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200 Biggest Cities and Towns in the United Kingdom

This quiz has been updated and no longer includes boroughs, districts, council areas, or unitary authorities-- just cities, towns, and villages. Includes towns that are part of boroughs and towns that are also boroughs.
Source: https://population.mongabay.com/population/United-Kingdom/
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Last updated: October 12, 2020
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Rank
Population
City
1
7,074,000
London
2
984,000
Birmingham
3
610,000
Glasgow
4
468,000
Liverpool
5
455,000
Leeds
6
447,000
Sheffield
7
435,000
Edinburgh
8
431,000
Bristol
9
396,000
Manchester
10
339,000
Leicester
11
308,000
Coventry
12
302,000
Kingston-upon-Hull
13
302,000
Cardiff
14
299,000
Bradford
15
275,000
Belfast
16
260,000
Stoke-on-Trent
17
253,000
Wolverhampton
18
247,000
Plymouth
19
247,000
Nottingham
20
246,000
Southampton
21
244,000
Reading
22
235,000
Derby
23
199,000
Dudley
24
197,000
Northampton
25
194,000
Portsmouth
26
194,000
Luton
27
192,000
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
28
191,000
Preston
29
188,000
Sutton
30
185,000
Milton Keynes
31
184,000
Aberdeen
32
178,000
Sunderland
33
178,000
Norwich
34
172,000
Walsall
35
171,000
Swansea
36
164,000
Bournemouth
37
163,000
Southend-on-Sea
38
155,000
Swindon
39
155,000
Oxford
40
152,000
Dundee
41
150,000
Poole
42
149,000
Huddersfield
43
144,000
York
44
144,000
Ipswich
45
143,000
Blackpool
46
143,000
Middlesbrough
47
141,000
Bolton
48
140,000
Peterborough
49
139,000
Stockport
50
139,000
Brighton
51
138,000
Telford
52
136,000
West Bromwich
53
134,000
Slough
54
129,000
Gloucester
55
128,000
Cambridge
56
126,000
Watford
57
118,000
Rotherham
58
126,000
Newport
59
113,000
Exeter
60
113,000
Eastbourne
61
109,000
Colchester
62
108,000
Dagenham
63
107,000
Crawley
64
107,000
Sutton Coldfield
65
106,000
Blackburn
66
105,000
Oldham
67
104,000
Woking
68
103,000
Cheltenham
69
103,000
Chelmsford
70
103,000
St. Helens
71
101,000
Basildon
72
101,000
Gillingham
73
100,000
Worcester
74
99,000
Worthing
75
98,000
Rochdale
76
96,000
Basingstoke
77
96,000
Solihull
78
94,000
Harlow
79
93,000
Bath
80
93,000
Southport
81
91,000
Maidstone
82
89,000
Lincoln
83
89,000
Hastings
84
87,000
Darlington
85
87,000
Harrogate
86
87,000
Hartlepool
87
87,000
Bedford
88
86,000
Hemel Hempstead
89
85,000
Stevenage
90
85,000
St. Albans
91
84,000
South Shields
92
84,000
Derry
93
83,000
Weston-super-Mare
94
83,000
Halifax
95
82,000
Beckenham
96
82,000
Birkenhead
97
81,000
Warrington
98
81,000
Wigan
99
80,000
High Wycombe
100
80,000
Stockton-on-Tees
Rank
Population
City
101
79,000
Wakefield
102
78,000
Gateshead
103
78,000
Lisburn
104
77,000
Redditch
105
77,000
Chester
106
76,000
Bracknell
107
76,000
Newcastle-under-Lyme
108
76,000
Chatham
109
75,000
Hove
110
75,000
Aylesbury
111
74,000
East Kilbride
112
74,000
Tamworth
113
74,000
Nuneaton
114
73,000
Burnley
115
73,000
Paisley
116
73,000
Salford
117
73,000
Carlisle
118
73,000
Scunthorpe
119
72,000
Purley
120
72,000
Guildford
121
71,000
Lowestoft
122
71,000
Barnsley
123
71,000
Grays
124
71,000
Gosport
125
71,000
Chesterfield
126
70,000
Crewe
127
70,000
Mansfield
128
70,000
Shrewsbury
129
68,000
Cannock
130
68,000
Ellesmere Port
131
68,000
Doncaster
132
65,000
Bognor Regis
133
65,000
Torquay
134
65,000
Stafford
135
65,000
Kingswood
136
65,000
Royal Leamington Spa
137
64,000
Waterlooville
138
64,000
Newtownabbey
139
63,000
Rugby
140
63,000
Ashford
141
61,000
Aldershot
142
61,000
Royal Tunbridge Wells
143
61,000
Bury
144
61,000
Barking
145
60,000
Taunton
146
60,000
Bangor
147
60,000
Margate
148
60,000
Farnborough
149
60,000
Runcorn
150
60,000
Great Yarmouth
151
59,000
Maidenhead
152
59,000
Loughborough
153
59,000
Wallasey
154
59,000
Littlehampton
155
58,000
Hereford
156
58,000
Bootle
157
57,000
Fareham
158
57,000
Morley
159
57,000
Cheshunt
160
57,000
Dartford
161
57,000
Kidderminster
162
57,000
Dewsbury
163
56,000
Stourbridge
164
56,000
Widnes
165
56,000
Sale
166
55,000
Halesowen
167
55,000
Huyton
168
55,000
Clacton-on-Sea
169
54,000
Gravesend
170
54,000
Eastleigh
171
54,000
Livingston
172
54,000
Acton
173
54,000
Washington
174
53,000
Kettering
175
52,000
Esher
176
52,000
Crosby
177
52,000
Reigate
178
52,000
Dunstable
179
52,000
Macclesfield
180
52,000
Barry
181
52,000
Morecambe
182
52,000
Redhill
183
51,000
Staines
184
51,000
Batley
185
51,000
Horsham
186
50,000
Weymouth
187
50,000
Bletchley
188
50,000
Keighley
189
50,000
Corby
190
50,000
Hayes
191
50,000
Paignton
192
50,000
Wellingborough
193
49,000
Cumbernauld
194
49,000
South Benfleet
195
48,000
West Bridgford
196
48,000
Cwmbran
197
48,000
Long Eaton
198
48,000
Hamilton
199
48,000
Brentwood
200
47,000
Barrow in Furness
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21 Comments
Lothar7
+3
Level 93
May 31, 2016
You should mention that this list includes boroughs, not cities only.
Quizzer4ever
+3
Level 25
Jan 14, 2021
PLEASE could you update this quiz so it is as of 2021 census or at least 2020 or 2019
Ant1927
+2
Level 74
Jan 4, 2017
A really good quiz, thank you

It would be great if those towns more commonly known by their shorter version could be included as correct answers e.g stoke, barrow, southend

Macaco
+1
Level 62
Jan 9, 2020
Fixed, thank you
darren1
+4
Level 28
Feb 13, 2017
Great quiz, but 'Guilford' is GUILDFORD
Macaco
+1
Level 62
Jan 9, 2020
Fixed, thank you
Mustafa7
+1
Level 36
Aug 12, 2017
Love this
Mustafa7
+1
Level 36
Aug 12, 2017
However, you could just count West Bromwich, Sutton Coldfield and Solihull as Birmingham. Count Hayes, Barking, Dagenham and Sutton as London. Also accept Leamington, Stoke.
Hayj90
+2
Level 60
Jan 24, 2020
I can’t speak for some of the other suggestions but West Bromwich and Sutton Coldfield are definitely not part of Birmingham - they are towns in their own right (to use Sutton’s full name, it’s ‘The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield’).
markasol
+1
Level 78
Jun 15, 2023
Sutton Coldfield IS part of Birmingham City, however much the inhabitants don't like it! West Bromwich is different, it is one of several separate towns that are bunched together under Sandwell MBC
markasol
+4
Level 78
Oct 12, 2017
There is great inconsistency in how you deal with towns in metropolitan areas. Sutton Coldfield is part of Birmingham City; Dagenham, Barking, Sutton, Purley, Beckenham and Hayes are within Greater London yet are noted separately while Croydon, Enfield, Bromley, Kingston-upon-Thames and possibly other highly populated towns within the Greater London county do not appear.
Kontio100
+2
Level 53
Jan 19, 2018
I wrote every football club I know and got 36!
KM
+1
Level 33
Oct 27, 2019
Why is Winchester not included? Population is about 120,000. Also please can you correct the spelling of Guildford, and maybe allow Leamington Spa and Tunbridge Wells without the word Royal in front? Otherwise, a good quiz.
JonOfKent
+1
Level 58
Aug 17, 2020
What a quiz! Good work. Could I suggest you maybe change the title though, as the majority of these places aren't cities?

Well, it's your quiz, not mine, just a suggestion :-)

XYU
+1
Level 61
Apr 5, 2021
Fab quiz, cheers.
Davepjenkins
+2
Level 66
Sep 11, 2021
Perth and Durham? Are counties but also town/city
samd195
+1
Level 68
Nov 21, 2021
I’m a bit confused as to why Lancaster isn’t included when Morecambe is despite its population being lower.
rananegra
+3
Level 54
Dec 18, 2021
Says the quiz has been updated to not include boroughs but Barking and Dagenham are part of London, so is Beckenham. So is Hayes (both of them).
markasol
+1
Level 78
Jun 15, 2023
STILL incorrectly including Hayes, Barking, Beckenham, Dagenham, Acton and Purley which are all within Greater London in one or other of the London Boroughs and Sutton Coldfield which is part of Birmingham City. Purley for example lies within the London Borough of Croydon and Croydon itself is bigger. similarly Beckenham with Bromley and Acton with Ealing. Hayes is smaller than Uxbridge, the largest town in LB Hillingdon; and Barking and Dagenham are the two towns for which the LB of Barking and Dagenham are named - why include those yet exclude Richmon upon Thames or Enfield or any of the other borough namesake towns? London should cover all of the Greater London Authority area, the old GLC
D31415
+1
Level 81
Oct 16, 2023
Agree with earlier comments about inconsistencies of how urban areas are handled.

However probably largely due to the original source which the quiz setter is doing their best to interpret.

This source was written by an organisation which focuses on "forests, wildlife, oceans" so probably not experts on urban geography! And includes the caveat "Note that double listings may reflect different spellings or definitions of urban agglomerations" which suggests it was web-scraping rather than human-curated. :-(

Barkins
+1
Level 70
Sep 5, 2024
Some of the answers are part of London. Also, it’s Londonderry not Derry.
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