List of cities in the United Kingdom
This is a list of cities in the United Kingdom, as of September 2022. It lists those places that have been granted city status by letters patent or royal charter.
There are a number of cities in the British overseas territories, such as Jamestown;[1] these are however not part of the United Kingdom.
| City | County | Year granted city status | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire | 1891 | 189,120 |
| Armagh | Armagh | 1994 | 59,340 (2011) |
| Bangor | Caernarfonshire | time immemorial | 14,875 (2010) |
| Bath | Somerset | time immemorial | 83,992 |
| Belfast | Antrim | 1888 | 280,962 (2011) |
| Birmingham | Warwickshire | 1889 | 1,092,330 (2013) |
| Bradford | Yorkshire | 1897 | 522,452 (2011) |
| Brighton and Hove | Sussex | 2000 | 273,369 (2011) |
| Bristol | Gloucestershire | 1542 | 428,234 (2011) |
| Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | 1951 | 123,867 (2011) |
| Canterbury | Kent | time immemorial | 151,145 (2011) |
| Cardiff | Glamorgan | 1905 | 346,090 (2011) |
| Carlisle | Cumberland | 1158 | 107,524 (2011) |
| Chelmsford | Essex | 2012 | 168,310 (2011) |
| Chester | Cheshire | 1541 | 90,925 |
| Chichester | Sussex | time immemorial | 25,749 (2010) |
| Coventry | Warwickshire | time immemorial | 316,915 (2011) |
| Derby | Derbyshire | 1977 | 248,752 (2011) |
| Dundee | Angus | 1889 | 153,990 |
| Durham | Durham | time immemorial | 94,375 (2011) |
| Ely | Cambridgeshire | time immemorial | 20,240 (2010) |
| Edinburgh | Midlothian | 1329 (royal burgh) | 468,720 |
| Exeter | Devon | time immemorial | 117,773 (2011) |
| Glasgow | Lanarkshire | 1492 (royal burgh) | 589,900 |
| Gloucester | Gloucestershire | 1541 | 121,688 (2011) |
| Hereford | Herefordshire | time immemorial | 58,896 (2011) |
| Inverness | Inverness-shire | 2000 | 57,960 |
| Kingston upon Hull | Yorkshire | 1897 | 256,406 (2011) |
| Lancaster | Lancashire | 1937 | 138,375 (2011) |
| Leeds | Yorkshire | 1893 | 751,485 (2011) |
| Leicester | Leicestershire | 1919 | 329,839 (2011) |
| Lichfield | Staffordshire | time immemorial | 31,068 (2010) |
| Lincoln | Lincolnshire | time immemorial | 93,541 (2011) |
| Lisburn | Antrim | 2002 | 120,165 (2011) |
| Liverpool | Lancashire | 1880 | 466,415 (2011) |
| City of London | Middlesex | time immemorial | 7,375 (2011) |
| Londonderry | Londonderry | 1604 | 107,877 (2011) |
| Manchester | Lancashire | 1853 | 503,127 (2011) |
| Milton Keynes | Buckinghamshire | 2022 | 229,941 (2011) |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Northumberland | 1882 | 280,177 (2011) |
| Newport | Monmouthshire | 2002 | 145,736 (2011) |
| Newry | Armagh | 2002 | 27,433 |
| Norwich | Norfolk | time immemorial | 132,512 (2011) |
| Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | 1897 | 305,680 (2011) |
| Oxford | Oxfordshire | 1542 | 151,906 (2011) |
| Perth | Perthshire | 2012 | 45,770 |
| Peterborough | Northamptonshire | 1541 | 183,631 (2011) |
| Plymouth | Devon | 1928 | 256,384 (2011) |
| Portsmouth | Hampshire | 1926 | 205,056 (2011) |
| Preston | Lancashire | 2002 | 140,202 (2011) |
| Ripon | Yorkshire | 1836 | 17,193 (2010) |
| Rochester | Kent | 1211 | 27,000 (2001) |
| Salford | Lancashire | 1926 | 233,933 (2011) |
| Salisbury | Wiltshire | 1227 | 39,896 (2010) |
| Sheffield | Yorkshire | 1893 | 552,698 (2011) |
| Southampton | Hampshire | 1964 | 236,882 (2011) |
| St Albans | Hertfordshire | 1877 | 140,644 (2011) |
| St Asaph | Flintshire | 2012 | 3,444 (2010) |
| St David's | Pembrokeshire | 1994 | 1,661 (2010) |
| Southend-on-Sea |
Essex | 2022 | 183,125 (2019) |
| Stirling |
Stirlingshire | 2002 | 34,790 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Staffordshire | 1925 | 249,008 (2011) |
| Sunderland | Durham | 1992 | 275,506 (2011) |
| Swansea | Glamorgan | 1969 | 239,023 (2011) |
| Truro | Cornwall | 1877 | 19,382 (2010) |
| Wakefield | Yorkshire | 1888 | 325,837 (2011) |
| Wells | Somerset | 1205 | 10,491 (2010) |
| Westminster | Middlesex | 1540 | 219,396 (2011) |
| Winchester | Hampshire | time immemorial | 116,595 (2011) |
| Wolverhampton | Staffordshire | 2000 | 249,470 (2011) |
| Worcester | Worcestershire | time immemorial | 98,768 (2011) |
| Wrexham | Denbighshire | 2022 | 42,576 (2001) |
| York | Yorkshire | time immemorial | 198,051 (2011) |
See also
References
- ↑ The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009 "...and declared Jamestown to be a city called the “City of James Town”" (Schedule Preamble)