Population
|
City
|
9,047,570
|
London
|
1,160,254
|
Birmingham
|
629,920
|
Glasgow
|
586,889
|
Liverpool
|
577,246
|
Bristol
|
563,561
|
Manchester
|
552,143
|
Sheffield
|
511,164
|
Leeds
|
504,020
|
Edinburgh
|
472,558
|
Leicester
|
382,073
|
Coventry
|
366,187
|
Bradford
|
354,178
|
Cardiff
|
338,160
|
Belfast
|
315,987
|
Nottingham
|
288,028
|
Kingston upon Hull
|
287,535
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
278,137
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
269,750
|
Southampton
|
264,654
|
Derby
|
248,929
|
Portsmouth
|
244,917
|
Brighton and Hove
|
239,677
|
Plymouth
|
230,031
|
Northampton
|
229,482
|
Reading
|
221,502
|
Luton
|
220,873
|
Wolverhampton
|
205,411
|
Bolton
|
198,480
|
Aberdeen
|
197,383
|
Bournemouth
|
197,212
|
Norwich
|
192,408
|
Swindon
|
185,460
|
Swansea
|
185,111
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
184,824
|
Milton Keynes
|
178,805
|
Peterborough
|
177,354
|
Middlesbrough
|
174,807
|
Sunderland
|
172,684
|
Warrington
|
171,809
|
Huddersfield
|
164,770
|
Slough
|
164,369
|
York
|
162,291
|
Oxford
|
159,449
|
Poole
|
152,222
|
Telford
|
149,010
|
Dundee
|
148,861
|
Cambridge
|
148,742
|
Ipswich
|
147,509
|
Gloucester
|
145,821
|
Blackpool
|
|
Population
|
City
|
145,775
|
Birkenhead
|
141,651
|
Watford
|
138,206
|
Sale
|
138,131
|
Colchester
|
136,078
|
Newport
|
127,898
|
Solihull
|
125,819
|
Exeter
|
123,813
|
High Wycombe
|
122,657
|
Salford
|
122,249
|
Gateshead
|
120,932
|
Blackburn
|
119,905
|
Maidstone
|
118,759
|
Chelmsford
|
117,681
|
Basildon
|
117,073
|
Cheltenham
|
116,834
|
Doncaster
|
115,191
|
Worthing
|
114,809
|
Eastbourne
|
114,402
|
Basingstoke
|
113,893
|
Rochdale
|
112,198
|
Crawley
|
111,694
|
Stockport
|
111,481
|
Rotherham
|
108,606
|
Oldham
|
108,584
|
Gillingham
|
107,854
|
Woking
|
107,732
|
Wigan
|
107,546
|
Wakefield
|
107,531
|
Sutton Coldfield
|
106,415
|
Lincoln
|
105,127
|
St Helens
|
103,614
|
Bath
|
102,870
|
Hemel Hempstead
|
102,791
|
Worcester
|
99,760
|
Preston
|
99,556
|
Rayleigh
|
98,924
|
Barnsley
|
94,081
|
Stevenage
|
93,902
|
Southport
|
93,539
|
Hastings
|
93,378
|
Bedford
|
93,305
|
Darlington
|
92,923
|
Halifax
|
90,429
|
Nuneaton
|
90,074
|
Hartlepool
|
89,469
|
Chesterfield
|
88,950
|
Aylesbury
|
88,485
|
Weston-super-Mare
|
88,323
|
Grimsby
|
87,983
|
Chester
|
|
Country
|
# of Cities
|
England
|
92
|
Scotland
|
4
|
Wales
|
3
|
Northern Ireland
|
1
|
|
Most of the larger but less well-known ones are either commuter towns that ballooned around conveniently placed railway lines or are reliant on an economic sector like tourism that didn't emerge until the 20th century.
Like a lot of Northern cities, the last 50 years or so haven't been great so it's lost a lot of its economic importance and has dropped out of popular consciousness a bit. It's starting to get back on its feet - they have the world's most productive car factory and they're growing a lithium battery industry.
So in short - bigger than you might think!
Unlike international cities which are just population centres, in the UK our cities are designated by the Queen, and each year she adds to the list, with a preference for affluent areas rather than populous and shamefully degenerate ones such as Doncaster.
But this makes it challenging because while there are a limited number of cities that can be learned by rote, there are far many more towns, that you would only really know from extensive travel to other parts of the UK, or an obsession with football. Like there is no way in a million years I'd be getting Sale, Aylesbury, Sutton Coldfield or Rayleigh. I mean I missed Barnsley for crying out loud and that's 20 minutes away.
Encourages deeper UK Geo knowledge 5/5
Cheers, thanks for playing :)
Great quiz