which cities urban area is largest in england ?
According to the ONS urban area populations for continuous built - up areas , these are the 15 largest conurbations ( population figures from the 2001 census ) :The largest cities in England are as follows ( in alphabetical order ) : Birmingham Bradford Bristol Coventry Derby Kingston upon Hull Leeds Leicester Liverpool London Manchester Middlesbrough Newcastle upon Tyne Norwich Nottingham Oxford Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Sheffield Southampton Stoke - on - Trent Wolverhampton