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List of English districts by population This is a
list of districts of England ordered by population . The figures are mid-year estimates for
2004 from the
Office for National Statistics [
1 ].
Usage note: The areas listed are extremely varied in character, from distinct towns and cities, to slices of
suburb ia, to rural districts. This is
not a list of largest cities in
England . The primary usage of the word
city in
British English is based on urban areas, rather than local authority boundaries as is the case in
American English . The inappropriateness of interpreting this as a list of largest cities is illustrated for example by the fact that
London is not at the top of it, and that while one of the candidates for the status of the UK's second city, namely
Birmingham does come top, another leading candidate,
Manchester , is in sixth, as it has a more narrowly drawn local authority boundary. The reason for London not being at the top of the list is that
Greater London 's boroughs are listed, not Greater London or metropolitan London as a whole.
See also:
List of English cities by population -
List of English counties by population -
List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population -
List of English districts by area -
List of English districts by ethnic diversity -
List of English districts by population density Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county 1 Birmingham 992,400 Metropolitan borough , City (1889)West Midlands 2 Leeds 719,600 Metropolitan borough , City (1893)West Yorkshire 3 Sheffield 516,100 Metropolitan borough , City (1893)South Yorkshire 4 Bradford 481,100 Metropolitan borough , City (1897)West Yorkshire 5 Liverpool 444,500 Metropolitan borough , City (1880)Merseyside 6 Manchester 437,000 Metropolitan borough , City (1853)Greater Manchester 7 Bristol 393,900 Unitary, City (1542) Bristol 8 Kirklees 393,200 Metropolitan borough West Yorkshire 9 Croydon 340,200 London borough Greater London 10 Barnet 326,700 London borough Greater London 11 East Riding of Yorkshire 324,800 Unitary, District East Riding of Yorkshire 12 Wakefield 319,800 Metropolitan borough , City (1888)West Yorkshire 13 Wirral 313,100 Metropolitan borough Merseyside 14 Wigan 305,400 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester 15 Dudley 304,500 Metropolitan borough West Midlands 16 Coventry 304,200 Metropolitan borough , City (1345)West Midlands 17 Ealing 303,200 London borough Greater London
Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county 18 Bromley 299,100 London borough Greater London 19 Doncaster 289,000 Metropolitan borough South Yorkshire 20 Sandwell 285,800 Metropolitan borough West Midlands 21 Leicester 285,100 Unitary, City (1919) Leicestershire 22 Sunderland 282,700 Metropolitan borough , City (1992)Tyne and Wear 23 Stockport 282,200 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester 24 Sefton 281,800 Metropolitan borough Merseyside 25 Enfield 280,000 London borough Greater London 26 Wandsworth 276,500 London borough Greater London 27 Nottingham 275,100 Unitary, City (1897) Nottinghamshire 28 Newcastle upon Tyne 269,500 Metropolitan borough , City (1882)Tyne and Wear 29 Lambeth 268,100 London borough Greater London 30 Brent 267,700 London borough Greater London 31 Bolton 264,800 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester 32 Southwark 254,700 London borough Greater London 33 Walsall 252,800 Metropolitan borough West Midlands 34 Rotherham 252,300 Metropolitan borough South Yorkshire 35 Brighton & Hove 251,900 Unitary, City (2000) East Sussex 36 Medway 251,100 Unitary, Borough Kent
Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county 37 Hillingdon 248,700 London borough Greater London 38 Kingston Upon Hull 248,500 Unitary, City (1299) East Riding of Yorkshire 39 Newham 247,700 London borough Greater London 40 South Gloucestershire 247,500 Unitary, District Gloucestershire 41 Redbridge 247,300 London borough Greater London 42 Lewisham 247,000 London borough Greater London 43 Plymouth 244,400 Unitary, City (1928) Devon 44 Wolverhampton 239,100 Metropolitan borough , City (2000)West Midlands 45 Stoke-on-Trent 238,000 Unitary, City (1925) Staffordshire 46 Derby 233,700 Unitary, City (1977) Derbyshire 47 Westminster 230,000 London borough , City (1540)Greater London 48 Greenwich 225,700 London borough Greater London 49 Havering 225,000 London borough Greater London 50 Haringey 224,300 London borough Greater London 51 Waltham Forest 221,800 London borough Greater London 52 Southampton 221,200 Unitary, City (1964) Hampshire 53 Barnsley 221,000 Metropolitan borough South Yorkshire 54 Bexley 219,500 London borough Greater London 55 Oldham 218,300 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester 56 Camden 217,100 London borough Greater London 57 Milton Keynes 216,700 Unitary, Borough Buckinghamshire 58 Salford 216,400 Metropolitan borough , City (1926)Greater Manchester 59 Tameside 213,700 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester 60 Trafford 212,700 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester 61 Hounslow 212,300 London borough Greater London 62 Harrow 211,900 London borough Greater London 63 Tower Hamlets 209,300 London borough Greater London 64 Hackney 207,000 London borough Greater London 65 Rochdale 206,500 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester 66 Solihull 200,400 Metropolitan borough West Midlands
Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county 67 Northampton 194,800 Borough Northamptonshire 68 Calderdale 194,300 Metropolitan borough West Yorkshire 69 Warrington 193,700 Unitary, Borough Cheshire 70 North Somerset 193,000 Unitary, District Somerset 71 Merton 192,300 London borough Greater London 72 Gateshead 191,300 Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear 73 North Tyneside 190,700 Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear 74 Portsmouth 188,500 Unitary, City (1926) Hampshire 75 Stockton-on-Tees 186,200 Unitary, Borough Durham and North Yorkshire 76 York 184,900 Unitary, City North Yorkshire 77 Kensington and Chelsea 184,100 London borough Greater London 78 Luton 184,000 Unitary, Borough Bedfordshire 79 Richmond upon Thames 182,700 London borough Greater London 80 Swindon 182,200 Unitary, Borough Wiltshire 81 Bury 182,100 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester 82 Islington 179,900 London borough Greater London 83 Herefordshire 177,800 Unitary, District Herefordshire 84 Sutton 177,600 London borough Greater London 85 Hammersmith and Fulham 176,800 London borough Greater London 86 St Helens 176,700 Metropolitan borough Merseyside 87 Bath and North East Somerset 172,200 Unitary, District Somerset 88 New Forest 171,500 District Hampshire 89 Aylesbury Vale 167,200 District Buckinghamshire 90 Basildon 166,500 District Essex 91 Barking and Dagenham 164,600 London borough Greater London 92 Bournemouth 163,500 Unitary, Borough Dorset 93 Huntingdonshire 161,700 District Cambridgeshire 94 Telford and Wrekin 161,000 Unitary, Borough Shropshire 95 Colchester 160,700 Borough Essex 96 Chelmsford 159,800 Borough Essex 97 Southend-on-Sea 159,600 Unitary, Borough Essex 98 Wycombe 159,600 District Buckinghamshire 99 Peterborough 159,100 Unitary, City (1541) Cambridgeshire 100 North East Lincolnshire 157,700 Unitary, Borough Lincolnshire 101 Charnwood 157,500 Borough Leicestershire 102 North Lincolnshire 156,500 Unitary, Borough Lincolnshire 103 Basingstoke and Deane 155,400 Borough Hampshire 104 South Somerset 155,100 District Somerset 105 Harrogate 154,000 District North Yorkshire 106 Wokingham 152,200 Unitary, District Berkshire 107 Kingston upon Thames 151,800 London borough Greater London 108 South Tyneside 151,500 Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear 109 Bedford 151,000 Borough Bedfordshire 110 Macclesfield 150,400 Borough Cheshire
Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county 111 Knowsley 149,800 Metropolitan borough Merseyside 112 Thurrock 145,700 Unitary, Borough Essex 113 Oxford 145,100 City (1542) Oxfordshire 114 West Berkshire 144,900 Unitary, District Berkshire 115 Arun 144,300 District West Sussex 116 Reading 144,000 Unitary, Borough Berkshire 117 Blackpool 142,700 Unitary, Borough Lancashire 118 Maidstone 142,500 Borough Kent 119 Canterbury 141,600 City Kent 120 Tendring 141,500 District Essex 121 Wealden 140,900 District East Sussex 122 Blackburn with Darwen 140,200 Unitary, Borough Lancashire 123 Redcar and Cleveland 139,100 Unitary, Borough North Yorkshire 124 King's Lynn and West Norfolk 139,100 Borough Norfolk 125 Isle of Wight 138,400 Unitary, County Isle of Wight 126 Dacorum 138,000 Borough Hertfordshire 127 Middlesbrough 137,900 Unitary, Borough North Yorkshire 128 Poole 137,000 Unitary, Borough Dorset 129 Windsor and Maidenhead 136,700 Royal Borough Berkshire 130 Lancaster 136,700 City (1937) Lancashire 131 Warwick 136,300 District Warwickshire 132 Braintree 136,200 District Essex 133 East Lindsey 136,200 District Lincolnshire 134 South Cambridgeshire 135,000 District Cambridgeshire 135 Cherwell 133,500 District Oxfordshire 136 Torbay 132,500 Unitary, Borough Devon 137 St Albans 132,200 City (1877) Hertfordshire 138 East Hertfordshire 131,000 District Hertfordshire 139 Preston 131,000 City (2002) Lancashire 140 Guildford 130,700 Borough Surrey 141 East Devon 128,800 District Devon 142 North Wiltshire 128,300 District Wiltshire 143 Mid Sussex 128,100 District West Sussex 144 Thanet 127,900 District Kent 145 South Oxfordshire 127,900 District Oxfordshire 146 South Kesteven 127,700 District Lincolnshire 147 Elmbridge 127,500 Borough Surrey 148 Mid Bedfordshire 127,000 District Bedfordshire 149 Reigate and Banstead 126,900 Borough Surrey 150 Swale 126,200 Borough Kent 151 Breckland 125,400 District Norfolk 152 Norwich 125,000 City (1195) Norfolk
Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county 153 Horsham 124,800 District West Sussex 154 Vale Royal 124,500 Borough Cheshire 155 Teignbridge 123,900 District Devon 156 West Wiltshire 123,500 District Wiltshire 157 Newcastle-under-Lyme 123,000 Borough Staffordshire 158 Stafford 122,500 District Staffordshire 159 Epping Forest (district) 121,300 District Essex 160 Broadland 120,500 District Norfolk 161 Nuneaton and Bedworth 120,300 Borough Warwickshire 162 North Hertfordshire 119,900 District Hertfordshire 163 Chester 119,000 City Cheshire 164 Halton 118,900 Unitary, Borough Cheshire 165 Cambridge 118,500 City (1951) Cambridgeshire 166 Amber Valley 118,200 Borough Derbyshire 167 Suffolk Coastal 118,100 District Suffolk 168 Slough 117,600 Unitary, Borough Berkshire 169 Ipswich 117,400 Borough Suffolk 170 Stratford-on-Avon 116,700 District Warwickshire 171 Waverley 116,300 Borough Surrey 172 Vale of White Horse 116,200 District Oxfordshire 173 Salisbury 116,100 District Wiltshire 174 Eastleigh 116,000 Borough Hampshire 175 Wychavon 115,900 District Worcestershire 176 Havant 115,700 Borough Hampshire 177 Exeter 115,200 City Devon 178 South Norfolk 114,300 District Norfolk 179 Waveney 114,300 District Suffolk 180 South Bedfordshire 114,200 District Bedfordshire 181 Crewe and Nantwich 113,400 Borough Cheshire 182 Ashfield 113,400 District Nottinghamshire 183 Test Valley 111,800 Borough Hampshire 184 Gedling 111,300 Borough Nottinghamshire 185 Winchester 111,000 City Hampshire 186 Cheltenham 110,900 Borough Gloucestershire 187 Tonbridge and Malling 110,900 Borough Kent 188 Gloucester 110,800 City Gloucestershire 189 East Hampshire 110,700 District Hampshire 190 Bracknell Forest 110,300 Unitary, Borough Berkshire 191 Sevenoaks 110,300 District Kent 192 Bassetlaw 110,300 District Nottinghamshire 193 Newark and Sherwood 110,100 District Nottinghamshire 194 Erewash 110,000 Borough Derbyshire 195 Stroud 109,500 District Gloucestershire 196 Wyre 109,300 Borough Lancashire 197 West Lancashire 109,200 District Lancashire 198 Sedgemoor 109,100 District Somerset 199 Chichester 108,800 District West Sussex 200 Fareham 108,700 Borough Hampshire 201 Broxtowe 108,700 Borough Nottinghamshire 202 Ashford 107,700 Borough Kent 203 Scarborough 107,100 Borough North Yorkshire 204 Rushcliffe 107,100 Borough Nottinghamshire 205 Mendip 106,700 District Somerset 206 Dover 106,100 District Kent 207 East Staffordshire 106,100 Borough Staffordshire 208 Taunton Deane 106,000 Borough Somerset 209 Tunbridge Wells 105,600 Borough Kent 210 South Ribble 105,500 Borough Lancashire 211 South Staffordshire 105,300 District Staffordshire 212 Carlisle 103,500 City Cumbria 213 Chorley 103,000 Borough Lancashire 214 South Lakeland 102,900 District Cumbria 215 Hinckley and Bosworth 102,200 Borough Leicestershire 216 North Kesteven 100,500 District Lincolnshire 217 St Edmundsbury 100,500 Borough Suffolk
Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county 218 Restormel 99,900 Borough Cornwall 219 North Norfolk 99,800 District Norfolk 220 Chesterfield 99,700 Borough Derbyshire 221 Shepway 99,000 District Kent 222 Mansfield 98,700 District Nottinghamshire 223 Crawley 98,700 Borough West Sussex 224 Darlington 98,600 Unitary, Borough Durham 225 Welwyn Hatfield 98,500 District Hertfordshire 226 Wyre Forest 98,100 District Worcestershire 227 Worthing 98,000 Borough West Sussex 228 North East Derbyshire 97,400 District Derbyshire 229 West Oxfordshire 97,000 District Oxfordshire 230 Shrewsbury and Atcham 95,800 Borough Shropshire 231 Kerrier 95,600 District Cornwall 232 Allerdale 95,300 Borough Cumbria 233 West Dorset 95,300 District Dorset 234 Gravesham 94,900 Borough Kent 235 Lichfield 94,600 District Staffordshire 236 Staffordshire Moorlands 94,300 District Staffordshire 237 Worcester 93,600 City (1189) Worcestershire 238 Lewes 93,300 District East Sussex 239 Hertsmere 93,300 Borough Hertfordshire 240 Easington 92,900 District Durham 241 Cannock Chase 92,800 District Staffordshire 242 Great Yarmouth 92,400 Borough Norfolk 243 Eastbourne 92,100 Borough East Sussex 244 Congleton 91,800 Borough Cheshire 245 Blaby 91,600 District Leicestershire 246 Durham 90,700 City Durham 247 Bromsgrove 90,700 District Worcestershire 248 High Peak 90,600 Borough Derbyshire 249 Rugby 90,200 Borough Warwickshire 250 Hartlepool 90,100 Unitary, Borough Durham 251 Carrick 90,100 District Cornwall 252 North Devon 89,900 District Devon 253 Woking 89,600 Borough Surrey 254 Pendle 89,300 Borough Lancashire 255 Chiltern 89,100 District Buckinghamshire 256 Rushmoor 88,800 Borough Hampshire 257 Mid Suffolk 88,600 District Suffolk 258 Spelthorne 88,400 Borough Surrey 259 North West Leicestershire 88,300 District Leicestershire 260 Burnley 88,100 Borough Lancashire 261 Sedgefield 87,800 Borough Durham 262 Castle Point 86,800 Borough Essex 263 Fenland 86,700 District Cambridgeshire 264 Hart 86,700 District Hampshire 265 Dartford 86,600 Borough Kent 266 South Derbyshire 86,500 District Derbyshire 267 Lincoln 86,500 City Lincolnshire 268 Broxbourne 86,100 Borough Hertfordshire 269 Derwentside 86,000 District Durham 270 Rother 85,800 District East Sussex 271 East Dorset 85,400 District Dorset 272 Kettering 85,300 Borough Northamptonshire 273 Hambleton 85,100 District North Yorkshire 274 Babergh 84,800 District Suffolk 275 Hastings 84,600 Borough East Sussex 276 South Northamptonshire 84,100 District Northamptonshire 277 Three Rivers 84,000 District Hertfordshire 278 West Lindsey 84,000 District Lincolnshire 279 North Cornwall 83,600 District Cornwall 280 Cotswold 82,700 District Gloucestershire 281 South Hams 82,400 District Devon 282 Caradon 81,900 District Cornwall 283 Hyndburn 81,600 Borough Lancashire 284 Blyth Valley 81,400 Borough Northumberland 285 Surrey Heath 81,100 Borough Surrey 286 Ellesmere Port and Neston 80,900 Borough Cheshire 287 Mole Valley 80,900 District Surrey 288 Forest of Dean 80,700 District Gloucestershire 289 South Holland 80,700 District Lincolnshire 290 East Northamptonshire 80,700 District Northamptonshire 291 Harborough 79,900 District Leicestershire 292 Watford 79,300 Borough Hertfordshire 293 Tandridge 79,300 District Surrey 294 Redditch 79,300 Borough Worcestershire 295 Rochford 79,100 District Essex 296 Stevenage 79,000 Borough Hertfordshire 297 Runnymede 78,500 Borough Surrey 298 Tewkesbury 78,200 Borough Gloucestershire 299 Harlow 77,500 District Essex 300 Selby 77,200 District North Yorkshire 301 Gosport 77,000 Borough Hampshire 302 East Cambridgeshire 76,900 District Cambridgeshire 303 Kennet 76,700 District Wiltshire 304 Fylde 75,800 Borough Lancashire 305 Daventry 75,400 District Northamptonshire
Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county 306 Malvern Hills 74,400 District Worcestershire 307 Tamworth 73,900 Borough Staffordshire 308 Bolsover 73,300 District Derbyshire 309 Wellingborough 73,300 Borough Northamptonshire 310 Mid Devon 72,400 District Devon 311 Copeland 70,600 Borough Cumbria 312 Barrow-in-Furness 70,500 Borough Cumbria 313 Uttlesford 70,400 District Essex 314 Brentwood 70,200 Borough Essex 315 Derbyshire Dales 69,900 District Derbyshire 316 Epsom and Ewell 68,000 Borough Surrey 317 Rossendale 65,900 Borough Lancashire 318 North Dorset 64,700 District Dorset 319 Weymouth and Portland 64,400 Borough Dorset 320 Penwith 64,200 District Cornwall 321 South Bucks 62,700 District Buckinghamshire 322 North Warwickshire 62,000 Borough Warwickshire 323 Torridge 61,900 District Devon 324 Wear Valley 61,600 District Durham 325 Wansbeck 61,600 District Northumberland 326 Maldon 60,300 District Essex 327 Forest Heath 60,100 District Suffolk 328 Tynedale 59,800 District Northumberland 329 Adur 59,300 District West Sussex 330 North Shropshire 58,700 District Shropshire 331 Boston 57,900 Borough Lincolnshire 332 Ribble Valley 56,600 Borough Lancashire 333 Oadby and Wigston 56,100 Borough Leicestershire 334 Craven 54,100 District North Yorkshire 335 Chester-le-Street 53,200 District Durham 336 Corby 53,200 Borough Northamptonshire 337 Bridgnorth 52,900 District Shropshire 338 Eden 52,000 District Cumbria 339 Ryedale 51,700 District North Yorkshire 340 Richmondshire 50,700 District North Yorkshire 341 West Devon 50,200 Borough Devon
Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county 342 Castle Morpeth 49,800 Borough Northumberland 343 Melton 48,300 Borough Leicestershire 344 Christchurch 45,100 Borough Dorset 345 Purbeck 45,100 District Dorset 346 South Shropshire 42,000 District Shropshire 347 Oswestry 38,600 Borough Shropshire 348 Rutland 36,500 Unitary, County Rutland 349 West Somerset 35,600 District Somerset 350 Alnwick 31,900 District Northumberland 351 Berwick-upon-Tweed 26,300 Borough Northumberland 352 Teesdale 24,800 District Durham 353 City of London 8,600 Unitary, City Greater London 354 Isles of Scilly 2,200 Unitary Cornwall
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