
i	Yeovil	SOM	36,114	38,805	41,871
i	York	YOR	123,126	124,609	137,505

(1981) provided by Ulrich Buys.
(1991) (2001) UK National Statistics (web).

GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND: Major Cities of England

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Principal Cities

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