List of cities in the United Kingdom

This is a List of cities in the United Kingdom. This list includes all places with city status.

City[1]	Year granted or confirmed	Cathedral (pre-1889)	City council	Nation/Region	Image	Population
Aberdeen^32 (Scots: Aiberdeen) (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dheathain)	1891^31 (Burgh: 1179)	St Machar's Cathedral	Local government district	Scotland (North East Scotland)		189,120^38
Armagh^11 (Irish: Ard Mhacha) (Ulster-Scots: Airmagh)	1994	not applicable	None. Represented on Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council	Northern Ireland		59,340 (2011)[2]
Bangor^1	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of St Deiniol	Community	Wales		18,808 (2011)[3]
Bath^1	1090	Abbey Church of SS Peter & Paul^4	Charter trustees	South West, England		88,859 (2011)[4] 97,311 (urban area, 2010)[5]
Belfast (Irish: Béal Feirste) (Ulster-Scots: Bilfawst)	1888	not applicable	Local government district	Northern Ireland		333,871 (2011)[6]
Birmingham^2	1889^33	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	West Midlands, England		1,092,330 (2013)[7]
Bradford^1	1897	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	Yorkshire and the Humber, England		522,452 (2011)[8]
Brighton & Hove^15	2000	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	South East, England		273,369 (2011)[8]
Bristol^1	1542	Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity	Local government district (Unitary and county)	South West, England		428,234 (2011)[8]
Cambridge^3	1951^25	not applicable	Local government district	East, England		123,867 (2011)[8]
Canterbury^3	time immemorial	Cathedral & Metropolitical Church of Christ	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	South East, England		151,145 (2011)[8]
Cardiff^9 (Welsh: Caerdydd)	1905^29	not applicable	Local government district	Wales		346,090 (2011)[8]
Carlisle^1	1133	Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity	Local government district	North West, England		107,524 (2011)[8]
Chelmsford^37	2012	not applicable	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	East, England		168,310 (2011)[8]
Chester^3	1541	Cathedral Church of Christ & the Blessed Virgin Mary	Charter trustees^‡	North West, England		91,733 (urban area, 2010)[5]
Chichester^1	1075	Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity	Civil parish	South East, England		26,795 (2011)[9]
Colchester	2022	not applicable	Colchester Borough Council	East Anglia, England		192,700[10]
Coventry^1	1102	St Michael's Cathedral^5	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	West Midlands, England		316,915 (2011)[8]
Derby^13	1977	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	East Midlands, England		248,752 (2011)[8]
Derry ^39 (Irish: Doire) (Ulster-Scots: Derrie)	1604[11]	not applicable	None. Represented on Derry City and Strabane District Council	Northern Ireland		107,877 (2011)[2]
Dundee^32 (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Dèagh)	1889^30 (Burgh: 1191)	not applicable	Local government district	Scotland (North East Scotland)		153,990^38
Durham^1	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of Christ & St. Mary the Virgin	Charter trustees^‡	North East, England		94,375 (2011)[12]
Edinburgh^32 (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann)	18th century[13] (Burgh: 1329)	not applicable	Local government district	Scotland (East Coast)		468,720^38
Ely^1	1109	Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity	Civil parish	East, England		20,256 (2011)[14]
Exeter^1	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of St Peter	Local government district	South West, England		117,773 (2011)[8]
Glasgow^32 (Scots: Glesga) (Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu)	18th century[13] (Burgh: 1492)	Glasgow Cathedral (St Kentigern's or St Mungo's)	Local government district	Scotland (West Coast)		603,080^38
Gloucester^1	1541	Cathedral Church of St Peter & the Holy and Indivisible Trinity	Local government district	South West, England		121,688 (2011)[8]
Hereford^1^19	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of SS Mary the Virgin & Ethelbert the King	Civil parish	West Midlands, England		58,896 (2011)[15]
Inverness (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Nis)	2000	not applicable	none	Scotland (Highland Region)		79,415[16]
Kingston upon Hull^12	1897	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	Yorkshire and the Humber, England		256,406 (2011)[8]
Lancaster^1	1937^26	not applicable	Local government district	North West, England		138,375 (2011)[8]
Leeds^1	1893	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	Yorkshire and the Humber, England		751,485 (2011)[8]
Leicester^1	1919^22	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	East Midlands, England		329,839 (2011)[8]
Lichfield^17	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of SS Mary & Chad	Civil parish	West Midlands, England		32,219 (2011)[17]
Lincoln^3	1072	Cathedral Church of St Mary	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	East Midlands, England		93,541 (2011)[8]
Lisburn (Irish: Lios na gCearrbhach)	2002	not applicable	None. Represented on Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council	Northern Ireland		120,165 (2011)[2]
Liverpool^2	1880	Cathedral Church of Christ	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	North West, England		466,415 (2011)[8]
London^6	time immemorial	St Paul's Cathedral	Local government district (sui generis and county)	London		7,375 (2011)[8]
Manchester^1	1853^34	Manchester Cathedral	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	North West, England		503,127 (2011)[8]
Newcastle upon Tyne^1	1882	Cathedral Church of St Nicholas	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	North East, England		280,177 (2011)[8]
Newport^14 (Welsh: Casnewydd)	2002	not applicable	Local government district	Wales		145,736 (2011)[8]
Newry (Irish: Iúr Cinn Trá) (Ulster-Scots: Newrie)	2002	not applicable	None. Represented on Newry, Mourne and Down District Council	Northern Ireland		29,946 (2008, settlement population)[18]
Norwich^1	1094	Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity	Local government district	East, England		132,512 (2011)[8]
Nottingham^1	1897	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	East Midlands, England		305,680 (2011)[8]
Oxford^1	1542	Cathedral Church of Christ	Local government district	South East, England		151,906 (2011)[8]
Perth (Scots: Pairth) (Scottish Gaelic: Peairt)	2012[19] (Burgh: 12th century)[21]	not applicable	none	Scotland (Central Belt)		45,770^38
Peterborough^2	1541	Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul, & St Andrew	Local government district (Unitary)	East, England		183,631 (2011)[8]
Plymouth^1	1928^27	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	South West, England		256,384 (2011)[8]
Portsmouth^1	1926^24	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	South East, England		205,056 (2011)[8]
Preston^14	2002	not applicable	Local government district	North West, England		140,202 (2011)[8]
Ripon^1	1836	Cathedral Church of SS Peter & Wilfrid	Civil parish	Yorkshire and the Humber, England		16,702 (2011)[22]
St Albans^7	1877^36	Cathedral & Abbey Church of St Alban	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	East, England		140,644 (2011)[8]
St Asaph^37 (Welsh: Llanelwy)	2012	not applicable	Community	Wales		3,355 (2011)[23]
St Davids^20 (Welsh: Tyddewi)	1994	not applicable	Community	Wales		1,841 (2011)[24]
Salford^1	1926^24	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	North West, England		233,933 (2011)[8]
Salisbury^35	1227	Cathedral Church of St Mary	Civil parish^‡	South West, England		40,302 (2011)[25]
Sheffield^3	1893	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	Yorkshire and the Humber, England		552,698 (2011)[8]
Southampton^1	1964	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	South East, England		236,882 (2011)[8]
Stirling (Scots: Stirlin) (Scottish Gaelic: Sruighlea)	2002	not applicable	none	Scotland (Central Belt)		34,790^38
Stoke-on-Trent^3	1925^28	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	West Midlands, England		249,008 (2011)[8]
Sunderland^18	1992	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	North East, England		275,506 (2011)[8]
Swansea^9 (Welsh: Abertawe)	1969^23	not applicable	Local government district	Wales		239,023 (2011)[8]
Truro^1 (Cornish: Truru)	1877	Cathedral Church of St Mary	Civil parish	South West, England		18,766 (2011)[26]
Wakefield^3	1888	Cathedral Church of All Saints	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	Yorkshire and the Humber, England		325,837 (2011)[8]
Wells^1	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of St Andrew	Civil parish	South West, England		10,536 (2011)[27]
Westminster^21	1540	Westminster Abbey^4 (Though, this was only a cathedral for 10 years until 1550 the city did not lose its status)	Local government district (London borough)	London	,	219,396 (2011)[8]
Winchester^1	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	South East, England		116,595 (2011)[8]
Wolverhampton^16	2000	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	West Midlands, England		249,470 (2011)[8]
Worcester^3	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of Christ & St Mary	Local government district	West Midlands, England		98,768 (2011)[8]
York^1^8	time immemorial	Cathedral & Metropolitical Church of St Peter	Local government district (Unitary)	Yorkshire and the Humber, England		198,051 (2011)[8]

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