Rank |
Urban Area[1] |
Population
(2001 Census)
|
Localities |
Major localities |
1 |
Greater London Urban Area |
8,278,251 |
67 |
Croydon, Barnet, Ealing, Bromley |
2 |
West Midlands Urban Area |
2,284,093 |
22 |
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall |
3 |
Greater Manchester Urban Area |
2,240,230 |
57 |
Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Stockport, Oldham |
4 |
West Yorkshire Urban Area |
1,499,465 |
26 |
Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield |
5 |
Tyneside |
879,996 |
25 |
Newcastle upon Tyne, North Shields, South Shields, Gateshead, Jarrow |
6 |
Liverpool Urban Area |
816,216 |
8 |
Liverpool, St Helens, Bootle, Huyton-with-Roby |
7 |
Nottingham Urban Area |
666,358 |
15 |
Nottingham, Beeston and Stapleford, Carlton, Long Eaton |
8 |
Sheffield Urban Area |
640,720 |
7 |
Sheffield, Rotherham, Chapeltown, Mosborough/Highlane |
9 |
Bristol Urban Area |
551,066 |
7 |
Bristol, Kingswood, Mangotsfield, Stoke Gifford |
10 |
Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton |
461,181 |
10 |
Brighton, Worthing, Hove, Littlehampton, Shoreham, Lancing |
11 |
Portsmouth Urban Area |
442,252 |
7 |
Portsmouth, Gosport, Waterlooville, Fareham |
12 |
Leicester Urban Area |
441,213 |
12 |
Leicester, Wigston, Oadby, Birstall |
13 |
Bournemouth Urban Area |
383,713 |
5 |
Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, New Milton |
14 |
Reading/Wokingham Urban Area |
369,804 |
5 |
Reading, Bracknell, Wokingham, Crowthorne |
15 |
Teesside |
365,323 |
7 |
Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar, Billingham |