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Find out which places in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have been granted city status by letters patent or royal charter. Learn about the history, criteria and exceptions of city status in the UK.
This is a list of towns in England, excluding cities. It includes civil parishes, boroughs, market towns and ancient boroughs with charters or councils.
Find out how many towns are in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and British Overseas Territories. Learn about the history, definition and status of towns and cities in the UK.
Find out the population, county and related places of each built-up area in England according to the 2021 UK Census. The list includes major, large, medium and small cities and towns, as well as hamlets and villages.
This report is known as the State of the English Cities Report [2] and was maintained by the Department for Communities and Local Government. Using this definition the term "city" is used as a primary urban area, which is distinct from the Office for National Statistics urban area agglomerations, with a total population in excess of 125,000. [ 3 ]
Most cities are ITL 3 areas in their own right. Some ITL 3 areas are made up of groups of authorities or metropolitan boroughs, such as the county of Greater Manchester and the conurbation of Tyneside, and tend to reflect high levels of economic coherence. London is the biggest city by GDP in the United Kingdom (£562 billion)
This is a list of the largest cities and towns of England ordered by population at various points during history. Until the first modern census was conducted in 1801 there was no centrally conducted method of determining the populations of England's settlements at any one time, and so data has to be used from a number of other historical surveys.
There are 69 settlements and local government districts in the United Kingdom with official city status. 51 are in England, 6 in Wales, 7 in Scotland and 5 in Northern Ireland See also: towns in the United Kingdom