List of the most populous civil parishes in England


This is a list of the most populous civil parishes in England. 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.
RankParishLocal authorityPopulation Status
1 Weston-super-Mare North Somerset 80,162Town
2 Shrewsbury Shropshire 67,228Town
3 Aylesbury Aylesbury Vale 57,285Town
4LowestoftEast Suffolk56,932Town
5Keighley Bradford 55,133Town
6Bracknell Bracknell Forest 54,265Town
7Macclesfield Cheshire 52,044Town
8Hereford Herefordshire 50,537City
9Royal Leamington Spa Warwick 49,563Town
10Banbury Cherwell 45,052Town
11Folkestone Folkestone and Hythe 42,058Town
12Salisbury Wiltshire 39,896City
13Ramsgate Thanet 39,858Town
14Farnham Waverley 39,167Town
15Canvey Island Castle Point 38,941Town
16Hatfield Welwyn Hatfield 38,600Town
17Bishop's Stortford East Hertfordshire 37,873Town
18Bury St Edmunds St Edmundsbury 37,854Town
19Elstree and Borehamwood Hertsmere 37,084Town
20Leighton–Linslade Central Bedfordshire 37,081Town
21Andover Test Valley 36,977Town
22Morecambe Lancaster 36,530Town
23Billingham Stockton-on-Tees 36,424Town
24Blyth Northumberland 36,379Town
25Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire 36,324Town
26Bridgwater Sedgemoor 35,625Town
27Chippenham Wiltshire 35,155Town
28Dunstable Central Bedfordshire 35,068Town
29Exmouth East Devon 34,441Town
30Earley Wokingham 33,755Town
31Ecclesfield Sheffield 32,903
32Wokingham Wokingham 32,354Town
33Abingdon on Thames Vale of White Horse 32,183Town
34Rayleigh Rochford 31,982Town
35Morley Leeds 31,832Town
36Stanley County Durham 31,673Town
37Trowbridge Wiltshire 31,392Town
38Loughton Epping Forest 31,218Town
39Newbury West Berkshire 31,200Town
40Lichfield Lichfield 31,068City
41Winsford Cheshire West and Chester 31,038Town
42Bicester Cherwell 30,474Town