Ranking of British big cities

With a population of more than 8.67 million, London is the capital of Britain, and the population of London metropolitan area is about 6.5438+0.3879 million, making it the largest city in Europe. It ranks alongside new york as the largest financial center in the world.

Total population: 6.905 million

Number of students:188,000.

2. Birmingham

Birmingham, with a population of over 165438+ million, is the second largest city in Britain after London. Birmingham is one of the major manufacturing centers in Britain.

Total population: 654.38+0 million.

Number of students: 45,000

3. Leeds City

Leeds, with a population of over 766,000, is the third largest city in Britain. There are three universities in Leeds with a student population of over 250,000.

4. Glasgow City

Glasgow, with a population of over 600,000, is the soul of modern Scotland. Glasgow is the most typical Scottish city and the largest city and port in Scotland.

Total population: over 700,000.

5. Sheffield

Sheffield is the fifth largest city in Britain, located in the middle of England, 62 kilometers away from Manchester, and it takes 2 hours by train to reach London, so the transportation is very convenient. Sheffield is a multicultural city. People from different cultural backgrounds live here, and you can hear at least 84 languages. Here you can find restaurants and cafes with different flavors from Asia, China, Italian, Spanish and other countries in the world.

6. Bradford

Bradford, with a population of over 528,000, is one of the top ten cities in Britain and the center of wool textile industry.

7. Manchester

Manchester, with a population of over 520,000, is an autonomous city, city and unitary authority in Greater Manchester County, northwest England. Manchester was named after the old English name "Mamucium" (meaning papillary mountain), which later evolved and added "ceaster", which originated from the old Latin "Castra" and became "Manchester".

Total population: 2.5 million

Number of students: 70,000

8. Edinburgh

Edinburgh, with a population of over 460,000, is a famous cultural city in Britain. The capital of Scotland has a long history of papermaking, printing and publishing.

9. Liverpool

Liverpool, a port city in northwest England, is the fourth largest city in Britain with a population of over 520,000. It is one of the five boroughs in Merseyside and the capital of Merseyside. It is located 325 kilometers northwest of London, and it takes 2 hours and 40 minutes to get to London by train. As a famous commercial center and the second largest commercial port in Britain, Liverpool has a vast hinterland, and its foreign trade accounts for 1/4 of the whole country. The output ranks first in Britain, and the input is second only to London. It used to be a famous manufacturing center in Britain. Since1970s, the docks and traditional manufacturing industries in Liverpool have declined sharply.

Bristol, 10

Bristol, with more than 440,000 people, is an honorary county in southwest England. Single authority. City.