cities

[citymeerkat]

what are the ten biggest cities in england

[mikewall01]

This question always causes great debate. It depends on how you measure (area or population) and when you measure (new places granted city status & increases / decreases in boundaries / population).
There are currently 50 cities in England. Lots of information available at this link to the Lord Chancellors Dept :--
http://www.lcd.gov.uk/constitution/city/citygj.htm
#part6
My estimate of the largest English cities, by population, starting with the largest is London, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Wakefield, Coventry. And in 11th place, Newcastle.

[darth vader]

The top ten in the UK are (in order): London, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, Bradford, Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol. So if you want English cities, remove Glasgow and Edinburgh, and add Coventry, then Newcastle (not sure about Wakefield mike?) as 9 and 10

[melv]

Having spent some years in Coventry I would disagree that this is one of the largest cities, it is in actual fact reasonably small. Although interestingly it has the largest murder rate per head in Europe

[quattro]

Coventry gets in because most people get sent there ( Tony Blackburn 1970)