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Find your UK area

England · 906 areasScotland · 113 areasWales · 62 areasNorthern Ireland · 30 areas
East Midlands 99 areas
East of England 117 areas
London 101 areas
North East 54 areas
North West 155 areas
Northern Ireland 30 areas
Scotland 113 areas
South East 188 areas
South West 106 areas
Wales 62 areas
West Midlands 80 areas
Yorkshire and The Humber 106 areas

How the 1,111 areas were selected

The directory selects the 1,111 largest entries by recorded population from the official settlement data used for this directory. Entries are ranked by population descending, then source name and area code. London is included once as a regional entry; additional London neighbourhoods and wards are excluded.

England and Wales use ONS Census 2021 built-up areas, with London from Nomis Census 2021. Scotland uses NRS Census 2022 localities. Northern Ireland uses NISRA 2015 settlement boundaries and 2011 population counts. These different dates and geographic definitions mean this is a source-based ranking, not a definitive current population ranking of all UK towns.

Some places share a name. Their clean service-and-place pages show each relevant location below the headings; use your postcode to identify the right one. The directory has 1,111 geographic entries and 1,199 distinct place-name pages.

Coverage, suitable equipment and attendance are confirmed individually. Area pages do not represent local offices or guarantee a recovery vehicle is stationed nearby.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ONS, National Records of Scotland and NISRA / Crown copyright.

100 largest London areas

These London wards are ranked by their 2021 Census populations using 2022 ward boundaries. Existing towns, cities and other London coverage remain in the directory above. Population source: Greater London Authority.

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