List of cities and towns in the United Kingdom

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This is an alphabetically ordered list of cities and towns in the United Kingdom, arranged by constituent unit (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales) and by administrative unit (unitary authority, county, and district). (See also city; urban planning.)


Bath and North East Somerset (unitary authority)

Bedford (unitary authority)

Blackburn with Darwen (unitary authority)

Blackpool (town and unitary authority)

Bournemouth (town and unitary authority)

Bracknell Forest (unitary authority)

Brighton and Hove (unitary authority)

Bristol (city and unitary authority)

Buckinghamshire (county)

Cambridgeshire (county)

Central Bedfordshire (unitary authority)

Cheshire East (unitary authority)

Cheshire West and Chester (unitary authority)

Cornwall (unitary authority)

Cumbria (county)

Darlington (town and unitary authority)

Derby (city and unitary authority)

Derbyshire (county)

Devon (county)

Dorset (county)

Durham (unitary authority)

East Riding of Yorkshire (unitary authority)

East Sussex (county)

Essex (county)

Gloucestershire (county)

Greater London (metropolitan county; See also London)

Greater Manchester (metropolitan county)

  • Bolton (town and metropolitan borough)
  • Bury (town and metropolitan borough)
  • Manchester (city and metropolitan borough)
  • Oldham (urban area and metropolitan borough)
  • Rochdale (town and metropolitan borough)
  • Salford (city and metropolitan borough)
  • Stockport (urban area and metropolitan borough)
  • Tameside (metropolitan borough)
  • Trafford (metropolitan borough)
  • Wigan (town and metropolitan borough)

Halton (unitary authority)

Hampshire (county)

Hartlepool (town and unitary authority)

Herefordshire (unitary authority)

Hertfordshire (county)

Isle of Wight (unitary authority)

Isles of Scilly (independent administrative unit)

Kent (county)

Kingston upon Hull (city and unitary authority)

Lancashire (county)

Leicester (city and unitary authority)

Leicestershire (county)

Lincolnshire (county)

Luton (town and unitary authority)

Medway (unitary authority)

Merseyside (metropolitan county)

Middlesbrough (town and unitary authority)

Milton Keynes (town and unitary authority)

Norfolk (county)

North East Lincolnshire (unitary authority)

North Lincolnshire (unitary authority)

North Somerset (unitary authority)

North Yorkshire (county)

Northamptonshire (county)

Northumberland (unitary authority)

Nottingham (city and unitary authority)

Nottinghamshire (county)

Oxfordshire (county)

Peterborough (city and unitary authority)

Plymouth (city and unitary authority)

Poole (town and unitary authority)

Portsmouth (city and unitary authority)

Reading (town and unitary authority)

Redcar and Cleveland (unitary authority)

Rutland (unitary authority)

Shropshire (unitary authority)

Slough (town and unitary authority)

Somerset (county)

South Gloucestershire (unitary authority)

South Yorkshire (metropolitan county)

Southampton (city and unitary authority)

Southend-on-Sea (town and unitary authority)

Staffordshire (county)

Stockton-on-Tees (town and unitary authority)

Stoke-on-Trent (city and unitary authority)

Suffolk (county)

Surrey (county)

Swindon (town and unitary authority)

Telford and Wrekin (unitary authority)

Thurrock (town and unitary authority)

Torbay (unitary authority)

Tyne and Wear (metropolitan county)

Warrington (city and unitary authority)

Warwickshire (county)

West Berkshire (unitary authority)

West Midlands (metropolitan county)

West Sussex (county)

West Yorkshire (metropolitan county)

Wiltshire (county)

Windsor and Maidenhead (unitary authority)

Wokingham (town and unitary authority)

Worcestershire (county)

York (city and unitary authority)

Northern Ireland

Antrim and Newtownabbey (district)

Ards and North Down (district)

Armagh, Banbridge, and Craigavon (district)

Belfast (city and district)

Causeway Coast and Glens (district)

Derry and Strabane (district)

Fermanagh and Omagh (district)

Lisburn and Castlereagh (district)

Mid and East Antrim (district)

Mid Ulster (district)

Newry, Mourne, and Down (district)


Aberdeen (city and council area)

Aberdeenshire (council area)

Angus (council area)

Argyll and Bute (council area)

Clackmannanshire (council area)

Dumfries and Galloway (council area)

Dundee (city and council area)

East Ayrshire (council area)

East Dunbartonshire (council area)

East Lothian (council area)

East Renfrewshire (council area)

Edinburgh (city and council area)

Falkirk (council area)

Fife (council area)

Glasgow (city and independent council area)

Highland (council area)

Inverclyde (council area)

Midlothian (council area)

Moray (council area)

North Ayrshire (council area)

North Lanarkshire (council area)

Orkney Islands (council area)

Perth and Kinross (council area)

Renfrewshire (council area)

Scottish Borders (council area)

Shetland Islands (council area)

South Ayrshire (council area)

South Lanarkshire (council area)

Stirling (council area)

West Dunbartonshire (council area)

West Lothian (council area)

Western Isles (council area)


Blaenau Gwent (county borough)

Bridgend (county borough)

Caerphilly (county borough)

Cardiff (city and county borough)

Carmarthenshire (county)

Ceredigion (county)

Conwy (county borough)

Denbighshire (county)

Flintshire (county)

Gwynedd (county)

Isle of Anglesey (county)

Merthyr Tydfil (town and county borough)

Monmouthshire (county)

Neath Port Talbot (county borough)

Newport (town and county borough)

Pembrokeshire (county)

Powys (county)

Rhondda Cynon Taf (county borough)

Swansea (county)

Torfaen (county borough)

Vale of Glamorgan (county)

Wrexham (county borough)
