Towns and cities

Each town is an ONS built-up area with 7,500 or more people: the land built up as one place, whatever council it is in. Cities whose built-up area is the same as their council (Manchester, Leeds) are on the council’s page. Northern Ireland’s towns are not included yet.

East Midlands101

NamePeople (mid-2024)
Alfreton9,457
Arnold40,484
Ashbourne9,125
Ashby-de-la-Zouch16,129
Balderton14,046
Barwell9,184
Beeston54,644
Belper19,266
Bingham11,347
Birstall14,817
Blaby and Whetstone14,725
Bolsover12,184
Boston45,704
Bourne19,037
Brackley16,882
Brimington11,496
Broughton Astley10,175
Burton Latimer10,743
Buxton20,560
Carlton54,818
Chesterfield78,293
Clay Cross9,749
Clifton23,337
Clowne7,844
Coalville22,910
Corby71,015
Cotgrave7,984
Countesthorpe7,627
Daventry28,196
Desborough11,866
Dronfield21,238
Earl Shilton11,361
East Leake9,431
Eastwood19,652
Enderby and Narborough13,839
Forest Town19,518
Gainsborough22,857
Glossop17,863
Grantham45,510
Hadfield16,615
Harworth and Bircotes9,857
Heanor24,701
Higham Ferrers8,805
Hilton9,211
Hinckley51,648
Holbeach9,128
Hucknall37,440
Ilkeston39,463
Irthlingborough9,539
Kettering66,228
Killamarsh9,116
Kirkby-in-Ashfield21,513
Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe14,868
Long Eaton38,555
Loughborough66,302
Louth18,220
Lutterworth10,995
Mablethorpe7,609
Mansfield65,925
Mansfield Woodhouse19,606
Market Harborough25,790
Matlock11,918
Melton Mowbray28,662
Mountsorrel13,141
New Mills9,132
New Ollerton and Ollerton11,486
Newark-on-Trent30,878
North Hykeham16,987
North Wingfield and Holmewood10,419
Northampton253,392
Nuthall and Watnall9,717
Oadby25,474
Oakham12,309
Rainworth8,016
Raunds10,759
Retford25,024
Ripley21,195
Rothwell9,286
Rushden31,401
Sandiacre9,575
Shepshed15,522
Shirebrook12,170
Sileby9,682
Skegness21,117
Sleaford18,923
Somercotes and Swanwick15,342
South Normanton and Pinxton16,541
Spalding31,290
Stamford20,937
Stapleford15,400
Staveley15,427
Sutton in Ashfield37,296
Swadlincote36,877
Syston13,392
Thurmaston9,726
Towcester12,623
Wellingborough57,930
West Bridgford37,225
Whitwick10,631
Wigston37,310
Worksop45,887

East of England123

NamePeople (mid-2024)
Abbots Langley and Kings Langley18,417
Ampthill9,126
Attleborough11,963
Aveley9,563
Baldock10,722
Basildon121,000
Beccles10,006
Bedford101,383
Berechurch7,782
Berkhamsted21,659
Biggleswade22,750
Billericay34,221
Bishop's Stortford44,036
Borehamwood40,581
Bradwell12,184
Braintree44,961
Brandon9,311
Brentwood56,911
Brightlingsea8,939
Buckhurst Hill11,982
Buntingford8,316
Burnham-on-Crouch8,528
Bury St Edmunds43,440
Bushey29,831
Caister-on-Sea8,900
Cambourne12,220
Canvey Island38,248
Chadwell St Mary10,895
Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock24,068
Chatteris10,993
Chelmsford115,781
Cheshunt44,835
Chigwell12,696
Chorleywood12,923
Clacton-on-Sea55,568
Colchester136,808
Cromer7,511
Dereham21,436
Diss9,678
Downham Market11,309
Dunstable37,678
Ely20,097
Epping10,978
Fakenham8,550
Felixstowe24,938
Flitwick13,880
Godmanchester8,928
Gorleston-on-Sea24,440
Grays45,637
Great Dunmow11,365
Great Notley7,979
Great Yarmouth29,134
Hadleigh9,075
Halstead14,807
Harpenden31,321
Harwich20,999
Hatfield43,165
Haverhill28,032
Hemel Hempstead100,893
Hertford30,333
Histon and Impington7,920
Hitchin36,223
Hockley and Hawkwell15,967
Hoddesdon41,382
Houghton Regis23,405
Huntingdon26,661
Kempston23,315
Kesgrave15,043
King's Lynn48,242
Leighton Buzzard45,228
Letchworth34,608
Littleport9,780
London Colney8,195
Loughton33,869
Lowestoft71,919
Maldon24,492
March21,600
Mildenhall10,042
Newmarket19,872
North Walsham12,968
Norwich206,719
Potters Bar23,626
Radlett8,161
Rayleigh33,597
Rickmansworth26,467
Rochford13,534
Royston18,534
Runwell8,642
Saffron Walden17,441
Sandy11,362
Sawbridgeworth11,237
Soham11,325
South Ockendon23,375
South Woodham Ferrers15,870
St Albans77,003
St Ives17,355
St Neots34,728
Stanford-le-Hope29,856
Stansted Mountfitchet9,048
Stotfold13,595
Stowmarket22,459
Sudbury24,696
Swaffham9,394
Taverham and Drayton15,425
Thetford25,543
Thundersley and South Benfleet50,596
Tilbury14,847
Tiptree9,606
Tring12,587
Waltham Abbey19,072
Waltham Cross12,422
Ware20,115
Watford137,901
Watton12,016
Welwyn Garden City52,750
Whittlesey15,033
Wickford28,153
Wisbech27,308
Witham28,572
Woodbridge10,259
Wootton8,350
Wymondham17,787
Yaxley9,694

London2

North East56

North West156

NamePeople (mid-2024)
Accrington36,953
Adlington8,895
Alsager17,001
Altrincham50,611
Ashton-in-Makerfield26,463
Ashton-under-Lyne50,616
Atherton28,553
Audenshaw14,490
Bacup13,927
Bamber Bridge41,858
Barnoldswick10,914
Barrow-in-Furness55,823
Bebington59,110
Birkenhead114,569
Blackburn131,614
Bolton194,118
Bootle55,615
Bramhall17,185
Bredbury and Woodley17,558
Brierfield11,225
Burscough9,362
Bury83,243
Carlisle81,260
Chadderton39,865
Cheadle15,048
Cheadle Hulme25,369
Chester96,590
Chorley40,796
Clayton-le-Moors8,039
Cleveleys11,210
Clifton17,966
Clitheroe18,192
Cockermouth9,329
Colne19,570
Congleton32,386
Coppull8,278
Crewe79,960
Crosby51,367
Dalton-in-Furness7,654
Darwen29,057
Davenham14,335
Denton37,721
Droylsden25,080
Dukinfield21,389
Eccles42,949
Ellesmere Port68,346
Elworth7,999
Euxton18,413
Failsworth20,474
Farnworth30,381
Fleetwood26,873
Formby23,204
Frodsham9,136
Fulwood37,545
Gatley9,489
Golborne27,809
Greasby9,191
Great Harwood11,468
Hale16,615
Haslingden16,414
Haydock16,421
Hazel Grove20,801
Heswall29,319
Heysham16,461
Heywood31,049
Hindley25,229
Horwich21,636
Huyton with Roby63,048
Hyde37,210
Ince-in-Makerfield12,734
Irlam19,873
Kearsley11,218
Kendal29,564
Kirkby47,698
Kirkham9,263
Knutsford13,733
Lancaster53,924
Lees12,689
Leigh48,797
Leyland41,910
Litherland19,117
Little Hulton27,692
Little Lever12,588
Littleborough12,820
Longridge9,671
Longton11,120
Lymm11,860
Lytham St Anne's43,878
Macclesfield56,372
Maghull21,330
Marple13,258
Maryport8,493
Middleton50,160
Middlewich14,613
Milnrow9,461
Morecambe33,114
Mossley11,462
Nantwich19,619
Nelson36,305
Neston15,122
Newton-le-Willows25,686
Northwich19,628
Old Trafford23,197
Oldham116,329
Ormskirk28,546
Orrell23,910
Oswaldtwistle11,385
Padiham10,347
Partington8,279
Penrith17,800
Penwortham20,846
Platt Bridge and Abram10,897
Poulton-le-Fylde13,925
Poynton13,625
Prescot41,242
Preston100,408
Prestwich32,541
Radcliffe32,139
Ramsbottom17,263
Rawtenstall24,669
Reddish22,763
Rochdale116,770
Romiley10,966
Royton23,845
Runcorn63,373
Sale63,814
Salford127,066
Sandbach12,307
Shaw18,387
Skelmersdale36,373
Southport96,419
St Helens111,493
Stalybridge27,398
Standish14,170
Stockport122,025
Stretford29,100
Swinton23,906
Tarleton and Hesketh Bank9,131
Thornton20,423
Tyldesley17,316
Ulverston11,791
Uppermill11,327
Urmston41,935
Walkden19,822
Wallasey87,335
West Kirby13,535
Westhoughton22,743
Whitefield22,718
Whitehaven23,438
Widnes60,975
Wigan84,026
Wilmslow26,682
Winsford34,373
Workington21,834
Worsley12,226
Wythenshawe100,569

Scotland113

NamePeople (mid-2024)
Airdrie33,067
Alloa20,119
Annan8,314
Arbroath21,894
Ardrossan9,250
Armadale12,209
Ayr44,068
Balloch7,490
Barrhead17,245
Bathgate20,774
Bearsden26,792
Bellshill19,599
Bishopbriggs22,789
Bishopton10,007
Blairgowrie and Rattray8,778
Blantyre15,561
Bo'ness13,547
Bonnybridge7,479
Bonnyrigg17,590
Brightons, Redding and Maddiston15,761
Broughty Ferry17,401
Broxburn10,511
Buckie8,736
Cambuslang42,859
Carluke13,325
Carnoustie10,675
Clydebank39,854
Coatbridge40,653
Cowdenbeath11,210
Cradlehall13,192
Cumbernauld45,182
Cumnock7,731
Cupar8,210
Dalgety Bay9,316
Dalkeith14,016
Denny10,800
Dumbarton19,777
Dumfries31,968
Dunbar9,821
Dunblane8,386
Dunfermline55,795
East Kilbride74,041
Elgin23,750
Ellon9,316
Erskine14,047
Falkirk27,358
Forfar13,349
Forres9,056
Fraserburgh12,465
Galashiels14,453
Glenrothes33,980
Gorebridge and Mayfield20,772
Gourock10,644
Grangemouth15,772
Greenock38,496
Haddington11,678
Hamilton52,615
Hawick12,741
Helensburgh14,004
Inverness50,206
Inverurie14,659
Irvine31,938
Johnstone15,814
Kilmarnock45,126
Kilsyth9,578
Kilwinning14,458
Kirkcaldy48,689
Kirkintilloch28,819
Lanark7,945
Larbert and Stenhousemuir26,346
Largs10,356
Larkhall14,909
Leven9,681
Linlithgow11,407
Linwood8,320
Livingston53,929
Methil9,444
Milngavie11,559
Monifieth8,664
Montrose11,005
Motherwell44,676
Musselburgh18,952
Nairn8,000
Newton Mearns28,988
North Berwick7,554
Paisley78,876
Peebles8,276
Penicuik16,065
Perth46,909
Peterhead18,901
Port Glasgow14,640
Portlethen8,790
Prestonpans9,995
Prestwick14,128
Queensferry9,949
Renfrew23,064
Rosyth12,767
Rutherglen16,604
Saltcoats11,927
Shotts7,837
St Andrews14,633
Stevenston7,802
Stewarton7,572
Stirling36,512
Stonehaven9,661
Stranraer9,200
Tranent11,507
Troon13,912
Tullibody8,569
Uddingston19,881
Westhill10,840
Whitburn11,410
Wishaw29,976

South East199

NamePeople (mid-2024)
Abingdon-on-Thames32,953
Addlestone14,467
Aldershot43,760
Alton19,111
Amersham17,972
Andover50,868
Ascot24,754
Ash and Ash Vale27,097
Ashford24,110
Ashford87,136
Ashford Common8,551
Ashley7,685
Ashtead14,897
Aylesbury93,833
Banbury56,338
Banstead8,786
Barnham11,551
Basingstoke122,884
Beaconsfield14,716
Bearsted8,386
Bexhill-on-Sea45,405
Bicester40,424
Billingshurst9,909
Bletchley47,064
Bognor Regis69,888
Bordon10,500
Bracknell82,249
Broadstairs25,911
Buckingham15,163
Burgess Hill35,272
Bursledon8,671
Byfleet14,250
Camberley38,275
Canterbury57,678
Carterton18,994
Caterham23,514
Caversham32,846
Chalfont St Peter14,124
Chandler's Ford32,128
Chatham79,628
Chertsey15,284
Chesham24,634
Chichester34,202
Cobham17,564
Cowes14,502
Coxheath9,447
Cranleigh11,488
Crowborough23,010
Crowthorne16,428
Dartford73,017
Deal29,180
Didcot37,124
Dorking17,893
Dover37,102
East Cowes8,423
East Grinstead27,534
Eastleigh50,842
Edenbridge8,184
Egham29,600
Emsworth11,880
Epsom37,238
Esher9,609
Ewell28,021
Fareham42,930
Faringdon9,559
Farnborough62,938
Farncombe13,783
Farnham21,498
Faversham23,076
Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green12,829
Fleet38,894
Folkestone53,719
Freshwater and Totland7,636
Frimley15,934
Gerrards Cross8,413
Gillingham114,100
Godalming11,372
Gravesend60,271
Great Bookham and Fetcham21,794
Grove9,094
Guildford81,920
Hailsham23,492
Haslemere12,338
Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint15,034
Havant48,552
Hawkinge8,689
Haywards Heath42,150
Hazlemere19,990
Heathfield7,848
Hedge End23,488
Henley-on-Thames12,028
Herne15,897
Herne Bay24,927
Hersham13,240
High Wycombe89,336
Hoo St Werburgh9,981
Hook9,556
Horley29,630
Horndean34,659
Horsham51,722
Hythe14,747
Hythe and Dibden Purlieu20,061
Kidlington15,083
Kings Hill10,515
Lancing and Sompting28,306
Larkfield26,924
Leatherhead12,008
Lee-on-the-Solent24,491
Lewes15,783
Littlehampton19,212
Locks Heath36,068
Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley16,198
Lymington14,736
Maidenhead70,665
Maidstone116,747
Margate63,578
Marlow14,774
Milton Keynes209,660
Minster17,121
New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater33,879
New Milton11,891
Newbury44,800
Newhaven13,588
Newport26,585
Newport Pagnell15,228
Northfleet31,805
Old Windsor and Wraysbury7,710
Oxted11,963
Paddock Wood8,561
Peacehaven16,429
Petersfield15,308
Polegate10,175
Prestwood and Great Missenden7,516
Princes Risborough7,803
Ramsgate42,905
Reading213,479
Redhill35,530
Reigate24,904
Ringwood13,012
Rochester69,873
Romsey20,351
Royal Tunbridge Wells53,023
Rusthall and Langton Green7,835
Rustington34,403
Ryde24,040
Sandhurst20,084
Sandown11,838
Seaford23,907
Selsey10,774
Sevenoaks26,884
Shanklin9,083
Sheerness13,496
Shoreham-by-Sea23,690
Sittingbourne57,225
Snodland12,239
South Hayling15,389
South Merstham10,456
Southborough9,835
Southwater11,516
Southwick12,201
Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross8,874
Staines-upon-Thames22,284
Stanwell12,625
Storrington8,633
Sunbury-on-Thames22,113
Swanley17,932
Swanscombe15,957
Tadley14,993
Tadworth and Epsom Downs27,873
Tenterden7,988
Thame13,221
Thatcham25,595
Tonbridge37,210
Totton28,480
Twyford7,996
Uckfield15,666
Wallingford8,735
Walton-on-Thames28,353
Wantage14,849
Warlingham8,961
Waterlooville35,627
Wendover8,772
West End11,224
West End and Chobham8,974
West Molesey47,577
Weybourne11,856
Weybridge16,349
Whiteley9,910
Whitstable31,967
Wick13,768
Winchester50,599
Windsor32,497
Winnersh9,392
Witney32,289
Woking76,916
Wokingham53,597
Woodley28,720
Worcester Park and Stoneleigh16,275
Yateley14,962

South West111

NamePeople (mid-2024)
Amesbury13,513
Barnstaple32,188
Bath98,053
Bideford19,773
Bishop's Cleeve17,386
Blandford Forum12,374
Bodmin17,575
Bournemouth202,542
Bradford-on-Avon10,018
Bradley Stoke25,745
Bridgwater50,532
Bridport12,375
Brixham17,698
Brockworth13,917
Burnham-on-Sea16,203
Calne20,062
Cam8,546
Camborne21,060
Chard14,616
Chippenham37,126
Chipping Sodbury8,090
Christchurch48,827
Churchdown14,739
Cinderford9,035
Cirencester18,021
Clevedon21,185
Corfe Mullen10,327
Corsham11,647
Crediton8,165
Cullompton9,226
Dawlish12,028
Devizes19,917
Dorchester22,613
Dursley8,173
Exmouth36,204
Falmouth24,289
Ferndown13,436
Filton11,654
Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne15,333
Frome28,333
Gillingham11,410
Glastonbury8,452
Hayle9,426
Helston11,436
Highworth7,993
Honiton12,745
Ilfracombe9,281
Ivybridge12,695
Keynsham20,547
Kingsteignton12,288
Kingswood and Fishponds166,537
Launceston8,234
Liskeard11,703
Lydney10,641
Marlborough8,819
Melksham18,651
Midsomer Norton13,893
Minehead11,882
Nailsea16,259
Newquay25,215
Newton Abbot30,572
Okehampton9,878
Paignton68,257
Patchway18,087
Penryn11,853
Penzance14,885
Pool and Illogan8,881
Poole143,434
Portishead26,591
Quedgeley and Hardwicke22,301
Radstock10,225
Redruth16,010
Royal Wootton Bassett13,160
Salisbury49,145
Saltash15,532
Shaftesbury9,389
Shepton Mallet9,605
Sherborne10,933
Sidmouth13,386
St Austell24,596
Stoke Gifford16,394
Stonehouse8,915
Stratton St Margaret21,354
Street12,903
Stroud26,691
Swanage9,069
Swindon191,327
Taunton64,199
Tavistock13,598
Teignmouth15,364
Tewkesbury14,646
Thornbury15,120
Tidworth10,940
Tiverton20,064
Torquay52,222
Totnes9,329
Trowbridge44,073
Truro24,244
Upton8,538
Verwood13,961
Warminster18,597
Wellington14,561
Wells12,417
West Moors10,258
Westbury17,612
Weston-super-Mare87,165
Weymouth56,292
Wimborne Minster18,016
Yate30,779
Yatton8,121
Yeovil51,798

Wales74

NamePeople (mid-2024)
Aberdare38,388
Abergavenny14,091
Abergele8,821
Abertillery10,302
Aberystwyth15,520
Ammanford8,405
Baglan10,583
Bangor18,682
Bargod8,099
Barry58,331
Blackwood12,608
Brecon8,350
Bridgend53,198
Brynteg9,527
Buckley13,516
Caernarfon10,051
Caerphilly33,389
Caldicot9,980
Carmarthen16,868
Chepstow12,561
Church Village14,350
Clydach8,513
Colwyn Bay28,998
Connah's Quay16,667
Conwy15,848
Cwmbrân48,534
Denbigh8,470
Dinas Powis8,041
Ebbw Vale20,077
Flint13,121
Gorseinon14,538
Haverfordwest12,835
Hawarden14,298
Holyhead12,029
Holywell7,770
Kinmel Bay8,948
Llandudno14,734
Llanelli42,518
Llanharan and Brynna8,903
Maesteg18,316
Merthyr Tydfil39,706
Milford Haven14,647
Mold10,015
Monmouth10,349
Mountain Ash13,405
Neath40,787
Newbridge7,651
Newtown11,028
Pembroke7,854
Pembroke Dock9,782
Penarth28,739
Pencoed9,068
Pontllanfraith9,318
Pontypool29,145
Pontypridd33,851
Port Talbot31,825
Porth13,451
Porthcawl15,932
Prestatyn16,544
Pyle14,168
Rhondda13,398
Rhosllannerchrugog12,853
Rhyl27,875
Risca15,178
Rogerstone7,640
Sarn11,993
Swansea181,003
Tonypandy17,236
Tonyrefail11,989
Tredegar14,466
Treorchy7,621
Wrexham46,072
Ystalyfera7,800
Ystrad Mynach12,058

West Midlands81

Yorkshire and The Humber112

NamePeople (mid-2024)
Adwick le Street19,165
Armthorpe14,472
Baildon17,136
Barnsley73,883
Barton-upon-Humber12,052
Barugh Green and Redbrook7,694
Batley45,637
Bentley12,423
Beverley32,068
Bingley21,652
Bradford347,774
Bridlington35,406
Brighouse33,665
Brinsworth8,932
Brough13,997
Castleford47,533
Catterick Garrison14,522
Chapeltown and High Green22,346
Cleckheaton12,202
Cleethorpes29,346
Conisbrough11,354
Cottingham15,529
Cudworth and Shafton12,685
Darton15,491
Dewsbury65,878
Dinnington11,439
Doncaster93,545
Driffield14,079
Dunscroft and Hatfield14,642
East Ardsley15,455
Ecclesfield and Grenoside8,256
Elland15,929
Featherstone12,435
Garforth15,526
Gomersal and Birkenshaw14,116
Goole20,912
Grimsby87,480
Guiseley12,423
Halifax91,611
Harrogate78,038
Haxby10,175
Heckmondwike13,634
Hedon8,056
Hemsworth9,467
Hessle16,650
Honley14,776
Horbury9,890
Hornsea8,853
Hoyland15,536
Huddersfield149,596
Humberston and New Waltham16,054
Huntington12,384
Ilkley14,642
Immingham9,924
Keighley50,344
Kippax10,423
Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe13,279
Knaresborough16,649
Knottingley10,072
Leeds564,740
Linthwaite and Slaithwaite9,531
Liversedge17,670
Maltby16,683
Meltham8,628
Mexborough16,207
Mirfield20,007
Morley33,608
New Rossington and Rossington14,651
Normanton22,752
Northallerton13,669
Norton-on-Derwent8,153
Ossett21,819
Otley14,450
Penistone8,685
Pocklington11,566
Pontefract34,171
Pudsey35,111
Queensbury9,633
Rawmarsh19,402
Richmond7,966
Ripon17,248
Rotherham75,171
Rothwell20,851
Royston11,032
Scarborough60,895
Scawthorpe and Cusworth12,983
Scunthorpe82,531
Selby20,057
Shelf and Northowram9,271
Sherburn in Elmet9,248
Shipley29,747
Silsden8,970
Skipton15,539
South Elmsall11,555
South Kirkby9,282
Sprotbrough7,476
Swallownest and Aston15,090
Swinton16,381
Thorne12,628
Thurnscoe9,705
Todmorden13,021
Wakefield103,904
Warmsworth11,707
Wath upon Dearne17,665
Wetherby11,582
Whitby12,680
Wickersley and Bramley24,946
Willerby and Anlaby20,264
Wombwell17,533
Worsbrough9,037
Yeadon14,468
York147,570

Figures for each town add up the census output areas (or neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside its built-up area.