Regions are based on the 25 largest urban areas in the UK. Not sure which region you live in? Here is our list by order of population along with major cities and towns in each region.

1.Greater London

2. West Midlands (Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall)

3. Greater Manchester (Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Wilmslow)

4. West Yorkshire (Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield)

5. Greater Glasgow (Glasgow, Paisley, Coatbridge, Clydebank, Motherwell)

6. Tyneside (Newcastle upon Tyne, North Shields, South Shields, Gateshead, Jarrow)

7. Liverpool Urban Area (Liverpool, Bootle, Litherland, Huyton, Roby, Crosby, Prescot, St. Helens, Haydock)

8. Nottingham Urban Area (Nottingham, Beeston and Stapleford, Carlton, Long Eaton)

9. Sheffield Urban Area (Sheffield, Rotherham, Chapeltown, Mosborough/Highlane)

10. Bristol Urban Area (Bristol, Kingswood, Mangotsfield, Stoke Gifford)

11. Greater Belfast (Belfast, Castlereagh, Greenisland, Holywood)

12. Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton (Brighton, Worthing, Hove, Littlehampton, Shoreham, Lancing)

13. Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Musselburgh)

14. Portsmouth Urban Area (Portsmouth, Gosport, Waterlooville, Fareham)

15. Leicester Urban Area (Leicester, Wigston, Oadby, Birstall)

16. Bournemouth Urban Area (Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, New Milton)

17. Reading/Wokingham Urban Area (Reading, Bracknell, Wokingham, Crowthorne)

18. Teesside (Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar, Billingham)

19. The Potteries Urban Area (Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Kidsgrove)

20. Coventry/Bedworth Urban Area (Coventry, Bedworth, Exhall)

21. Cardiff Urban Area (Cardiff, Penarth, Dinas Powys, Radyr)

22. Birkenhead Urban Area (Birkenhead, Ellesmere Port, Wallasey, Bebington)

23. Southampton Urban Area (Southampton, Eastleigh, Bishopstoke)

24. Kingston upon Hull 

25. Swansea Urban Area (Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot, Pontardawe/Clydach)

 

More information on UK urban regions can be found at the relevant Wikipedia article.