OT What is the UKs biggest town

[ARW]

Either by population or by area.

I just had a 50 bet with someone that it is not Huddersfield.

[GMM]

I think you'll be good for your 50 quid. A quick Google says it's Reading, with Huddersfield 11th Mine's a pint....

[Graham.]

By population, Reading, according to

Huddersfield is in 11 place.

[Java Jive]

Presumably the point is that cities are excluded?

This has it Reading:

These include cities and have it London:

[Brian Gaff]

Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

Brian

[Andrew Mawson]

As far as I am aware there is no Cathedral in Reading, so it CANNOT be a city

AWEM

[The Medway Handyman]

How about Unitary Authorities? Medway beats reading 234,000 to 264,000.

[Andy Burns]

They applied to be one of the Silver Jubbly cities ...

[fred]

In article , ARW writes

Given the contenders, is that biggest town or biggest shit'ole?

[Bob Eager]

That's no longer one of the criteria. Brighton has no cathedral.

[Java Jive]

Good question!

Before I went to live >

[polygonum]

Where is Southampton's cathedral? Or Sunderland's? Or Brighton and Hove's?

[Andy Burns]

Oops, not Silver, try Diamond

[The Natural Philosopher]

Its pretty cheesy tho.

[The Natural Philosopher]

that's got to be stoke on trent surely?

[The Natural Philosopher]

I wouldn't call any of em cities.

[Java Jive]

[Bod]

A town is not designated as a city because of it having a cathedral. (It used to be).

It's based on population size and various other criteria

[polygonum]

Your choice entirely!

At the same time, there are quite a few long-established cities which have few of the attributes we often associate with the term "city". Except they have a cathedral.

[John Williamson]

There's no cathedral in Stoke-on-Trent, either, but that *is* a city. and they've got a charter granted in 1925 to prove it.

And, Brian, it only takes a Royal Commission and an application to make a new city.