List of metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom
A metropolitan area is generally defined as consisting of an urban area, conurbation or agglomeration, together with the surrounding area to which it is closely economically and socially integrated through commuting.
The European Union's ESPON project has defined a harmonised series of metropolitan areas across Europe, made up of two components: Morphological Urban Areas (MUAs), which are similar to urban areas and form the densely populated urban cores of metropolitan areas; and Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) which form the labour basin surrounding Morphological Urban Areas.[1]
Morphological Urban Areas have been calculated by combining contiguous local administrative units (LAU 2) with population densities greater than 650 inhabitants per square kilometre, with Functional Urban Areas then being calculated by combining surrounding local administrative units where 10% or more of the workforce works within the core Morphological Urban Area.[2]
According to the harmonised European definition, there were eighteen metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom with populations of more than 500,000 at the time of the 2001 census.
This lists UK metropolitan areas defined by ESPON, which excludes combined conurbations such as the Liverpool-Manchester megalopolis, which has a combined population of 5.6m.[3] It also excludes city regions such as those formed in Greater Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Sheffield, which are typically areas covered by a combined authority.
Metropolitan areas in the UK
Source[4]
| Rank | Metropolitan area | Population (2011) | Morphological Urban Areas within metropolitan area (population) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London metropolitan area | 14,032,000 | Greater London Urban Area (9,787,000), Reading (318,000), Southend (295,000), Medway (274,000), Luton/Dunstable (258,000), Farnborough/Aldershot (253,000), Slough (145,000), High Wycombe (133,000), Woking (124,000), Basildon (113,000), Maidstone (113,000), Chelmsford (112,000), Crawley (110,000), Basingstoke (107,000), Bracknell/Ascot (96,000), Guildford (96,000), Hemel Hempstead (90,000), Harlow (87,000), Stevenage (86,000), Maidenhead (85,000), Aylesbury (75,000), Gravesend (66,000), Sittingbourne (63,000), St. Albans (59,000), Tunbridge Wells (57,000), Horsham (56,000), Braintree (53,000), Cheshunt (52,000), Brentwood (49,000), Welwyn Garden City (43,000), Reigate/Redhill (40,000), Tonbridge (39,000), Bishop's Stortford (38,000), Grays (37,000), Letchworth (34,000), Windsor (33,000), Hitchin (33,000), Harpenden (30,000), Sevenoaks (30,000), Hatfield (30,000), East Grinstead (26,000), Hertford (26,000), Chesham (21,000), Hoddesdon (20,000), Ware (18,000), Berkhamsted (18,000), Amersham (14,000), Sheerness (13,000) Beaconsfield (12,000), Dorking (11,000) |
| 2 | Birmingham metropolitan area | 3,737,000 | Birmingham-Wolverhampton (2,441,000), Coventry (359,000), Nuneaton (93,000), Cannock (86,000), Warwick/Leamington (80,000), Tamworth (77,000), Rugby (71,000), Lichfield (32,000), Rugeley (24,000), (23,000), Kenilworth (22,000), Atherstone (9,000), Southam (7,000), Alcester (6,000) |
| 3 | Manchester metropolitan area | 2,794,000 | Greater Manchester Urban Area (2,553,000), Macclesfield (59,000), Glossop (33,000), Marple (24,000), Rawtenstall (22,000), Buxton (21,000), Northwich (20,000), Haslingden (17,000), Knutsford (13,000), Bacup (13,000) New Mills (10,000), Chapel-en-le-Frith (9,000) |
| 4 | Leeds-Bradford metropolitan area | 2,302,000 | Leeds (766,000), Bradford (528,000), Huddersfield (219,000), Halifax (155,000), Wakefield (111,000), Castleford/Pontefract (102,000), Harrogate (76,000), Keighley (74,000), Dewsbury (63,000), Holmfirth (25,000), Knaresborough (15,000), Ilkley (15,000), Skipton (15,000), Otley (14,000), Wetherby (11,000) |
| 5 | Liverpool/Birkenhead metropolitan area | 2,241,000 | Liverpool Urban Area (864,000), Birkenhead Urban Area (325,000), Wigan/Ashton (220,000), Warrington (202,000), Widnes/Runcorn (128,000), Chester (121,000), Southport (90,000), Skelmersdale (39,000), Ormskirk (24,000) |
| 6 | Glasgow metropolitan area | 1,788,000 | Glasgow (1,228,000), East Kilbride (74,000), Greenock (60,000), Motherwell/Wishaw (59,000), Hamilton (53,000), Cumbernauld (50,000), Kilmarnock (46,000), Dumbarton (45,000), Kirkintilloch (20,000), Carluke (15,000), Helensburgh (15,000), Larkhall (15,000), Lanark (8,000), Kilbirnie (8,000), Strathaven (8,000), Beith (6,000), Lesmahagow (4,000) |
| 7 | Tyneside metropolitan area | 1,599,000 | Newcastle (880,000), Sunderland (335,000), Durham (41,000), Blyth (37,000), Houghton-le-Spring (37,000), Stanley (33,000), Cramlington (29,000), Ashington (28,000), Consett (27,000), Chester-le-Street (23,000), Peterlee (20,000), Seaham (20,000), Bedlington (18,000), Morpeth (14,000), Hexham (12,000), Prudhoe (12,000), Ponteland (11,000), Corbridge (4,000) |
| 8 | Sheffield metropolitan area | 1,569,000 | Sheffield (693,000), Barnsley/Dearne Valley (223,000), Doncaster (158,000), Chesterfield (113,000), Rotherham (110,000), Worksop (45,000), Dronfield (21,000), Thorne (17,000), Maltby (17,000), Hatfield (16,000), Conisbrough (15,000), Mexborough (15,000), Bolsover (12,000), Dinnington (11,000), Eckington (11,000), Stocksbridge (10,000), Chapeltown (10,000), Penistone (10,000), Killamarsh (9,000), Clay Cross (9,000), Clowne (7,000), Tickhill (5,000), Bawtry (3,000) |
| 9 | South Hampshire metropolitan area | 1,547,000 | Portsmouth (461,000), Southampton (377,000), Havant/Waterlooville (125,000), Fareham (98,000), Gosport (83,000), Bognor Regis (66,000), Winchester (45,000), Chichester (27,000), Hythe (20,000), Romsey (18,000), Petersfield (15,000), Selsey (11,000), Bishop's Waltham (7,000), New Alresford (6,000), Lyndhurst (3,000) Fawley (15,000) |
| 10 | Nottingham-Derby metropolitan area | 1,543,000 | Nottingham (744,000), Derby (270,000), Mansfield (185,000), Burton upon Trent (122,000), Grantham (42,000), Ilkeston (38,000), Newark (35,000), Alfreton (24,000), Heanor (23,000), Belper (22,000), Ripley (21,000), Eastwood (19,000), Shirebrook (13,000), Warsop (12,000), Bingham (9,000), Radcliffe-on-Trent (8,000), Southwell (7,000), Ashbourne (7,000), Castle Donington (4,000), Bottesford (4,000), Kegworth (4,000) |
| 11 | Cardiff-Newport metropolitan area | 1,315,000 | Cardiff (447,000), Newport (192,000), Cynon Valley 66,000), Merthyr Tydfil (61,000), Rhondda Valley (60,000), Barry (52,000), Bridgend (49,000), Cwmbran (47,000), Pontypool (36,000), Pontypridd (33,000), Ebbw Vale/Brynmawr (33,000), Caerphilly (30,000), Ystrad Mynach (29,000), Ebbw Vale (22,000), Maesteg (21,000), Porthcawl (16,000), Tredegar (15,000), Chepstow (12,000), Monmouth (11,000), Tonyrefail (11,000), Dalgety Bay (10,000), Abergavenny (10,000), Llantwit Major (9,000), Rhymney (9,000), Pencoed (9,000), Pyle (7,000), Treharris (6,000), Magor (6,000), Blaenavon (6,000), Cowbridge (4,000), Usk (3,000), Pontycymer (3,000) |
| 12 | Edinburgh metropolitan area | 1,185,022 | Edinburgh (493,000), Livingston (56,000), Dunfermline (55,000), Kirkcaldy (49,000), Glenrothes (39,000), Levenmouth (37,000), Musselburgh (22,000), Bathgate (20,000), Bonnyrigg (16,000), Penicuik (16,000), Broxburn (14,000), Linlithgow (14,000), Dalkeith (12,000), Dunbar (12,000), Cowdenbeath (12,000), Whitburn (11,000), Armadale (11,000), Haddington (10,000), Queensferry (9,000), Tranent (11,642), Prestonpans (7,000), Loanhead (7,000), Gorebridge (6,000) |
| 13 | Bristol metropolitan area | 1,151,000 | Bristol (617,000), Bath (89,000), Weston-super-Mare (76,000), Chippenham (45,000), Yate (35,000), Trowbridge (33,000), Frome (26,000), Clevedon (25,000), Portishead (24,000), Radstock/Midsomer Norton (23,000), Burnham-on-Sea (20,000), Warminster (17,000), Nailsea (16,000), Melksham (15,000), Westbury (15,000), Corsham (13,000), Thornbury (12,000), Wells (11,000), Shepton Mallet (10,000), Cheddar (6,000), Wotton-under-Edge (6,000) |
| 14 | Belfast metropolitan area | 944,000 | Belfast (673,000), Craigavon (61,000), Bangor (60,000), Larne (32,000), Newtownards (28,000), Carrickfergus (28,000), Antrim (20,000), Ballyclare (9,000), Comber (9,000), Dromore (8,000), Carryduff (7,000), Randalstown (5,000), Moira (4,000) |
| 15 | Brighton and Hove metropolitan area | 823,000 | Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton (474,000), Eastbourne (118,000), Bognor Regis (64,000), Burgess Hill (31,000), Seaford (27,000), Haywards Heath (23,000), Hailsham (20,000), Lewes (16,000), Uckfield (14,000), Peacehaven (14,000), Newhaven (13,000), Steyning (6,000), Arundel (3,000) |
| 16 | Leicester metropolitan area | 755,000 | Leicester (509,000), Loughborough/Shepshed (72,000), Hinckley/Earl Shilton (63,000), Coalville (39,000), Melton Mowbray (27,000), Market Harborough (23,000), Ashby-de-la-Zouch (13,000), Lutterworth (9,000) |
| 17 | Middlesbrough metropolitan area | 726,000 | Middlesbrough (389,000), Darlington (106,000), Hartlepool (92,000), Newton Aycliffe (27,000), Spennymoor (20,000), Guisborough (18,000), Northallerton (17,000), Bishop Auckland (16,000), Catterick Garrison (13,000), Richmond (8,000), Sedgefield (5,000), Barnard Castle (5,000), Stokesley (5,000), Great Ayton (5,000) |
| 18 | Stoke-on-Trent metropolitan area | 678,000 | Stoke-on-Trent (373,000), Crewe (84,000), Winsford (30,000), Congleton (26,000), Leek (21,000), Biddulph (20,000), Sandbach (18,000), Nantwich (17,000), Stone (16,000), Middlewich (13,000), Uttoxeter (13,000), Alsager (12,000), Market Drayton (12,000), Cheadle (12,000), Holmes Chapel (6,000), Loggerheads (5,000) |
| 19 | Bournemouth-Poole metropolitan area | 600,000 | Bournemouth-Poole (466,000), Ferndown (27,000), Lymington (17,000), Verwood (15,000), Ringwood (14,000), Blandford Forum (11,000), Wareham (8,000), West Moors (8,000), Wimborne Minster (7,000), Leonards and St Ives (7,000), Fordingbridge (6,000), Milford on Sea (5,000), Bransgore (4,000), Lytchett Matravers (3,000), Bere Regis (2,000) |
| 20 | Northampton metropolitan area | 527,000 | Northampton (220,000), Kettering (82,000), Wellingborough (75,000), Corby (65,000), Rushden (36,000), Daventry (25,000), Irthlingborough (9,000), Towcester (9,000), Thrapston (6,000) |
| 21 | Swansea metropolitan area | 516,000 | Swansea (300,000), Neath-Port Talbot (140,000), Llanelli (50,000), Ystradgynlais (11,000), Pontarddulais (6,000), Ammanford (5,000), Burry Port (4,000) |
| 22 | Norwich metropolitan area | 500,000 | Norwich (213,000), Great Yarmouth (97,000), Lowestoft (71,000), Dereham (19,000), Wymondham (14,000), Attleborough (10,000), Beccles (10,000), Hethersett (6,000), Aylsham (6,000), Bungay (5,000), Kessingland (4,000), Mulbarton (4,000), Long Stratton (4,000), Brundall (4,000), Spixworth (4,000), Horsford (4,000), Acle (3,000), Mattishall (3,000), Blofield (3,000), Wroxham (2,000) |
| 23 | Hull metropolitan area | 433,000 | Hull (314,000), Beverley (29,000), Goole (20,000), Barton-upon-Humber (9,000), Hornsea (8,000), Brough (7,000), Hedon (7,000), Withernsea (6,000), Market Weighton (6,000), South Cave (5,000), Howden (4,000), Swanland (4,000), North Ferriby (4,000), Barrow upon Humber (3,000), Thorngumbald (3,000), Keyingham (2,000), Levan (2,000) |
| 24 | Central Lancashire metropolitan area | 420,661 | Preston-Leyland-Chorley (313,000), Longridge (8,000), Garstang (7,000) |
| 25 | East Lancashire metropolitan area | 408,000 | Burnley (149,000), Blackburn (147,000), Accrington (80,000), Clitheroe (15,000), Barnoldswick (11,000), Earby (6,000) |
| 26 | Oxford metropolitan area | 367,000 | Oxford (171,000), Bicester (33,000), Abingdon (33,000), Witney (28,000), Didcot (25,000), Carterton (16,000), Brackley (13,000), Thame (12,000), Wantage (11,000), Wallingford (8,000), Chipping Norton (6,000), Woodstock (3,000), Charlbury (3,000), Watlington (3,000), Burford (2,000) |
| 27 | Peterborough metropolitan area | 354,000 | Peterborough (190,000), Spalding (29,000), Stamford (22,000), March (22,000), Whittlesey (16,000), Bourne (14,000), Oakham (11,000), Yaxley (10,000), Oundle (6,000), Market Deeping (6,000), Ramsey (6,000), Sawtry (6,000), Uppingham (5,000), Crowland (4,000), Stilton (3,000), Alconbury (2,000), Wittering (2,000) |
| 28 | Cambridge metropolitan area | 350,000 | Cambridge (158,000), Haverhill (27,000), Huntingdon (24,000), Newmarket (20,000), Ely (20,000), Royston (16,000), Saffron Walden (16,000), St Ives (16,000), Soham (11,000), Cambourne (8,000), Sawston (7,000), Cottenham (6,000), Godmanchester (6,000), Burwell (6,000), Bar Hill (4,000), Linton (4,000), Fenstanton (3,000), Papworth Everard (3,000), Longstanton (3,000), Stapleford (2,000) |
| 29 | Plymouth metropolitan area | 343,000 | Plymouth (262,000), Saltash (16,000), Tavistock (12,000), Ivybridge (12,000), Liskeard (11,000), Torpoint (8,000), Callington (5,000), South Brent (3,000) |
| 30 | Gloucester-Cheltenham metropolitan area | 341,000 | Gloucester (150,000), Cheltenham (116,000), Stroud (25,000), Tewkesbury (11,000), Bishop's Cleeve (11,000), Cinderford (8,000), Dursley (7,000), Winchcombe (5,000), Newent (5,000), Mitcheldean (3,000) |
| 31 | Aberdeen metropolitan area | 332,000 | Aberdeen (229,000), Stonehaven (12,000), Inverurie (11,000), Westhill (10,000), Ellon (10,000), Portlethen (8,000), Banchory (7,000), Dyce (6,000), Kintore (4,000), Peterculter (4,000), Newtonhill (3,000), Oldmeldrum (2,000) |
| 32 | Milton Keynes metropolitan area | 322,000 | Milton Keynes (249,000), Leighton Buzzard (37,000), Flitwick (13,000), Buckingham (12,000), Ampthill (7,000), Winslow (4,000) |
| 33 | Swindon metropolitan area | 309,000 | Swindon (209,000), Cirencester (19,000), Calne (17,000), Devizes (12,000), Royal Wootton Bassett (11,000), Marlborough (8,000), Highworth (8,000), Faringdon (7,000), Hungerford (6,000), Malmesbury (5,000), Cricklade (4,000), Lechlade (3,000) |
| 34 | Blackpool metropolitan area | 304,000 | Blackpool (239,000), Fleetwood (26,000), Kirkham (7,000) |
| 35 | Forth Valley metropolitan area | 299,000 | Falkirk (157,000), Stirling (91,000), Clackmannanshire (51,000) |
| 36 | North-East Kent metropolitan area | 286,000 | Margate-Ramsgate-Broadstairs (138,000), Herne Bay-Whitstable (69,000), Canterbury (55,000), Faversham (19,000), Sandwich (5,000) |
| 37 | Telford-Shrewsbury metropolitan area | 278,000 | Telford (155,000), Shrewsbury (72,000), Newport (12,000), Bridgnorth (12,000) Shifnal (7,000), Church Stretton (5,000), Wem (5,000), Albrighton (4,000), Much Wenlock (3,000), Pontesbury (3,000) |
| 38 | Colchester metropolitan area | 275,000 | Colchester (122,000), Clacton-on-Sea (53,000), Sudbury (22,000), Frinton and Walton (19,000), Harwich (18,000), Halstead (12,000), Tiptree (9,000), Brightlingsea (8,000), Mersea Island (7,000), Coggeshall (4,000), Manningtree (1,000) |
| 39 | Exeter metropolitan area | 267,000 | Exeter (124,000), Exmouth (34,000), Tiverton (20,000), Sidmouth (13,000), Honiton (12,000), Dawlish (11,000), Crediton (8,000), Cullompton (8,000), Ottery St Mary (8,000), Budleigh Salterton (6,000), Chudleigh (6,000), Topsham (6,000), Crankbrook (5,000), Exminster (3,000), Moretonhampstead (3,000) |
| 40 | York metropolitan area | 260,000 | York (202,000), Selby (15,000), Malton-Norton (13,000) Pocklington (8,000), Tadcaster (6,000), Easingwold (5,000) Stamford Bridge (4,000) |
| 41 | Ipswich metropolitan area | 254,000 | Ipswich (179,000), Felixstowe (24,000), Stowmarket (16,000), Hadleigh (8,000), Leiston (6,000), Needham Market (5,000), Saxmundham (4,000), Capel St. Mary (3,000), Framlingham (3,000), Aldeburgh (2,000), Wickham Market (2,000), Debenham (2,000) |
| 42 | Dundee metropolitan area | 237,000 | Dundee (148,000), Arbroath (24,000), Forfar (14,000), Carnoustie (11,000), Blairgowrie and Rattray (8,000), Newport-on-Tay (8,000), Tayport (8,000), Kirriemuir (6,000), Leuchars (6,000), Coupar Angus (2,000), Inchture (2,000) |
| 43 | Torbay metropolitan area | 231,000 | Torbay (131,000), Newton Abbott (26,000), Teignmouth (15,000), Totnes (8,000), Bovey Tracey (8,000), Ashburton (8,000), Kingskerswell (6,000), Buckfastleigh (4,000), Bishopsteignton (3,000) |
| 44 | Ashford-Dover-Folkestone metropolitan area | 230,000 | Ashford (74,000), Folkestone-Hythe (62,000), Dover (31,000), Deal (30,000), Tenterden (8,000), New Romney (7,000), Lydd (7,000) |
| 45 | Lincoln metropolitan area | 224,000 | Lincoln (130,000), Gainsborough (21,000), Sleaford (18,000), Horncastle (7,000), Ruskington (5,000), Woodhall Spa (4,000), Saxilby (4,000), Branston (4,000), Nettleham (4,000), Welton (4,000), Cherry Willingham (4,000), Market Rasen (3,000), Skellingthorpe (3,000), Washingborough (3,000), Collingham (3,000), Metheringham (3,000), Wragby (2,000), Navenby (2,000) |
| 46 | Bedford metropolitan area | 202,000 | Bedford (108,000), St Neots (40,000), Biggleswade (17,000), Sandy (11,000), Shefford (6,000), Bromham (5,000) |
| 47 | Grimsby metropolitan area | 174,000 | Grimsby-Cleethorpes (134,000), Louth (16,000), Immingham (10,000), Caistor (3,000), Laceby (3,000), Keelby (2,000) |
| 48 | Taunton-Bridgwater metropolitan area | 167,000 | Taunton (65,000), Bridgwater (41,000), Wellington (15,000), Chard (13,000), Street (12,000), Glastonbury (9,000), Ilminster (6,000), Wiveliscombe (3,000), Langport (3,000) |
| 49 | Hastings-Bexhill metropolitan area | 164,000 | Hastings-Bexhill (133,000), Rye (9,000), Battle (7,000), Robertsbridge (3,000), Winchelsea (2,000) |
| 50 | North Devon metropolitan area | 107,000 | Barnstaple (54,000), Bideford (17,000), Ilfracombe (11,000), Braunton (8,000), Northam (7,000) South Molton (5,000), Appledore (3,000), Great Torrington (2,000) |
| 51 | Dorchester-Weymouth metropolitan area | 101,000 | Weymouth (65,000), Dorchester (19,000), Bridport (14,000), Charminster (3,000) |
| 52 | Yeovil metropolitan area | 100,000 | Yeovil (45,000), Gillingham (12,000), Sherborne (10,000), Shaftesbury (7,000), Crewkerne (7,000), Wincanton (5,000), Somerton (5,000), Bruton (3,000), Stalbridge (3,000), Beaminster (3,000), Castle Cary (2,000), Ilchester (2,000) |
| 53 | Andover metropolitan area | 84,000 | Andover (64,000), Tidworth (11,000), Whitchurch (5,000), Ludgershall (4,000) |
| 54 | Newbury metropolitan area | 79,000 | Newbury (70,000), Hungerford (6,000), Kingsclere (3,000) |
| 55 | Salisbury metropolitan area | 65,000 | Salisbury (42,000), Amesbury (11,000), Durrington (7,000), Downton (3,000), Alderbury (2,000) |
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See also
- List of metropolitan economies in the United Kingdom
- List of urban areas in the United Kingdom
- List of cities and towns in the United Kingdom by population
- List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population
- List of metropolitan areas by population for the world
- Larger Urban Zones
- Travel to Work Area
References
- ↑ "MUAs and FUAs delineation" (PDF). ESPON project 1.4.3 Study on Urban Functions. European Spatial Planning Observation Network. March 2007. p. 8. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ↑ "The methodology" (PDF). ESPON project 1.4.3 Study on Urban Functions. European Spatial Planning Observation Network. March 2007. p. 17. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ↑ Schulze Bäing, Andreas. "Shrinking cities and growing regions – emerging trends of new rural-urban relationships in the UK and Germany". 13 July. AESOP University of Manchester. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ↑ "British urban pattern: population data" (PDF). ESPON project 1.4.3 Study on Urban Functions. European Spatial Planning Observation Network. March 2007. p. 119. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
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