This is a
list of official cities in the United Kingdom as of 2015. It lists those places that have been granted
city status by
letters patent or
royal charter. There are currently a total of 69 such cities in the
United Kingdom: 51 in England, seven in Scotland, six in Wales, and five in Northern Ireland. Of these, 23 in England, two in Wales, and one in
Northern Ireland possess
Lord Mayors and four in Scotland have
Lord Provosts. In some cases, the area holding city status does not coincide with the built up area or conurbation of which it forms part. In
Greater London, for example, the
City of London and that of
Westminster each hold city status separately but no other neighbourhood has been granted city status, nor has Greater London as a whole. In other cases, such as the Cities of
Canterbury and
Lancaster, the status extends over a number of towns and rural areas outside the main settlement proper.