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For anyone who wants to argue – All my figures are from the Office for National Statistics the government agency, and only official source for UK statistics.
The 15 biggest cities in the UK by population:
1 – Birmingham – 1,140,525
2 – Leeds – 798,786
3 – Glasgow – 635,640
4 – Sheffield – 589,214
5 – Manchester – 555,741
6 – Bradford – 542,128
7 – Edinburgh – 527,620
8 – Liverpool – 500,474
9 – Bristol – 465,866
10 – Coventry – 379,387
11 – Cardiff – 369,202
12 – Leicester – 354,036
13 – Wakefield – 351,592
14 – Belfast – 342,560
15 – Nottingham – 337,098
For anyone who wants to argue – All my figures are from the Office for National Statistics the government agency, and only official source for UK statistics.
The 15 biggest cities in the UK by area:
1 – Carlisle – 401.27 square miles (1,039.29 square kilometres)
2 – Winchester – 255.20 square miles (660.97 square kilometres)
3 – Lancaster – 222.09 square miles (576.21 square kilometres)
4 – Doncaster – 219.30 square miles (568 square kilometres)
5 – Leeds – 213.01 square miles (551.70 square kilometres)
6 – Swansea – 146.58 square miles (379.65 square kilometres)
7 – Sheffield – 142.06 square miles (367.93 square kilometres)
8 – Bradford – 141.47 square miles (366.41 square kilometres)
9 – Peterborough – 132.57 square miles (343.37 square kilometres)
10 – Chelmsford – 132.14 square miles (342.25 square kilometres)
11 – Wakefield – 130.74 square miles (338.61 square kilometres)
12 – Canterbury – 119.26 square miles (308.88 square kilometres)
13 – York – 104.99 square miles (271.93 square kilometres)
14 – Birmingham – 103.39 square miles (267.79 square kilometres)
15 – Edinburgh – 101.68 square miles (263.35 square kilometres)
5:14 just like most mayor's.
Fun fact – Two TV presenters from my city Bradford have been mayor's of the village of Wetwang.
Wang is also another name for penis.
I grew up in a Canadian village without a mayor. We had a reeve – the president of the village council. Our electoral districts are called ridings.
I live in Reading and it bloody pisses me off that we haven't been granted city status, despite several bids. We should get it on royal connections alone – the current Princess of Wales, future Queen Catherine, was born here (in the Royal Berkshire Hospital) FFS …. what more do we have to do?? 😤😤😤
Ha, the one guy in Lincoln claimed, it was a city, because of the cathedral.
If I would see him onesmore, I would tell him something!
yeah, 74 seems very low for a place like the UK; even here in Norway we have over 100 cities
British cities, like ALL THE CITIES IN EUROPE, are decided on one simple FACT. They all have a CATHEDRAL. So bloody simple, that it is no wonder the Yenghi are so confused. But then they are not a culture based on correct Christianity, being WASPs and all.
Elgin in Moray, Scotland has a ruined cathedral, their football team is called "Elgin City", but Elgin is not a city, it is a town. Brechin in Angus, Scotland is another example, Brechin has a cathedral, their football team are called "Brechin City", but Brechin is a town, not a city.
Im from ipswich wooo!! Alot of history there!
Well, for a while, having a Cathedral WAS what defined a city. But that's not been the case for a long while. Also, I'm talking specifically Church of England cathedrals. Catholic ones don't count.
2:48 you should read all the other "dictionary entries" on screen there. They're all very silly.
I'm actually really glad you brought up the drum roll thing. How DID they record him without the drum noise? Interesting.
They should make Aberystwyth a city. Especially since all the Welsh cities seem to be in the north or south, none in the middle. Aberywtwyth is certainly larger and more notable than some of the other Welsh cities.
Some of those 2022 cities hurt my soul. Milton Keynes? Milton Keynes is not a city, it's not even a town, it's just a huge blot on the landscape.
They probably should make Reading a city but at this point I just enjoy the meme of it not being one so let's continue that.
12:55 The joke here is that it's basically exactly the same in Germany
America has smaller cities than the UK. In some US states, each county seat is officially a city. Some of these counties have hardly any people whatsoever. I'm talking Nebraska or the Dakotas or something. So you have "cities" with a population of like 7 people.
Hey I'm from wakefield
You should read the other definitions in the mayor definition graphic😂
Kingston upon Hull was originally called .. The Kings town upon the River Hull
There are 32 cities with Lord Mayors or Lord Provosts which could be considered the top tier of cities
I think if you have a Cathedrial in your Town then it becomes a city..
4:46 you do need to read the dictionary, many jokes missed. also 12:47 read some of the government things to do.
Yea its fine be ause uks historical geographicl terms were based on who ran the area like county meant ruled by a count kingdom meant ruled by king barony ruled by a baron medievil terms were not size based but feudal terms
Southend got it's city status due to a polititian getting killed. That polititian had been in strong support of Southend getting city status and it was done in his memory.
Wow! I grew up in Gillingham Kent and always new Rochester as a City, plus the collection of towns as The Medway Towns. My uncle put the weather vane on top of Rochester Cathedral many years ago. I had no idea Rochester lost it's city status!
I’m from Chelmsford. We have the second smallest cathedral in the UK. And invented radio. Took until 2012 to get city status.
Southend got given their city status after their member of parliament was murder by a Islamic extremists.
In the UK. A town must have a market place, a city must have a cathedral.
11:08 If you use the German definition of a Großstadt (literally great/large/big-city, which is usually translated to city, as opposed to the other kinds of Stadt, which are usually called towns), that number is actually pretty much on the dot. The defintion would be by population and population only (100+k, in this instance). So imo, the number isn't too weird. The distribution, however, is.
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12:58 I walked right into that one, didn't I? xD
Ironic how the capital city is technically not a city 😂
A city has a cathedral.
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