The figures are mid-year population estimates for 2008 from the Office for National Statistics.

See also:

• List of towns and cities in England 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 English districts by population density
• List of districts in south east England by population

All listed below are non-metropolitan districts except for the London boroughs, metropolitan boroughs, the Isle of Wight and those that are labelled as sui generis.

Contents 1 More than 300,000 2 250,000 to 300,000 3 200,000 to 250,000 4 150,000 to 200,000 5 125,000 to 150,000 6 100,000 to 125,000 7 75,000 to 100,000 8 50,000 to 75,000 9 Below 50,000 10 See also 11 References

[edit] More than 300,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
1	Birmingham	1,016,800	Metropolitan borough, City (1889)	West Midlands
2	Leeds	770,800	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	West Yorkshire
3	Sheffield	534,500	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	South Yorkshire
4	Cornwall	532,200	Unitary Authority	Cornwall
5	County Durham	508,500	Unitary Authority	County Durham
6	Bradford	501,700	Metropolitan borough, City (1897)	West Yorkshire
7	Manchester	464,200	Metropolitan borough, City (1853)	Greater Manchester
8	Wiltshire	455,500	Unitary Authority	Wiltshire
9	Liverpool	434,900	Metropolitan borough, City (1880)	Merseyside
10	Bristol	421,300	Unitary Authority, City (1542)	Bristol
11	Kirklees	403,900	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
12	Cheshire East	361,500	Unitary Authority, Borough	Cheshire
13	Croydon	341,800	London borough	Greater London
14	East Riding of Yorkshire	335,000	Unitary Authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
15	Barnet	331,500	London borough	Greater London
16	Cheshire West and Chester	328,600	Unitary Authority, Borough	Cheshire
17	Wakefield	322,300	Metropolitan borough, City (1888)	West Yorkshire
18	Northumberland	311,000	Unitary Authority	Northumberland
19	Coventry	309,800	Metropolitan borough, City (1345)	West Midlands
20	Wirral	309,500	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
21	Ealing	309,000	London borough	Greater London
22	Wigan	306,800	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
23	Dudley	306,500	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
24	Bromley	302,600	London borough	Greater London

[edit] 250,000 to 300,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
25	Leicester	294,700	Unitary Authority, City (1919)	Leicestershire
26	Shropshire	292,800	Unitary Authority	Shropshire
27	Nottingham	292,400	Unitary Authority, City (1897)	Nottinghamshire
28	Doncaster	291,600	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
29	Sandwell	289,100	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
30	Enfield	287,600	London borough	Greater London
31	Wandsworth	284,000	London borough	Greater London
32	Stockport	281,000	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
33	Sunderland	280,300	Metropolitan borough, City (1992)	Tyne and Wear
34	Southwark	278,000	London borough	Greater London
35	Sefton	275,100	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
36	Lambeth	274,500	London borough	Greater London
37	Newcastle upon Tyne	273,600	Metropolitan borough, City (1882)	Tyne and Wear
38	Brent	270,600	London borough	Greater London
39	Bolton	262,800	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
40	Lewisham	261,600	London borough	Greater London
41	Hull	258,700	Unitary Authority, City (1299)	East Riding of Yorkshire
42	South Gloucestershire	257,700	Unitary Authority	Gloucestershire
43	Redbridge	257,600	London borough	Greater London
44	Brighton & Hove	256,600	Unitary Authority, City (2000)	East Sussex
45	Walsall	255,400	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
46	Central Bedfordshire	255,000	Unitary Authority	Bedfordshire
47	Rotherham	253,900	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
48	Medway	253,500	Unitary Authority, Borough	Kent
49	Hillingdon	253,200	London borough	Greater London
50	Plymouth	252,800	Unitary Authority, City (1928)	Devon

[edit] 200,000 to 250,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
51	Newham	249,500	London borough	Greater London
52	Stoke-on-Trent	240,100	Unitary Authority, City (1925)	Staffordshire
53	Derby	239,200	Unitary Authority, City (1977)	Derbyshire
54	Wolverhampton	236,400	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands
55	Westminster	236,000	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London
56	Camden	235,700	London borough	Greater London
57	Southampton	234,600	Unitary Authority, City (1964)	Hampshire
58	Milton Keynes	232,200	Unitary Authority, Borough	Buckinghamshire
59	Havering	230,100	London borough	Greater London
60	Haringey	226,200	London borough	Greater London
61	Barnsley	225,900	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
62	Bexley	223,300	London borough	Greater London
63	Waltham Forest	223,200	London borough	Greater London
64	Greenwich	222,900	London borough	Greater London
65	Hounslow	222,600	London borough	Greater London
66	Salford	221,300	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester
67	Tower Hamlets	220,500	London borough	Greater London
68	Oldham	219,700	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
69	Harrow	216,200	London borough	Greater London
70	Tameside	215,500	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
71	Trafford	212,800	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
72	Hackney	212,200	London borough	Greater London
73	North Somerset	206,800	Unitary Authority	Somerset
74	Rochdale	206,300	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
75	Solihull	205,500	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
76	Northampton	205,200	Borough	Northamptonshire
77	Calderdale	201,800	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
78	Merton	201,400	London borough	Greater London
79	Portsmouth	200,000	Unitary Authority, City (1926)	Hampshire

[edit] 150,000 to 200,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
80	North Tyneside	197,300	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
81	Warrington	196,200	Unitary Authority, Borough	Cheshire
82	York	195,400	Unitary Authority, City (TI)	North Yorkshire
83	Swindon	192,900	Unitary Authority, Borough	Wiltshire
84	Stockton-on-Tees	191,900	Unitary Authority, Borough	Durham and North Yorkshire
85	Luton	191,800	Unitary Authority, Borough	Bedfordshire
86	Islington	190,900	London borough	Greater London
87	Gateshead	190,600	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
88	Sutton	187,600	London borough	Greater London
89	Bury	183,100	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
90	Colchester	181,000	Borough	Essex
91	Bath and North East Somerset	180,300	Unitary Authority	Somerset
92	Kensington and Chelsea	180,300	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London
93	Richmond upon Thames	180,100	London borough	Greater London
94	Herefordshire	179,300	Unitary Authority	Herefordshire
95	St Helens	177,500	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
96	Aylesbury Vale	176,000		Buckinghamshire
97	New Forest	175,400		Hampshire
98	Basildon	172,600		Essex
99	Hammersmith and Fulham	172,200	London borough	Greater London
100	Huntingdonshire	168,900		Cambridgeshire
101	Barking and Dagenham	168,900	London borough	Greater London
102	Chelmsford	167,100	Borough	Essex
103	Charnwood	167,100	Borough	Leicestershire
104	Southend-on-Sea	164,300	Unitary Authority, Borough	Essex
105	Peterborough	164,000	Unitary Authority, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire
106	Bournemouth	163,900	Unitary Authority, Borough	Dorset
107	Telford and Wrekin	162,100	Unitary Authority, Borough	Shropshire
108	Basingstoke and Deane	161,700	Borough	Hampshire
109	Wycombe	161,500		Buckinghamshire
110	Harrogate	160,500		North Yorkshire
111	North Lincolnshire	160,300	Unitary Authority, Borough	Lincolnshire
112	Kingston upon Thames	160,100	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London
113	Wokingham	159,100	Unitary Authority	Berkshire
114	South Somerset	158,700		Somerset
115	North East Lincolnshire	158,200	Unitary Authority, Borough	Lincolnshire
116	Bedford	155,700	Unitary Authority, Borough	Bedfordshire
117	Oxford	153,900	City (1542)	Oxfordshire
118	West Berkshire	152,800	Unitary Authority	Berkshire
119	Thurrock	151,600	Unitary Authority, Borough	Essex
120	South Tyneside	151,600	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
121	Knowsley	150,800	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside

[edit] 125,000 to 150,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
122	Canterbury	149,700	City (TI)	Kent
123	Tendring	147,600		Essex
124	Arun	146,600		West Sussex
125	Reading	145,700	Unitary Authority, Borough	Berkshire
126	Maidstone	145,400	Borough	Kent
127	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	144,800	Borough	Norfolk
128	Lancaster	143,700	City (1937)	Lancashire
129	Wealden	143,300		East Sussex
130	Windsor and Maidenhead	142,800	Unitary Authority, Royal Borough	Berkshire
131	Braintree	142,100		Essex
132	Blackpool	141,900	Unitary Authority, Borough	Lancashire
133	East Lindsey	141,000		Lincolnshire
134	Blackburn with Darwen	140,700	Unitary Authority, Borough	Lancashire
135	Isle of Wight	140,200	Unitary Authority, County	Isle of Wight
136	Dacorum	139,600	Borough	Hertfordshire
137	Redcar and Cleveland	139,500	Unitary Authority, Borough	North Yorkshire
138	South Cambridgeshire	139,300		Cambridgeshire
139	Middlesbrough	139,000	Unitary Authority, Borough	North Yorkshire
140	Poole	138,800	Unitary Authority, Borough	Dorset
141	Cherwell	138,200		Oxfordshire
142	Norwich	135,800	City (1195)	Norfolk
143	Warwick	135,700		Warwickshire
144	Guildford	135,700	Borough	Surrey
145	East Hertfordshire	135,500		Hertfordshire
146	Reigate and Banstead	134,800	Borough	Surrey
147	Torbay	134,000	Unitary Authority, Borough	Devon
148	St Albans	133,700	City (1877)	Hertfordshire
149	East Devon	132,700		Devon
150	Elmbridge	132,400	Borough	Surrey
151	South Kesteven	132,000		Lincolnshire
152	Preston	132,000	City (2002)	Lancashire
153	Swale	131,900	Borough	Kent
154	Breckland	131,800		Norfolk
155	Mid Sussex	131,600		West Sussex
156	Horsham	130,700		West Sussex
157	Thanet	129,900		Kent
158	South Oxfordshire	129,100		Oxfordshire
159	Teignbridge	127,600		Devon
160	Suffolk Coastal	125,600		Suffolk

[edit] 100,000 to 125,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
161	Stafford	124,700		Staffordshire
162	Newcastle-under-Lyme	124,700	Borough	Staffordshire
163	Epping Forest (district)	123,900		Essex
164	North Hertfordshire	123,800		Hertfordshire
165	Exeter	123,500	City (TI)	Devon
166	Broadland	123,300		Norfolk
167	Cambridge	122,800	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire
168	Ipswich	122,300	Borough	Suffolk
169	Nuneaton and Bedworth	122,000	Borough	Warwickshire
170	Slough	121,200	Unitary Authority, Borough	Berkshire
171	Amber Valley	121,100	Borough	Derbyshire
172	Eastleigh	121,000	Borough	Hampshire
173	Halton	119,800	Unitary Authority, Borough	Cheshire
174	South Norfolk	119,200		Norfolk
175	Stratford-on-Avon	118,800		Warwickshire
176	Waverley	118,700	Borough	Surrey
177	Waveney	117,700		Suffolk
178	Havant	117,600	Borough	Hampshire
179	Wychavon	117,300		Worcestershire
180	Tonbridge and Malling	117,100	Borough	Kent
181	Vale of White Horse	116,900		Oxfordshire
182	Ashfield	116,500		Nottinghamshire
183	Test Valley	115,400	Borough	Hampshire
184	Gloucester	115,300	City (1541)	Gloucestershire
185	Sevenoaks	114,700		Kent
186	Bracknell Forest	114,700	Unitary Authority, Borough	Berkshire
187	Ashford	113,500	Borough	Kent
188	Newark and Sherwood	113,300		Nottinghamshire
189	Sedgemoor	112,800		Somerset
190	Winchester	112,700	City (TI)	Hampshire
191	Bassetlaw	112,200		Nottinghamshire
192	Gedling	112,100	Borough	Nottinghamshire
193	Broxtowe	112,000	Borough	Nottinghamshire
194	Cheltenham	112,000	Borough	Gloucestershire
195	East Hampshire	111,700		Hampshire
196	Erewash	111,300	Borough	Derbyshire
197	Wyre	110,900	Borough	Lancashire
198	Stroud	110,700		Gloucestershire
199	Chichester	110,500		West Sussex
200	Fareham	110,300	Borough	Hampshire
201	Mendip	110,100		Somerset
202	Rushcliffe	109,800	Borough	Nottinghamshire
203	West Lancashire	109,400		Lancashire
204	East Staffordshire	109,100	Borough	Staffordshire
205	Taunton Deane	108,700	Borough	Somerset
206	Scarborough	108,500	Borough	North Yorkshire
207	Welwyn Hatfield	108,300		Hertfordshire
208	Tunbridge Wells	107,400	Borough	Kent
209	South Ribble	107,200	Borough	Lancashire
210	Dover	106,900		Kent
211	South Staffordshire	106,400		Staffordshire
212	North Kesteven	106,100		Lincolnshire
213	Hinckley and Bosworth	105,200	Borough	Leicestershire
214	Chorley	104,800	Borough	Lancashire
215	South Lakeland	104,400		Cumbria
216	Carlisle	103,700	City (TI)	Cumbria
217	St Edmundsbury	103,700	Borough	Suffolk
218	West Oxfordshire	101,600		Oxfordshire
219	North Norfolk	101,500		Norfolk
220	Crawley	101,300	Borough	West Sussex
221	Chesterfield	100,800	Borough	Derbyshire
222	Mansfield	100,600		Nottinghamshire
223	Darlington	100,500	Unitary Authority, Borough	Durham
224	Worthing	100,200	Borough	West Sussex
225	Shepway	100,100		Kent

[edit] 75,000 to 100,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
226	Wyre Forest	98,700		Worcestershire
227	Hertsmere	98,700	Borough	Hertfordshire
228	North East Derbyshire	98,200		Derbyshire
229	Gravesham	98,000	Borough	Kent
230	Lichfield	97,900		Staffordshire
231	West Dorset	97,200		Dorset
232	Eastbourne	96,100	Borough	East Sussex
233	Staffordshire Moorlands	95,500		Staffordshire
234	Lewes	95,200		East Sussex
235	Cannock Chase	94,800		Staffordshire
236	Mid Suffolk	94,700		Suffolk
237	Allerdale	94,500	Borough	Cumbria
238	Great Yarmouth	94,400	Borough	Norfolk
239	Worcester	94,100	City (1189)	Worcestershire
240	Blaby	93,400		Leicestershire
241	High Peak	93,200	Borough	Derbyshire
242	Bromsgrove	92,800		Worcestershire
243	South Derbyshire	92,700		Derbyshire
244	North Devon	92,300		Devon
245	Woking	92,200	Borough	Surrey
246	Dartford	92,000	Borough	Kent
247	Fenland	91,800		Cambridgeshire
248	Rugby	91,700	Borough	Warwickshire
249	Hartlepool	91,700	Unitary Authority, Borough	Durham
250	Spelthorne	91,200	Borough	Surrey
251	South Northamptonshire	91,000		Northamptonshire
252	Chiltern	90,900		Buckinghamshire
253	North West Leicestershire	90,800		Leicestershire
254	Kettering	90,700	Borough	Northamptonshire
255	Hart	90,600		Hampshire
256	Broxbourne	90,100	Borough	Hertfordshire
257	Pendle	89,900	Borough	Lancashire
258	Castle Point	89,800	Borough	Essex
259	Rushmoor	89,600	Borough	Hampshire
260	West Lindsey	88,900		Lincolnshire
261	Rother	88,800		East Sussex
262	Lincoln	88,400	City (TI)	Lincolnshire
263	Three Rivers	87,700		Hertfordshire
264	Burnley	87,300	Borough	Lancashire
265	Hambleton	87,100		North Yorkshire
266	Babergh	87,000		Suffolk
267	Hastings	86,400	Borough	East Sussex
268	East Northamptonshire	86,200		Northamptonshire
269	East Dorset	85,900		Dorset
270	Cotswold	83,500		Gloucestershire
271	South Hams	83,500		Devon
272	Tandridge	83,500		Surrey
273	South Holland	83,400		Lincolnshire
274	Surrey Heath	83,400	Borough	Surrey
275	Runnymede	83,400	Borough	Surrey
276	Rochford	83,200		Essex
277	Harborough	82,800		Leicestershire
278	East Cambridgeshire	82,300		Cambridgeshire
279	Selby	82,000		North Yorkshire
280	Mole Valley	82,000		Surrey
281	Forest of Dean	81,900		Gloucestershire
282	Hyndburn	81,600	Borough	Lancashire
283	Watford	81,000	Borough	Hertfordshire
284	Stevenage	80,000	Borough	Hertfordshire
285	Gosport	80,000	Borough	Hampshire
286	Redditch	79,900	Borough	Worcestershire
287	Daventry	79,700		Northamptonshire
288	Tewkesbury	79,100	Borough	Gloucestershire
289	Harlow	79,000		Essex
290	Mid Devon	76,700		Devon
291	Fylde	76,500	Borough	Lancashire
292	Wellingborough	76,400	Borough	Northamptonshire
293	Tamworth	75,800	Borough	Staffordshire

[edit] 50,000 to 75,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
294	Malvern Hills	74,800		Worcestershire
295	Bolsover	74,300		Derbyshire
296	Uttlesford	73,700		Essex
297	Brentwood	73,200	Borough	Essex
298	Epsom and Ewell	72,400	Borough	Surrey
299	Barrow-in-Furness	71,800	Borough	Cumbria
300	Derbyshire Dales	70,700		Derbyshire
301	Copeland	70,300	Borough	Cumbria
302	North Dorset	67,900		Dorset
303	Rossendale	67,300	Borough	Lancashire
304	Torridge	65,600		Devon
305	Weymouth and Portland	65,000	Borough	Dorset
306	South Bucks	64,800		Buckinghamshire
307	Forest Heath	64,700		Suffolk
308	Maldon	63,100		Essex
309	North Warwickshire	62,300	Borough	Warwickshire
310	Adur	60,700		West Sussex
311	Ribble Valley	58,500	Borough	Lancashire
312	Boston	58,300	Borough	Lincolnshire
313	Oadby and Wigston	57,200	Borough	Leicestershire
314	Craven	56,200		North Yorkshire
315	Corby	55,800	Borough	Northamptonshire
316	Ryedale	53,500		North Yorkshire
317	West Devon	52,900	Borough	Devon
318	Eden	51,900		Cumbria
319	Richmondshire	51,500		North Yorkshire

[edit] Below 50,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
320	Melton	49,300	Borough	Leicestershire
321	Purbeck	46,000		Dorset
322	Christchurch	45,800	Borough	Dorset
323	Rutland	39,200	Unitary Authority	Rutland
324	West Somerset	35,500		Somerset
325	City of London	7,900	Unitary Authority, City (TI), sui generis	City of London
326	Isles of Scilly	2,100	Unitary Authority, sui generis	Cornwall

[edit] See also

• List of Welsh principal areas by population
• List of Northern Ireland districts by population
• List of Scottish districts by population

[edit] References

• "Table 8 Local Authority selected age groups 2008". Office for National Statistics. 2009-08-27. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_population/Mid_2008_UK_England_&_Wales_Scotland_and_Northern_Ireland_27_08_09.zip. Retrieved 2009-10-31.