Which are the largest towns in the UK? (excluding London boroughs)
      These are the largest towns in the UK over 50,000 population, from the AA handbook 1992 using 1991 census information
1 |
London (Greater) |
7,677,719 |
2 |
Birmingham |
1,024,118 |
3 |
Glasgow |
697,000 |
4 |
Sheffield |
528,300 |
5 |
Liverpool |
457,500 |
6 |
Leeds |
454,690 |
7 |
Manchester |
450,100 |
8 |
Edinburgh |
438,721 |
9 |
Bristol |
372,000 |
10 |
Coventry |
304,000 |
11 |
Bradford |
295,048 |
12 |
Stockport |
292,300 |
13 |
Doncaster |
290,061 |
14 |
Swansea |
282,605 |
15 |
Leicester |
280,000 |
16 |
Nottingham |
279,700 |
17 |
Cardiff |
276,500 |
18 |
Wolverhampton |
247,200 |
19 |
Stoke on Trent |
247,000 |
20 |
Hull |
245,100 |
21 |
Plymouth |
242,560 |
22 |
Derby |
220,681 |
23 |
Aberdeen |
211,080 |
24 |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
203,591 |
25 |
Southampton |
196,467 |
26 |
Warrington |
190,000 |
27 |
Sunderland |
190,000 |
28 |
Dudley |
187,367 |
29 |
St. Helens |
186,455 |
30 |
Northampton |
186,000 |
31 |
Milton Keynes |
184,630 |
32 |
Portsmouth |
181,079 |
33 |
Walsall |
178,852 |
34 |
Dundee |
174,255 |
35 |
Norwich |
173,286 |
36 |
Swindon |
173,000 |
37 |
Luton |
169,000 |
38 |
Southend on Sea |
165,400 |
39 |
West Bromwich |
154,531 |
40 |
Bournemouth |
154,000 |
41 |
Smethwick |
153,461 |
42 |
Colchester |
151,900 |
43 |
Bolton |
143,921 |
44 |
Blackpool |
143,800 |
45 |
Middlesbrough |
143,000 |
46 |
Brighton |
142,300 |
47 |
Maidstone |
137,600 |
48 |
Peterborough |
136,360 |
49 |
Poole |
135,000 |
50 |
Reading |
131,000 |
51 |
Preston |
129,400 |
52 |
Huddersfield |
123,168 |
53 |
Chester |
122,000 |
54 |
Ipswich |
119,630 |
55 |
Telford |
119,000 |
56 |
Nuneaton |
118,000 |
57 |
Oxford |
115,800 |
58 |
Blackburn |
105,000 |
59 |
Newport, Gwent |
104,000 |
60 |
Sutton Coldfield |
103,097 |
61 |
Basildon |
103,090 |
62 |
Exeter |
103,000 |
63 |
Cambridge |
101,200 |
64 |
Mansfield |
100,800 |
65 |
Slough |
100,187 |
66 |
Worthing |
99,970 |
67 |
York |
99,910 |
68 |
Birkenhead |
99,529 |
69 |
Salford |
98,343 |
70 |
Darlington |
98,000 |
71 |
Gillingham |
97,000 |
72 |
Gloucester |
97,000 |
73 |
Paisley |
95,000 |
74 |
Solihull |
94,613 |
75 |
Southport |
93,500 |
76 |
Oldham |
93,400 |
77 |
Rochdale |
92,700 |
78 |
Chelmsford |
92,479 |
79 |
Hartlepool |
92,133 |
80 |
Gateshead |
91,893 |
81 |
Hove |
91,100 |
82 |
Burnley |
90,900 |
83 |
Cheltenham |
90,500 |
84 |
Grimsby |
90,200 |
85 |
Wigan |
88,725 |
86 |
Crawley |
87,200 |
87 |
Stockton on Tees |
85,100 |
88 |
Woking |
85,000 |
89 |
Hemel Hempstead |
85,000 |
90 |
Halifax |
84,538 |
91 |
Basingstoke |
84,300 |
92 |
Bootle |
84,200 |
93 |
Eastbourne |
82,773 |
94 |
Hastings |
81,900 |
95 |
East Kilbride |
81,700 |
96 |
Lincoln |
80,400 |
97 |
Rotherham |
80,160 |
98 |
Dartford |
80,000 |
99 |
Worcester |
80,000 |
100 |
Bath |
79,965 |
101 |
Redditch |
79,724 |
102 |
Barnsley |
77,616 |
103 |
Stevenage |
77,440 |
104 |
Ebbw Vale |
77,280 |
105 |
St. Albans |
77,187 |
106 |
Bedford |
77,014 |
107 |
Gosport |
76,500 |
108 |
Watford |
76,000 |
109 |
Wakefield |
75,838 |
110 |
South Shields |
75,000 |
111 |
Gravesend |
74,300 |
112 |
Chesterfield |
73,540 |
113 |
Newcastle under Lyme |
73,526 |
114 |
Carlisle |
73,233 |
115 |
Harlow |
71,000 |
116 |
Harrogate |
69,315 |
117 |
Tamworth |
69,000 |
118 |
Epsom |
68,400 |
119 |
Weston Super Mare |
66,628 |
120 |
Runcorn |
64,950 |
121 |
Shrewsbury |
63,942 |
122 |
Stafford |
62,680 |
123 |
Wallasey |
62,531 |
124 |
Bebington |
62,236 |
125 |
Guildford |
61,600 |
126 |
High Wycombe |
61,514 |
127 |
Ellesmere Port |
61,000 |
128 |
Washington |
60,500 |
129 |
Maidenhead |
60,461 |
130 |
Barrow in Furness |
60,400 |
131 |
Rugby |
59,723 |
132 |
Scunthorpe |
59,600 |
133 |
Burton on Trent |
59,310 |
134 |
Accrington |
59,141 |
135 |
Lowestoft |
59,000 |
136 |
Torquay |
58,732 |
137 |
Huyton |
58,620 |
138 |
Margate |
57,350 |
139 |
Merthyr Tydfil |
57,000 |
140 |
Ayr |
56,000 |
141 |
Widnes |
55,510 |
142 |
Taunton |
55,300 |
143 |
Ashford |
55,000 |
144 |
Corby |
55,000 |
145 |
Stourbridge |
55,000 |
146 |
Halesowen |
55,000 |
147 |
Royal Leamington Spa |
54,690 |
148 |
Cannock |
54,583 |
149 |
Aldershot |
54,358 |
150 |
Bury |
54,210 |
151 |
Kidderminster |
53,687 |
152 |
Sale |
53,670 |
153 |
Bognor Regis |
53,175 |
154 |
Scarborough |
53,085 |
155 |
Staines |
52,815 |
156 |
Dunfermline |
52,057 |
157 |
Greenock |
52,000 |
158 |
Loughborough |
51,870 |
159 |
Middleton |
51,800 |
160 |
Hamilton |
51,689 |
161 |
Bracknell |
51,339 |
162 |
Benfleet |
50,926 |
163 |
Rowley Regis |
50,450 |
164 |
Great Yarmouth |
50,363 |
165 |
Aylesbury |
50,233 |
166 |
Cumbernauld |
50,100 |