List of smallest cities in the United Kingdom facts for kids
The table displays the 28 smallest official cities in the United Kingdom across three measures, the majority appearing in all categories bar some exceptions:
- Area (Body): This default sort ranks the physically smallest 20 local government areas (parish/community, district, county) and built-up areas that have city status
- Area (Locale): 21 cities with the smallest same-name built-up area (many cities have much countryside and multiple settlements within their boundaries)
- Census Population: 26 cities around 100,000 residents and less since the 2001 census (rank in the table is only for 2011 figures)
For the list of all 69 cities, and with additional information, see List of cities in the United Kingdom.
Lichfield, Hereford and Salisbury, in addition to being some of the smallest cities in England, are among the most populous civil parishes.
| City | Area (Body/Locale) | Body | Area (Locale) | Locale/ Body % |
Census Population | Home Nation | County | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | sq mi (km2) | # | sq mi (km2) | # | 2011 | 2001 | |||||
| City of London | 1 | 1.12 (2.90) | County | 3 | — | — | 3 | 7,375 | 7,185 | England | City of London |
| Wells | 2 | 2.11 (5.46) | Parish | 4 | 1.35 (3.50) | 63.99% | 4 | 10,536 | 10,406 | Somerset | |
| St Asaph | 3 | 2.49 (6.45) | Community | 2 | 0.50 (1.29) | 20.19% | 2 | 3,355 | 3,491 | Wales | Denbighshire |
| Bangor | 4 | 2.79 (7.23) | Community | 5 | 1.65 (4.27) | 59.20% | 6 | 16,358 | 13,725 | Gwynedd | |
| Ripon | 5 | 3.83 (9.92) | Parish | 7 | 1.97 (5.10) | 51.36% | 7 | 16,702 | 15,922 | England | North Yorkshire |
| Armagh | 6 | — | None | 11 | 3.97 (10.28) | — | 5 | 14,749 | 14,590 | Northern Ireland | County Armagh |
| Chichester | 7 | 4.12 (10.67) | Parish | 9 | 3.32 (8.60) | 80.77% | 10 | 26,795 | 23,731 | England | West Sussex |
| Truro | 8 | 4.15 (10.75) | Parish | 8 | 2.83 (7.33) | 68.25% | 8 | 18,766 | 17,431 | Cornwall | |
| Lichfield | 9 | 5.41 (14.01) | Parish | 10 | 3.35 (8.68) | 61.84% | 12 | 32,219 | 27,900 | Staffordshire | |
| Newry | 10 | — | None | 16 | 5.43 (14.06) | — | 11 | 26,967 | 27,433 | Northern Ireland | County Armagh/Down |
| Perth | 11 | — | None | 18 | 6.71 (17.38) | — | 16 | 46,970 | 43,450 | Scotland | Perth & Kinross |
| Salisbury | 12 | 7.14 (18.49) | Parish | 12 | 4.36 (11.29) | 61.04% | 13 | 40,302 | 39,726 | England | Wiltshire |
| Lisburn | 13 | — | None | 19 | 7.53 (19.50) | — | 14 | 45,370 | 71,465 | Northern Ireland | County Antrim/Down |
| Hereford | 14 | 7.85 (20.33) | Parish | 17 | 6.58 (17.04) | 83.82% | 17 | 58,896 | 50,154 | England | Herefordshire |
| Stirling | 15 | — | None | 21 | 7.91 (20.49) | — | 15 | 45,750 | 45,115 | Scotland | Stirling |
| City of Westminster | 16 | 8.29 (21.47) | District | — | — | — | — | 219,396 | 181,286 | England | Greater London |
| Inverness | 17 | — | None | — | 10.28 (26.63) | — | 18 | 61,235 | 71,000 | Scotland | Highland |
| Worcester | 18 | 12.85 (33.28) | District | — | 9.52 (24.66) | 74.12% | 24 | 98,768 | 93,353 | England | Worcestershire |
| Derry | 19 | — | None | — | 13.10 (33.93) | — | 20 | 85,016 | 83,652 | Northern Ireland | County Londonderry |
| Lincoln | 20 | 13.78 (35.69) | District | — | 12.61 (32.66) | 91.48% | 22 | 93,541 | 85,595 | England | Lincolnshire |
| St Davids | — | 17.88 (46.31) | Community | 1 | 0.23 (0.596) | 1.29% | 1 | 1,841 | 1,797 | Wales | Pembrokeshire |
| Ely | — | 22.86 (59.21) | Parish | 6 | 1.84 (4.77) | 8.04% | 9 | 20,256 | 15,102 | England | Cambridgeshire |
| Bath | — | 28.68 (74.28) | Trustee | — | 11.07 (28.67) | — | 21 | 88,859 | 83,992 | Somerset | |
| City of Canterbury | — | 119.25 (308.86) | District | 15 | 5.09 (13.18) | 4.27% | — | 151,145 | 135,278 | Kent | |
| City of Durham | — | 186.68 (483.50) | Trustee | 14 | 4.96 (12.85) | — | 23 | 94,375 | 87,709 | County Durham | |
| City of Winchester | — | 255.20 (660.96) | District | 13 | 4.76 (12.33) | 1.86% | 26 | 116,595 | 107,222 | Hampshire | |
| City of Carlisle | — | 401.28 (1,039.31) | District | 20 | 7.76 (20.10) | 1.93% | 25 | 107,524 | 100,739 | Cumbria | |
| City of Chester | — | 448.04 (1,160.42) | Trustee | — | 9.85 (25.51) | — | 19 | 79,645 | 77,040 | Cheshire | |
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