List of primary urban areas in England by population
This article's factual accuracy is disputed. (March 2008) |
This is a list of primary urban areas in England ordered by population, based on data from the
The concept of a primary urban area was introduced by HM Government for statistical and macro-planning purposes and given the shorthand title of 'city'. In reality, a PUA may contain multiple settlements, even multiple cities. It should not be confused with 'urban areas' or 'built-up areas' that are more rigorously defined by the Office for National Statistics – or even city status.
Historically, the boundaries of cities within
Using this definition the term "city" is used as a primary urban area, which is distinct from the
However, some controversy arose when using these terms, for example the Manchester PUA contains the
In addition, some[
Rank | Primary urban area | Population (2001 census) |
County (traditional) | Constituent local authorities[8] | LUZ name | LUZ size | LUZ EU rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | London | 8,294,058 | Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex and Hertfordshire | Woking
|
London | 12,208,100 | 1 |
2 | Birmingham | 2,293,099 | Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire | Cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton, Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Walsall, Sandwell and Solihull | Birmingham | 2,284,093 | 21 |
3 | Manchester | 1,741,961 | Lancashire and Cheshire | Cities of Manchester and Salford; Metropolitan Boroughs of Tameside, Trafford, Bury, Oldham and Stockport | Manchester | 2,732,854 | 23 |
4 | Liverpool | 830,112 | Lancashire | Liverpool, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley and Metropolitan Borough of St Helens | Liverpool | 1,365,900 | 41 |
5 | Leeds | 750,700 | Yorkshire | Leeds | Leeds | 1,499,465 | 37 |
6 | Sheffield | 551,800 | Yorkshire | Sheffield and Rotherham | Sheffield | 1,277,100 | 46 |
7 | Teesside | 472,200 | County Durham and Yorkshire | Includes Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees
|
n/a | n/a | n/a |
8 | Bristol | 428,234 | Gloucestershire and Somerset | Bristol | Bristol | 1,006,600 | 64 |
9 | Bournemouth and Poole | 382,536 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|
n/a | n/a | n/a |
10 | Stoke-on-Trent | 360,810 | Staffordshire | Includes the towns of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Kidsgrove | n/a | n/a | n/a |
11 | Leicester | 329,600 | Leicestershire | Leicester, Blaby and Oadby and Wigston | Leicester | 887,000 | 75 |
12 | Wirral | 331,232 | Cheshire | Wirral, Birkenhead and Ellesmere Port and Neston | Liverpool | 1,365,900 | 41 |
13 | Coventry | 316,900 | Warwickshire | Coventry | Coventry | 651,000 | 97 |
14 | Nottingham | 303,900 | Nottinghamshire | Nottingham | Nottingham | 825,600 | 82 |
15 | Bradford | 293,717 | Yorkshire | Metropolitan Borough of Bradford
|
Leeds | 1,499,465 | 37 |
16 | Newcastle | 279,100 | Northumberland | Newcastle Upon Tyne
|
Newcastle Upon Tyne | 1,055,600 | 59 |
17 | Bolton | 277,300 | Lancashire | Metropolitan Borough of Bolton | Manchester | 2,732,854 | 23 |
18 | Brighton and Hove | 273,400 | Sussex | Brighton and Hove | n/a | n/a | n/a |
19 | Plymouth | 256,384 | Devon | Plymouth | n/a | n/a | n/a |
20 | Hull | 256,100 | Yorkshire | Kingston upon Hull | Kingston upon Hull | 573,300 | 113 |
21 | Preston | 252,209 | Lancashire | Includes the towns of Leyland and Chorley | n/a | n/a | n/a |
22 | Derby | 248,700 | Derbyshire | Derby | Nottingham | 825,600 | 82 |
23 | Aldershot and Farnborough | 248,208 | Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire | Includes the towns of Aldershot, Badshot Lea, Blackwater, Camberley, Deepcut, Farnborough, Farnham, Frimley, Sandhurst and Yateley | n/a | n/a | n/a |
24 | Southampton | 239,700 | Hampshire | Southampton | n/a | n/a | n/a |
25 | Wigan | 237,360 | Lancashire | Metropolitan Borough of Wigan | n/a | n/a | n/a |
26 | Barnsley | 211,807 | Yorkshire | Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley | Leeds | 1,499,465 | 37 |
27 | Portsmouth | 205,400 | Hampshire | Includes the towns of Gosport, Waterlooville, Havant, Fareham and Portchester | n/a | n/a | n/a |
28 | Luton | 203,600 | Bedfordshire | Luton & Dunstable | n/a | n/a | n/a |
29 | York | 202,400 | Yorkshire | York | n/a | n/a | n/a |
30 | Northampton | 200,092 | Northamptonshire | Northampton | n/a | n/a | n/a |
31 | Milton Keynes | 186,949 | Buckinghamshire | Milton Keynes | n/a | n/a | n/a |
32 | Worthing | 182,817 | Sussex | Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation are split into two PUA's, Brighton and Worthing
|
n/a | n/a | n/a |
33 | Ipswich | 180,000 | Suffolk | Includes the towns of Felixstowe and Woodbridge | n/a | n/a | n/a |
34 | Crawley | 179,987 | Sussex | Reigate and Banstead and Crawley | n/a | n/a | n/a |
35 | Sunderland | 177,739 | County Durham | Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
|
Newcastle Upon Tyne | 1,055,600 | 59 |
36 | Southend-on-Sea | 174,300 | Essex | Southend-on-Sea | n/a | n/a | n/a |
37 | Rochdale | 166,932 | Lancashire | Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale | Manchester | 2,732,854 | 23 |
38 | Warrington | 163,479 | Cheshire | Includes the town of Great Sankey | Chester | 1,365,900 | 41 |
39 | Mansfield | 158,496 | Nottinghamshire | Mansfield
|
Nottingham | 825,600 | 82 |
40 | Swindon | 155,970 | Wiltshire | Swindon | n/a | n/a | n/a |
41 | Reading | 155,300 | Berkshire | Reading, Berkshire | n/a | n/a | n/a |
42 | Blackburn | 147,700 | Lancashire | Blackburn with Darwen | n/a | n/a | n/a |
43 | Burnley | 146,419 | Lancashire | Burnley and Pendle
|
n/a | n/a | n/a |
44 | Huddersfield | 146,234 | Yorkshire | Kirklees | Leeds | 1,499,465 | 37 |
45 | Oxford | 145,095 | Oxfordshire | Oxford | n/a | n/a | n/a |
46 | Wakefield | 144,654 | Yorkshire | Wakefield | Leeds | 1,499,465 | 37 |
47 | Blackpool | 142,100 | Lancashire | Blackpool | n/a | n/a | n/a |
48 | Norwich | 140,100 | Norfolk | Norwich & Broadlands | n/a | n/a | n/a |
49 | Grimsby | 139,458 | Lincolnshire | North East Lincolnshire | Kingston upon Hull | 573,300 | 113 |
50 | Telford | 139,071 | Shropshire | Telford and Wrekin | n/a | n/a | n/a |
51 | Peterborough | 136,963 | Cambridgeshire | Peterborough | n/a | n/a | n/a |
52 | Gloucester | 135,845 | Gloucester | Gloucestershire | n/a | n/a | n/a |
53 | Cambridge | 131,144 | Cambridgeshire | Cambridge | n/a | n/a | n/a |
54 | Doncaster | 127,851 | Yorkshire | Doncaster | n/a | n/a | n/a |
55 | Hastings | 125,524 | Sussex | Hastings | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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