List of towns in England

This is a list of towns in England.

Historically, towns were any settlement with a charter, including market towns and ancient boroughs. The process of incorporation was reformed in 1835 and many more places received borough charters, whilst others were lost. All existing boroughs were abolished on 1 April 1974 and borough status was reformed as a civic honour for local government districts. At the same time a limited number of former boroughs and other settlements became successor parishes, with the right to be known as a town and preserve their charter. Boroughs that did not become successor parishes formed unparished areas, but were able to preserve their charters without a corporate body by appointing charter trustees. Since 1 April 1974 any parish council in England has the right to resolve to call itself a town council and many communities have taken up this right, including areas that preserved continuity with charter trustees. However, no successor parishes have exercised this right (e.g. Ilkley).

This list does not include cities in England.

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Abingdon-on-Thames	Oxfordshire	town council¹
Accrington	Lancashire	borough (1878–1974)
Acle	Norfolk	market charter
Acton	Greater London	borough (1921–1965)
Adlington	Lancashire	town council¹
Alcester	Warwickshire	town council
Aldeburgh	Suffolk	town council¹
Aldershot	Hampshire	borough (1922–1974)
Alford	Lincolnshire	town council¹
Alfreton	Derbyshire	town council
Alnwick	Northumberland	town council¹
Alsager	Cheshire	town council¹
Alston	Cumbria	market charter
Alton	Hampshire	town council¹
Altrincham	Greater Manchester	borough (1937–1974)
Amble	Northumberland	town council¹
Ambleside	Cumbria	market charter
Amersham	Buckinghamshire	town council
Amesbury	Wiltshire	town council
Ampthill	Bedfordshire	town council¹
Andover	Hampshire	borough (1835–1974)
Appleby-in-Westmorland	Cumbria	town council¹
Arlesey	Bedfordshire	town council
Arundel	West Sussex	town council¹
Ashbourne	Derbyshire	town council¹
Ashburton	Devon	town council¹
Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Leicestershire	town council¹
Ashford	Kent	market charter
Ashington	Northumberland	town council
Ashton-under-Lyne	Greater Manchester	borough (1847–1974)
Askern	South Yorkshire	town council
Atherstone	Warwickshire	town council
Attleborough	Norfolk	town council
Axbridge	Somerset	town council
Axminster	Devon	town council
Aylesbury	Buckinghamshire	town council
Aylsham	Norfolk	town council

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Bacup	Lancashire	borough (1883–1974)
Bakewell	Derbyshire	town council¹
Bampton	Devon	town council
Banbury	Oxfordshire	town council
Barking	Greater London	Market charter;^[1] borough (1931–1965)
Barnard Castle	Durham	town council¹
Barnes	Greater London	borough (1932–1965)
Barnet	Greater London	market charter
Barnoldswick	Lancashire	town council
Barnsley	South Yorkshire	borough (1869–1974)
Barnstaple	Devon	town council¹
Barrow-in-Furness	Cumbria	borough (1867–1974)
Barton-upon-Humber	Lincolnshire	town council¹
Basildon	Essex	new town (designated 1949)
Basingstoke	Hampshire	borough (1835–1974)
Batley	West Yorkshire	borough (1868–1974)
Battle	East Sussex	town council
Bawtry	South Yorkshire	town council
Beaconsfield	Buckinghamshire	town council¹
Beaminster	Dorset	town council
Bebington	Merseyside	borough (1937–1974)
Beccles	Suffolk	town council¹
Beckenham	Greater London	borough (1935–1965)
Bedale	North Yorkshire	town council
Bedford	Bedfordshire	borough (1835–1974)
Bedworth	Warwickshire	market charter
Belper	Derbyshire	town council¹
Bentham	North Yorkshire	town council
Berkeley	Gloucestershire	town council
Berkhamsted	Hertfordshire	town council¹
Berwick-upon-Tweed	Northumberland	town council
Beverley	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council
Bewdley	Worcestershire	town council¹
Bexhill-on-Sea	East Sussex	charter trustees
Bexley	Greater London	borough (1937–1965)
Bicester	Oxfordshire	town council¹
Biddulph	Staffordshire	town council¹
Bideford	Devon	town council¹
Biggleswade	Bedfordshire	town council¹
Billericay	Essex	town council
Billingham	Durham	town council
Bilston	West Midlands	borough (1938–1967)
Bingham	Nottinghamshire	town council
Bingley	West Yorkshire	market charter
Birchwood	Cheshire	town council
Birkenhead	Merseyside	borough (1877–1974)
Bishop Auckland	Durham	town council
Bishop's Castle	Shropshire	town council
Bishop's Stortford	Hertfordshire	town council¹
Bishop's Waltham	Hampshire	market charter
Blackburn	Lancashire	borough (1851–1974)
Blackpool	Lancashire	borough (1867–1974)
Blackrod	Greater Manchester	town council¹
Blackwater and Hawley	Hampshire	town council
Blandford Forum	Dorset	town council¹
Bletchley and Fenny Stratford	Buckinghamshire	town council
Blyth	Northumberland	town council
Bodmin	Cornwall	town council¹
Bognor Regis	West Sussex	town council
Bollington	Cheshire	town council¹
Bolsover	Derbyshire	town council¹
Bolton	Greater Manchester	borough (1838–1974)
Bootle	Merseyside	borough (1868–1974)
Bordon	Hampshire	town council
Boroughbridge	North Yorkshire	town council
Boston	Lincolnshire	town council
Bottesford	Lincolnshire	town council
Bourne	Lincolnshire	town council¹
Bournemouth	Dorset	borough (1890–1974)
Bovey Tracey	Devon	town council
Brackley	Northamptonshire	town council¹
Bracknell	Berkshire	new town (designated 1949)
Bradford-on-Avon	Wiltshire	town council¹
Brading	Isle of Wight	town council
Bradley Stoke	Gloucestershire	town council
Bradninch	Devon	town council
Braintree	Essex	market charter
Brampton	Cumbria	market charter (1252)
Brandon	Suffolk	town council
Braunstone Town	Leicestershire	town council
Brentford	Greater London	market charter
Brentwood	Essex	market charter
Brewood	Staffordshire	market charter
Bridgnorth	Shropshire	town council
Bridgwater	Somerset	town council
Bridlington	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council
Bridport	Dorset	town council¹
Brierfield	Lancashire	town council
Brierley	South Yorkshire	town council
Brigg	Lincolnshire	town council¹
Brighouse	West Yorkshire	borough (1893–1974)
Brightlingsea	Essex	town council¹
Brixham	Devon	town council
Broadstairs and St Peter's	Kent	town council¹
Bromborough	Merseyside	market charter
Bromley	Greater London	borough (1903–1965)
Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	market charter
Bromyard	Herefordshire	town council
Broseley	Shropshire	town council
Brough	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council
Broughton	Lincolnshire	town council
Broughton-in-Furness	Cumbria	market charter
Bruton	Somerset	town council
Buckfastleigh	Devon	town council¹
Buckingham	Buckinghamshire	town council¹
Bude-Stratton	Cornwall	town council¹
Budleigh Salterton	Devon	town council¹
Bulwell	Nottinghamshire	market charter
Bungay	Suffolk	town council¹
Buntingford	Hertfordshire	town council
Burford	Oxfordshire	town council
Burgess Hill	West Sussex	town council¹
Burgh-le-Marsh	Lincolnshire	town council
Burnham-on-Crouch	Essex	town council¹
Burnham-on-Sea	Somerset	town council¹
Burnley	Lancashire	borough (1861–1974)
Burntwood	Staffordshire	town council
Burslem	Staffordshire	town council
Burton Latimer	Northamptonshire	town council¹
Burton upon Trent	Staffordshire	charter trustees (abolished 2003)
Bury	Greater Manchester	borough (1876–1974)
Bury St Edmunds	Suffolk	town council
Bushey	Hertfordshire	market charter
Buxton	Derbyshire	borough (1917–1974)

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Caistor	Lincolnshire	town council
Callington	Cornwall	town council
Calne	Wiltshire	town council¹
Camborne	Cornwall	town council
Camelford	Cornwall	town council
Cannock	Staffordshire	market charter
Canvey Island	Essex	town council
Carnforth	Lancashire	town council¹
Carlton Colville	Suffolk	town council
Carshalton	Greater London	Borough (1915–1965)
Carterton	Oxfordshire	town council
Castle Cary	Somerset	town council
Castleford	West Yorkshire	borough (1955–1974)
Caterham	Surrey	town council
Chagford	Devon	stannary charter
Chapel-en-le-Frith	Derbyshire	market charter
Chard	Somerset	town council¹
Charlbury	Oxfordshire	town council
Chatham	Kent	borough (1890–1974)
Chatteris	Cambridgeshire	town council¹
Cheadle	Staffordshire	town council
Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	borough (1876–1974)
Chertsey	Surrey	market charter
Chesham	Buckinghamshire	town council¹
Cheshunt	Hertfordshire	market charter
Chesterfield	Derbyshire	borough (1835–1974)
Chester-le-Street	Durham	market charter
Chickerell	Dorset	town council
Chilton	Durham	town council
Chingford	Greater London	borough (1938–1965)
Chippenham	Wiltshire	town council
Chipping Campden	Gloucestershire	town council
Chipping Norton	Oxfordshire	town council¹
Chipping Sodbury	Gloucestershire	town council
Chiswick	Greater London	borough (with Brentford; 1932–1965)
Chorley	Lancashire	borough (1881–1974)
Chorleywood	Hertfordshire	town council¹
Christchurch	Dorset	borough (1886–1974)
Chudleigh	Devon	town council
Chulmleigh	Devon	market charter
Church Stretton	Shropshire	town council
Cinderford	Gloucestershire	town council
Cirencester	Gloucestershire	town council¹
Clare	Suffolk	market charter
Clay Cross	Derbyshire	town council¹
Cleator Moor	Cumbria	town council
Cleckheaton	West Yorkshire	market charter
Cleethorpes	Lincolnshire	charter trustees
Cleobury Mortimer	Shropshire	market charter
Clevedon	Somerset	town council¹
Clitheroe	Lancashire	town council¹
Clun	Shropshire	town council
Coalville	Leicestershire	town council
Cockermouth	Cumbria	town council¹
Coggeshall	Essex	market charter
Colburn	North Yorkshire	town council
Coleford	Gloucestershire	town council
Coleshill	Warwickshire	town council
Colne	Lancashire	town council
Colyton	Devon	market charter
Congleton	Cheshire	town council
Conisbrough	South Yorkshire	market charter
Corbridge	Northumberland	market charter
Corby	Northamptonshire	market charter
Corringham	Essex	market charter
Corsham	Wiltshire	town council
Cosham	Hampshire	town council
Cotgrave	Nottinghamshire	town council
Cowes	Isle of Wight	town council
Coulsdon	Greater London	Municipal Borough (with Purley; 1915–1965)
Cramlington	Northumberland	town council
Cranbrook	Kent	market charter
Craven Arms	Shropshire	town council
Crawley	West Sussex	market charter
Crediton	Devon	town council¹
Crewe	Cheshire	charter trustees
Crewkerne	Somerset	town council¹
Cricklade	Wiltshire	town council
Cromer	Norfolk	town council¹
Crook	Durham	market charter
Crosby	Merseyside	borough (1937–1974)
Crowborough	East Sussex	town council
Croydon	Greater London	borough (1883–1965)
Crowland	Lincolnshire	market charter
Crowle	Lincolnshire	town council
Cullompton	Devon	town council

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Dagenham	Greater London	borough (1938–1965)
Dalton-in-Furness	Cumbria	Market Charter^[2]
Darley Dale	Derbyshire	town council
Darlington	Durham	borough (1867–1974)
Dartford	Kent	charter trustees (abolished 1977)
Dartmouth	Devon	town council¹
Darwen	Lancashire	town council
Daventry	Northamptonshire	town council
Dawley	Shropshire	town council
Dawlish	Devon	town council¹
Deal	Kent	town council
Denholme	West Yorkshire	town council
Dereham	Norfolk	town council¹
Desborough	Northamptonshire	town council¹
Devizes	Wiltshire	town council¹
Dewsbury	West Yorkshire	borough (1862–1974)
Didcot	Oxfordshire	town council
Dinnington St John's	South Yorkshire	town council
Diss	Norfolk	town council¹
Dorchester	Dorset	town council¹
Dorking	Surrey	market charter
Dover	Kent	town council
Dovercourt	Essex	market charter
Downham Market	Norfolk	town council¹
Driffield	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council
Droitwich Spa	Worcestershire	town council¹
Dronfield	Derbyshire	town council¹
Dudley	West Midlands	borough (1865–1974)
Dukinfield	Greater Manchester	borough (1899–1974)
Dulverton	Somerset	town council
Dunstable	Bedfordshire	town council
Dunwich	Suffolk	market charter
Dursley	Gloucestershire	town council

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Ealing	Greater London	borough (1901–1965)
Earby	Lancashire	town council
Earl Shilton	Leicestershire	town council
Earley	Berkshire	town council
Easingwold	North Yorkshire	town council
East Cowes	Isle of Wight	town council
East Grinstead	West Sussex	town council¹
East Ham	Greater London	borough (1904–1965)
Eastbourne	East Sussex	borough (1883–1974)
Eastleigh	Hampshire	borough (1936–1974)
East Retford	Nottinghamshire	charter trustees
Eastwood	Nottinghamshire	town council¹
Eccles	Greater Manchester	borough (1892–1974)
Eccleshall	Staffordshire	market charter
Edenbridge	Kent	town council
Edgware	Greater London	market charter
Edmonton	Greater London	borough (1937–1965)
Egremont	Cumbria	town council
Elland	West Yorkshire	market charter
Ellesmere	Shropshire	town council
Ellesmere Port	Cheshire	charter trustees
Elstree and Borehamwood	Hertfordshire	town council
Emsworth	Hampshire	market charter
Enfield	Greater London	borough (1955–1965)
Epping	Essex	town council¹
Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	borough from 1937^[3]
Epworth	Lincolnshire	town council
Erith	Greater London	borough (1937–1965)
Eton	Berkshire	town council¹
Evesham	Worcestershire	town council¹
Exmouth	Devon	town council
Eye	Suffolk	town council¹

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