List of the most populous civil parishes in England

This is a list of the most populous civil parishes in England.[1] It includes all civil parishes with populations over 30,000, representing less than 1% of all civil parishes but almost 3% of the population.

Lichfield, Hereford and Salisbury are in addition to being some of the most populous civil parishes in England, among the smallest cities.

Many large parishes have been created during the 21st century, due in part to new procedures making their creation easier, and also the ongoing creation of large unitary authorities, which has led to the desire to retain a more local tier of government.

In 2020, Northampton became the largest civil parish in England, due to local government reorganisation which will see it become part of the larger West Northamptonshire unitary authority.[2]

Rank	Parish	Local authority	Population (2010)	Status	Parish created
1	Sutton Coldfield	Birmingham	95,107	Town	2015
2	Weston-super-Mare	North Somerset	80,162	Town	2000
3	Crewe	Cheshire East	71,722	Town	2009
4	Shrewsbury	Shropshire	67,228	Town	2009
5	Aylesbury	Buckinghamshire	57,285	Town
6	Lowestoft	East Suffolk	56,932	Town	2017
7	Kidderminster	Wyre Forest	55,530	Town	2015
8	Keighley	Bradford	55,133	Town	2002
9	Bracknell	Bracknell Forest	54,265	Town	1955
10	Macclesfield	Cheshire East	52,044	Town	2009
11	Hereford	Herefordshire	50,537	City	2000
12	Royal Leamington Spa	Warwick	49,563	Town	2002
13	Banbury	Cherwell	45,052	Town	2000
14	Folkestone	Folkestone and Hythe	42,058	Town	2004
15	Salisbury	Wiltshire	39,896	City	2009
16	Ramsgate	Thanet	39,858	Town	2009
17	Farnham	Waverley	39,167	Town	1984
18	Canvey Island	Castle Point	38,941	Town	2007
19	Hatfield	Welwyn Hatfield	38,600	Town
20	Bishop's Stortford	East Hertfordshire	37,873	Town	1974
21	Bury St Edmunds	West Suffolk	37,854	Town	2003
22	Elstree and Borehamwood	Hertsmere	37,084	Town	1894
23	Leighton–Linslade	Central Bedfordshire	37,081	Town	1974
24	Andover	Test Valley	36,977	Town	2010
25	Morecambe	Lancaster	36,530	Town	2009
26	Billingham	Stockton-on-Tees	36,424	Town	2007
27	Blyth	Northumberland	36,379	Town
28	Bridlington	East Riding of Yorkshire	36,324	Town
29	Bridgwater	Sedgemoor	35,625	Town	2003
30	Chippenham	Wiltshire	35,155	Town
31	Dunstable	Central Bedfordshire	35,068	Town	1985
32	Exmouth	East Devon	34,441	Town
33	Earley	Wokingham	33,755	Town	1974
34	Ecclesfield	Sheffield	32,903	Parish
35[notes 1]	Wokingham	Wokingham	32,354	Town	1974
36	Abingdon-on-Thames	Vale of White Horse	32,183	Town	1974
37	Rayleigh	Rochford	31,982	Town
38	Morley	Leeds	31,832	Town	2000
39	Stanley	County Durham	31,673	Town	2007
40	Trowbridge	Wiltshire	31,392	Town	1974
41	Loughton	Epping Forest	31,218	Town	1996
42	Newbury	West Berkshire	31,200	Town	1997
43	Lichfield	Lichfield District	31,068	City
44	Winsford	Cheshire West and Chester	31,038	Town	1974
45	Bicester	Cherwell	30,474	Town	1974

References

Mid-2010 Population Estimates for Parishes in England and Wales
"England's 'largest' town council set for Northampton". BBC. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

Notes

Letchworth Garden City in North Hertfordshire, with a population of 32,858, was abolished on 31 March 2013.

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[1] Mid-2010 Population Estimates for Parishes in England and Wales

[2] "England's 'largest' town council set for Northampton". BBC. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

[3] Letchworth Garden City in North Hertfordshire, with a population of 32,858, was abolished on 31 March 2013.