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In the UK Highway Code for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, a built-up area is a settled area in which the speed limit of a road is automatically 30 mph (48 km/h). In Wales it's 20 mph (32 km/h). These roads are known as 'restricted roads' and are identified by the presence of street lights.
the definition follows a ‘bricks and mortar’ approach, with areas defined as built-up land with a minimum area of 20 hectares (200,000 m 2), while settlements within 200 metres of each other are linked. Built-up area sub-divisions are also identified to provide greater detail in the data, especially in the larger conurbations. [1] In ...
This list of built-up areas for England was compiled by the Office for National Statistics after the 2021 UK Census. [1] Built-up area boundaries are defined and named by the ONS. (In ONS reports of the 2011 and 2021 censuses, many of these areas were called "built-up sub-areas" of larger urban areas; as of October 2024, the ONS has not defined ...
The Norwich Built-up Area is an urban area [1] [2] which extends from the city of Norwich to Taverham, Horsham St Faith and Cringleford in Norfolk, England. The area takes in the district of the City of Norwich, and parts of Broadland and South Norfolk districts. The area was recorded at having a population of 213,166 at the 2011 Census. [3]
The population of the area was 816,216 in the 2001 census,. [4] The urban area facing Liverpool on the Wirral Peninsula is a separate division known as the Birkenhead Urban Area. [5] The ONS definition is based purely on physical criteria with a focus on the presence or absence of significant gaps between built-up areas.
The detailed methodology of the process used across the UK by ONS in 2011 is set out in 2011 Built-up Areas - Methodology and Guidance, published in June 2013.It is summarised as "..a ‘bricks and mortar’ approach, with areas defined as built-up land with a minimum area of 20 hectares (0.2 km 2 / 0.077 mile 2), while settlements within 200 metres of each other are linked.
The area had a population of 384,000 [2] in 2019, a small increase from the 2001 census figure of 362,403 with Stoke-on-Trent making up over 70% of this population. It is sometimes called The Potteries Urban Area due to the area's fame and economic importance for the manufacture of Staffordshire pottery , an important element in the Industrial ...
The coastal towns of Sussex with neighbouring Hampshire and south Kent including the settlements that make up the Brighton and Hove built-up area are the sunniest places in the United Kingdom. [3] The coast has consistently more sunshine than the inland areas: sea breezes, blowing off the sea, tend to clear any cloud from the coast. [4]