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This is a list of cities and towns in the United Kingdom with a population of over 100,000 as of the 2011 Census. It includes Greater London and London boroughs .
Cities and towns [ edit ]
The city/town population refers to the built-up area or the built-up area sub-division population, it's not same as the population of its council. For example, Leeds had a town (built-up) population of about 475,000 in 2011 but the Leeds Council area also includes the Yorkshire countryside and smaller towns around it, and controls a population of 750,000.
London
Birmingham
Glasgow
Liverpool
Bristol
Sheffield
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Leeds
Edinburgh
Leicester
2011 Rank
City/Town
Population(2011 Census)[1] [2]
Regions
Countries
1
London [Notes 1]
8,173,941
Greater London
England
2
Birmingham
1,085,810
West Midlands
England
3
Glasgow
590,507
Scotland
Scotland
4
Liverpool
552,267
North West
England
5
Bristol
535,907
South West
England
6
Sheffield
518,090
Yorkshire and the Humber
England
7
Manchester
510,746
North West
England
8
Leeds
474,632
Yorkshire and the Humber
England
9
Edinburgh
459,366
Scotland
Scotland
10
Leicester
443,760
East Midlands
England
11
Bradford
349,561
Yorkshire and the Humber
England
12
Cardiff
335,145
Wales
Wales
13
Coventry
325,949
West Midlands
England
14
Nottingham
289,301
East Midlands
England
15
Kingston upon Hull
284,321
Yorkshire and the Humber
England
16
Belfast
280,211
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
17
Stoke-on-Trent
270,726
West Midlands
England
18
Newcastle upon Tyne
268,064
North East
England
19
Wolverhampton
265,178
West Midlands
England
20
Derby
255,394
East Midlands
England
21
Southampton
253,651
South East
England
22
Portsmouth
238,137
South East
England
23
Plymouth
234,982
South West
England
24
Brighton and Hove
229,700
South East
England
25
City of Westminster
218,791
Greater London
England
26
Reading
218,705
South East
England
27
Northampton
215,173
East Midlands
England
28
Luton
211,228
East of England
England
29
Aberdeen
195,021
Scotland
Scotland
30
Bolton
194,189
North West
England
31
Bournemouth
187,503
South West
England
32
Norwich
186,682
East of England
England
33
Swindon
182,441
South West
England
34
Swansea
179,485
Wales
Wales
35
Southend-on-Sea
175,547
East of England
England
36
Middlesbrough
174,700
North East
England
37
Sunderland
174,286
North East
England
38
Milton Keynes
171,750
South East
England
39
Warrington
165,456
North West
England
40
Huddersfield
162,949
Yorkshire and the Humber
England
41
Peterborough
161,707
East of England
England
42
Oxford
159,994
South East
England
43
Slough
155,298
South East
England
44
Poole
154,718
South West
England
45
York
152,841
Yorkshire and the Humber
England
46
Blackpool
147,663
North West
England
47
Dundee
147,285
Scotland
Scotland
48
Cambridge
145,818
East of England
England
49
Ipswich
144,957
East of England
England
50
Birkenhead
142,968
North West
England
51
Telford
142,723
West Midlands
England
52
Gloucester
136,362
South West
England
53
Sale
134,022
North West
England
54
Watford
131,982
East of England
England
55
Newport
128,060
Wales
Wales
56
Solihull
123,187
West Midlands
England
57
High Wycombe
120,256
South East
England
58
Gateshead
120,046
North East
England
59
Colchester
119,441
East of England
England
60
Blackburn
117,963
North West
England
61
Cheltenham
116,447
South West
England
62
Exeter
113,507
South West
England
63
Chelmsford
110,507
East of England
England
64
Doncaster
109,805
Yorkshire and the Humber
England
65
Rotherham
109,691
Yorkshire and the Humber
England
66
Eastbourne
109,185
South East
England
67
Worthing
109,120
South East
England
68
Sutton Coldfield
109,015
West Midlands
England
69
Rochdale
107,926
North West
England
70
Maidstone
107,627
South East
England
71
Basingstoke
107,355
South East
England
72
Basildon
107,123
South East
England
73
Crawley
106,943
South East
England
74
Stockport
105,878
North West
England
75
Woking
105,367
South East
England
76
Gillingham
104,157
South East
England
77
Salford
103,886
North West
England
78
Wigan
103,608
North West
England
79
St. Helens
102,885
North West
England
80
Lincoln
100,160
East Midlands
England
81
Worcester
100,153
West Midlands
England
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
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