List of Counties in the United Kingdom   

The counties of the United Kingdom are a national division of historical origin. Even in the Middle Ages they had become established as a unit of local government. In some areas the ancient counties have been adapted to perform the functions of modern local government. Some have been replaced with alternative systems, which are considered 'county level' authorities.

These days the counties are in a state of constant flux, areas changed and divided for political purposes. Therefore, it is quite difficult to actually pin down what is still a county, what has been disbanded and what it has been replaced with. This is our best endeavour to supply a list of the counties within the UK. For a list of traditional and ancient counties visit he Association of British Counties (ABC). An organisation dedicated to 'Saving our Shires'.

Counties in the UK

	County	Significant towns and cities
Bedfordshire Ampthill, Bedford, Biggleswade, Dunstable, Flitwick, Kempston, Leighton Buzzard, Luton, Potton, Sandy, Woburn Berkshire Bracknell, Crowthorne, Hungerford, Maidenhead, Newbury, Reading, Sandhurst, Slough, Thatcham, Wokingham Borders Coldstream, Duns, Eyemouth, Galashiels, Hawick, Innerleithen, Jedburgh, Kelso, Melrose, Peebles, Selkirk Bristol Bristol Buckinghamshire Aylesbury, Beaconsfield, Bletchley, Buckingham, Chesham, High Wycombe, Marlow, Milton Keynes, Newport Pagnell, Olney, Princes Risborough, Wendover, Winslow Cambridgeshire Cambridge, Chatteris, Ely, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, March, Peterborough, Soham, Wisbech Central Alloa, Bridge of Allan, Callander, Dunblane, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Stirling, Tillicoultry Cheshire Alsager, Bollington, Chester, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Frodsham, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Middlewich, Nantwich, Neston, Northwich, Runcorn, Sale, Sandbach, Warrington, Widnes, Winsford Cleveland Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Stockton on Tees, Yarm Clwyd Buckley, Colwyn Bay, Denbigh, Flint, Hawarden, Holywell, Llangollen, Mold, Prestatyn, Rhuddlan, Rhyl, Ruthin, Wrexham Cornwall Bodmin, Bude, Camborne, Camelford, Falmouth, Fowey, Hayle, Helston, Launceston, Liskeard, Looe, Lostwithiel, Newquay, Padstow, Penryn, Penzance, Redruth, Saltash, Torpoint, Truro, Wadebridge County Antrim Antrim, Ballycastle, Ballyclare, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Bushmills, Carrickfergus, Crumlin, Larne, Lisburn, Newtownabbey, Portrush, Randalstown County Armagh Armagh, Craigavon, Lurgan, Markethill, Newry, Portadown County Down Ballynahinch, Banbridge, Bangor, Castlewellan, Comber, Donaghadee, Downpatrick, Kilkeel, Killyleagh, Newcastle, Newtownards, Portaferry, Rostrevor, Saintfield, Warrenpoint County Durham Barnard Castle, Billingham, Bishop Auckland, Chester-le-Street, Consett, Crook, Darlington, Durham, Eaglescliffe, Easington, Ferryhill, Newton Aycliffe, Peterlee, Seaham, Sedgefield, Shildon, Spennymoor, Stanley, Stockton-on-Tees, Tow Law, Willington, Wolsingham County Fermanagh Enniskillen, Lisnaskea County Londonderry Coleraine, Limavady, Londonderry, Londonderry, Magherafelt, Portstewart County Tyrone Castlederg, Clogher, Coalisland, Cookstown, Dungannon, Fintona, Fivemiletown, Omagh, Strabane Cumbria Alston, Appleby in Westmorland, Barrow in Furness, Carlisle, Cockermouth, Grange over, Sands, Kendal, Keswick, Kirkby Lonsdale, Maryport, Penrith, Staveley, Ulverston, Whitehaven, Windermere, Workington Derbyshire Alfreton, Ashbourne, Bakewell, Belper, Bolsover, Buxton, Chesterfield, Derby, Dronfield, Glossop, Heanor, Ilkeston, Long Eaton, Matlock, New Mills, Ripley, Swadlincote, Whaley Bridge Devon Ashburton, Axminster, Barnstaple, Bideford, Bradninch, Brixham, Buckfastleigh, Budleigh, Salterton, Crediton, Cullompton, Dartmouth, Dawlish, Exeter, Exmouth, Heathfield, Holsworthy, Honiton, Ilfracombe, Ivybridge, Kingsbridge, Lynton, Moretonhampstead, Newton Abbot, Okehampton, Paignton, Plymouth, Salcombe, Seaton, Sidmouth, South Molton, Tavistock, Teignmouth, Tiverton, Torquay, Totnes Dumfries and Galloway Blandford Forum, Bournemouth, Bridport, Christchurch, Dorchester, Ferndown, Gillingham, Gillingham, Lyme Regis, Poole, Shaftesbury, Sherborne, Swanage, Verwood, Wareham, Weymouth Dyfed Aberaeron, Aberystwyth, Ammanford, Burry Port, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Fishguard, Haverfordwest, Lampeter, Laugharne, Llandeilo, Llandovery, Llanelli, Milford Haven, Narberth, Newcastle Emlyn, Pembroke, Tenby, Tregaron East Riding of Yorkshire Bridlington, Aldbrough, Flamborough, Hornsea, Kingston-upon-Hull, Withernsea East Sussex Battle, Bexhill on Sea, Brighton, Crowborough, Eastbourne, Hailsham, Hastings, Heathfield, Hove, Lewes, Newhaven, Polegate, Rye, Seaford, Uckfield, Wadhurst Essex Basildon, Billericay, Braintree, Brentwood, Brightlingsea, Burnham on Crouch, Chelmsford, Clacton on Sea, Coggeshall, Colchester, Epping, Grays, Hadleigh, Halstead, Harlow, Harwich, Ilford, Loughton, Maldon, Manningtree, Rayleigh, Rochford, Romford, Saffron Walden, South Woodham Ferrers, Southend on Sea, Thaxted, Tilbury, Waltham Abbey, Walton on the Naze, Wickford, Witham Fife Auchtermuchty, Burntisland, Cowdenbeath, Cupar, Dunfermline, Falkland, Inverkeithing, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Ladybank, Leven, Markinch, Newport on Tay, Pittenweem Gloucestershire Bradley Stoke, Cheltenham, Chipping Campden, Chipping Sodbury, Cinderford, Cirencester, Dursley, Fairford, Gloucester, Lydney, Moreton in Marsh, Nailsworth, Newent, Painswick, Stroud, Tetbury, Tewkesbury, Wotton under Edge Grampian Aberdeen, Ballater, Banchory, Banff, Buckie, Cullen, Dufftown, Elgin, Forres, Fraserburgh, Huntly, Inverurie, Keith, Kintore, Laurencekirk, Lossiemouth, Oldmeldrum, Peterhead Greater Manchester Ashton in Makerfield, Bolton, Bury, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Farnworth, Horwich, Hyde, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Westhoughton, Wigan Gwent Abergavenny, Abertillery, Brynmawr, Caldicot, Chepstow, Cwmbran, Ebbw Vale, Monmouth, Newport, Tredegar, Usk Gwynedd County Abergele, Amlwch, Bala, Bangor, Barmouth, Beaumaris, Betws y Coed, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Caernarfon, Conwy, Criccieth, Dolgellau, Holyhead, Llandudno, Llanrwst, Penmaenmawr, Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Tywyn Hampshire Aldershot, Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, Eastleigh, Fareham, Farnborough, Fleet, Fordingbridge, Gosport, Havant, Hythe, Lymington, New Milton, Petersfield, Portsmouth, Ringwood, Romsey, Southampton, Southsea, Tadley, Totton, Whitchurch, Winchester, Yateley Herefordshire Bromyard, Hatfield, Hereford, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, Ross on Wye Hertfordshire Barnet, Berkhamsted, Borehamwood, Buntingford, Cheshunt, Harpenden, Hatfield, Hemel, Hempstead, Hertford, Hitchin, Hoddesdon, Letchworth, Potters Bar, Rickmansworth, Royston, Sawbridgeworth, Stevenage, Tring, Waltham Cross, Ware, Watford, Welwyn Garden City Highlands and Islands Cromarty, Dingwall, Dornoch, Fort William, Grantown on Spey, Inverness, Kingussie, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Nairn, Tain, Thurso, Wick Humberside Barton upon Humber, Beverley, Bridlington, Brigg, Cleethorpes, Driffield, Goole, Grimsby, Hessle, Hornsea, Howden, Market Weighton, Pocklington, Scunthorpe, Withernsea Isle of Wight Brading, Cowes, Newport, Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin, Ventnor, Yarmouth Kent Ashford, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Chatham, Crayford, Dartford, Deal, Dover, Edenbridge, Erith, Faversham, Folkestone, Gillingham, Gravesend, Herne Bay, Hythe, Lydd, Maidstone, Margate, Orpington, Ramsgate, Rochester, Sandwich, Sevenoaks, Sheerness, Sittingbourne, Southborough, Strood, Swanley, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Westerham, Whitstable Lancashire Accrington, Adlington, Bacup, Barnoldswick, Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, Carnforth, Chorley, Clitheroe, Colne, Darwen, Failsworth, Fleetwood, Kirkham, Lancaster, Leyland, Longridge, Morecambe, Ormskirk, Poulton le Fylde, Preston, Skelmersdale, Whitworth Leicestershire Ashby de la Zouch, Coalville, Hinckley, Leicester, Loughborough, Lutterworth, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, Shepshed, Wigston Lincolnshire Alford, Boston, Bourne, Caistor, Gainsborough, Grantham, Horncastle, Lincoln, Louth, Mablethorpe, Market Deeping, Market Rasen, Skegness, Sleaford, Spalding, Spilsby, Stamford Lothian Bathgate, Dalkeith, Dunbar, Edinburgh, Haddington, Linlithgow, Loanhead, Musselburgh, North Berwick, Penicuik Merseyside Bebington, Birkenhead, Bootle, Heswall, Hoylake, Kirkby, Liverpool, Newton le Willows, Prescot, Southport, Wallasey Mid Glamorgan Aberdare, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Llantrisant, Maesteg, Merthyr Tydfil, Pontypridd, Porth, Porthcawl Norfolk Aylsham, Cromer, Dereham, Diss, Downham Market, Fakenham, Great Yarmouth, Hunstanton, North Walsham, Norwich, Sheringham, Thetford, Wells next the Sea, Wymondham North Yorkshire Bedale, Easingwold, Filey, Harrogate, Knaresborough, Malton, Middleham, Northallerton, Pickering, Richmond, Ripon, Scarborough, Selby, Settle, Skipton, Tadcaster, Thirsk, Whitby, York Northamptonshire Brackley, Burton Latimer, Corby, Daventry, Higham Ferrers, Irthlingborough, Kettering, Northampton, Oundle, Rushden, Thrapston, Towcester, Wellingborough Northumberland Alnwick, Ashington, Bedlington, Berwick upon Tweed, Blyth, Corbridge, Cramlington, Haltwhistle, Hexham, Morpeth, Prudhoe, Rothbury Nottinghamshire Beeston, Bingham, Eastwood, Hucknall, Mansfield, Nottingham, Retford, Southwell, Sutton in Ashfield, Worksop Oxfordshire Abingdon, Banbury, Bicester, Burford, Carterton, Charlbury, Chipping Norton, Didcot, Dorchester, Faringdon, Henley on Thames, Oxford, Thame, Wallingford, Wantage, Witney, Woodstock Powys Brecon, Builth Wells, Crickhowell, Hay on Wye, Knighton, Llandrindod Wells, Llanfyllin, Llanidloes, Llanwrtyd Wells, Machynlleth, Montgomery, Newtown, Presteigne, Rhayader, Talgarth, Welshpool Rutland Oakham, Uppingham Shropshire Bridgnorth, Church Stretton, Ellesmere, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Newport, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Telford, Wem, Whitchurch Somerset Bath, Bridgwater, Burnham on Sea, Clevedon, Chard, Crewkerne, Frome, Glastonbury, Keynsham, Ilminster, Midsomer Norton, Minehead, Portishead, Shepton Mallet, Somerton, Taunton, Wellington, Wells, Weston-super-Mare, Wincanton, Winsford, Yeovil South Glamorgan Barry, Cardiff, Cowbridge, Llantwit Major, Penarth South Yorkshire Barnsley, Bawtry, Dinnington, Doncaster, Hatfield, Mexborough, Penistone, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wombwell Staffordshire Alton, Biddulph, Burntwood, Cannock, Leek, Lichfield, Rugeley, Stafford, Stoke on Trent, Stone, Tamworth, Uttoxeter Strathclyde Airdrie, Ayr, Barrhead, Bearsden, Bellshill, Biggar, Campbeltown, Carluke, Clydebank, Coatbridge, Cumbernauld, Dumbarton, Dunoon, East Kilbride, Glasgow, Gourock, Greenock, Hamilton, Helensburgh, Inveraray, Irvine, Johnstone, Kilbarchan, Kilmarnock, Kilwinning, Lanark, Largs, Lochgilphead, Maybole, Milngavie, Motherwell, Oban, Paisley, Prestwick, Rothesay, Rutherglen, Saltcoats, Tobermory, Troon Suffolk Aldeburgh, Beccles, Bungay, Eye, Felixstowe, Framlingham, Halesworth, Haverhill, Ipswich, Kesgrave, Leiston, Lowestoft, Needham Market, Newmarket, Otley, Saxmundham, Southwold, Stowmarket, Sudbury, Woodbridge Surrey Ashford, Camberley, Dorking, Egham, Epsom, Esher, Farnham, Godalming, Guildford, Haslemere, Horley, Leatherhead, Redhill, Reigate, Staines, Walton on Thames, Weybridge, Woking Tayside Aberfeldy, Arbroath, Brechin, Carnoustie, Crieff, Dundee, Forfar, Kinross, Kirriemuir, Monifieth, Montrose, Perth, Pitlochry Tyne and Wear Gateshead, Houghton le Spring, Jarrow, Newcastle upon Tyne, South Shields, Sunderland, Washington, Whitley Bay Warwickshire Alcester, Atherstone, Bedworth, Coleshill, Kenilworth, Leamington Spa, Nuneaton, Rugby, Shipston on Stour, Southam, Stratford upon Avon, Warwick, Whitnash West Glamorgan Gorseinon, Neath, Port Talbot, Swansea West Midlands Aldridge, Bilston, Birmingham, Blackheath, Bloxwich, Coventry, Dudley, Halesowen, Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Tipton, Walsall, Wednesbury, Wednesfield, West Bromwich, Willenhall, Wolverhampton West Sussex Arundel, Bognor Regis, Burgess Hill, Chichester, Crawley, Cuckfield, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath, Horsham, Littlehampton, Midhurst, Petworth, Selsey, Shoreham by Sea, Worthing West Yorkshire Batley, Bradford, Brighouse, Castleford, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Halifax, Hebden Bridge Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Ilkley, Keighley, Leeds, Morley, Normanton, Ossett, Otley, Pontefract, Pudsey, Todmorden, Wakefield, Wetherby, Yeadon Wiltshire Amesbury, Bradford on Avon, Calne, Chippenham, Devizes, Highworth, Malmesbury, M, Trowbridge, Warminster, Westbury, Wootton Bassett Worcestershire Bewdley, Bromsgrove, Evesham, Kidderminster, Malvern, Pershore, Redditch, Worcester

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