List of towns in England

This is a list of towns in England.

Historically, towns were any settlement with a charter, including market towns and ancient boroughs. The process of incorporation was reformed in 1835 and many more places received borough charters, whilst others were lost. All existing boroughs were abolished on 1 April 1974 and borough status was reformed as a civic honour for local government districts. At the same time a limited number of former boroughs and other settlements became successor parishes, with the right to be known as a town and preserve their charter. Boroughs that did not become successor parishes formed unparished areas, but were able to preserve their charters without a corporate body by appointing charter trustees. Since 1 April 1974 any parish council in England has the right to resolve to call itself a town council and many communities have taken up this right, including areas that preserved continuity with charter trustees. However, no successor parishes have exercised this right (e.g. Ilkley).

This list does not include cities in England.

Chartered towns and town councils[]

This list includes:

civil parishes with town councils;
unparished areas that had borough charters before 1 April 1974 (including areas with charter trustees); and
towns with ancient/market charters that did not later gain borough charters or town councils.

A[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Abingdon-on-Thames	Oxfordshire	town council¹
Accrington	Lancashire	borough (1878–1974)
Acle	Norfolk	market charter
Acton	Greater London	borough (1921–1965)
Adlington	Lancashire	town council¹
Alcester	Warwickshire	town council
Aldeburgh	Suffolk	town council¹
Aldershot	Hampshire	borough (1922–1974)
Alford	Lincolnshire	town council¹
Alfreton	Derbyshire	town council
Alnwick	Northumberland	town council¹
Alsager	Cheshire	town council¹
Alston	Cumbria	market charter
Alton	Hampshire	town council¹
Altrincham	Greater Manchester	borough (1937–1974)
Amble	Northumberland	town council¹
Ambleside	Cumbria	market charter
Amersham	Buckinghamshire	town council
Amesbury	Wiltshire	town council
Ampthill	Bedfordshire	town council¹
Andover	Hampshire	borough (1835–1974)
Appleby-in-Westmorland	Cumbria	town council¹
Arlesey	Bedfordshire	town council
Arundel	West Sussex	town council¹
Ashbourne	Derbyshire	town council¹
Ashburton	Devon	town council¹
Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Leicestershire	town council¹
Ashford	Kent	market charter
Ashington	Northumberland	town council
Ashton-under-Lyne	Greater Manchester	borough (1847–1974)
Askern	South Yorkshire	town council
Atherstone	Warwickshire	town council
Attleborough	Norfolk	town council
Axbridge	Somerset	town council
Axminster	Devon	town council
Aylesbury	Buckinghamshire	town council
Aylsham	Norfolk	town council

B[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Bacup	Lancashire	borough (1883–1974)
Bakewell	Derbyshire	town council¹
Bampton	Devon	town council
Banbury	Oxfordshire	town council
Barking	Greater London	borough (1931–1965)
Barnard Castle	Durham	town council¹
Barnes	Greater London	borough (1932–1965)
Barnet	Greater London	market charter
Barnoldswick	Lancashire	town council
Barnsley	South Yorkshire	borough (1869–1974)
Barnstaple	Devon	town council¹
Barrow-in-Furness	Cumbria	borough (1867–1974)
Barton-upon-Humber	Lincolnshire	town council¹
Basingstoke	Hampshire	borough (1835–1974)
Batley	West Yorkshire	borough (1868–1974)
Battle	East Sussex	town council
Bawtry	South Yorkshire	town council
Beaconsfield	Buckinghamshire	town council¹
Beaminster	Dorset	town council
Bebington	Merseyside	borough (1937–1974)
Beccles	Suffolk	town council¹
Beckenham	Greater London	borough (1935–1965)
Bedale	North Yorkshire	town council
Bedford	Bedfordshire	borough (1835–1974)
Bedworth	Warwickshire	market charter
Belper	Derbyshire	town council¹
Bentham	North Yorkshire	town council
Berkeley	Gloucestershire	town council
Berkhamsted	Hertfordshire	town council¹
Berwick-upon-Tweed	Northumberland	town council
Beverley	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council
Bewdley	Worcestershire	town council¹
Bexhill-on-Sea	East Sussex	charter trustees
Bexley	Greater London	borough (1937–1965)
Bicester	Oxfordshire	town council¹
Biddulph	Staffordshire	town council¹
Bideford	Devon	town council¹
Biggleswade	Bedfordshire	town council¹
Billericay	Essex	town council
Billingham	Durham	town council
Bilston	West Midlands	borough (1938–1967)
Bingham	Nottinghamshire	town council
Bingley	West Yorkshire	market charter
Birchwood	Cheshire	town council
Birkenhead	Merseyside	borough (1877–1974)
Bishop Auckland	Durham	town council
Bishop's Castle	Shropshire	town council
Bishop's Stortford	Hertfordshire	town council¹
Bishop's Waltham	Hampshire	market charter
Blackburn	Lancashire	borough (1851–1974)
Blackpool	Lancashire	borough (1867–1974)
Blackrod	Greater Manchester	town council¹
Blackwater and Hawley	Hampshire	town council
Blandford Forum	Dorset	town council¹
Bletchley and Fenny Stratford	Buckinghamshire	town council
Blyth	Northumberland	town council
Bodmin	Cornwall	town council¹
Bognor Regis	West Sussex	town council
Bollington	Cheshire	town council¹
Bolsover	Derbyshire	town council¹
Bolton	Greater Manchester	borough (1838–1974)
Bootle	Merseyside	borough (1868–1974)
Bordon	Hampshire	town council
Boroughbridge	North Yorkshire	town council
Boston	Lincolnshire	town council
Bottesford	Lincolnshire	town council
Bourne	Lincolnshire	town council¹
Bournemouth	Dorset	borough (1890–1974)
Bovey Tracey	Devon	town council
Brackley	Northamptonshire	town council¹
Bradford-on-Avon	Wiltshire	town council¹
Brading	Isle of Wight	town council
Bradley Stoke	Gloucestershire	town council
Bradninch	Devon	town council
Braintree	Essex	market charter
Brampton	Cumbria	market charter (1252)
Brandon	Suffolk	town council
Braunstone Town	Leicestershire	town council
Brentford	Greater London	market charter
Brentwood	Essex	market charter
Brewood	Staffordshire	market charter
Bridgnorth	Shropshire	town council
Bridgwater	Somerset	town council
Bridlington	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council
Bridport	Dorset	town council¹
Brierfield	Lancashire	town council
Brierley	South Yorkshire	town council
Brigg	Lincolnshire	town council¹
Brighouse	West Yorkshire	borough (1893–1974)
Brightlingsea	Essex	town council¹
Brixham	Devon	town council
Broadstairs and St Peter's	Kent	town council¹
Bromborough	Merseyside	market charter
Bromley	Greater London	borough (1903–1965)
Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	market charter
Bromyard	Herefordshire	town council
Broseley	Shropshire	town council
Brough	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council
Broughton	Lincolnshire	town council
Broughton-in-Furness	Cumbria	market charter
Bruton	Somerset	town council
Buckfastleigh	Devon	town council¹
Buckingham	Buckinghamshire	town council¹
Bude-Stratton	Cornwall	town council¹
Budleigh Salterton	Devon	town council¹
Bulwell	Nottinghamshire	market charter
Bungay	Suffolk	town council¹
Buntingford	Hertfordshire	town council
Burford	Oxfordshire	town council
Burgess Hill	West Sussex	town council¹
Burgh-le-Marsh	Lincolnshire	town council
Burnham-on-Crouch	Essex	town council¹
Burnham-on-Sea	Somerset	town council¹
Burnley	Lancashire	borough (1861–1974)
Burntwood	Staffordshire	town council
Burslem	Staffordshire	town council
Burton Latimer	Northamptonshire	town council¹
Burton upon Trent	Staffordshire	charter trustees (abolished 2003)
Bury	Greater Manchester	borough (1876–1974)
Bury St Edmunds	Suffolk	town council
Bushey	Hertfordshire	market charter
Buxton	Derbyshire	borough (1917–1974)

C[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Caistor	Lincolnshire	town council
Callington	Cornwall	town council
Calne	Wiltshire	town council¹
Camborne	Cornwall	town council
Camelford	Cornwall	town council
Cannock	Staffordshire	market charter
Canvey Island	Essex	town council
Carnforth	Lancashire	town council¹
Carlton Colville	Suffolk	town council
Carshalton	Greater London	Borough (1915-1965)
Carterton	Oxfordshire	town council
Castle Cary	Somerset	town council
Castleford	West Yorkshire	borough (1955–1974)
Chagford	Devon	stannary charter
Chapel-en-le-Frith	Derbyshire	market charter
Chard	Somerset	town council¹
Charlbury	Oxfordshire	town council
Chatham	Kent	borough (1890–1974)
Chatteris	Cambridgeshire	town council¹
Cheadle	Staffordshire	town council
Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	borough (1876–1974)
Chertsey	Surrey	market charter
Chesham	Buckinghamshire	town council¹
Cheshunt	Hertfordshire	market charter
Chesterfield	Derbyshire	borough (1835–1974)
Chester-le-Street	Durham	market charter
Chickerell	Dorset	town council
Chilton	County Durham	town council
Chingford	Greater London	borough (1938–1965)
Chippenham	Wiltshire	town council
Chipping Campden	Gloucestershire	town council
Chipping Norton	Oxfordshire	town council¹
Chipping Sodbury	Gloucestershire	town council
Chiswick	Greater London	borough (with Brentford; 1932–1965)
Chorley	Lancashire	borough (1881–1974)
Chorleywood	Hertfordshire	town council¹
Christchurch	Dorset	borough (1886–1974)
Chudleigh	Devon	town council
Chulmleigh	Devon	market charter
Church Stretton	Shropshire	town council
Cinderford	Gloucestershire	town council
Cirencester	Gloucestershire	town council¹
Clare	Suffolk	market charter
Clay Cross	Derbyshire	town council¹
Cleator Moor	Cumbria	town council
Cleckheaton	West Yorkshire	market charter
Cleethorpes	Lincolnshire	charter trustees
Cleobury Mortimer	Shropshire	market charter
Clevedon	Somerset	town council¹
Clitheroe	Lancashire	town council¹
Clun	Shropshire	town council
Coalville	Leicestershire	town council
Cockermouth	Cumbria	town council¹
Coggeshall	Essex	market charter
Colburn	North Yorkshire	town council
Colchester	Essex	borough (1835–1974)
Coleford	Gloucestershire	town council
Coleshill	Warwickshire	town council
Colne	Lancashire	town council
Colyton	Devon	market charter
Congleton	Cheshire	town council
Conisbrough	South Yorkshire	market charter
Corbridge	Northumberland	market charter
Corby	Northamptonshire	market charter
Corringham	Essex	market charter
Corsham	Wiltshire	town council
Cosham	Hampshire	town council
Cotgrave	Nottinghamshire	town council
Cowes	Isle of Wight	town council
Coulsdon	Greater London	Municipal Borough (with Purley; 1915–1965)
Cramlington	Northumberland	town council
Cranbrook	Kent	market charter
Craven Arms	Shropshire	town council
Crawley	West Sussex	market charter
Crediton	Devon	town council¹
Crewe	Cheshire	charter trustees
Crewkerne	Somerset	town council¹
Cricklade	Wiltshire	town council
Cromer	Norfolk	town council¹
Crook	County Durham	market charter
Crosby	Merseyside	borough (1937–1974)
Crowborough	East Sussex	town council
Croydon	Greater London	borough (1883–1965)
Crowland	Lincolnshire	market charter
Crowle	Lincolnshire	town council
Cullompton	Devon	town council

D[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Dagenham	Greater London	borough (1938–1965)
Dalton-in-Furness	Cumbria	Market Charter^[1]
Darley Dale	Derbyshire	town council
Darlington	Durham	borough (1867–1974)
Dartford	Kent	charter trustees (abolished 1977)
Dartmouth	Devon	town council¹
Darwen	Lancashire	town council
Daventry	Northamptonshire	town council
Dawley	Shropshire	town council
Dawlish	Devon	town council¹
Deal	Kent	town council
Denholme	West Yorkshire	town council
Dereham	Norfolk	town council¹
Desborough	Northamptonshire	town council¹
Devizes	Wiltshire	town council¹
Dewsbury	West Yorkshire	borough (1862–1974)
Didcot	Oxfordshire	town council
Dinnington St John's	South Yorkshire	town council
Diss	Norfolk	town council¹
Doncaster	South Yorkshire	borough (1835–1974)
Dorchester	Dorset	town council¹
Dorking	Surrey	market charter
Dover	Kent	town council
Dovercourt	Essex	market charter
Downham Market	Norfolk	town council¹
Driffield	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council
Droitwich Spa	Worcestershire	town council¹
Dronfield	Derbyshire	town council¹
Dudley	West Midlands	borough (1865–1974)
Dukinfield	Greater Manchester	borough (1899–1974)
Dulverton	Somerset	town council
Dunstable	Bedfordshire	town council
Dunwich	Suffolk	market charter
Dursley	Gloucestershire	town council

E[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Ealing	Greater London	borough (1901–1965)
Earby	Lancashire	town council
Earl Shilton	Leicestershire	town council
Earley	Berkshire	town council
Easingwold	North Yorkshire	town council
East Cowes	Isle of Wight	town council
East Grinstead	West Sussex	town council¹
East Ham	Greater London	borough (1904–1965)
Eastbourne	East Sussex	borough (1883–1974)
Eastleigh	Hampshire	borough (1936–1974)
East Retford	Nottinghamshire	charter trustees
Eastwood	Nottinghamshire	town council¹
Eccles	Greater Manchester	borough (1892–1974)
Eccleshall	Staffordshire	market charter
Edenbridge	Kent	town council
Edgware	Greater London	market charter
Edmonton	Greater London	borough (1937–1965)
Egremont	Cumbria	town council
Elland	West Yorkshire	market charter
Ellesmere	Shropshire	town council
Ellesmere Port	Cheshire	charter trustees
Elstree and Borehamwood	Hertfordshire	town council
Emsworth	Hampshire	market charter
Enfield	Greater London	borough (1955–1965)
Epping	Essex	town council¹
Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	borough from 1937^[2]
Epworth	Lincolnshire	town council
Erith	Greater London	borough (1937–1965)
Eton	Berkshire	town council¹
Evesham	Worcestershire	town council¹
Exmouth	Devon	town council
Eye	Suffolk	town council¹

F[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Fairford	Gloucestershire	town council
Fakenham	Norfolk	town council
Falmouth	Cornwall	town council¹
Fareham	Hampshire	market charter
Faringdon	Oxfordshire	town council
Farnborough	Hampshire	town council
Farnham	Surrey	town council
Faversham	Kent	town council¹
Fazeley	Staffordshire	town council
Featherstone	West Yorkshire	town council¹
Felixstowe	Suffolk	town council¹
Ferndown	Dorset	town council
Ferryhill	Durham	town council
Filey	North Yorkshire	town council¹
Filton	Gloucestershire	town council
Finchley	Greater London	borough (1933–1965)
Fleet	Hampshire	town council
Fleetwood	Lancashire	borough (1933–1974)
Flitwick	Bedfordshire	town council
Folkestone	Kent	town council
Fordbridge	West Midlands	town council
Fordingbridge	Hampshire	town council
Fordwich	Kent	town council
Fowey	Cornwall	town council
Framlingham	Suffolk	town council
Frinton and Walton	Essex	town council¹
Frodsham	Cheshire	town council
Frome	Somerset	town council¹

G[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Gainsborough	Lincolnshire	town council
Garstang	Lancashire	town council
Gateshead	Tyne and Wear	borough (1835–1974)
Gillingham	Dorset	town council
Gillingham	Kent	borough (1903–1974)
Glastonbury	Somerset	town council¹
Glossop	Derbyshire	borough (1866–1974)
Godalming	Surrey	town council¹
Godmanchester	Cambridgeshire	town council¹
Goole	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council
Gorleston-on-Sea	Norfolk	market charter
Gosport	Hampshire	borough (1922–1974)
Grange-over-Sands	Cumbria	town council¹
Grantham	Lincolnshire	charter trustees
Grassington	North Yorkshire	market charter
Gravesend	Kent	borough (1835–1974)
Grays	Essex	market charter
Great Dunmow	Essex	town council
Great Torrington	Devon	town council¹
Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	borough (1835–1974)
Greater Willington	Durham	town council
Grimsby	Lincolnshire	charter trustees
Guildford	Surrey	borough (1835–1974)
Guisborough	North Yorkshire	town council¹

H[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Hadleigh	Suffolk	town council¹
Hailsham	East Sussex	town council
Halesowen	West Midlands	borough (1936–1974)
Halesworth	Suffolk	town council¹
Halewood	Merseyside	town council
Halifax	West Yorkshire	borough (1848–1974)
Halstead	Essex	town council¹
Haltwhistle	Northumberland	town council
Redenhall with Harleston	Norfolk	town council
Harlow	Essex	market charter
Harpenden	Hertfordshire	town council¹
Harrogate	North Yorkshire	borough (1884–1974)
Harrow	Greater London	borough (1954–1965)
Hartland	Devon	market charter
Hartlepool	Durham	borough (1850–1974)
Harwich	Essex	town council¹
Harworth and Bircotes	Nottinghamshire	town council
Haslemere	Surrey	town council¹
Haslingden	Lancashire	borough (1891–1974)
Hastings	East Sussex	borough (1835–1974)
Hatfield	Hertfordshire	town council
Hatfield	South Yorkshire	town council
Hatherleigh	Devon	town council
Havant	Hampshire	market charter
Haverhill	Suffolk	town council
Hawkinge	Kent	town council
Haxby	North Yorkshire	town council
Hawes	North Yorkshire	market charter
Hayle	Cornwall	town council
Haywards Heath	West Sussex	town council
Heanor and Loscoe	Derbyshire	town council
Heathfield	East Sussex	market charter
Hebden Royd	West Yorkshire	town council¹
Hedge End	Hampshire	town council
Hednesford	Staffordshire	town council
Hedon	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council¹
Helmsley	North Yorkshire	town council
Helston	Cornwall	town council¹
Hemel Hempstead	Hertfordshire	charter trustees (abolished 1984)
Hemsworth	West Yorkshire	town council¹
Hendon	Greater London	borough (1932–1965)
Henley-in-Arden	Warwickshire	market charter
Henley-on-Thames	Oxfordshire	town council¹
Hertford	Hertfordshire	town council¹
Hessle	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council
Hetton	Tyne and Wear	town council¹
Hexham	Northumberland	town council¹
Heywood	Greater Manchester	borough (1881–1974)
Higham Ferrers	Northamptonshire	town council¹
Highbridge	Somerset	market charter
Highworth	Wiltshire	town council
High Wycombe	Buckinghamshire	charter trustees
Hinckley	Leicestershire	market charter
Hingham	Norfolk	town council
Hitchin	Hertfordshire	market charter
Hoddesdon	Hertfordshire	market charter
Holbeach	Lincolnshire	market charter
Holsworthy	Devon	town council
Holt	Norfolk	town council
Honiton	Devon	town council¹
Horley	Surrey	town council
Horncastle	Lincolnshire	town council¹
Hornsea	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council¹
Hornsey	Greater London	borough (1903–1965)
Horsforth	West Yorkshire	town council
Horsham	West Sussex	town council
Horwich	Greater Manchester	town council¹
Houghton Regis	Bedfordshire	town council
Hounslow	Greater London	Borough
Howden	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council
Huddersfield	West Yorkshire	borough (1868–1974)
Hungerford	Berkshire	town council
Hunstanton	Norfolk	town council¹
Huntingdon	Cambridgeshire	town council¹
Hyde	Greater Manchester	borough (1881–1974)
Hythe	Kent	town council¹

I[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Ilford	Greater London	borough (1926–1965)
Ilfracombe	Devon	town council¹
Ilkeston	Derbyshire	charter trustees (abolished 1975)
Ilkley	West Yorkshire	town council¹
Ilminster	Somerset	town council¹
Immingham	Lincolnshire	town council
Ingleby Barwick	North Yorkshire	town council
Ipswich	Suffolk	borough (1835–1974)
Irthlingborough	Northamptonshire	town council¹
Isleworth	Greater London	borough (with Heston; 1932–1965)
Ivybridge	Devon	town council

J[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Jarrow	Tyne and Wear	borough (1875–1974)

K[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Keighley	West Yorkshire	town council
Kempston	Bedfordshire	town council¹
Kendal	Cumbria	town council¹
Kenilworth	Warwickshire	town council¹
Kesgrave	Suffolk	town council
Keswick	Cumbria	town council¹
Kettering	Northamptonshire	borough (1938–1974)
Keynsham	Somerset	town council
Kidderminster	Worcestershire	charter trustees
Kidsgrove	Staffordshire	town council¹
Kimberley	Nottinghamshire	town council
King's Lynn	Norfolk	borough (1835–1974)
Kingsbridge	Devon	town council¹
Kingsteignton	Devon	town council
Kingston-upon-Thames	Greater London	borough (1835–1965)
Kington	Herefordshire	town council¹
Kirkby-in-Ashfield	Nottinghamshire	market charter
Kirkby Lonsdale	Cumbria	town council
Kirkby Stephen	Cumbria	town council
Kirkbymoorside	North Yorkshire	town council
Kirkham	Lancashire	town council¹
Kirton-in-Lindsey	Lincolnshire	town council
Knaresborough	North Yorkshire	town council¹
Knutsford	Cheshire	town council¹

L[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Langport	Somerset	town council
Launceston	Cornwall	town council¹
Leatherhead	Surrey	market charter
Lechlade	Gloucestershire	town council
Ledbury	Herefordshire	town council
Leek	Staffordshire	town council¹
Leigh	Greater Manchester	borough (1899–1974)
Leighton-Linslade	Bedfordshire	town council¹
Leigh-on-Sea	Essex	town council
Leiston	Suffolk	town council¹
Leominster	Herefordshire	town council¹
Letchworth Garden City	Hertfordshire	town council
Lewes	East Sussex	town council¹
Leyburn	North Yorkshire	town council
Leyland	Lancashire	town council
Leyton	Greater London	borough (1926–1965)
Liskeard	Cornwall	town council¹
Littlehampton	West Sussex	town council¹
Loddon	Norfolk	market charter
Loftus	North Yorkshire	town council¹
Long Sutton	Lincolnshire	market charter
Longridge	Lancashire	town council¹
Longtown	Cumbria	market charter
Looe	Cornwall	town council¹
Lostwithiel	Cornwall	town council
Loughborough	Leicestershire	borough (1888–1974)
Loughton	Essex	town council
Louth	Lincolnshire	town council¹
Lowestoft	Suffolk	charter trustees
Ludgershall	Wiltshire	town council
Ludlow	Shropshire	town council
Luton	Bedfordshire	borough (1876–1974)
Lutterworth	Leicestershire	town council
Lydd	Kent	town council¹
Lydney	Gloucestershire	town council
Lyme Regis	Dorset	town council¹
Lymington	Hampshire	town council
Lynton & Lynmouth	Devon	town council¹
Lytchett Minster & Upton	Dorset	town council
Lytham St Annes	Lancashire	borough (1922–1974)

M[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Mablethorpe and Sutton	Lincolnshire	town council¹
Macclesfield	Cheshire	charter trustees
Madeley	Shropshire	market charter
Maghull	Merseyside	town council
Maidenhead	Berkshire	borough (1835–1974)
Maidstone	Kent	borough (1835–1974)
Maldon	Essex	town council
Malmesbury	Wiltshire	town council¹
Maltby	South Yorkshire	town council
Malton	North Yorkshire	town council¹
Malvern	Worcestershire	town council
Manningtree	Essex	town council
Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	charter trustees
Marazion	Cornwall	town council
March	Cambridgeshire	town council¹
Margate	Kent	charter trustees
Market Bosworth	Leicestershire	market charter
Market Deeping	Lincolnshire	town council
Market Drayton	Shropshire	town council
Market Harborough	Leicestershire	market charter
Market Rasen	Lincolnshire	town council¹
Market Weighton	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council
Marlborough	Wiltshire	town council¹
Marlow	Buckinghamshire	town council¹
Maryport	Cumbria	town council¹
Masham	North Yorkshire	market charter
Matlock	Derbyshire	town council
Medlar-with-Wesham	Lancashire	town council
Melksham	Wiltshire	town council¹
Meltham	West Yorkshire	town council¹
Melton Mowbray	Leicestershire	town council
Mere	Wiltshire	town council
Mexborough	South Yorkshire	market charter
Middleham	North Yorkshire	town council
Middlesbrough	North Yorkshire	borough (1853–1967)
Middleton	Greater Manchester	borough (1886–1974)
Middlewich	Cheshire	town council¹
Midhurst	West Sussex	town council
Midsomer Norton	Somerset	market charter
Mildenhall	Suffolk	market charter
Millom	Cumbria	town council
Minchinhampton	Gloucestershire	market charter
Minehead	Somerset	town council
Minster	Kent	market charter
Mirfield	West Yorkshire	town council
Mitcham	Greater London	borough (1934–1965)
Mitcheldean	Gloucestershire	market charter
Modbury	Devon	market charter
Morecambe	Lancashire	town council
Moretonhampstead	Devon	market charter
Moreton-in-Marsh	Gloucestershire	town council
Morley	West Yorkshire	town council
Morpeth	Northumberland	borough (1835–1974)
Mossley	Greater Manchester	town council
Much Wenlock	Shropshire	town council

N[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Nailsea	Somerset	town council
Nailsworth	Gloucestershire	town council¹
Nantwich	Cheshire	town council¹
Needham Market	Suffolk	town council
Nelson	Lancashire	town council
Neston	Cheshire	town council
New Alresford	Hampshire	town council
New Malden	Greater London	borough (with Coombe; 1936–1965)
New Mills	Derbyshire	town council¹
New Milton	Hampshire	town council
New Romney	Kent	town council¹
Newark-on-Trent	Nottinghamshire	town council
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea	Northumberland	town council
Newbury	Berkshire	town council
Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	borough (1835–1974)
Newent	Gloucestershire	town council
Newhaven	East Sussex	town council¹
Newlyn	Cornwall	market charter
Newmarket	Suffolk	town council
Newport	Isle of Wight	borough (1835–1974)
Newport	Shropshire	town council¹
Newport Pagnell	Buckinghamshire	town council
Newquay	Cornwall	town council
Newton Abbot	Devon	town council¹
Newton Aycliffe	County Durham	town council
Newton-le-Willows	Merseyside	market charter
Normanton	West Yorkshire	town council¹
North Hykeham	Lincolnshire	town council
North Petherton	Somerset	town council
North Tawton	Devon	town council
North Walsham	Norfolk	town council¹
Northallerton	North Yorkshire	town council¹
Northam	Devon	town council¹
Northampton	Northamptonshire	borough (1835–1974)
Northfleet	Kent	market charter
Northleach with Eastington	Gloucestershire	town council
Northwich	Cheshire	town council¹
Norton-on-Derwent	North Yorkshire	town council¹
Nuneaton	Warwickshire	borough (1907–1974)

O[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Oakengates	Shropshire	town council
Oakham	Rutland	town council¹
Okehampton	Devon	town council¹
Oldbury	West Midlands	borough (1935–1966)
Oldham	Greater Manchester	borough (1849–1974)
Ollerton and Boughton	Nottinghamshire	town council
Olney	Buckinghamshire	town council
Ongar	Essex	town council
Orford	Suffolk	market charter
Ormskirk	Lancashire	market charter
Orpington	Greater London	Town
Ossett	West Yorkshire	borough (1890–1974)
Oswestry	Shropshire	town council
Otley	West Yorkshire	town council¹
Ottery St Mary	Devon	town council¹
Oundle	Northamptonshire	town council¹

P[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Paddock Wood	Kent	town council
Padiham	Lancashire	town council
Padstow	Cornwall	town council
Paignton	Devon	market charter
Painswick	Gloucestershire	market charter
Partington	Greater Manchester	town council
Patchway	Gloucestershire	town council
Pateley Bridge	North Yorkshire	town council
Peacehaven	East Sussex	town council
Penistone	South Yorkshire	town council¹
Penkridge	Staffordshire	market charter
Penrith	Cumbria	market charter
Penryn	Cornwall	town council¹
Penwortham	Lancashire	town council
Penzance	Cornwall	town council
Pershore	Worcestershire	town council
Peterlee	Durham	town council
Petersfield	Hampshire	town council¹
Petworth	West Sussex	town council
Pickering	North Yorkshire	town council¹
Plympton	Devon	market charter
Pocklington	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council
Polegate	East Sussex	town council
Pontefract	West Yorkshire	borough (1835–1974)
Ponteland	Northumberland	town council
Poole	Dorset	borough (1835–1974)
Porthleven	Cornwall	town council
Portishead and North Weston	Somerset	town council¹
Portland	Dorset	town council¹
Potton	Bedfordshire	town council
Poynton-with-Worth	Cheshire	town council
Preesall	Lancashire	town council¹
Prescot	Merseyside	town council
Princes Risborough	Buckinghamshire	town council
Prudhoe	Northumberland	town council¹
Pudsey	West Yorkshire	borough (1900–1974)
Purley	Greater London	town council

Q[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Quedgeley	Gloucestershire	town council^[3]
Queenborough-in-Sheppey	Kent	charter trustees (abolished 1977)

R[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Radstock	Somerset	town council¹
Ramsey	Cambridgeshire	town council¹
Ramsgate	Kent	town council
Raunds	Northamptonshire	town council¹
Rawtenstall	Lancashire	borough (1891–1974)
Rayleigh	Essex	town council
Reading	Berkshire	borough (1835–1974)
Redcar	North Yorkshire	borough (1921–1967)
Redditch	Worcestershire	town council
Redhill	Surrey
Redruth	Cornwall	town council
Reepham	Norfolk	town council
Reigate	Surrey	borough (1863–1974)
Richmond	Greater London	borough (1890–1965)
Richmond	North Yorkshire	town council¹
Ringwood	Hampshire	town council
Ripley	Derbyshire	town council¹
Rochdale	Greater Manchester	borough (1856–1974)
Rochester	Kent	borough (1835–1974)²
Rochford	Essex	market charter
Romford	Greater London	borough (1937–1965)
Romsey	Hampshire	town council¹
Ross-on-Wye	Herefordshire	town council¹
Rothbury	Northumberland	market charter
Rotherham	South Yorkshire	borough (1871–1974)
Rothwell	Northamptonshire	town council¹
Rothwell	West Yorkshire	market charter
Rowley Regis	West Midlands	borough (1933–1966)
Royal Leamington Spa	Warwickshire	town council
Royal Tunbridge Wells	Kent	borough (1888–1974)
Royal Wootton Bassett	Wiltshire	town council
Royston	Hertfordshire	town council¹
Rugby	Warwickshire	borough (1932–1974)
Rugeley	Staffordshire	town council
Rushden	Northamptonshire	town council
Ryde	Isle of Wight	town council
Rye	East Sussex	town council¹

S[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Saffron Walden	Essex	town council¹
St Austell	Cornwall	town council
St Blaise	Cornwall	town council
St Columb Major	Cornwall	town council
St Helens	Merseyside	borough (1868–1974)
St Ives	Cambridgeshire	town council¹
St Ives	Cornwall	town council¹
St Just-in-Penwith	Cornwall	town council¹
St Mary Cray	Greater London	market charter
St Mawes	Cornwall	market charter
St Neots	Cambridgeshire	town council¹
Salcombe	Devon	town council¹
Sale	Greater Manchester	borough (1935–1974)
Saltash	Cornwall	town council¹
Sandbach	Cheshire	town council¹
Sandhurst	Berkshire	town council
Sandiacre	Derbyshire	market charter
Sandown	Isle of Wight	town council
Sandwich	Kent	town council¹
Sandy	Bedfordshire	town council¹
Sawbridgeworth	Hertfordshire	town council¹
Saxmundham	Suffolk	town council¹
Scarborough	North Yorkshire	borough (1835–1974)
Scunthorpe	Lincolnshire	charter trustees
Seaford	East Sussex	town council
Seaham	Durham	town council
Seaton	Devon	town council¹
Sedbergh	Cumbria	market charter
Sedgefield	County Durham	town council
Selby	North Yorkshire	town council¹
Selsey	West Sussex	town council
Settle	North Yorkshire	town council
Sevenoaks	Kent	town council¹
Shaftesbury	Dorset	town council¹
Shanklin	Isle of Wight	town council
Shefford	Bedfordshire	town council
Shepshed	Leicestershire	town council
Shepton Mallet	Somerset	town council¹
Sherborne	Dorset	town council¹
Sheringham	Norfolk	town council¹
Shifnal	Shropshire	town council
Shildon	Durham	town council¹
Shipston-on-Stour	Warwickshire	town council
Shirebrook	Derbyshire	town council
Shoreham-by-Sea	West Sussex	market charter
Shrewsbury	Shropshire	town council
Sidmouth	Devon	town council¹
Silloth	Cumbria	town council
Silsden	West Yorkshire	town council¹
Sittingbourne	Kent	town council
Skegness	Lincolnshire	town council¹
Skelmersdale	Lancashire	town council
Skelton-in-Cleveland	North Yorkshire	market charter
Skipton	North Yorkshire	town council¹
Sleaford	Lincolnshire	town council¹
Slough	Berkshire	borough (1838–1974)
Smethwick	West Midlands	borough (1899–1966)
Snaith and Cowick	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council
Snodland	Kent	town council
Soham	Cambridgeshire	town council
Solihull	West Midlands	borough (1954–1974)
Somerton	Somerset	town council
South Brent	Devon	market charter
South Cave	East Riding of Yorkshire	market charter
South Elmsall	West Yorkshire	town council
South Kirkby and Moorthorpe	West Yorkshire	town council
South Molton	Devon	town council
South Shields	Tyne and Wear	borough (1850–1974)
South Woodham Ferrers	Essex	town council
Southam	Warwickshire	town council
Southall	Greater London	borough (1936–1965)
Southborough	Kent	town council¹
Southend-on-Sea	Essex	borough (1892–1974)
Southgate	Greater London	borough (1933–1965)
Southminster	Essex	market charter
Southport	Merseyside	borough (1866–1974)
Southsea	Hampshire	town council
Southwell	Nottinghamshire	town council
Southwick	Hampshire	market charter
Southwold	Suffolk	town council¹
Spalding	Lincolnshire	town council
Spennymoor	Durham	town council¹
Spilsby	Lincolnshire	town council
Sprowston	Norfolk	town council
Stafford	Staffordshire	borough (1835–1974)
Staines-upon-Thames	Surrey	market charter
Stainforth	South Yorkshire	town council
Stalbridge	Dorset	town council
Stalham	Norfolk	market charter
Stalybridge	Greater Manchester	borough (1857–1974)
Stamford	Lincolnshire	town council¹
Stanley	Durham	town council
Stanhope	Durham	market charter
Stapleford	Nottinghamshire	town council
Staveley	Derbyshire	town council¹
Stevenage	Hertfordshire	market charter
Steyning	West Sussex	market charter
Stockport	Greater Manchester	borough (1835–1974)
Stocksbridge	South Yorkshire	town council¹
Stockton-on-Tees	Durham/North Yorkshire	borough (1835–1967)
Stone	Staffordshire	town council¹
Stonehouse	Gloucestershire	town council
Stony Stratford	Buckinghamshire	town council
Stotfold	Bedfordshire	town council
Stourbridge	West Midlands	borough (1914–1974)
Stourport-on-Severn	Worcestershire	town council¹
Stowmarket	Suffolk	town council¹
Stow-on-the-Wold	Gloucestershire	town council
Stratford-upon-Avon	Warwickshire	town council¹
Stretford	Greater Manchester	borough (1933–1974)
Strood	Kent	market charter
Stroud	Gloucestershire	town council
Sturminster Newton	Dorset	town council
Sudbury	Suffolk	town council¹
Surbiton	Greater London	borough (1936–1965)
Sutton	Greater London	borough (with Cheam; 1934–1965)
Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	market charter
Swaffham	Norfolk	town council¹
Swanage	Dorset	town council¹
Swanley	Kent	town council
Swanscombe and Greenhithe	Kent	town council¹
Swindon	Wiltshire	borough (1900–1974)
Syston	Leicestershire	town council

T[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Tadcaster	North Yorkshire	town council
Tadley	Hampshire	town council
Tamworth	Staffordshire	borough (1835–1974)
Taunton	Somerset	borough (1885–1974)
Tavistock	Devon	town council
Teignmouth	Devon	town council¹
Telscombe	East Sussex	town council
Tenbury Wells	Worcestershire	town council
Tenterden	Kent	town council¹
Tetbury	Gloucestershire	town council
Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	town council¹
Thame	Oxfordshire	town council¹
Thatcham	Berkshire	town council
Thaxted	Essex	market charter
Thetford	Norfolk	town council¹
Thirsk	North Yorkshire	town council
Thornaby-on-Tees	North Yorkshire	town council
Thornbury	Gloucestershire	town council
Thorne	South Yorkshire	town council
Thorpe St Andrew	Norfolk	town council
Thrapston	Northamptonshire	town council
Tickhill	South Yorkshire	town council¹
Tidworth	Wiltshire	town council
Tipton	West Midlands	borough (1938–1966)
Tiverton	Devon	town council¹
Todmorden	West Yorkshire	town council¹
Tonbridge	Kent	market charter
Topsham	Devon	market charter
Torpoint	Cornwall	town council¹
Torquay	Devon	borough (1892–1974)
Totnes	Devon	town council¹
Tottenham	Greater London	borough (1934–1965)
Totton and Eling	Hampshire	town council
Tow Law	Durham	town council¹
Towcester	Northamptonshire	town council
Tring	Hertfordshire	town council¹
Trowbridge	Wiltshire	town council¹
Twickenham	Greater London	borough (1926–1965)
Tynemouth	Tyne and Wear	borough (1849–1974)

U[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Uckfield	East Sussex	town council
Ulverston	Cumbria	town council¹
Uppingham	Rutland	town council
Upton-upon-Severn	Worcestershire	town council
Uttoxeter	Staffordshire	town council¹
Uxbridge	Greater London	borough (1955–1965)

V[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Ventnor	Isle of Wight	town council¹
Verwood	Dorset	town council

W[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Wadebridge	Cornwall	town council
Wadhurst	East Sussex	market charter
Wainfleet All Saints	Lincolnshire	town council
Wallasey	Merseyside	borough (1910–1974)
Wallingford	Oxfordshire	town council¹
Wallington	Greater London	borough (with Beddington; 1937–1965)
Wallsend	Tyne and Wear	borough (1901–1974)
Walsall	West Midlands	borough (1835–1974)
Waltham Abbey	Essex	town council¹
Waltham Cross	Hertfordshire	market charter
Walthamstow	Greater London	borough (1926–1965)
Walton-on-Thames	Surrey	market charter
Wantage	Oxfordshire	town council¹
Ware	Hertfordshire	town council¹
Wareham	Dorset	town council¹
Warminster	Wiltshire	town council¹
Warrington	Cheshire	borough (1847–1974)
Warwick	Warwickshire	town council¹
Watchet	Somerset	town council¹
Watford	Hertfordshire	borough (1922–1974)
Wath-upon-Dearne	South Yorkshire	market charter
Watlington	Oxfordshire	market charter
Watton	Norfolk	town council
Wellingborough	Northamptonshire	market charter
Wednesbury	West Midlands	borough (1886 - 1966)
Wellington	Shropshire	town council
Wellington	Somerset	town council¹
Wells-next-the-Sea	Norfolk	town council¹
Wem	Shropshire	town council
Wembley	Greater London	borough (1937–1965)
Wendover	Buckinghamshire	market charter
West Bedlington	Northumberland	town council
West Bromwich	West Midlands	borough (1882–1974)
West Ham	Greater London	borough (1886–1965)
West Malling	Kent	market charter
West Mersea	Essex	town council¹
West Tilbury	Essex	market charter
Westbury	Wiltshire	town council¹
Westerham	Kent	market charter
Westhoughton	Greater Manchester	town council
Weston-super-Mare	Somerset	town council
Wetherby	West Yorkshire	town council
Weybridge	Surrey	market charter
Weymouth	Dorset	town council
Whaley Bridge	Derbyshire	town council¹
Whitby	North Yorkshire	town council¹
Whitchurch	Hampshire	town council
Whitchurch	Shropshire	town council
Whitehaven	Cumbria	borough (1894–1974)
Whitehill	Hampshire	town council
Whitnash	Warwickshire	town council
Whittlesey	Cambridgeshire	town council
Whitworth	Lancashire	town council¹
Wickham	Hampshire	market charter
Wickwar	Gloucestershire	market charter
Widnes	Cheshire	borough (1892–1974)
Wigan	Greater Manchester	borough (1835–1974)
Wigton	Cumbria	town council
Willenhall	West Midlands	market charter
Willesden	Greater London	borough (1933–1965)
Wilton	Wiltshire	town council¹
Wilmslow	Cheshire	town council
Wimbledon	Greater London	borough (1905–1965)
Wimborne Minster	Dorset	town council¹
Wincanton	Somerset	town council
Winchcombe	Gloucestershire	town council
Winchelsea	East Sussex	market charter
Windermere	Cumbria	town council¹
Windsor	Berkshire	borough (1835–1974)
Winsford	Cheshire	town council¹
Winslow	Buckinghamshire	town council
Winterton	Lincolnshire	town council
Wirksworth	Derbyshire	town council¹
Wisbech	Cambridgeshire	town council¹
Witham	Essex	town council
Withernsea	East Riding of Yorkshire	town council
Witney	Oxfordshire	town council¹
Wiveliscombe	Somerset	town council
Wivenhoe	Essex	town council¹
Woburn	Bedfordshire	market charter
Woburn Sands	Buckinghamshire	town council
Woking	Surrey	market charter
Wokingham	Berkshire	town council¹
Wolsingham	Durham	market charter
Wolverton and Greenleys	Buckinghamshire	town council
Wood Green	Greater London	borough (1933–1965)
Woodford	Greater London	borough (with Wanstead; 1937–1965)
Woodbridge	Suffolk	town council¹
Woodley	Berkshire	town council
Woodstock	Oxfordshire	town council¹
Wooler	Northumberland	market charter
Workington	Cumbria	town council
Worksop	Nottinghamshire	charter trustees
Worthing	West Sussex	borough (1890–1974)
Wotton-under-Edge	Gloucestershire	town council
Wragby	Lincolnshire	town council
Wymondham	Norfolk	town council¹

Y[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Yarm	North Yorkshire	town council
Yarmouth	Isle of Wight	town council
Yate	Gloucestershire	town council
Yateley	Hampshire	town council
Yeovil	Somerset	town council

Designated new towns[]

Town	Ceremonial county	Status
Basildon	Essex	new town (designated 1949)
Bracknell	Berkshire	new town (designated 1949)
Milton Keynes	Buckinghamshire	new town (designated 1967)
Redditch	Worcestershire	new town (designated 1964)
Runcorn	Cheshire	new town (designated 1964)
Telford	Shropshire	new town (designated 1968)
Washington	Tyne and Wear	new town (designated 1964)
Welwyn Garden City	Hertfordshire	new town (designated 1948)

Notes[]

1 ^ Successor parish under the Local Government Act 1972
2 ^ Rochester has held city status, but does not currently

References[]

^ "Dalton in Furness".
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2005-11-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Jones, Melissa (26 April 2017). "Quedgeley is now a town". gloucestershirelive.co.uk.

[1] "Dalton in Furness".

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2005-11-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] Jones, Melissa (26 April 2017). "Quedgeley is now a town". gloucestershirelive.co.uk.

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