home
Menu
Create
Random
0
0
0
Random Mode Keyboard shortcut: Command/Ctrl + Shift + R
thumbnail

100 Biggest Cities and Towns in the UK

With the help of a map, try to name the 100 most populous cities and towns in the United Kingdom.
By city population, 2019 estimates
The number one city includes the population of its metropolitan boroughs
Quiz by Jiaozira
Rate:
Featured Quiz
Last updated: March 21, 2021
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
More quiz info >>
First submittedMarch 21, 2019
Times taken64,470
Average score45.0%
Rating4.94
Quiz and answer stats >>
Friends stats >>
10:00
Enter city here
0
 / 100 guessed
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
 
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
BrazenMosaur
+8
Level 73
Jan 7, 2020
Why is this quiz not featured when the Italy one is. UK has (in my oponion) more famous cities that Italy and it is a really nice quiz and good layout. Great job :-)
Jiaozira
+7
Level 70
Jan 7, 2020
Glad you enjoyed! I was surprised too, personally I think the Italian one was the hardest out of my '100 cities' series :P
maxism
+4
Level 69
May 5, 2020
Nice quiz! Definitely a few surprises towards the end of this list...
BolyaiAnna
+4
Level 82
Oct 30, 2020
Got 89/100. Shared it with the Discord server, hopefully it may bring some nominations :)
Jakub
+6
Level 68
Oct 30, 2020
It got one from me :)
Jiaozira
+4
Level 70
Oct 30, 2020
Thank you for sharing it @Yev, and thanks for the nomination @ABritishCat, I always appreciate it :D
Nathaniel
+3
Level 74
Dec 21, 2020
Nominated!
Jiaozira
+2
Level 70
Dec 21, 2020
Thank you!
Nathaniel
+3
Level 74
Dec 21, 2020
It's so weird that Derry has a population of less than 60,000 even though it probably has more history than the last 20 combined. Take Weston-super-Mare for example, the most famous thing they had was Banksy's Dismaland.
Jiaozira
+2
Level 70
Dec 21, 2020
It is odd indeed, although given the last few decades I don't imagine many people would be exactly thrilled to live in Derry (I'm sure it's better now mind you).
fitheach
+5
Level 59
Mar 28, 2021
Strange. Do you really think that Bath, a city that's been around for a couple of millennia, doesn't have a lot of history? Or that nothing much has happened at Hastings?
PhilTheThrill
+1
Level 40
Dec 23, 2021
I live in weston super mare ,and the most famous place is either the grand pier or the helicopter museum
PhilTheThrill
+1
Level 40
Dec 23, 2021
I live in weston super mare ,and the most famous place is either the grand pier or the helicopter museum
FlickerP
+7
Level 72
Jul 27, 2022
You can say that again
Amilcar
+1
Level 65
Nov 13, 2023
The same is probably true though for many British towns and cities too. Perth, Stirling, Wrexham, Carlisle, Durham, Lancaster, Shrewsbury, Warwick, Salisbury, Winchester etc etc

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.

Nathaniel
+6
Level 74
Dec 21, 2020
Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough!
Jiaozira
+5
Level 70
Dec 21, 2020
I heard they dropped an atomic bomb on Slough last week...only 20 quid worth of damage.
pkerr116
+4
Level 73
Jul 17, 2021
Yeah, it took a week for anyone to take notice and report it.
richiesyxx
+2
Level 72
Oct 17, 2022
That 20 quid was only to the bomb itself…
InfiniteBulk
+4
Level 65
Mar 28, 2021
It isn't fit for humans now,
InfiniteBulk
+4
Level 65
Feb 4, 2021
I'm surprised to see Sunderland here. I watched the Netflix show about the soccer club and assumed it was a small town. Still, I've tried it just in case on every city quiz that included the U.K. I guess almost 200k isn't that big, but still a lot by many standards. Overall good quiz. A possible request would be for the color of the U.K. to be turned back to default so it's not so dark and gloomy. Let's be honest, I'm probably just crazy.
Jiaozira
+4
Level 70
Feb 4, 2021
Thanks for playing! I am not sure whether or not I'd call Sunderland big. I guess most Championship League and League One football clubs that I can think of come from mid-size cities and towns like Sunderland. Sounds like an interesting show, nevertheless. I cannot remember why I changed the colour to grey but it has become a standard for my series. It does match the British weather quite nicely but that is just a coincidence.
Bringitonlarsons
+6
Level 89
Mar 22, 2021
It's actually a pretty big city if you include the greater urban area. The Netflix series doesn't really mention it, but it used to be one of the world's largest shipbuilding cities and a major coal exporter. Before that, it was a key strategic city in England's fractious borderlands with Scotland, as well as the home of a number of major monasteries during the Anglo-Saxon period.

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!

Newroadgirl
+1
Level 68
Jun 7, 2021
Interesting, thanks.
peardestroyer
+3
Level 56
Mar 21, 2021
Great quiz! Congrats on the feature :) To be honest, the map looks like it has a lot less than 100 dots
Jiaozira
+2
Level 70
Mar 21, 2021
Thank you! Maybe it helps that they are concentrated in specific areas, such as the North or around London.
JackintheBox
+3
Level 79
Mar 28, 2021
I got 47, just ONE above the average!
zephyr226
+3
Level 53
Mar 28, 2021
A really fun quiz, but it is particularly challenging for the inclusion of Towns. I actually didn't notice Towns were accepted until I saw my hometown of Doncaster represented, and we here always complain about how the Queen hasn't made us a city yet given how big we are.

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

Jiaozira
+2
Level 70
Mar 28, 2021
I'm glad you found it fun! I find it interesting how important the role of cities are in Britain, compared to Canada in which city status is recognised, albeit much more fluid and liable to change than the British cities are. I do find that the British cities are usually more famous internationally than town, although this might have more to do with their wealth as you mentioned.

Cheers, thanks for playing :)

pkerr116
+4
Level 73
Mar 28, 2021
Slough.
Seasnails
+3
Level 69
Mar 29, 2021
Such a great quiz, shouldn't Sheffield be south of Rotherham
Jiaozira
+2
Level 70
Mar 29, 2021
Thanks! You are correct, I will have to fix that.
TyCobblestone
+1
Level 56
May 24, 2021
Still isn't fixed
Apollo12
+2
Level 53
Mar 29, 2021
Guildford has a population of 147k. Why is it missing?
Jiaozira
+2
Level 70
Mar 29, 2021
That is the population of the Borough of Guildford. According to my source Guildford has 86 thousand people, and is three cities away from making the quiz.
1ProximaCentauri
+3
Level 55
Apr 2, 2021
23/100, but no points:( Great quiz either way.
Jiaozira
+2
Level 70
Apr 2, 2021
Thank you! There's a lot of Brits on Quora to drive up the average score :)
Matisku
+3
Level 66
May 4, 2021
Lived in England my entire life and only got 83 - the quiz is bloody hard! Kudos to anyone who got 100
Alexquiz17
+2
Level 87
Oct 25, 2021
Maps are so much more memorable than a list of names. I journey across the map in my mind as I make the memory, and simply try to make the same journey to recall the answers. It works very well.

Great quiz

Jiaozira
+1
Level 70
Oct 26, 2021
Thank you! Maps are excellent for this sort of thing :D
maxmulham
+2
Level 29
Oct 25, 2021
Rayleigh? Wiki says it has a population of 33,000. The district it is in, Rochford, has about 90,000 but it's a bunch of unconnected towns througout its borders. So are these really the largest district and boroughs in the UK and instead of taking the name of that, you take the name of the largest settement in the district? I'm just curious.
Jiaozira
+1
Level 70
Oct 26, 2021
Apologies, but I'm having a hard time finding out exactly how the population is measured. On the map here Rayleigh isn't all in Rochford, however. These are still cities and towns. Here is the area my source includes under 'Rayleigh, hope it helps :)
lvtharrison
+1
Level 81
Jul 17, 2022
It just doesn't. It's a small market town. Bigger than Bedford? Stevenage...naah.
Bryfle
+1
Level 70
Jun 11, 2022
Where's Carlisle? Pop 108K
Boogied
+1
Level 29
Jun 29, 2022
Up the Birkinhead
Gllombfek
+2
Level 53
Nov 13, 2022
There is new data for city population, and Liverpool is now 5th, rather than 4th!
markasol
+1
Level 75
Jan 1, 2023
Why is Sutton Coldfield still listed as a separate city? It has been fully part of Birmingham City for the last 50 years, despite its snobbier inhabitants wishing it were otherwise..... It has no separate local authority and on the ground it is all one continuous urban area.
timshorts
+1
Level 55
Feb 24, 2023
Could you please allow "Greater London" for "London". You mean all of it, not just the city of london.
Geodaley
+1
Level 40
Apr 16, 2023
Sutton coldfield is a suburb of Birmingham
THTB
+1
Level 46
Dec 1, 2023
Can "Donny" be a type in for "Doncaster"
Save Your Progress

Copyright H Brothers Inc, 2008–2024

Contact Us | Go To Top | View Mobile Site