| conurbation | head city | population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greater London | London | 7,926,000 |
| 2 | West Midlands | Birmingham | 2,360,000 |
| 3 | Greater Manchester | Manchester | 2,337,000 |
| 4 | Central Clydesdale | Glasgow | 1,648,000 |
| 5 | West Yorkshire | Leeds | 1,581,000 |
| 6 | Tyneside | Newcastle upon Tyne | 797,000 |
| 7 | Liverpool | Liverpool | 690,000 |
| 8 | Sheffield | Sheffield | 673,000 |
| 9 | Nottingham | Nottingham | 631,000 |
| 10 | Bristol | Bristol | 568,000 |
| 11 | Edinburgh | Edinburgh | 527,000 |
| 12 | Brighton-Worthing-Littlehampton | Brighton | 495,000 |
| 13 | Portsmouth | Portsmouth | 476,000 |
| 14 | Belfast | Belfast | 437,000 |
| 15 | Leicester | Leicester | 423,000 |
| 16 | The Potteries | Stoke on Trent | 389,000 |
| 17 | Teeside | Middlesbrough | 380,000 |
| 18 | Bournemouth | Bournemouth | 376,000 |
| 19 | Coventry-Bedworth | Coventry | 348,000 |
| 20 | Hull | Kingston upon Hull | 331,000 |
| 21 | Cardiff | Cardiff | 326,000 |
| 22 | Southampton-Eastleigh | Southampton | 322,000 |
| 23 | Preston | Preston | 320,000 |
| 24 | Southend | Southend | 299,000 |
| 25 | Blackpool | Blackpool | 293,000 |
| 26 | Swansea | Swansea | 289,000 |
| 27 | Birkenhead | Birkenhead | 279,000 |
| 28 | Plymouth | Plymouth | 258,000 |
| 29 | Medway | Rochester | 247,000 |
| 30 | Aldershot | Aldershot | 245,000 |
| 31 | Aberdeen | Aberdeen | 231,000 |
| 32 | Luton-Dunstable | Luton | 228,000 |
| 33 | Derby | Derby | 227,000 |
| 34 | Reading | Reading | 220,000 |
| 35 | Sunderland-Whitburn | Sunderland | 202,000 |
| 36 | Norwich | Norwich | 199,000 |
| 37 | Northampton | Northampton | 186,000 |