List of smallest cities in the United Kingdom

The table displays the 28 smallest official cities in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

across three measures. Most of these appear in all three of the following categories: * Area (body): This default sort ranks the physically smallest 20 local government areas (

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, villag ...

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

) 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 fewer since the 2001 census For the list of all 69 cities, and with additional information, see