Official Cities in the UK

There are currently 76 officially-designated cities in the United Kingdom. How many can you name?

Including the 8 new cities announced for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022

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First submitted	April 11, 2013
Times taken	147,908
Average score	46.1%
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England

Bath

Birmingham

Bradford

Brighton & Hove

Bristol

Cambridge

Canterbury

Carlisle

Chelmsford

Chester

Chichester

Colchester

Coventry

Derby

Doncaster

Durham

Ely

Exeter

Gloucester

England

Hereford

Kingston upon Hull

Lancaster

Leeds

Leicester

Lichfield

Lincoln

Liverpool

City of London

Manchester

Milton Keynes

Newcastle upon Tyne

Norwich

Nottingham

Oxford

Peterborough

Plymouth

Portsmouth

England

Preston

Ripon

Salford

Salisbury

Sheffield

Southampton

Southend-on-Sea

St Albans

Stoke-on-Trent

Sunderland

Truro

Wakefield

Wells

Westminster

Winchester

Wolverhampton

Worcester

York

Scotland

Aberdeen

Dundee

Dunfermline

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Inverness

Perth

Stirling

Northern Ireland

Armagh

Bangor

Belfast

Lisburn

Londonderry

Newry

Wales

Bangor

Cardiff

Newport

St Asaph

St David's and the
Cathedral Close

Swansea

Wrexham

+20

Level 74

Apr 14, 2013

Good quiz - harder than I thought it would be.

Level 25

Apr 30, 2022

Finally got em all

Level 61

Apr 16, 2013

Chelmsford is spelt wrong; I wondered why it wasn't coming up

Level 23

Apr 16, 2013

fixed thanks

Level 23

Mar 20, 2021

Dear MCRJON, 2 questions.

1. WHY IS PRESTON THE YOUTUBER THAN 10 MILLLION SUBSCRIBERS ON THIS LIST! I dare you type in preston and it will work. No but seriously don't do youtuber to think your cool

2. Oh and thats not all. City of Chester has 118,000 people (rounding) and it is on this quiz. and Ipswich has more than 137,000 people and its not on this quiz. And you call it a town? Says who! super bad thing to mix or do

Pls fix or flamingo

+11

Level 33

Mar 23, 2021

Komodo, Preston is a city in England and he didn't do it to be cool, it's a city.

+12

Level 57

Apr 12, 2021

I'm pretty sure he was joking, but I have no clue. Can't tell sarcasm online.

Level 45

Jun 3, 2021

lol yeah hes joking he said please add flamingo.

Level 32

Jul 4, 2021

He may be joking but he didn’t say to add flamingo.

Level 71

Sep 8, 2021

The answer to the question “Says who?” HM The Queen. Towns are elevated to city status by the monarch. It’s nothing to do with size, many smaller ones were cities because of the presence of cathedrals, latterly it’s granted because of size or importance. It’s a prestige thing, not a size thing.

+10

Level 77

Jun 23, 2013

I'm surprised that Blackpool, Dover, Reading and Ipswich aren't on the list. Maybe they are famous yet small or "swallowed" by bigger cities.

+27

Level 24

Jun 23, 2013

A city in the United Kingdom has nothing to do with size - St David's has a population of 3,000. It's more to do with cultural significance; it used to be defined by being a settlement with a cathedral, but the definition has widened since then.

Level 58

Jun 25, 2013

I tried Blackpool and Ipswitch as well. Ely, really?

Level 33

Mar 11, 2014

"Ipswich"

The ones created since 2000 are linked to the Queen's Jubliee- at least that's how Brighton&Hove was created.

Tricky quiz; couldn't believe I missed some of the more obvious ones while getting the lesser known ones.

The boroughs of London as cities are tricksy.

Level 62

Feb 13, 2021

I also missed a few obvious ones, I missed Manchester because I thought I typed it in but didn't.

Level 75

Jun 25, 2016

not to mention towns like Guildford, which have a (recent) cathedral but aren't cities

Level 21

Jun 23, 2013

You've missed Medway (or Rochester if Medway doesn't fit the criteria). There is a cathedral here so it is counted as a city

Level 46

May 30, 2020

Rochester hasn't been a city for decades. It's a town now

Level 53

Aug 10, 2020

Rochester is officially not a city any more. If you believe that a city is defined by whether (effectively) the civil service say it is or not, then it's not. But the Medway towns have never been a city.

Level 54

Jun 30, 2013

Ripon represeeeeeent

Level 21

Jul 31, 2013

Who the heck let salford become a city!

Level 59

Jun 19, 2022

I know. This periodic adding of cities just devalues the whole idea of a city.

Level 75

Nov 1, 2014

Northampton? Reading? Ipswich? All are over 100,000 population.

+12

Level 46

May 30, 2020

Population has nothing to do with city status...

Level 43

Jun 20, 2016

It seriously worries me that London did not score 100% !!!

Level 72

Apr 2, 2020

Maybe some people overthunk it and were trying all the boroughs...!

Level 66

Jun 20, 2016

A brilliant quiz!! Great to see a UK-centric quiz featuring too! Thanks for creating it - look at my page I have a UK towns and cities quiz

Level 52

Jun 20, 2016

Dover is absolutely not a city and never should be. Small town which just happens to be famous for a couple of things. It would make a mockery of City status if it ever got it and I live there!

Level 56

Jun 20, 2016

Damn Southampton and its missing 'h'. I always think it's two words.

+13

Level 55

Jun 21, 2016

much harder than I thought it would be. By the way you misspelled Derry. :)

Level 32

Jul 11, 2017

True that ;)

Level 77

Jul 27, 2020

It's Londonderry

+12

Level 23

Sep 22, 2020

Derry

Level 20

Dec 8, 2022

derry

Level 59

Jun 21, 2016

50 out of 79. Not bad for a Virginia (US) farmer. After the major cities, I just started typing towns and counties in Virginia and North Carolina. I guessed 20+ that way. Some were guesses from watching Downton Abbey (Ripon).

Thanks for not making us list "upon" or "on" since I never can remember those.

+18

Level 93

Jun 21, 2016

What about Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?

Level 59

Aug 2, 2017

Beth amdano? :-)

Level 36

Mar 13, 2018

It's a town, I think.

Level 77

Jul 27, 2020

Town, not city.

Level 52

Aug 19, 2022

Village, not town.

Level 71

Jun 23, 2016

I missed Stirling! I've been there! Damn. :D

Level 74

Nov 16, 2016

Only got a third of them. Can't believe some of the ones I missed.

Level 85

Nov 24, 2016

I got the 40, including Chichester and Newry but forgot London of all places!!!

Level 21

Nov 30, 2016

i feel bad for 2% who dint got london

Level 35

Dec 4, 2016

34/69

Level 67

Jan 29, 2017

I'm not even sure how to pronounce most of these :DD

+10

Level 43

Feb 25, 2017

Why isn't Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobllllantisiliogogogoch on it?

Level 67

Oct 29, 2017

It's a village, not a city.

Level 67

Oct 29, 2017

Also, amazingly if you google that word, because you spelt it slightly wrong, there is only one result.

Level 32

Jul 4, 2021

There is actually two because that comment is too.

Level 57

Sep 9, 2021

That's pretty interesting

Level 67

Apr 10, 2017

This was absolutely impossible for me.

Level 26

May 26, 2017

0:01 left!

Level 29

Aug 2, 2017

Can't believe I missed Oxford and Cambridge and Sheffield Grrrrrr

Level 38

Aug 12, 2017

Hereford's a city?! Surely Doncaster, Blackpool and Bournemouth should be one

Level 20

Sep 14, 2017

Thank goodness for Blake and Mortimer books eh?

+19

Level 58

Nov 22, 2017

Let's see here... I know Leeds, Manchester, uh... er... London, OxfordShire, Ireland, Wales, Southeast Pimberton, Northern Nor North Havermeyer, Fartfashfarthenfur, Spunkepossume, North Piddle, the Shire, Saruman, Helm's Deep, and uhhh... ... ... Hoboken.

Level 55

Jun 13, 2019

Didnt see that twist coming

Level 35

Mar 1, 2018

The hardest quiz I have ever taken on Jetpunk!!!!! Geez. Props to anyone who aced this

Level 39

Apr 23, 2018

What about Colchester?

Level 56

May 12, 2018

Um ... Brechin. It IS a city because it has a cathedral, and also its Football team is Brechin City - however I have lost this argument before! the trouble is that Britain has never quite worked out how to define cities. So you get ancient cities (such as Brecon, with a Cathedral and a diocese) that somehow 'lose' their accreditation - awkward. But 'modern' chartered cities that do not seem to have to re-apply.

Anyway good fun.

Level 35

Jun 1, 2018

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!! I got dem all exept BRISTOL, DERBY, AND WESTMINSTER which it didnt accept because i added in an extra 'i'.

\But, my spelling is the correct spelling. please change it.

Level 67

May 14, 2019

Not officially recognised. Not all places with cathedrals are cities, though some cities appear to be cities solely because of their cathedrals.

Level 32

Aug 14, 2018

Sad it doesn't count llanfairpwllgwyngllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch :(

Level 22

Dec 14, 2019

its not a city...

Level 61

Feb 18, 2022

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

yes it is

Level 81

Jun 9, 2022

Your link says it's a large village.

+15

Level 84

Oct 24, 2018

Hereford but no Thereford? :(

+13

Level 66

Dec 11, 2018

Overthereford is missing aswell

+11

Level 82

May 14, 2019

Hereford, Thereford and Everywhereford. Great Beatles track.

Level 77

Nov 29, 2019

Whereford?

Level 83

Apr 24, 2022

Thereford!

Level 38

Dec 28, 2018

haha

Level 77

Jul 27, 2020

It's pronounced /hɛrɪfəd/, not /hɪəfəd/.

Level 29

Nov 23, 2018

Bradford?

Level 57

Jul 12, 2019

Being from New England i just kept trying the towns we have here and a bunch of them worked!

Level 47

Jul 31, 2019

How could Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobllllantysiliogogogoch not make it? Btw, I memorized how to spell that name ;)

Level 22

Dec 14, 2019

if the creator put it on the quiz, even though it isnt a city, you could just say llanfairpg

Level 65

Jun 11, 2020

Sorry to disappoint, but you missed a 'w' before the four 'l's

Level 71

Mar 17, 2022

I learnt how to pronounce this from a Welsh lass, I must say it sounds pretty good to belt it off, but I haven't a hope of spelling it.

Level 46

Oct 17, 2019

Gosh, i have quite the disconnect between what i recalled and what i actually remember seeing before on this quiz. Guess im tired tonight

Level 53

Nov 12, 2019

Birmingham made me think of the Peaky Blinders, Becket for Canterbury, the Beatles for Liverpool, Robin Hood for Nottingham and Badfinger for Swansea, but the most pleasant thought was of Lady Godiva and her ride through the streets of Coventry.

Level 62

Nov 22, 2019

It's a bit easier if you know which football teams en with 'City'

Level 77

Nov 29, 2019

Why did someone feel the need to add the acronym 'UK' in brackets after United Kingdom in the quiz title?

Level 66

Mar 4, 2020

Hahaha hadnt even seen it. A bit overkill but I guess it is to stay one step ahead over the overzealous nitpickers? Afterall there is also the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (the historical name,), and there were some nordic unions between kingdoms

Level 44

May 19, 2020

Odd how 75% got Leeds but only 38% got nearby Bradford. I mean Leeds is more relevant on a national scale but Bradford isn't THAT much smaller, is it more well known over the pond or something?

Level 76

Nov 6, 2020

As an American, I knew about Leeds but had never heard of Bradford before this quiz

Level 43

Mar 3, 2021

A famous football team will do a lot.

Level 91

Jun 9, 2022

Did anyone else try bingley after bradford, or just me?

Level 53

Aug 10, 2020

Doing this on a mobile phone I would have barely had time to write them all if they were written down in front of me. May I humbly suggest a bit of extra time?

Level 44

Aug 29, 2020

got some of them watching outlander.

Level 72

Sep 24, 2020

Never even heard of St Asaph :-|

Level 43

Mar 3, 2021

30/69 without being British.

Who are the 2% who didn't think of London?

Level 69

Mar 3, 2021

Nice.

Level 20

Mar 15, 2021

Level 23

Mar 20, 2021

am i the only american here

Level 54

Apr 28, 2021

Level 55

May 12, 2021

isn't westminster a borough of london?

Level 80

Jun 10, 2022

Yes, and also a city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Westminster

Level 56

Jun 25, 2021

39 second time...

Level 62

Sep 7, 2021

Nice quiz, MCR. Could kick myself I didn't get Ripon, one of the most beautiful cathedrals in the North of England and a wonderful acoustic

Level 34

Sep 15, 2021

Awwww i was hoping one of wale's cities on this test would be Llanfairpwll-gwyngyllgogerychwyrndrob-wllllantysiliogogogoch

Level 24

Oct 6, 2021

It's a tiny tiny village

Level 80

Jun 10, 2022

To be fair, Llanfair is bigger than one of the cities on this list.

Level 49

Dec 22, 2021

i get london and then i have nothing else. god i hate city stuff.

Level 56

Dec 25, 2021

are you going to add southend now that, that exists

Level 76

Mar 1, 2022

Southend-on-Sea officially became a city today, however you may want to update the quiz in a few months (June time, maybe) when the other new cities get given city status, to prevent updating this quiz twice in the space of a few months.

Level 56

May 1, 2022

Your choice quizmaster

Level 37

Apr 16, 2022

Does anyone know how to make a map quiz with dots on it as I am trying to make a quiz on every city in the world. So far it has turned into a lucky guess quiz which I had to delete.

Level 56

May 1, 2022

Ah yes. My favorite city. Bath.

Level 28

May 20, 2022

There have been 8 more towns turned cities, these are:

Stanley (Falkland Islands)

Bangor (Northern Ireland)

Colchester (England)

Doncaster (England)

Milton Keynes (England)

Dunfermline (Scotland)

Wrexham (Wales)

Douglas (Isle of Man)

Level 62

May 20, 2022

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61505857

Level 32

Jun 2, 2022

Cool

Level 75

Jun 9, 2022

Surely Southend-on-Sea (England) should be included as well?

Level 75

Jun 9, 2022

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-60433668

Level 70

Jun 9, 2022

Just to say Southend was made a city following the murder of their MP

Level 81

Jun 9, 2022

Why not Batley then?

Level 83

Jun 9, 2022

Because Southend becoming a City was something that David Amess campaigned for a lot. Jo Cox didn't campaign for Batley to become a city.

Level ∞

Jun 9, 2022

Added that one. What a strange reason for city status to be granted.

Level 83

Jun 9, 2022

TBF, it was one of the largest urban areas without city status and was likely to be picked in the Platinum Jubilee competition anyway.

Level 77

Jun 10, 2022

Also tbf it was something he'd campaigned for for many years. He wasn't to my political taste but this seems an entirely fitting tribute to someone who died because of his commitment to democratic openness and accessibility. I don't think it's in the least bit "strange".

Level 80

Jun 10, 2022

Out of context, with just the minimum of information (which is what the QM was responding to) it certainly seems strange. With no additional information, "an MP was murdered, so their constituency town was granted city status" seems like a total non-sequitur.

It's only if you know the history and context (and why would you, if you're not from the UK and don't follow the political careers of its individual lawmakers) that it makes sense.

Level 77

Jun 10, 2022

If only there was some way of finding these things out.

Level 81

Jun 10, 2022

JetPunk comments seem to be effective enough.

Level 74

Jun 12, 2022

Wrexham? I barely even knows 'em!

Level 71

Jun 15, 2022

i like that you've added the new ones from the 2022 jubilee but how come two of them are missing - douglas on the isle of man and stanley on the falkland islands? they're cities in the uk so the fact that they're in dependencies rather than the main four nations shouldn't matter. or at least include a caveat saying it excludes dependencies (i think is what they would be categorised as)

Level 58

Jun 19, 2022

Agreed, especially as it says it includes the new cities from the jubilee

Level 64

Jul 2, 2022

Maybe include the cities in dependencies as bonus answers.?

Also would be fun to include a bonus with the town in Kent that lost its city status for admin reasons!

Level 64

Jun 19, 2022

Could you accept Dunfermlin for Dunfermline (obviously) - with the time limit as it is, I didn't even think to add an E

Level 43

Jul 2, 2022

do I live in the uk? no. do I have any interest in uk cities? no. am I desperately trying to get the british badge? heck yeah

Level 22

Jul 6, 2022

I am very disappointed in myself. I live in the uk but i only got 29.

Level 15

Aug 18, 2022

St Davids 1,841 Wales

2 St Asaph 3,355 Wales

3 City of London 7,375 England

4 Wells 10,536 England

5 Armagh 14,749 Northern Ireland

Smallest by city council area

1 City of London 1.12 sq mi (2.90 km2) England

2 Wells 2.11 sq mi (5.46 km2) England

3 St Asaph 2.49 sq mi (6.45 km2) Wales

4 Bangor 2.79 sq mi (7.23 km2) Wales

5 Ripon 3.83 sq mi (9.92 km2) England

Smallest by overall urban area

1 St Davids 0.23 sq mi (0.60 km2) Wales

2 St Asaph 0.50 sq mi (1.29 km2) Wales

3 Wells† 1.35 sq mi (3.50 km2) England

4 Bangor† 1.65 sq mi (4.27 km2) Wales

5 Ely 1.84 sq mi (4.77 km2) England

(ignore size but here are a fraction of cities in the UK

Level 20

Oct 15, 2022

I Got all in 05:30 Minutes

Level 49

Oct 18, 2022

too anglophile

Level 61

Oct 21, 2022

Congratulations to dunfermline, granted city status this year

Level 19

Jan 8, 2023

Imagine living in Bath lol.

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