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UK Towns with Populations over 100,000
	Town	Population	Status
1	London	7,172,091	City
2	Birmingham	970,892	City
3	Glasgow	629,501	City
4	Liverpool	469,017	City
5	Leeds	443,247	City
6	Sheffield	439,866	City
7	Edinburgh	430,082	City
8	Bristol	420,556	City
9	Manchester	394,269	City
10	Leicester	330,574	City
11	Coventry	303,475	City
12	Hull	301,416	City
13	Bradford	293,717	City
14	Cardiff	292,150	City
15	Belfast	276,459	City
16	Stoke	259,252	City
17	Wolverhampton	251,462	City
18	Nottingham	249,584	City
19	Plymouth	243,795	City
20	Southampton	234,224	City
21	Reading	232,662	Town
22	Derby	229,407	City
23	Brighton and Hove	206,628	City
24	Dudley	194,919	Town
25	Newcastle	189,863	City
26	Northampton	189,474	Town
27	Portsmouth	187,056	City
28	Luton	185,543	Town
29	Preston	184,836	City
30	Aberdeen	184,788	City
31	Milton Keynes	184,506	Town
32	Westminster	181,766	City
33	Sunderland	177,739	City
34	Norwich	174,047	City
35	Walsall	170,994	Town
36	Swansea	169,880	City
37	Bournemouth	167,527	Town
38	Southend	160,257	Town
39	Swindon	155,432	Town
40	Dundee	154,674	City
41	Huddersfield	146,234	Town
42	Poole	144,800	Town
43	Oxford	143,016	City
44	Middlesbrough	142,691	Town
45	Blackpool	142,283	Town
46	Bolton	139,403	Town
47	Ipswich	138,718	Town
48	Telford	138,241	Town
49	York	137,505	City
50	West Bromwich	136,940	Town
51	Peterborough	136,292	City
52	Stockport	136,082	Town
53	Slough	126,276	Town
54	Gloucester	123,205	City
55	Watford	120,960	Town
56	Rotherham	117,262	Town
57	Newport	116,143	City
58	Cambridge	113,442	City
59	Exeter	106,772	City
60	Eastbourne	106,562	Town
61	Sutton Coldfield	105,452	Town
62	Blackburn	105,085	Town
63	Colchester	104,390	Town
64	Oldham	103,544	Town
65	St. Helens	102,629	Town
66	Crawley	100,547	Town

Notes

The table has been compiled using the 2001 Census publications Key Statistics for urban areas in England and Wales Table KS01 ( released 17 June 2004), Key Statistics for Settlements and Localities Scotland Table KS01 (released 25 March 2003) and Northern Ireland Census 2001 Key Statistics for Settlements Table KS01 (released 10 February 2005). The names and populations of all urban areas and urban sub-divisions recognised as towns were extracted and included in the list.

The actual City of London only has a 2001 census population of 7,185 but is recognised by the world as the larger Local Authority area known as Greater London made up of 31 London Boroughs and the two cites of London and Westminster. Therefore the population shown for London is that of Greater London as published in Key Statistics for local authorities in England and Wales Table KS01 ( released on 13 February 2003). For this reason all urban sub-divisions of the Greater London urban area which are also London Boroughs are excluded as their populations are included within the London population shown. The only exception is Westminster whose urban population is listed because it has separate city status.

The populations of Brighton (134,293) and Hove (72,335) have been combined as they are now generally recognised as one city after they together won city status in 2000. Thanet and Torbay urban areas are composed of separate smaller towns and are therefore not listed. The urban sub-division of the West Midlands Urban Area of Oldbury/Smethwick are two separate towns and neither has a population of over 100,000 and therefore not listed. The Cambridge/Milton urban sub-division of 117,717 includes Milton village with a 2001 census population of 4,275 leaving Cambridge with a population of 113,442 as shown.

This page was last updated: 15 Juli 2006

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