List of cities in the United Kingdom

This is a list of cities in the United Kingdom that are officially designated such as of 2015.^[1] It lists those places that have been granted city status by letters patent or royal charter. There are currently a total of 69 such cities in the United Kingdom: 51 in England, seven in Scotland, six in Wales, and five in Northern Ireland.^[1] Of these, 23 in England, two in Wales, and one in Northern Ireland have Lord Mayors and four in Scotland have Lord Provosts. In some cases, the area holding city status does not coincide with the built up area or conurbation of which it forms part. In Greater London, for example, the City of London and that of Westminster each hold city status separately but no other neighbourhood has been granted city status, nor has Greater London as a whole. In other cases, such as the Cities of Canterbury and Lancaster, the status applies to a local government district which extends over a number of towns and rural areas outside the main settlement proper.^[2]

The list does not include settlements like Luton, Milton Keynes, Northampton and Reading which, despite having populations of over 200,000, have not been awarded city status and thus formally remain as towns.

History[]

The initial cities (Latin: civitas) of Britain were the fortified settlements organised by the Romans as the capitals of the Celtic tribes under Roman rule. The British clerics of the early Middle Ages later preserved a traditional list of the "28 Cities" (Old Welsh: cair) which was mentioned by Gildas^[4] and listed by Nennius.^[5]

The title of city was initially informal and, into the 20th century, royal charters were considered to recognise city status rather than to grant it.^[7] The usual criterion in early modern Britain was the presence of a cathedral, particularly after King Henry VIII granted letters patent establishing six new cities when he established a series of new dioceses in the 1540s as part of the English Reformation.^[8] No new cities were created between the 16th and 19th centuries, but following the Industrial Revolution and the accompanying population boom and growth in urbanisation, new sees were established at Ripon (1836) and Manchester (1847); their councils began to style them cities immediately. Inverness in Scotland was even refused a charter at the time of the Jubilee honours of 1897, in part because it would have drawn more attention to the other traditional "cities" still not formally chartered as such.^[2]

Beginning in the mid-19th century, however, the process became more formal. A visit by Queen Victoria in 1851 prompted Manchester to petition Parliament for recognition of its status. Ripon followed in the 1860s, and a series of hitherto informal "cities" were formally recognised in the 1880s and 1890s. On the basis of its size, importance, and regular government, Belfast was elevated in spite of its lack of a cathedral in 1888; other large municipalities followed, while smaller applicants began to be rejected. King Edward VII and the Home Office established three criteria for future applicants in 1907—a minimum population of 300,000, a good record of local government, and a "local metropolitan character"^[2]—but these criteria were not made public, and following Leicester's successful elevation in 1919 a series of exceptions were made. The 1972 Local Government Act effectively eliminated all authorities holding city status outside Greater London on 1 April 1974; most of their replacements were confirmed in their predecessor's status—even in cases such as the City of Carlisle, where much of the local authority area is undeveloped countryside—but the Borough of Medway was not permitted to continue Rochester's title. In recent times there have been competitions for new grants of city status. Towns or councils that claim city status or add "city" to their name have been known to be rebuked by the Advertising Standards Authority.^[9]

The cities of Scotland and Ireland were treated separately. Scottish towns irregularly applied the description to themselves, but were formally organised as royal burghs; the special rights of these were preserved by Article XXI of the Treaty of Union which established the single state of Great Britain in 1707.^[10] Edinburgh and Glasgow were confirmed as cities "by ancient usage" in the 18th century,^[11] as was Aberdeen, and this was later reconfirmed in the Act enlarging the burgh in 1891. Dundee was granted letters patent in 1889 and Elgin and Perth were recognised as cities by the Home Office in 1972, before the privilege was removed by the Scottish Local Government Act of 1973.^[12]

In Ireland, only the seat of the primate at Armagh was accorded city status by ancient usage, and this status was abolished by the Irish Municipal Corporations Act of 1840. All other cities have been those explicitly recognised as such.

List of cities[]

In the Cathedral column in the table, only Anglican dioceses created before 1889 in England and Wales had an effect on city status.

City^[1]	Year granted or confirmed	Cathedral (pre-1889 England & Wales only)	City council	Nation/region	Population
Aberdeen³² (Scots: Aiberdeen) (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dheathain)	1891³¹(Burgh: 1179)	not applicable	Local government district (Council area) Map	Scotland	222,793³⁸
Armagh¹¹ (Irish: Ard Mhacha) (Ulster-Scots: Airmagh)	1994	not applicable	None. Represented on Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council Map	Northern Ireland	14,777 (2011)^[13]
Bangor¹	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of St Deiniol	Community Map	Wales	18,808 (2011)^[14]
Bath¹	1090	Abbey Church of SS Peter & Paul⁴	Charter trustees Map	South West, England	88,859 (2011)^[15] 97,311 (urban area, 2010)^[16]
Belfast (Irish: Béal Feirste) (Ulster-Scots: Bilfawst)	1888	not applicable	Local government district Map	Northern Ireland	333,871 (2011)^[17]
Birmingham²	1889³³	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough) Map	West Midlands, England	1,092,330 (2013)^[18]
Bradford¹	1897	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough) Map	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	522,452 (2011)^[19]
Brighton & Hove¹⁵	2000	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary) Map	South East, England	273,369 (2011)^[19]
Bristol¹	1542	Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity	Local government district (Unitary and county) Map	South West, England	428,234 (2011)^[19]
Cambridge³	1951²⁵	not applicable	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	East, England	123,867 (2011)^[19]
Canterbury³	time immemorial	Cathedral & Metropolitical Church of Christ	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	South East, England	151,145 (2011)^[19]
Cardiff⁹ (Welsh: Caerdydd)	1905²⁹	not applicable	Local government district (Principal area) Map	Wales	346,090 (2011)^[19]
Carlisle¹	1133	Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	North West, England	107,524 (2011)^[19]
Chelmsford³⁷	2012	not applicable	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	East, England	168,310 (2011)^[19]
Chester³	1541	Cathedral Church of Christ & the Blessed Virgin Mary	Charter trustees^‡ Map	North West, England	91,733 (urban area, 2010)^[16]
Chichester¹	1075	Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity	Civil parish Map	South East, England	26,795 (2011)^[20]
Coventry¹	1102	St Michael's Cathedral⁵	Local government district (Metropolitan borough) Map	West Midlands, England	316,915 (2011)^[19]
Derby¹³	1977	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary) Map	East Midlands, England	248,752 (2011)^[19]
Derry³⁹ (Irish: Doire) (Ulster-Scots: Derrie)	1604^[21]	not applicable	None. Represented on Derry City and Strabane District Council Map	Northern Ireland	107,877 (2011)^[13]
Dundee³² (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Dèagh)	1889³⁰ (Burgh: 1191)	not applicable	Local government district (Council area) Map	Scotland	147,268³⁸
Durham¹	995	Cathedral Church of Christ, St Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert	Charter trustees^‡ Map	North East, England	94,375 (2011)^[22]
Edinburgh³² (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann)	18th century^[11] (Burgh: 1329)	not applicable	Local government district (Council area) Map	Scotland	476,626³⁸
Ely¹	1109	Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity	Civil parish Map	East, England	20,256 (2011)^[23]
Exeter¹	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of St Peter	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	South West, England	117,773 (2011)^[19]
Glasgow³² (Scots: Glesga) (Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu)	18th century^[11] (Burgh: 1492)	not applicable	Local government district (Council area) Map	Scotland	593,245³⁸
Gloucester¹	1541	Cathedral Church of St Peter & the Holy and Indivisible Trinity	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	South West, England	121,688 (2011)^[19]
Hereford¹¹⁹	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of SS Mary the Virgin & Ethelbert the King	Civil parish Map	West Midlands, England	58,896 (2011)^[24]
Inverness (Scots: Inerness)(Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Nis)	2000	not applicable	None Map	Scotland	79,415^[25]
Kingston upon Hull¹²	1897	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary) Map	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	256,406 (2011)^[19]
Lancaster¹	1937²⁶	not applicable	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	North West, England	138,375 (2011)^[19]
Leeds¹	1893	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough) Map	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	751,485 (2011)^[19]
Leicester¹	1919²²	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary) Map	East Midlands, England	329,839 (2011)^[19]
Lichfield¹⁷	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of SS Mary & Chad	Civil parish Map	West Midlands, England	32,219 (2011)^[26]
Lincoln³	1072	Cathedral Church of St Mary	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	East Midlands, England	93,541 (2011)^[19]
Lisburn (Irish: Lios na gCearrbhach)	2002	not applicable	None. Represented on Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council Map	Northern Ireland	45,370 (2011)^[13]
Liverpool²	1880	Cathedral Church of Christ	Local government district (Metropolitan borough) Map	North West, England	466,415 (2011)^[19]
City of London⁶	time immemorial	St Paul's Cathedral	Local government district (sui generis and ceremonial county) Map	London	7,375 (2011)^[19]
Manchester¹	1853³⁴	Manchester Cathedral	Local government district (Metropolitan borough) Map	North West, England	503,127 (2011)^[19]
Newcastle upon Tyne¹	1882	Cathedral Church of St Nicholas	Local government district (Metropolitan borough) Map	North East, England	280,177 (2011)^[19]
Newport¹⁴ (Welsh: Casnewydd)	2002	not applicable	Local government district (Principal area) Map	Wales	145,736 (2011)^[19]
Newry (Irish: Iúr Cinn Trá) (Ulster-Scots: Newrie)	2002	not applicable	None. Represented on Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Map	Northern Ireland	29,946 (2008, settlement population)^[27]
Norwich¹	1094	Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	East, England	132,512 (2011)^[19]
Nottingham¹	1897	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary) Map	East Midlands, England	305,680 (2011)^[19]
Oxford¹	1542	Cathedral Church of Christ	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	South East, England	151,906 (2011)^[19]
Perth (Scots: Pairth) (Scottish Gaelic: Peairt)	2012^[28] (Burgh: 12th century)^[30]	not applicable	None Map	Scotland	45,770³⁸
Peterborough²	1541	Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul, & St Andrew	Local government district (Unitary) Map	East, England	183,631 (2011)^[19]
Plymouth¹	1928²⁷	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary) Map	South West, England	256,384 (2011)^[19]
Portsmouth¹	1926²⁴	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary) Map	South East, England	205,056 (2011)^[19]
Preston¹⁴	2002	not applicable	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	North West, England	140,202 (2011)^[19]
Ripon¹	886	Cathedral Church of SS Peter & Wilfrid	Civil parish Map	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	16,702 (2011)^[31]
St Albans⁷	1877³⁶	Cathedral & Abbey Church of St Alban	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	East, England	140,644 (2011)^[19]
St Asaph³⁷ (Welsh: Llanelwy)	2012	not applicable	Community Map	Wales	3,355 (2011)^[32]
St Davids²⁰ (Welsh: Tyddewi)	1994	St Davids	Community Map	Wales	1,841 (2011)^[33]
Salford¹	1926²⁴	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough) Map	North West, England	233,933 (2011)^[19]
Salisbury³⁵	1227	Cathedral Church of St Mary	Civil parish^‡ Map	South West, England	40,302 (2011)^[34]
Sheffield³	1893	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough) Map	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	552,698 (2011)^[19]
Southampton¹	1964	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary) Map	South East, England	236,882 (2011)^[19]
Stirling (Scots: Stirlin) (Scottish Gaelic: Sruighlea)	2002	not applicable	None Map	Scotland	34,790³⁸
Stoke-on-Trent³	1925²⁸	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary) Map	West Midlands, England	249,008 (2011)^[19]
Sunderland¹⁸	1992	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough) Map	North East, England	275,506 (2011)^[19]
Swansea⁹ (Welsh: Abertawe)	1969²³	not applicable	Local government district (Principal area) Map	Wales	239,023 (2011)^[19]
Truro¹ (Cornish: Truru)	1877	Cathedral Church of St Mary	Civil parish Map	South West, England	18,766 (2011)^[35]
Wakefield³	1888	Cathedral Church of All Saints	Local government district (Metropolitan borough) Map	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	325,837 (2011)^[19]
Wells¹	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of St Andrew	Civil parish Map	South West, England	10,536 (2011)^[36]
Westminster²¹	1540	Westminster Abbey⁴ (Although this was only a cathedral for 10 years until 1550, the city did not lose its status)	Local government district (London borough) Map	London	219,396 (2011)^[19]
Winchester¹	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	South East, England	116,595 (2011)^[19]
Wolverhampton¹⁶	2000	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough) Map	West Midlands, England	249,470 (2011)^[19]
Worcester³	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of Christ & St Mary	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	West Midlands, England	98,768 (2011)^[19]
York¹^,⁸	time immemorial	Cathedral & Metropolitical Church of St Peter	Local government district (Unitary) Map	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	198,051 (2011)^[19]

Map of the cities[]

Bath

Birmingham

Bradford

Bristol

Chichester

Coventry

Derby

Durham

Ely

Exeter

Gloucester

Hereford

Kingston upon Hull

Leicester

Liverpool

Manchester

Newcastle upon Tyne

Norwich

Nottingham

Oxford

Peterborough

Plymouth

Portsmouth

Salford

Southampton

St Albans

Stoke-on-Trent

Sunderland

Truro

Wakefield

Wells

Westminster

Winchester

Wolverhampton

Worcester

York

Aberdeen

Dundee

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Inverness

Perth

Cardiff

St Asaph

Armagh

Location of cities in the United Kingdom

British Overseas Territories[]

There are a number of cities in the British Overseas Territories, such as the City of James Town on Saint Helena.^[37]

Notes[]

^‡ The status bearers of these cities changed on 1 April 2009 due to local government reforms. Salisbury became a civil parish, while charter trustees were formed for the former district council areas of Chester and Durham in the new unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester and County Durham respectively.^[38]^[39]
^1 City status confirmed by Letters Patent issued under the Great Seal dated 1 April 1974.^[40]
^2 City status confirmed by Letters Patent issued under the Great Seal dated 25 June 1974.^[41]
^3 City status confirmed by Letters Patent issued under the Great Seal dated 28 May 1974.^[42]
^4 Bath Abbey and Westminster Abbey are no longer cathedrals.
^5 Coventry has had three cathedrals: the first, St Mary's, from 1043 to 1539 (it became a cathedral in 1102); the second, St Michael's, from 1918 to 1940, when it was destroyed by German bombardment; and its replacement, also St Michael's, built alongside the old cathedral, consecrated in 1962.
^6 Note that the City of London covers only the "square mile", and is usually just referred to as "the City". The larger conurbation of Greater London has no city charter, and consists of the City of London, the City of Westminster and 31 other London boroughs. This can be compared to the City of Brussels, within Brussels.
^7 City status was confirmed by Letters Patent dated 9 July 1974.^[43] The city status extends to the entire district, although the district council calls itself "St Albans District Council" or "St Albans City and District".
^8 Letters Patent under the Great Seal conferring City Status were issued to the unitary authority of York on 1 April 1996, confirming the right of the Lord Mayor to be styled "Right Honourable", in continuation to those granted to the previous City Council abolished 31 March 1996.^[44]
^9 Letters Patent under the Great Seal were issued on 29 March 1996 ordaining that the counties of Swansea and Cardiff should have the status of cities from 1 April 1996. The counties replaced the previous district councils which had enjoyed city status.^[44]
^10 According to the Municipal Year Book, 1972 the royal burghs of Perth and Elgin officially enjoyed city status. The royal burghs of Brechin, Dunfermline and Kirkwall had also been officially described as "cities". As all burghs were abolished in 1975, these areas are now often called "former cities". Although Brechin does not have city status, the community council formed for the area uses the title "City of Brechin and District".
^11 Armagh had previously enjoyed city status, with St Patrick's Cathedral the seat of the metropolitan primate of all Ireland. The city status was lost in 1840 when the city corporation was abolished. However, the successor urban district council and district council frequently used the title of city without official sanction prior to 1994.
^12 City Status confirmed by Letters Patent issued under the Great Seal dated 18 March 1975.^[45]
^13 City status granted by Letters Patent dated 7 June 1977.^[46]
^14 City status granted to the "Town of Newport in the County Borough of Newport" and the "Town of Preston" by Letters Patent dated 15 May 2002.^[47]
^15 Letters Patent dated 31 January 2001 ordained that "the Towns of Brighton and Hove shall have the status of a City".^[48]
^16 Letters Patent dated 31 January 2001 ordained that "the Town of Wolverhampton shall have the status of a City".^[48]
^17 Letters Patent dated 4 November 1980 ordained that the "Town of Lichfield shall have the status of a City". A town council had been constituted in 1980 leading to the dissolution of the Charter Trustees of the City of Lichfield.^[49]^[50]
^18 City status granted by Letters Patent dated 23 March 1992.^[51]
^19 City status was conferred on Hereford Town Council 11 October 2000.^[52] The status had previously been confirmed to the district council formed in 1974. When that council was abolished in 1996 charter trustees were formed for the City of Hereford. On the formation of a town council for Hereford in April 2000 the charter trustees were dissolved, and the city status temporarily lapsed.
^20 St David's historically had city status because of the presence of St David's Cathedral. In 1849 it was noted that the city had no municipal corporation: There was however a recognised "city" in which a mayor had limited jurisdiction.^[53] A Royal Commission appointed in 1876 reported that the corporation had long been extinct, and the city was formally abolished in 1886 under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1883.^[54] Letters Patent dated 16 September 1994 ordained that the "Town of St. David's shall have the status of a City".^[55]
^21 The title of City was used "by courtesy" after 1550 when Westminster ceased to be the see of a bishop. By Letters Patent dated 27 October 1900 city status was conferred on the newly created Metropolitan Borough of Westminster from 1 November.^[56] This status was continued on the creation of the City of Westminster as a London borough in 1965.
^22 A letter from the Home Secretary to the Mayor of Leicester dated 14 June 1919, confirming that the city status would be bestowed, noted that this was a "restoration to your ancient town of its former status of a city".^[57]^[58]^[59]
^23 Letters Patent dated 10 December 1969.^[60]
^24 Letters Patent dated 21 April 1926.^[61]
^25 Letters Patent dated 21 March 1951.^[62]
^26 Letters Patent dated 14 May 1937.^[63]
^27 Letters Patent dated 18 October 1928.^[64]
^28 Letters Patent dated 5 June 1925.^[65]
^29 Letters Patent dated 28 October 1905, which also granted the title of Lord Mayor.^[66]
^30 Warrant issued 28 January 1889 that Letters Patent be issued under the Seal appointed by the treaty of union to be used in place of the Great Seal of Scotland, ordaining and declaring that the Burgh of Dundee shall be a City, and shall be called and styled "The City of Dundee".^[67]
^31 Burghs of Old Aberdeen and Woodside and the district of Torry incorporated as the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen by the Aberdeen Corporation Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. cxxiv).
^32 The present council areas are designated "cities" by virtue of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, which also reserves the post of Lord Provost for the convener of the four councils. The previous local government districts and district councils created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 enjoyed the same privileges.
^33 Letters Patent dated 14 January 1889.^[68]
^34 Letters Patent dated 29 March 1853.^[69]
^35 Letters Patent dated 1 April 2009.^[70] City status had been held prior to this date (and since 1974) by the Charter Trustees of the City of New Sarum. The city of Salisbury's formal name was New Sarum (see also: Old Sarum) from 1227 until 2009.
^36 Letters Patent dated 28 August 1877.^[71]
^37 Letters Patent dated 1 June 2012 "to ordain that the Town of Chelmsford in the County of Essex and the Town of St Asaph in the County of Denbighshire shall have the status of a City".^[72]
^38 [2015] Localities (Glasgow)^[73]
^39 Legally, the city and county are called "Londonderry", while the local government district is called "Derry". See Derry/Londonderry name dispute.^[74]

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