As of 2012, there are 66 official cities in the United Kingdom. 50 are in England, six in Scotland, five in Northern Ireland and five in Wales. What is City Status In the UK?
City status is an honor which is bestowed by Her Majesty the Queen under the Royal Prerogative, while acting on Ministers' advice.
Towns interested in acquiring City status are invited to apply by way of a competition. However, it is important to note that City status is not a right to be claimed by any particular town by fulfilling certain fixed criteria. Each application is judged on its individual merits.
The 50 Cities of England
- Bath
- Birmingham
- Bradford
- Brighton and Hove
- Bristol
- Cambridge
- Canterbury
- Carlisle
- Chelmsford
- Chester
- Chichester
- City of London
- Coventry
- Derby
- Durham,
- Ely
- Exeter
- Gloucester
- Hereford
- Kingston Upon Hull
- Lancaster
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Lichfield
- Lincoln
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Oxford
- Peterborough
- Plymouth
- Portsmouth
- Preston
- Salford
- Salisbury
- Sheffield
- Southampton
- St Albans
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Sunderland
- Truro
- Wakefield
- Wells
- Westminster
- Winchester
- Wolverhampton
- Worcester
- York
6 Cities of Scotland
- Aberdeen
- Dundee
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Inverness
- Stirling
- Armagh
- Belfast
- Derry
- Lisburn
- Newry
- Bangor
- Cardiff
- Newport
- St Asaph
- St David's
- Swansea