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This is a list of cities in the United Kingdom that are officially designated as such {{as of|2022|11|12|lc=y}}.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/01/i-will-tell-my-grandchildren-southend-celebrates-city-status|title='I will tell my grandchildren': Southend celebrates city status|last=Weaver|first=Matthew|date=1 March 2022|work=The Guardian}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-60560156|title=Southend ready to celebrate city status granted by Queen|first1=Robby|last1=West|first2=Rachael|last2=McMenemy|publisher=BBC News|date=1 March 2022}} It lists those places that have been granted city status by letters patent or royal charter.{{cite news |last=McClatchey |first=Caroline |date=22 June 2011 |title=Why do towns want to become cities? |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-13841482 |access-date=5 August 2020}}

There are currently 76 such cities in the United Kingdom: 55 in England, eight in Scotland, seven in Wales, and six in Northern Ireland.{{cite web |title=UK Government Web Archive |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20121204113822/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/honours/7610.aspx |access-date=26 December 2023 |website=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk}} Of these, 24 in England, two in Wales, and two in Northern Ireland have Lord Mayors; four in Scotland have Lord Provosts.{{efn|See List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom.}} In some cases, the area holding city status does not coincide with the built up area or conurbation of which it forms part. In Greater London, for example, the Cities of London and Westminster hold city status separately, but no other local authority in the London Region has been granted city status, nor has the Greater London Authority.

In other cases, such as the cities of Canterbury and Lancaster, the status applies to a local government district which extends over a number of towns and rural areas outside the main settlement proper.{{sfnb|Beckett|2005}} In England, city status sometimes applies to civil parishes, such as with Ripon; though the status may not apply to the local government district which share their name. For example, the civil parishes of Lichfield and Chichester each hold city status, but Lichfield District and Chichester District in which they are situated do not.

As of 2022, there are currently five ceremonial counties which contain three cities – Cambridgeshire (Ely, Cambridge and Peterborough{{Efn|Peterborough was in Northamptonshire from the middle ages until 1974}}), Essex, Hampshire, West Midlands and West Yorkshire. Outside the UK within British overseas cities of the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, there are currently five. The number increased as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations by the addition of Stanley in the Falkland Islands and Douglas in the Isle of Man.

History

{{hatnote|Main articles: City status in the United Kingdom and Ireland, also Roman cities in Britain.}}

The earliest cities ({{langx|la|civitas}}) in Britain were the fortified settlements organised by the Romans as capitals of the Celtic tribes under Roman rule. The British clerics of the early Middle Ages later preserved a traditional list of the "28 Cities" ({{langx|owl|cair}}) which was mentioned in De Excidio Britanniae{{efn|De Excidio Britanniae, §3. {{in lang|la}} Cited in the "Civitas" entry of Celtic Culture.{{cite encyclopedia |editor=John T Koch |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f899xH_quaMC&pg=PA451 |contribution=Civitas |title=Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia |volume=I |page=451 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara, California |date=2006| isbn=978-1-85109-440-0 }}}} and Historia Brittonum.{{citation |editor-last=Mommsen |editor-first=Theodore |last=Nennius (Traditional attribution) |editor-link=Theodor Mommsen |chapter-url=https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Historia_Brittonum#VI._CIVITATES_BRITANNIAE |chapter= VI. Civitates Britanniae |orig-date= Composed after AD 830 |lang=la |via=Latin Wikisource |title=Chronica Minora |series=Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Auctorum Antiquissimi xiii |location=Berlin |publisher=Weidmann |year=1898}}

The title of city was initially informal and, into the 20th century, royal charters were considered to recognise city status rather than grant it.{{efn|The 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, for instance, listed St Asaph and Southwell as cities on the basis of their cathedrals despite their lack of charters or, in Southwell's case, local government.Encyclopædia Britannica, {{nowrap|11th ed.}} 1911.{{page needed|date= August 2024}}}} The usual criterion in early modern Britain was the presence of a cathedral, particularly after King Henry VIII granted letters patent establishing six new cities when he established a series of new dioceses of the Church of England in the 1540s as part of the English Reformation.{{sfnb|Beckett|2005|page=22}} No new cities were created between the 16th and 19th centuries, but following the Industrial Revolution and the accompanying population boom and growth in urbanisation, new sees were established at Ripon (1836) and Manchester (1847); their councils began to style them cities immediately. Inverness in Scotland was refused a charter at the time of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria honours of 1897, in part because it would have drawn more attention to the other traditional "cities" still not formally chartered as such.{{sfnb|Beckett|2005|p=}}{{page needed|date=August 2024}}

Beginning in the mid-19th century, however, the process became more formal. After a visit by Queen Victoria in 1851, Manchester petitioned Parliament for recognition of its status. Ripon followed in the 1860s, and a series of hitherto informal "cities" were formally recognised in the 1880s and 1890s. On the basis of its size, importance, and regular government, Belfast was elevated in spite of its lack of a cathedral in 1888; other large municipalities followed, while smaller applicants began to be rejected. King Edward VII and the Home Office established three criteria for future applicants in 1907: a minimum population of 300,000, a good record of local government, and a "local metropolitan character".{{sfnb|Beckett|2005|p=}} These criteria were not made public, however, and following Leicester's successful elevation in 1919, a series of exceptions were made. The Local Government Act 1972 effectively eliminated all authorities holding city status outside Greater London on 1 April 1974; most of their replacements were confirmed in their predecessor's status—even in cases such as the 1974–2023 City of Carlisle district, where much of the local authority area was undeveloped countryside—but the Borough of Medway was not permitted to continue Rochester's title. In recent times there have been competitions for new grants of city status. Towns or councils that claim city status or add "city" to their name have been rebuked by the Advertising Standards Authority.{{cite web|url=http://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjudications/2011/3/Medway-Council/TF_ADJ_49924.aspx |title=ASA Adjudication on Medway Council |publisher=Asa.org.uk |date=16 March 2011 |access-date=9 June 2016}}

The cities of the Kingdom of Scotland and Kingdom of Ireland were treated separately. Scottish towns irregularly applied the description to themselves, but were formally organised as royal burghs; the special rights of these were preserved by Article XXI of the Treaty of Union which established the single state of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.{{cite web|work=Kingdoms of England and Scotland |url=http://www.rahbarnes.demon.co.uk/Union/UnionWithEnglandAct.htm#XXI |title= "Act of Union", §XXI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226061820/http://www.rahbarnes.demon.co.uk/Union/UnionWithEnglandAct.htm#XXI |archive-date=26 February 2015 }}. 16 January 1707. Edinburgh and Glasgow were confirmed as cities "by ancient usage" in the 18th century,{{sfnb|Beckett|2005|p=}} as was Aberdeen,{{sfnb|Beckett|2005|p=16}} and this was later reconfirmed in the Act enlarging the burgh in 1891. Dundee was granted letters patent in 1889 and Elgin and Perth were recognised as cities by the Home Office in 1972, before the privilege was removed by the Scottish Local Government Act of 1973.Clark, M. Lynda & al. [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199899/ldselect/ldprivi/108i/10811.htm "Committee on Privileges Second Report", Appendix 3, ss58]. Parliament of the United Kingdom (London), 1999. In Northern Ireland, only the seat of the Primate of All Ireland at Armagh was accorded city status by ancient usage, and this status was abolished by the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840. All other cities have been those explicitly recognised as such.

Thirty-two cities have a Lord Provost (in Scotland) or a Lord Mayor (in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland), see List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom. The six cities where the Lord Mayor or Lord Provost has the right to the style The Right Honourable are York, the City of London, Edinburgh, Glasgow (since 1912), Belfast (since 1923), and Cardiff (since 1956).

Statistical role

{{Further|City status in the United Kingdom#Smallest and largest cities|City status in the United Kingdom#Populous towns}}

City status has little statistical significance in UK because it is not a measure of a city's size and only holds a ceremonial status. Historic cities, such as St Davids (a cathedral city in Wales) can be quite small, however newer cities, such as those conferred in 2022, can range in size from anywhere between 50,000 to over 200,000. Populous towns, such as Luton, Northampton and Reading, do not have city status.

= Conurbations =

The term "city" is sometimes loosely applied to conurbations in the UK. The government tends to recognise these as primary urban areas for statistical and economic purposes, though greater urban areas are what most people determine to be a city region.{{cite web |title=Does how we define cities change our understanding of them? | website=The Centre for Cities | url=https://www.centreforcities.org/blog/does-how-we-define-cities-change-our-understanding-of-them/ | date= 12 July 2021 |first=Paul |last=Swinney }} Large cities other than London, such as Manchester or Birmingham, are often confused with these conurbations. Manchester has a significantly lower population than Birmingham, though the Greater Manchester Built-up Area is more populous than the West Midlands conurbation.

{{cite web|title=2011 Census: KS101EW Usual resident population, local authorities in England and Wales|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks101ew.xls|access-date=8 January 2013|publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

This question of definition has provoked a second city debate in the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |title=BBC Inside Out - |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northwest/series11/week5_manchester_second_city.shtml |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}

Conversely, many official cities in the UK contain a substantial rural area encompassing settlements which are physically separated from the core urban area. The City of Milton Keynes (a unitary authority) and City of Colchester (non-metropolitan district) received letters patent which covered an area substantially larger than that of their respective core urban areas; this meant that extra-urban settlements such as the towns of Olney{{cite web| title= Milton Keynes celebrates City status |url= https://www.royal.uk/news-and-activity/2023-02-23/milton-keynes-celebrates-city-status| date= 23 February 2023| website=The Royal Family}} and West Mersea fall within de jure cities.{{cite web |title=Milton Keynes city status application |url=https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/Milton%20Keynes%20city%20status%20application.pdf | date= December 2021 |author=Milton Keynes City Council}}{{cite web |title=Colchester City Status|url=https://www.colchester.gov.uk/city-status/ | date= November 2022 |author=Colchester City Council}}

List of cities

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! colspan="3"|De facto{{Efn|De facto - named city settlement}}

! colspan="3"|De jure{{Efn|De jure - entity with city status}}

City

!Statistical region

!Year granted
or confirmed

! City

! City council status

! data-sort-type="number" |Population

London

|London

| {{dts|1000|format=hide}}{{nowrap|"time immemorial"{{efn |meaning before 1189, the official start of English common law}} }}

| City of London{{efn| the City of London covers only the "square mile", and is usually just referred to as "the City". The larger conurbation of Greater London has no city charter, and consists of the City of London, the City of Westminster and 31 other London boroughs. }}

| Sui generis and ceremonial county

|{{nts|12,156}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |quote="Admin-based population estimates are official statistics in development while we refine methods and data sources. They do not replace our official mid-year population estimates and should not be used for decision making. "}}

Westminster

| London

| {{dts|1540}}

| City of Westminster{{efn|The title of City was used "by courtesy" after 1550 when Westminster ceased to be the see of a bishop. By Letters Patent dated 27 October 1900 city status was conferred on the newly created Metropolitan Borough of Westminster from 1 November.{{London Gazette|issue=27242|page=6613|date=30 October 1900}} This status was continued on the creation of the City of Westminster as a London borough in 1965.}}

| London borough

| {{nts|213,119}} (2023)

Birmingham

| West Midlands

| {{dts|1889}}From the London Gazette, 18 January 1889, The Times, 19 January 1889

| City of Birmingham{{efn|name=Letters25Jun74|City status confirmed by Letters Patent issued under the Great Seal dated 25 June 1974.{{London Gazette|issue=46303|pages=6485–6486|date=28 June 1974}}}}

| Metropolitan borough

| {{nts|1,171,467}} (2023)

Leeds

| Yorkshire and the Humber

| {{dts|1893}}

| City of Leeds{{efn|name=City1Apr74|City status confirmed by Letters Patent issued under the Great Seal dated 1 April 1974.{{London Gazette|issue=46255|pages=4400-4401|date=4 April 1974}}}}

| Metropolitan borough

| {{nts|829,417}} (2023)

Glasgow{{ref|32|32}}
({{langx|sco|Glesga}})
({{langx|gd|Glaschu}})

| Scotland

| {{dts|1755|format=hide}} mid-18th century{{sfnb|Beckett|2005|p=16}}
(Burgh: 1492)

| Glasgow

| Council area

| {{nts|620,700}} (2022){{cite web |title=Scotland's Census 2022 – Rounded population estimates – data |url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/scotland-s-census-2022-rounded-population-estimates-data/ |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=Scotland's Census }}

Manchester

| North West England

| {{dts|1853}}{{London Gazette|issue=21426|page=950|date=1 April 1853}}

| City of Manchester{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Metropolitan borough

| {{nts|627,000}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.manchester.gov.uk/ourmanchester?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term= |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Sheffield

| Yorkshire and the Humber

| {{dts|1893}}

| City of Sheffield{{efn|name=Letters28May74 |City status confirmed by Letters Patent issued under the Great Seal dated 28 May 1974.{{London Gazette|issue=46303|page=6485|date=31 May 1974}}}}

| Metropolitan borough

| {{nts|579,082}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Bradford

| Yorkshire and the Humber

| {{dts|1897}}

| City of Bradford{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Metropolitan borough

| {{nts|556,880}} (2023){{cite web |title=2011 Census: KS101EW Usual resident population, local authorities in England and Wales |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks101ew.xls |access-date=8 January 2013 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Edinburgh{{ref|32|32}}
({{langx|gd|Dùn Èideann}})

| Scotland

| {{Date table sorting|1746|format=hide}}mid-18th century{{sfnb|Beckett|2005|page=16}}
(Burgh: 1329)

| Edinburgh

| Council area

| {{nts|512,700}} (2022)

Liverpool

| North West England

| {{dts|1880}}

| City of Liverpool{{efn|name=Letters25Jun74}}

| Metropolitan borough

| {{nts|504,932}} (2023)

Bristol

| South West England

| {{dts|1542}}

| City of Bristol{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Unitary authority and ceremonial county

| {{nts|482,815}} (2023)

Cardiff{{efn|name= Wales9 |Letters Patent under the Great Seal were issued on 29 March 1996 ordaining that the counties of Swansea and Cardiff should have the status of cities from 1 April 1996. The counties replaced the previous district councils which had enjoyed city status. }}
({{langx|cy|Caerdydd}})

| Wales

| {{dts|1905}}{{efn|The Letters Patent also granted the title of Lord Mayor.{{London Gazette|issue=27849|page=7249|date=31 October 1905}}}}

| Cardiff

| Principal area

| {{nts|381,759}} (2023)

Leicester

| East Midlands

| {{dts|1919}}{{efn|A letter from the Home Secretary to the Mayor of Leicester dated 14 June 1919, confirming that the city status would be bestowed, noted that this was a "restoration to your ancient town of its former status of a city".{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |title= Leicester, a City: Sequel to the Recent Royal Visit |date= 17 June 1919}}{{cite web|url=http://www.leicester.gov.uk/about-leicester/lordmayorcivic/history-freemen-town-hall/civic-history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323021858/http://www.leicester.gov.uk/about-leicester/lordmayorcivic/history-freemen-town-hall/civic-history|url-status=dead|title=Civic history: The making of a City |publisher=Leicester City Council |accessdate= 14 February 2008|archive-date=23 March 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://www.le.ac.uk/hi/teaching/papers/will1.html |title=Leicester: The Dignity of a City 655–1926, Leicester's city status, its loss and its regaining over thirteen centuries |first= Daniel |last=Williams}}}}

| City of Leicester{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Unitary authority

| {{nts|379,963}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Coventry

| West Midlands

| {{dts|1102}}

({{nowrap|"time immemorial"}})

| City of Coventry{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Metropolitan borough

| {{nts|368,483}} (2023)

Wakefield

| Yorkshire and the Humber

| {{dts|1888}}

| City of Wakefield{{efn|name=Letters28May74}}

| Metropolitan borough

| {{nts|362,355}} (2023)

Belfast
({{langx|ga|Béal Feirste}})
(Ulster-Scots dialect: Bilfawst)

| Northern Ireland

| {{dts|1888}}

| Belfast

|

| {{nts|345,418}} (2021){{cite web |date=7 September 2022 |title=Census 2021 main statistics demography tables – age and sex |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/census-2021-main-statistics-demography-tables-age-and-sex |access-date=20 February 2024 |website=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency }}

Nottingham

| East Midlands

| {{dts|1897}}

| City of Nottingham{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Unitary authority

| {{nts|330,949}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Newcastle upon Tyne{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| North East England

| {{dts|1882}}

| City of Newcastle upon Tyne{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Metropolitan borough

| {{nts|315,110}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Doncaster

| Yorkshire and the Humber

| {{dts|2022}}{{cite tweet |user=LieutenancySY|number=1590378636548673537|title='Honoured to host Their Majesties King Charles III and The Queen Consort Camilla in #Doncaster today for the letters patent ceremony to grant City status.'}}

| City of Doncaster

| Metropolitan borough

| {{nts|314,252}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Milton Keynes

| South East England

| {{dts|2022}}{{London Gazette|issue=63791|page=15822|date=18 August 2022}}

| City of Milton Keynes

| Unitary authority

| {{nts|297,180}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Salford

| North West England

| {{dts|1926}}{{London Gazette|issue=33154|pages=2776–2777|date=23 April 1926}}

| City of Salford{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Metropolitan borough

| {{nts|282,487}} (2023)

Sunderland

| North East England

| {{dts|1992}}

| City of Sunderland{{London Gazette|issue=52874|page=5413|date=26 March 1992}}

| Metropolitan borough

| {{nts|279,556}} (2023)

Brighton and Hove

| South East England

| {{dts|2001}}

| Brighton and Hove{{London Gazette|issue=56109 |page=1431|date=2 May 2001}}

| Unitary authority

| {{nts|278,455}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Wolverhampton

| West Midlands

| {{dts|2001}}

| City of Wolverhampton

| Metropolitan borough

| {{nts|271,173}} (2023)

Kingston upon Hull

| Yorkshire and the Humber

| {{dts|1897}}

| City of Kingston upon Hull{{efn|City Status confirmed by Letters Patent issued under the Great Seal dated 18 March 1975.{{London Gazette|issue=46522|page=3729|date=20 March 1975}}}}

| Unitary authority

| {{nts|271,095}} (2023)

Plymouth

| South West England

| {{dts|1928}}{{London Gazette|issue=33433|page=6850|date=26 October 1928}}

| City of Plymouth{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Unitary authority

| {{nts|267,888}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Derby

| East Midlands

| {{dts|1977}}

| City of Derby{{London Gazette

| issue = 47246

| date = 14 June 1977

| page = 7656

}}

| Unitary authority

| {{nts|265,082}} (2023)

Stoke-on-Trent

| West Midlands

| {{dts|1925}}{{London Gazette|issue=33063|page=4449|date=3 July 1925}}

| City of Stoke-on-Trent{{efn|name=Letters28May74}}

| Unitary authority

| {{nts|261,867}} (2023)

Southampton

| South East England

| {{dts|1964}}

| City of Southampton{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Unitary authority

| {{nts|257,160}} (2023)

Swansea{{efn|name= Wales9 }}
({{langx|cy|Abertawe}})

| Wales

| {{dts|1969}}{{London Gazette|issue=44986|page=12450|date=12 December 1969}}

| Swansea

| Principal area

| {{nts|245,440}} (2023)

Aberdeen{{ref|32|32}}
({{langx|sco|Aiberdeen}})
({{langx|gd|Obar Dheathain}})

| Scotland

| {{dts|1891}}{{Efn|Burghs of Old Aberdeen and Woodside and the district of Torry incorporated as the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen by the Aberdeen Corporation Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. cxxiv).}}
(Burgh: 1179)

| Aberdeen

| Council area

| {{nts|224,000}} (2022){{cite web |title=Scotland's Census 2022 – Rounded population estimates – data |url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/scotland-s-census-2022-rounded-population-estimates-data/ |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=Scotland's Census }}

Peterborough

| East of England

| {{dts|1541}}

| City of Peterborough{{efn|name=Letters25Jun74}}

| Unitary authority

| {{nts|218,179}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Portsmouth

| South East England

| {{dts|1926}}{{ref|24|24}}

| City of Portsmouth{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Unitary authority

| {{nts|209,171}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

York

| Yorkshire and the Humber

| {{dts|1000|format=hide}}{{nowrap|"time immemorial"}}

| City of York{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}{{efn|Letters Patent under the Great Seal conferring City Status were issued to the unitary authority of York on 1 April 1996, confirming the right of the Lord Mayor to be styled "Right Honourable", in continuation to those granted to the previous City Council abolished 31 March 1996.{{London Gazette|issue=54363|page=4925|date=4 April 1996}}}}

| Unitary authority

| {{nts|206,825}} (2023)

Colchester

| East of England

| {{dts|2022}}{{cite web |date=29 September 2022 |title=Crown Office – The Gazette |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4171582 |quote=The Late Queen was pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 5 September 2022 to ordain that the Borough of Colchester shall have the status of a City.}}

| City of Colchester

| |Non-metropolitan borough

| {{nts|196,808}} (2023)

Chelmsford

| East of England

| {{dts|2012}}

| City of Chelmsford{{efn|name=ChemlStAsaph|Letters Patent dated 1 June 2012 "to ordain that the Town of Chelmsford in the County of Essex and the Town of St Asaph in the County of Denbighshire shall have the status of a City".{{London Gazette|issue=60167|date=11 June 2012|page=11125}}}}

| Non-metropolitan borough

| {{nts|185,288}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

{{nowrap|Southend-on-Sea}}

| East of England

| {{dts|2022}}{{cite tweet |user=RoyalFamily |number=1498720672104820738 |title=Today The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall were in Southend to celebrate its new city status, which was made official after the formal presentation of 'Letters Patent' on behalf of The Queen. }}

|{{nowrap|City of Southend-on-Sea}}

| |Unitary authority

| {{nts|182,278}} (2023)

Oxford

| South East England

| {{dts|1542}}

| City of Oxford{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Non-metropolitan borough

| {{nts|165,257}} (2023)

Newport
({{langx|cy|Casnewydd}})

| Wales

| {{dts|2002}}

| Newport{{London Gazette|issue=56573 |page=6160|date=21 May 2002}}

| Principal area

| {{nts|163,547}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Canterbury

| South East England

| {{dts|1000|format=hide}}{{nowrap|"time immemorial"}}

| City of Canterbury{{efn|name=Letters28May74}}

| Non-metropolitan borough

| {{nts|160,351}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Preston

| North West England

| {{dts|2002}}

| City of Preston{{London Gazette|issue=56573 |page=6160|date=21 May 2002}}

| Non-metropolitan borough

| {{nts|155,634}} (2023)

Dundee{{Efn|The present council areas are designated "cities" by virtue of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, which also reserves the post of Lord Provost for the convener of the four councils. The previous local government districts and district councils created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 enjoyed the same privileges}}
({{langx|gd|Dùn Dèagh}})

| Scotland

| {{dts|1889}}{{efn|Warrant issued 28 January 1889 that Letters Patent be issued under the Seal appointed by the treaty of union to be used in place of the Great Seal of Scotland, ordaining and declaring that the Burgh of Dundee shall be a City, and shall be called and styled "The City of Dundee".London Gazette, 29 January 1889}}
(Burgh: 1191)

| Dundee

| Council area

| {{nts|148,100}} (2022){{cite web |title=Scotland's Census 2022 – Rounded population estimates – data |url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/scotland-s-census-2022-rounded-population-estimates-data/ |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=Scotland's Census }}

Cambridge

| East of England

| {{dts|1951}}{{London Gazette

| issue = 39201

| date = 13 April 1951

| page = 2067

}}

| City of Cambridge{{efn|name=Letters28May74}}

| Non-metropolitan borough

| {{nts|147,797}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

St Albans

| East of England

| {{dts|1877}}{{London Gazette|issue=24502|page=5185|date=11 September 1877|quote="to ordain and declare that the Borough of Saint Albans, in the county of Hertford, shall be a City, and shall be called and styled 'The City of Saint Albans, in the county of Hertford.'"}}

| St Albans City and District{{efn|name=Letters9Jul74|City status was confirmed by Letters Patent dated 9 July 1974.{{London Gazette|issue=46352|page=7920|date=24 September 1974}} The city status extends to the entire district, although the district council calls itself "St Albans District Council" or "St Albans City and District"}}

| Non-metropolitan borough

| {{nts|147,410}} (2023)

Lancaster

| North West, England

| {{dts|1937}}{{London Gazette

| issue = 34400

| date = 21 May 1937

| page = 3296

}}

| City of Lancaster{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Non-metropolitan borough

| {{nts|145,346}} (2023)

Norwich

| East of England

| {{dts|1094}}

({{nowrap|"time immemorial"}})

| City of Norwich{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Non-metropolitan borough

| {{nts|144,251}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Chester

| North West England

| {{dts|1541}}

| (Cheshire West and Chester does not hold status){{efn|name=Letters28May74}}

| Charter trustees{{efn|name=StatusChange|The status of these cities changed on 1 April 2009 due to local government reforms. Salisbury became a civil parish, while charter trustees were formed for the former district council areas of Chester and Durham in the new unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester and County Durham respectively.{{cite web |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/draft/ukdsi_9780111475096_en_5 |title=Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009 |access-date=27 February 2009 |work=Tow |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information |year=2009 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.salisburycitycouncil.gov.uk/ |title=New Parish Council for the City of Salisbury |access-date=11 August 2021|work=Towards One Council |publisher=Wiltshire County Council}}}}

| {{nts|138,873}} (2021){{cite web |title=City of Chester Charter Trustees – City status extends to the area of the wards for the trustees |url=https://lordmayorchester.co.uk/city-of-chester-charter-trustees/ |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=The Lord Mayor of Chester }}

Exeter

| South West England

| {{dts|1000|format=hide}}{{nowrap|"time immemorial"}}

| City of Exeter{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Non-metropolitan borough

| {{nts|137,462}} (2023)

Wrexham
({{langx|cy|Wrecsam}})

| Wales

| {{dts|2022}}{{cite web |date=5 September 2022 |title=Crown Office |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4154400}}

| Wrexham County Borough

| Principal area

| {{nts|137,341}} (2023)

Gloucester

| South West, England

| {{dts|1541}}

| City of Gloucester{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Non-metropolitan borough

| {{nts|133,998}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Winchester

| South East, England

| {{dts|1000|format=hide}}{{nowrap|"time immemorial"}}

| City of Winchester{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Non-metropolitan borough

| {{nts|132,341}} (2023)

Durham{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| North East, England

| {{dts|1000|format=hide}}{{nowrap|"time immemorial"}}

| (County Durham does not hold status){{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Charter trustees{{efn|name=StatusChange}}

| {{nts|126,486}} (2021){{cite web |title=Charter Trust and Mayor for Durham City – Durham County Council – City status extends to the area of the electoral divisions for the trustees |url=https://durham.gov.uk/article/2767/Charter-Trust-and-Mayor |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=durham.gov.uk}}

Carlisle

| North West, England

| {{dts|1133}} ({{nowrap|"time immemorial"}})

| (Cumberland does not hold status){{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Charter trustees

| {{nts|110,024}} (2021){{NOMIS2021|id=E07000028|title=Carlisle district|accessdate=10 March 2024}}

Worcester

| West Midlands

| {{dts|1000|format=hide}}{{nowrap|"time immemorial"}}

| City of Worcester{{efn|name=Letters28May74}}

| Non-metropolitan borough

| {{nts|104,589}} (2023){{cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=Admin-based population estimates for local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/adminbasedpopulationestimatesforlocalauthoritiesinenglandandwales |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}

Lincoln

| East Midlands

| {{dts|1072}} ({{nowrap|"time immemorial"}})

| City of Lincoln{{efn|name=Letters28May74}}

| Non-metropolitan borough

| {{nts|102,392}} (2023)

Bath

| South West, England

| {{dts|1090}} ({{nowrap|"time immemorial"}})

| (Bath and North East Somerset does not hold status){{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Charter trustees

| {{nts|95,043}} (2021){{cite web |title=BANES 2021 Census Ward Profiles – (Combined populations of the 14 wards that make-up the city.) |url=https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiMzRhZjJjN2EtNDY2NS00ZWY0LThkZjItMmVjNTM5ZmIyNzQwIiwidCI6ImM1NjJjMGNlLWQ5MjUtNGRmZC04ZDk5LWM5NDE2ZWIwM2ViOSJ9 |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=app.powerbi.com}}{{cite web |title=City Map showing Ward Boundaries |url=https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/sites/default/files/siteimages/Streets-and-Highway-Maintenance/Foot-paths-PROW/jn_ward_boundaries_2022.pdf}}

Derry{{efn|Legally, the city and county are called "Londonderry", while the local government district is called "Derry". See Derry/Londonderry name dispute.[http://www.courtsni.gov.uk/en-GB/Judicial%20Decisions/PublishedByYear/Documents/2007/2007%20NIQB%205/j_j_WEAF5707.htm Application by Derry City Council for judicial review] [2007] NIQB 5 Ref WEAF5707}}
({{langx|ga|Doire}})
(Ulster-Scots: Derrie)

| Northern Ireland

| {{dts|1604}}[http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/Press%20Releases/070704-docwra.htm City commemorates the 400th Anniversary of the City's first charter, Derry City Council press release dated 7 July 2004, (accessed 15 December 2007)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602042113/http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/Press%20Releases/070704-docwra.htm|date=2 June 2008}}

| None

| Represented on Derry City and Strabane District Council

| {{nts|85,279}} (2021){{cite web |date=7 September 2022 |title=Census 2021 main statistics demography tables – age and sex |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/census-2021-main-statistics-demography-tables-age-and-sex |access-date=20 February 2024 |website=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency }}

Dunfermline

| Scotland

| {{dts|2022}}{{cite tweet |user=RoyalFamily |number=1576984325589176320|title='We gather to celebrate this great occasion but also to commemorate the life of Her late Majesty , whose deep love for Scotland was one of the foundations of her life.'}}

| None

| None

| {{nts|76,210}} (2020){{cite web |last=Team |first=National Records of Scotland Web |date=31 March 2022 |title=National Records of Scotland – Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/settlements-and-localities/mid-2020 |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=National Records of Scotland }}

Bangor
({{langx|ga|Beannchar}})

| Northern Ireland

| {{dts|2022}}{{cite web |title=Bangor receives city status in Princess Anne visit |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-63828321 |website=BBC News |access-date=3 December 2022 |date=2 December 2022}}

| None

| Represented on Ards and North Down Borough Council

| {{nts|64,596}} (2021)

Inverness
({{langx|sco|Inerness}})
({{langx|gd|Inbhir Nis}})

| Scotland

| {{dts|2001}}

| None

| None

| {{nts|63,730}} (2020)

Hereford

| West Midlands

| {{dts|1000|format=hide}}{{nowrap|"time immemorial"}}

| Hereford parish{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}{{Efn|City status was conferred on Hereford Town Council 11 October 2000.[76] The status had previously been confirmed to the district council formed in 1974. When that council was abolished in 1996 charter trustees were formed for the City of Hereford. On the formation of a town council for Hereford in April 2000 the charter trustees were dissolved, and the city status temporarily lapsed.}}

| Civil parish

| {{nts|53,113}} (2021){{NOMIS2021|id=E04000921|title=Hereford parish|accessdate=20 February 2023}}

Lisburn
({{langx|ga|Lios na gCearrbhach}})

| Northern Ireland

| {{dts|2002}}

| None

| Represented on Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council

| {{nts|51,447}} (2021){{cite web |date=7 September 2022 |title=Census 2021 main statistics demography tables – age and sex |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/census-2021-main-statistics-demography-tables-age-and-sex |access-date=20 February 2024 |website=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency }}

Stirling
({{langx|sco|Stirlin}})
({{langx|gd|Sruighlea}})

| Scotland

| {{dts|2002}}

| None

| None

| {{nts|49,950}} (2020){{cite web |last=Team |first=National Records of Scotland Web |date=31 March 2022 |title=National Records of Scotland – Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/settlements-and-localities/mid-2020 |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=National Records of Scotland }}

Perth
({{langx|sco|Pairth}})
({{langx|gd|Peairt}})

| Scotland

| {{dts|2012}}Letters Patent dated 21 May 2012 {{cite web|date=6 July 2012|title=News: The National Records of Scotland seals Perth's city status|url=http://www.nas.gov.uk/about/120706.asp|publisher=National Archives of Scotland}} {{cite news|date=5 July 2012|title='We really feel part of history being made' — Letters Patent makes Perth's city status official|newspaper=The Courier (Dundee)|url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/Perthshire/article/23713/we-really-feel-part-of-history-being-made-letters-patent-makes-perth-s-city-status-official.html|url-status=dead|access-date=5 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709025051/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/Perthshire/article/23713/we-really-feel-part-of-history-being-made-letters-patent-makes-perth-s-city-status-official.html|archive-date=9 July 2012}}
(Burgh: 12th century){{refn|Created a royal burgh at some point under King David I (1124–53) although the earliest surviving charters date to 1209 or 1210; the status was abolished in 1975.{{sfnb|Beckett|2005|p= }}{{page needed|date=August 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.psns.tsohost.co.uk/archeological/Full%20text.pdf |title=Perth. The First Century of the Burgh |work=Transactions of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science |date=24 March 1973 |first=A. A. M. |last=Duncan |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224084601/http://www.psns.tsohost.co.uk/archeological/Full%20text.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2013}}}}

| None

| None

| {{nts|47,350}} (2020){{cite web |last=Team |first=National Records of Scotland Web |date=31 March 2022 |title=National Records of Scotland – Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/settlements-and-localities/mid-2020 |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=National Records of Scotland }}

Salisbury

| South West England

| {{dts|1227}}

| Salisbury parish{{efn|Letters Patent 1 April 2009{{London Gazette |issue=59250 |date=24 November 2009 |page=20329}} City status had been held prior to this date and, since 1974, by the Charter Trustees of the City of New Sarum (The city of Salisbury's formal name was New Sarum cf. Old Sarum from 1227 until 2009)}}

| Civil parish{{efn|name=StatusChange}}

| {{nts|41,552}} (2021){{NOMIS2021|id=E04013046|title=Salisbury parish|accessdate=20 February 2023}}

Lichfield

| West Midlands

| {{dts|1000|format=hide}}{{nowrap|"time immemorial"}}

| Lichfield parish{{efn|Letters Patent dated 4 November 1980. A town council had been constituted in 1980 leading to the dissolution of the Charter Trustees of the City of Lichfield.{{London Gazette|issue=48364|page=15451|date=7 November 1980}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lichfield.gov.uk/cc-background.ihtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927092205/http://www.lichfield.gov.uk/cc-background.ihtml|url-status=dead|title=Lichfield City Council website|archive-date=27 September 2011}}}}

| Civil parish

| {{nts|32,580}} (2021){{NOMIS2021|id=E04008932|title=Lichfield civil parish|accessdate=20 February 2023}}

Chichester

| South East England

| {{dts|1075}}
({{nowrap|"time immemorial"}})

| Chichester parish{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Civil parish

| {{nts|29,407}} (2021){{NOMIS2021|id=E04009888|title=Chichester civil parish|accessdate=20 February 2023}}

Newry
({{langx|ga|Iúr Cinn Trá}})
(Ulster-Scots: Newrie)

| Northern Ireland

| {{dts|2002}}

| None

| Represented on Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

| {{nts|28,530}} (2021){{cite web |date=7 September 2022 |title=Census 2021 main statistics demography tables – age and sex |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/census-2021-main-statistics-demography-tables-age-and-sex |access-date=20 February 2024 |website=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency }}

Truro
({{langx|kw|Truru}})

| South West England

| {{dts|1877}}

| Truro parish{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Civil parish

| {{nts|21,046}} (2021){{NOMIS2021|id=E04013097|title=Truro civil parish|accessdate=20 February 2023}}

Ely

| East of England

| {{dts|1109}}{{cite web |last=Cathedral |first=Ely |title=The Story of Ely – About |url=https://www.elycathedral.org/about/history-heritage/the-story-of-ely |access-date=6 April 2024 |website=Ely Cathedral }}
({{nowrap|"time immemorial"}})

| Ely parish{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Civil parish

| {{nts|20,574}} (2021){{NOMIS2021|id=E04012829|title=Ely (East Cambridgeshire) civil parish|accessdate=20 February 2023}}

Ripon

| Yorkshire and the Humber

| {{dts|1865}}

| Ripon parish{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Civil parish

| {{nts|16,590}} (2021){{NOMIS2021|id=E04007409|title=Ripon civil parish|accessdate=20 February 2023}}

Armagh{{efn|Armagh had previously enjoyed city status, with St Patrick's Cathedral the seat of the metropolitan primate of all Ireland. The city status was lost in 1840 when the city corporation was abolished. However, the successor urban district council and district council frequently used the title of city without official sanction prior to 1994.}}
({{langx|ga|Ard Mhacha}})
(Ulster-Scots: Airmagh)

| Northern Ireland

| {{dts|1994}}

| None

| Represented on Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

| {{nts|16,310}} (2021){{cite web |date=7 September 2022 |title=Census 2021 main statistics demography tables – age and sex |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/census-2021-main-statistics-demography-tables-age-and-sex |access-date=20 February 2024 |website=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency }}

Bangor

| Wales

| {{dts|1000|format=hide}}{{nowrap|"time immemorial"}}

| Bangor community{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Community

| {{nts|15,060}} (2021){{NOMIS2021|id=W04000046|title=Bangor community|accessdate=20 February 2023}}

Wells

| South West England

| {{dts|1000|format=hide}}{{nowrap|"time immemorial"}}

| Wells parish{{efn|name=City1Apr74}}

| Civil parish

| {{nts|11,145}} (2021){{NOMIS2021|id=E04008595|title=Wells civil parish|accessdate=20 February 2023}}

St Asaph
({{langx|cy|Llanelwy}})

| Wales

| {{dts|2012}}

| St Asaph community{{efn|name=ChemlStAsaph}}

| Community

| {{nts|3,485}} (2021){{NOMIS2021|id=W04000175|title=St. Asaph community|accessdate=20 February 2023}}

St Davids
({{langx|cy|Tyddewi}})

| Wales

| {{dts|1994}}

| St Davids and the Cathedral Close{{efn|St David's historically had city status because of the presence of St David's Cathedral. In 1849 it was noted that the city had no municipal corporation: There was however a recognised "city" in which a mayor had limited jurisdiction.{{cite web|last=Lewis |first=Samuel|title= "Dale – St. David's"|work= A Topographical Dictionary of Wales|location=London|date=1849|pages= 278–288| publisher=British History Online|url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/wales/pp278-288 |access-date= 7 July 2020}} A Royal Commission appointed in 1876 reported that the corporation had long been extinct, and the city was formally abolished in 1886 under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1883.46 & 47 Vict. c. 18, s.3 and Sch. II (Part I) Letters Patent dated 16 September 1994 ordained that the "Town of St. David's shall have the status of a City".{{London Gazette|issue=53798|page=13403|date=23 September 1994}}}}

| Community

| {{nts|1,751}} (2021){{NOMIS2021|id=W04000466|title=St. David's and the Cathedral Close community|accessdate=20 February 2023}}

Map of the cities

The map shows the 76 cities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and one Crown Dependency, Douglas in the Isle of Man.

{{Location map+ |United Kingdom crop |float=left |width=550 |caption=Location of cities in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man:
8px Diocese cities before 1230
8px English reformation cities (1540–42); Derry (1604)
8px 18th century cities to 2022|places=

{{Location map~ |United Kingdom crop|lat=51.3794|long=-2.36556|label_size=80 |label={{lower|0.2em|Bath}}|position=right|mark=Green pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United Kingdom crop|lat=52.4667|long=-1.91667|label_size=80 |label={{lower|0.2em|Birmingham}}|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |United Kingdom crop|lat=53.7833|long=-1.75|label_size=80 |label={{raise|0.1em|Bradford}}|position=top}}

{{Location map~ |United Kingdom crop|lat=50.8284|long=-0.139475|label_size=80 |label=Brighton and Hove|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |United Kingdom crop|lat=51.45|long=-2.58333|label_size=80 |label={{raise|0.1em|Bristol}}|position=right|mark=Orange pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United Kingdom crop|lat=52.2|long=0.116667|label_size=80 |label=Cambridge|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |United Kingdom crop|lat=51.2667|long=1.08333|label_size=80 |label=Canterbury |position=bottom|mark=Green pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United Kingdom crop|lat=54.8833|long=-2.93333|label_size=80 |label=Carlisle|position=left|mark=Green pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United Kingdom crop|lat=51.7333|long=0.483333|label_size=80 |label={{lower|0.1em|Chelmsford}}|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |United Kingdom crop|lat=53.2|long=-2.91667|label_size=80 |label={{lower|0.1em|Chester}}|position=right|mark=Orange pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United Kingdom crop|lat=50.8367|long=-0.780029|label_size=80 |label=Chichester|position=top|mark=Green pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United Kingdom crop|lat=51.88921|long=0.90421|label_size=80 |label=Colchester|position=top|mark=Red pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |United Kingdom crop|lat=52.4167|long=-1.55|label_size=80 |label=Coventry|position=right|mark=Green pog.svg}}

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| Aberdeen

| Armagh

| Bangor (Wales)

| Bangor (Northern Ireland)

| Bath

| Belfast

| Birmingham

| Bradford

| Brighton and Hove

| Bristol

| Cambridge

| Canterbury

| Cardiff

| Carlisle

| Chelmsford

| Chester

| Chichester

| City of London

| City of Westminster

| Colchester

| Coventry

| Derby

| Derry

| Doncaster

| Dundee

| Dunfermline

| Durham

| Edinburgh

| Ely

| Exeter

| Glasgow

| Gloucester

| Hereford

| Inverness

| Kingston upon Hull

| Lancaster

| Leeds

| Leicester

| Lichfield

| Lincoln

| Lisburn

| Liverpool

| Manchester

| Milton Keynes

| Newcastle upon Tyne

| Newport

| Newry

| Norwich

| Nottingham

| Oxford

| Perth

| Peterborough

| Plymouth

| Portsmouth

| Preston

| Ripon

| Salford

| Salisbury

| Sheffield

| Southampton

| Southend-on-Sea

| St Albans

| St Asaph

| St Davids

| Stirling

| Stoke-on-Trent

| Sunderland

| Swansea

| Truro

| Wakefield

| Wells

| Winchester

| Wolverhampton

| Worcester

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Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies

{{Main|British overseas cities}}

The British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies do not form part of the United Kingdom but are part of its sovereign territory. Association of city status with cathedrals ended in 1865.{{sfnp|Beckett|2005|p=24}} There are presently five cities in Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.{{cite news |date=20 May 2022 |title=Platinum Jubilee: Eight new cities created in Queen's honour |work=BBC News |last=O'Connor |first=Mary |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61505857 |access-date=20 May 2022}}

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!Territory and region

!Year granted
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Gibraltar

|Gibraltar
Southwestern Europe

|1842{{London Gazette|issue=20146|page=2632|date=30 September 1842}}{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-re-affirms-city-status-of-gibraltar | title=Government re-affirms city status of Gibraltar }}

|32,194 (2012)

Douglas
({{langx|gv|Doolish}})

| Isle of Man
Irish Sea

| 2022{{cite web |title=Douglas Letters Patent |date=27 June 2023 |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/995141/response/2372769/attach/6/Douglas%20Letters%20Patent.doc%201.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=24 July 2023}}

| 27,938 (2011)

Stanley

| Falkland Islands
South Atlantic Ocean

| 2022{{London Gazette|issue=63732|page=11466|date=17 June 2022}}

| 2,460 (2016)

Hamilton

| Bermuda
North Atlantic Ocean

| 1897

| 854 (2016)

Jamestown, St Helena

| St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
South Atlantic Ocean

| 1859

| 629 (2016)

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See also

{{Portal|United Kingdom|Cities

}}

Notes

{{notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{refbegin}}

  • {{cite book |last=Beckett |first=J. V. |title=City Status in the British Isles, 1830–2002 |isbn=0-7546-5067-7 |location=Aldershot |publisher= Ashgate Publishing |date=2005}}

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