TEMPLATE:LARGEST CITIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

v t e Largest urban areas of the United Kingdom (England and Wales: 2011 census built-up area;^[1] Scotland: 2016 estimates settlement;^[2] Northern Ireland: 2001 census urban area)^[3]
Rank	Urban area	Pop.	Principal settlement	Rank	Urban area	Pop.	Principal settlement
1	Greater London	9,787,426	London	11	Bristol	617,280	Bristol
2	Greater Manchester	2,553,379	Manchester	12	Edinburgh	512,150	Edinburgh
3	West Midlands	2,440,986	Birmingham	13	Leicester	508,916	Leicester
4	West Yorkshire	1,777,934	Leeds	14	Belfast	483,418	Belfast
5	Greater Glasgow	985,290	Glasgow	15	Brighton & Hove	474,485	Brighton
6	Liverpool	864,122	Liverpool	16	South East Dorset	466,266	Bournemouth
7	South Hampshire	855,569	Southampton	17	Cardiff	390,214	Cardiff
8	Tyneside	774,891	Newcastle upon Tyne	18	Teesside	376,633	Middlesbrough
9	Nottingham	729,977	Nottingham	19	Stoke-on-Trent	372,775	Stoke-on-Trent
10	Sheffield	685,368	Sheffield	20	Coventry	359,262	Coventry

References

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^ "2011 Census - Built-up areas". ONS. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
^ "NRS – Background Information Settlements and Localities" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
^ The UK's major urban areas Office for National Statistics (Urban area of Belfast and connected settlements, Table 3.1, page 47)