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.

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

References

↑ Mid-2010 Population Estimates for Parishes in England and Wales

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