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UK Towns covering Areas over 3,000 Hectares
	Town	Area (Hectares)	Status
1	London	157,208	City
2	Birmingham	22,296	City
3	Glasgow	16,210	City
4	Edinburgh	11,475	City
5	Sheffield	11,105	City
6	Leeds	10,920	City
7	Liverpool	10,875	City
8	Bristol	10,474	City
9	Manchester	10,282	City
10	Belfast	8,395	City
11	Hull	8,044	City
12	Leicester	7,449	City
13	Stoke	6,966	City
14	Wolverhampton	6,807	City
15	Coventry	6,754	City
16	Cardiff	6,652	City
17	Bradford	6,437	City
18	Plymouth	6,087	City
19	Nottingham	5,989	City
20	Milton Keynes	5,730	Town
21	Reading	5,535	Town
22	Derby	5,529	City
23	Aberdeen	5,501	City
24	Dudley	5,345	Town
25	Southampton	5,056	City
26	Norwich	4,975	City
27	Northampton	4,837	Town
28	Swansea	4,805	City
29	Dundee	4,624	City
30	Newcastle	4,568	City
31	Walsall	4,450	Town
32	Bolton	4,446	Town
33	Sutton Coldfield	4,343	Town
34	Poole	4,329	Town
35	Preston	4,227	City
36	Telford	4,180	Town
37	Huddersfield	4,110	Town
38	Swindon	4,055	Town
39	Peterborough	4,047	City
40	Bournemouth	3,938	Town
41	Ipswich	3,905	Town
42	Sunderland	3,874	City
43	West Bromwich	3,739	Town
44	Craigavon	3,720	Town
45	Luton	3,715	Town
46	Middlesbrough	3,552	Town
47	Southend	3,528	Town
48	Derry	3,395	City
49	Rotherham	3,393	Town
50	Newport	3,236	City
51	Gloucester	3,179	City
52	Brighton and Hove	3,170	City
53	Oxford	3,163	City
54	York	3,148	City
55	Blackpool	3,092	Town
56	Crawley	3,035	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 size in hectares 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 area of 290 hectares 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 area 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 areas are included within the London area shown. The only exception is Westminster whose area is listed because it has separate city status.

The areas of Brighton (2,047 hectares) and Hove (1,123 hectares) have been combined as they are now generally recognised as one city after they together won city status in 2000. The Torbay urban area is composed of separate smaller towns and is therefore not listed. The urban sub-division of the West Midlands Urban Area of Oldbury/Smethwick are two separate towns and neither has an area of over 3,000 hectares and therefore not listed. The Cambridge/Milton urban sub-division of 3,093 hectares includes Milton village with a 2001 census area of 799 hectares leaving Cambridge with an area of 2,294 and is therefore not listed. Craigavon Urban Area (Including Bleary) covers an area of 3,770 hectares of which Bleary covers 50 hectares leaving Craigovan with 3,720 hectares as shown.

This page was last updated: 15 Juli 2006

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