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List of ONS built-up areas in England by population

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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 a new nomenclature for the urban areas or released any data for them.)

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Classifications

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Major

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London
London
Birmingham
Birmingham
Bradford
Bradford
Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove
Bristol
Bristol
Coventry
Coventry
Derby
Derby
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Leeds
Leeds
Leicester
Leicester
Liverpool
Liverpool
Luton
Luton
Manchester
Manchester
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Northampton
Northampton
Norwich
Norwich
Nottingham
Nottingham
Plymouth
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Reading
Reading
Sheffield
Sheffield
Southampton
Southampton
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Location of major BUAs in England
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Norwich

The ONS has classified all built-up areas with a population of at least 200,000 as "major". Most are cities, with three large towns (Luton, Northampton and Reading) included.[1] (Conversely, there are many settlements that have city status but do not reach the threshold.)

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Large

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Bournemouth
Bournemouth
Peterborough
Peterborough
Bolton
Bolton
Swindon
Swindon
Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea
Warrington
Warrington
Oxford
Oxford
Sunderland
Sunderland
Slough
Slough
Kingswood & Fishponds
Kingswood & Fishponds
Telford
Telford
Cambridge
Cambridge
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Ipswich
Ipswich
Blackpool
Blackpool
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
York
York
Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Poole
Poole
Watford
Watford
Colchester
Colchester
Exeter
Exeter
Blackburn
Blackburn
Crawley
Crawley
Location of large BUAs in England down to Crawley
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Nuneaton

The ONS classified all built-up areas between 199,999 and 75,000 as large-sized, most include large towns or smaller cities.[1]

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Medium

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Scarborough

The ONS classified all built-up areas between 75,000 and 20,000 as medium-sized, most are moderate towns with some exceptional cities or villages.[1]

49,700 to 74,999

Hereford, Canterbury, Lancaster and Durham have city status, all others are towns and Rochester formerly had city status.

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30,000 to 49,699

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Exmouth

"Citypopulation.de" does not record areas with a population lower than Thundersley and South Benfleet.

Winchester, Lichfield and Chichester have city status between 30,000 and 49,700.

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20,000 to 29,999

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Ashton-in-Makerfield

Truro officially has city status.

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References

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