This is a list of the largest cities and towns of England ordered by population. The populations are 2001 census figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), using the Key Statistics for Urban Areas figures, that attempt to divorce the populations of towns and cities from the Local Authority district(s) that they are contained within.^[1] 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the government executive agency charged with the collection and publication of statistics related to the economy, population and society of the United Kingdom at national and local levels. ...

These figures are not the population of City Councils, for these see List of English districts by population. In some examples where the Local Authority has very limited boundaries, the population of some outside suburbs has been included; in other cases, where the Local Authority has very generously-drawn boundaries, the population of rural areas within the boundary has been excluded. In some cases, suburbs of towns that are within the local authority boundary, but have been recognised as part of the larger urban area, have been excluded from the figure (e.g. Beaumont Leys not counted towards Leicester, and Clifton not counted towards Nottingham). In many areas rather than follow modern local authority boundaries, the figures follow pre-1974 local government boundaries^[2] (for example, Oldbury/Smethwick are counted as a single unit, corresponding to the pre-1974 County Borough of Warley). A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by population. ... Local governments are administrative offices of an area smaller than a state. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... Beaumont Leys is a large suburb of Leicester, England. ... Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city and unitary authority in the English East Midlands region of the UK. The city is the traditional county town of Leicestershire. ... Clifton is a village near Nottingham. ... Nottingham is a city (and county town of Nottinghamshire) in the East Midlands of England. ... Map sources for Oldbury at grid reference SP3194 Oldbury is a town in Englands Black Country. ... Smethwick (pronounced Smethick) is a town adjacent to Birmingham and West Bromwich in England. ... Warley was a county borough formed in 1966 by the combination of the existing county borough of Smethwick with the towns of Oldbury and Rowley Regis. ...

These figures, on the other hand, should also not be confused with the population of conurbations. The original ONS statistics were calculated and presented in that format; but in this list urban areas and urban sub-divisions recognised as towns with a population greater than 100,000 have been extracted and listed separately. Thus, for instance, the Greater Manchester conurbation has a far larger population than that accredited to Manchester here; this list counts towns such as Salford, Sale and Stockport separately. A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities, towns and villages which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England and has a population of 2. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Salford is a city in Greater Manchester in the north-west of England. ... Sale is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. ... Stockport is a large town in the north west of England. ...

This system has not, however, been followed with respect to London. The population given is for the administrative area of Greater London (that is the 32 London Boroughs and London only and not the entire Greater London Urban Area identified by the ONS) as this would include places like Watford and Woking which are distinct and separate towns. Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. ... The City of London is a geographically-small city within Greater London, England. ... The Greater London Urban Area is the conurbation based around London in the South East of England. ... Watford is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England, situated 34 km (21 miles) northwest of London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. ... Woking is a large town and local government district with borough status in the west of Surrey in South East England. ...

This internal inconsistency in its tabulation explains why the list shows such a steep drop-off after London. The actual City of London only has a 2001 census population of 7,185, whilst the administrative area of Greater London has a population of 7,172,091. The City of London is a geographically-small city within Greater London, England. ... Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ...

Also, Telford and Milton Keynes are given the Urban Area figures, as there are no appropriate Urban Subdivision figures given. Statistics Population: 138,241 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ699092 Administration District: Telford and Wrekin Region: West Midlands Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Shropshire Historic county: Shropshire Services Police force: West Mercia Fire and rescue: Shropshire Ambulance: West Midlands Post office and telephone Post town... Milton Keynes is a large town in northern Buckinghamshire, in South East England, about 45 miles/75 km north-west of London, and roughly halfway between London and Birmingham. ...

Notes 

† – population is given for entire urban area, as "urban subdivision" figures were not considered useful.

†† – the actual name of the Urban Subdivision is Cambridge/Milton, the population of the Parish of Milton (code 12UG072 in the ONS 2001 Census publication "Key Statistics for parishes in England and communities in Wales" published 16 March 2004) is given as 4,275. This figure has been deducted from the Urban Subdivision figure of 117,717 to show the population of Cambridge alone.

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See also

• List of English districts by population
• List of English counties by population
• List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population
• List of English districts by area
• List of English districts by ethnic diversity
• List of conurbations in the United Kingdom

This is a list of districts of England ordered by population. ... See also: List of English districts by population. ... This is a List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population - 2002 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics, unrounded figures published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Entitlement Notification Reports for Revenue Support Grants [1]. See also: List of Administrative shire counties of... This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. ... This is a list of districts of England in order of ethnic diversity (Census 2001). ... A conurbation is formed when towns expand sufficiently that their urban areas join up with each other. ...

References

1. ^ Office for National Statistics
2. ^ ONS glossary : urban area