List of cities in the United Kingdom
List of cities

List of cities in the United Kingdom

Section Title: List of cities
Table Section Text: None

City	Year granted or confirmed	Cathedral (pre-1889)	City council	Nation/Region	Image	Population

Aberdeen (Scots: Aiberdeen) (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dheathain)	1891 (Burgh: 1179)	not applicable	Local government district (Council area)	Scotland	-	189,120

Armagh (Irish: Ard Mhacha) (Ulster-Scots: Airmagh)	1994	not applicable	None. Represented on Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council	Northern Ireland	-	59,340 (2011)

Bangor	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of St Deiniol	Community	Wales	-	18,808 (2011)

Bath	1090	Abbey Church of SS Peter & Paul	Charter trustees	South West, England	-	88,859 (2011) 97,311 (urban area, 2010)

Belfast (Irish: Béal Feirste) (Ulster-Scots: Bilfawst)	1888	not applicable	Local government district	Northern Ireland	-	333,871 (2011)

Birmingham	1889	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	West Midlands, England	-	1,092,330 (2013)

Bradford	1897	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	-	522,452 (2011)

Brighton & Hove	2000	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	South East, England	Brighton.UK.JPG	273,369 (2011)

Bristol	1542	Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity	Local government district (Unitary and county)	South West, England	-	428,234 (2011)

Cambridge	1951	not applicable	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	East, England	-	123,867 (2011)

Canterbury	time immemorial	Cathedral & Metropolitical Church of Christ	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	South East, England	-	151,145 (2011)

Cardiff (Welsh: Caerdydd)	1905	not applicable	Local government district (Principal area)	Wales	-	346,090 (2011)

Carlisle	1133	Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	North West, England	-	107,524 (2011)

Chelmsford	2012	not applicable	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	East, England	-	168,310 (2011)

Chester	1541	Cathedral Church of Christ & the Blessed Virgin Mary	Charter trustees	North West, England	-	91,733 (urban area, 2010)

Chichester	1075	Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity	Civil parish	South East, England	-	26,795 (2011)

Coventry	1102	St Michael's Cathedral	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	West Midlands, England	Skyline of Coventry as seen from Baginton 3g06.JPG	316,915 (2011)

Derby	1977	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	East Midlands, England	-	248,752 (2011)

Derry (Irish: Doire) (Ulster-Scots: Derrie)	1604	not applicable	None. Represented on Derry City and Strabane District Council	Northern Ireland	St Eugene's Cathedral, August 2009.JPG	107,877 (2011)

Dundee (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Dèagh)	1889 (Burgh: 1191)	not applicable	Local government district (Council area)	Scotland	-	153,990

Durham	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of Christ & St. Mary the Virgin	Charter trustees	North East, England	-	94,375 (2011)

Edinburgh (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann)	18th century (Burgh: 1329)	not applicable	Local government district (Council area)	Scotland	Edinburgh from Calton Hill with Dugald Stewart Monument 3.JPG	468,720

Ely	1109	Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity	Civil parish	East, England	-	20,256 (2011)

Exeter	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of St Peter	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	South West, England	-	117,773 (2011)

Glasgow (Scots: Glesga) (Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu)	18th century (Burgh: 1492)	not applicable	Local government district (Council area)	Scotland	-	603,080

Gloucester	1541	Cathedral Church of St Peter & the Holy and Indivisible Trinity	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	South West, England	-	121,688 (2011)

Hereford	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of SS Mary the Virgin & Ethelbert the King	Civil parish	West Midlands, England	Hereford cathedral 002.JPG	58,896 (2011)

Inverness (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Nis)	2000	not applicable	none	Scotland	-	79,415

Kingston upon Hull	1897	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	-	256,406 (2011)

Lancaster	1937	not applicable	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	North West, England	-	138,375 (2011)

Leeds	1893	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	-	751,485 (2011)

Leicester	1919	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	East Midlands, England	-	329,839 (2011)

Lichfield	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of SS Mary & Chad	Civil parish	West Midlands, England	-	32,219 (2011)

Lincoln	1072	Cathedral Church of St Mary	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	East Midlands, England	-	93,541 (2011)

Lisburn (Irish: Lios na gCearrbhach)	2002	not applicable	None. Represented on Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council	Northern Ireland	-	120,165 (2011)

Liverpool	1880	Cathedral Church of Christ	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	North West, England	-	466,415 (2011)

London	time immemorial	St Paul's Cathedral	Local government district (sui generis and county)	London	-	7,375 (2011)

Manchester	1853	Manchester Cathedral	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	North West, England	-	503,127 (2011)

Newcastle upon Tyne	1882	Cathedral Church of St Nicholas	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	North East, England	-	280,177 (2011)

Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd)	2002	not applicable	Local government district (Principal area)	Wales	-	145,736 (2011)

Newry (Irish: Iúr Cinn Trá) (Ulster-Scots: Newrie)	2002	not applicable	None. Represented on Newry, Mourne and Down District Council	Northern Ireland	-	29,946 (2008, settlement population)

Norwich	1094	Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	East, England	-	132,512 (2011)

Nottingham	1897	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	East Midlands, England	Council-House-Nottingham	305,680 (2011)

Oxford	1542	Cathedral Church of Christ	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	South East, England	-	151,906 (2011)

Perth (Scots: Pairth) (Scottish Gaelic: Peairt)	2012 (Burgh: 12th century)	not applicable	none	Scotland	-	45,770

Peterborough	1541	Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul, & St Andrew	Local government district (Unitary)	East, England	-	183,631 (2011)

Plymouth	1928	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	South West, England	-	256,384 (2011)

Portsmouth	1926	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	South East, England	-	205,056 (2011)

Preston	2002	not applicable	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	North West, England	-	140,202 (2011)

Ripon	1836	Cathedral Church of SS Peter & Wilfrid	Civil parish	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	-	16,702 (2011)

St Albans	1877	Cathedral & Abbey Church of St Alban	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	East, England	-	140,644 (2011)

St Asaph (Welsh: Llanelwy)	2012	not applicable	Community	Wales	-	3,355 (2011)

St Davids (Welsh: Tyddewi)	1994 (Restored)	St Davids	Community	Wales	-	1,841 (2011)

Salford	1926	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	North West, England	-	233,933 (2011)

Salisbury	1227	Cathedral Church of St Mary	Civil parish	South West, England	-	40,302 (2011)

Sheffield	1893	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	-	552,698 (2011)

Southampton	1964	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	South East, England	Southampton from Aurora 01.JPG	236,882 (2011)

Stirling (Scots: Stirlin) (Scottish Gaelic: Sruighlea)	2002	not applicable	none	Scotland	-	34,790

Stoke-on-Trent	1925	not applicable	Local government district (Unitary)	West Midlands, England	-	249,008 (2011)

Sunderland	1992	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	North East, England	-	275,506 (2011)

Swansea (Welsh: Abertawe)	1969	not applicable	Local government district (Principal area)	Wales	-	239,023 (2011)

Truro (Cornish: Truru)	1877	Cathedral Church of St Mary	Civil parish	South West, England	-	18,766 (2011)

Wakefield	1888	Cathedral Church of All Saints	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	-	325,837 (2011)

Wells	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of St Andrew	Civil parish	South West, England	-	10,536 (2011)

Westminster	1540	Westminster Abbey (Although this was only a cathedral for 10 years until 1550, the city did not lose its status)	Local government district (London borough)	London	-	219,396 (2011)

Winchester	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	South East, England	Winchester 13.JPG	116,595 (2011)

Wolverhampton	2000	not applicable	Local government district (Metropolitan borough)	West Midlands, England	-	249,470 (2011)

Worcester	time immemorial	Cathedral Church of Christ & St Mary	Local government district (Non-metropolitan borough)	West Midlands, England	-	98,768 (2011)

York	time immemorial	Cathedral & Metropolitical Church of St Peter	Local government district (Unitary)	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	-	198,051 (2011)

Sentence(s)

Ely is one of the cities in England with a population of 20,256 (as recorded in 2011).

final_sentence: Ely is one of the cities in England with a population of 20,256 (as recorded in 2011).