Dating in East of England: How to Meet People Beyond Your Small Town

East of England has about 6.6 million people and 1,154 towns, cities and villages, and most of them are small: 979 (85%) have fewer than 5,000 people, and 604 have fewer than 1,000. If you live in a small one, you already know what dating close to home looks like: you've met most of the single people you'd consider, or you know someone who has.

This page is for everyone in those towns. It covers why the big dating apps make a small town's dating pool even smaller, how Amarbis lets you meet people across all of East of England instead, and, further down, every town, city or village in East of England by county.

East of England by town size

Size of place	Places	People
Under 1,000	604	330,000
1,000 to 4,999	375	855,000
5,000 to 24,999	125	1.4 million
25,000 or more	50	3.4 million

The typical town, city or village in East of England has about 940 people. Its 50 places of 25,000 or more, led by Luton (234,000), Norwich (201,000) and Peterborough (191,000), are home to about 3.4 million of the region's 6.6 million people; everyone else lives in the smaller towns and the countryside.

Why your hometown still sets the limits in East of England

Most of East of England is within an hour of a bigger town, but that doesn't help as much as it should on a distance-ranked app. It builds your deck from the people closest to you first, so a smaller town's deck is mostly that town and its neighbours, and the people a little farther out come much later, if they come at all.

Why the nearest city is out of reach on the big apps

Dating in a small town is hard, and meeting someone in the nearest city can be harder. Many dating apps lean on distance to decide who you see, and Tinuiti's analysis of Tinder's algorithm says proximity is a key factor in who it shows you. When someone in Luton or Norwich opens a distance-ranked app, the people who live near them come first. You live farther away, so you land behind their neighbours in their deck, whatever your photos and profile say.

That's the small-town problem twice over: at home you keep seeing the same people, and in the city you're barely seen.

How Amarbis is different

You choose your region

On Amarbis you choose the region you meet people from instead of being limited to whoever lives closest. Choose East of England and your pool is the whole region, about 6.6 million people, whether you live in Luton or a village of a few hundred. A member in a town of 1,000 has the same region-wide pool as a member in Luton.

Ranking isn't based on distance

On Amarbis, ranking isn't based on distance. Choose East of England as your region and the person you'd like to meet in Luton isn't shown their next-door neighbour ahead of you because of where you live. It's the opposite of the proximity problem above, and it matters most to the people the big apps leave behind.

No distance limits, and the whole world if you want it

Amarbis has no distance limits, so you aren't limited to East of England either. You can widen your region to the neighbouring regions or meet someone in another country: Amarbis is an international dating app, the app speaks more than 50 languages, and built-in chat translation helps when you don't share one. The miles only matter once you both want to meet.

Real people, reviewed by real people

Every member has a real face photo, photos are screened before anyone sees them, and every profile on Amarbis is reviewed by a real person. When your local pool is small, every fake or abandoned profile takes up a bigger share of what you see, so that review step is worth more in a small town than in a big city.

Free to join

Joining is free, with no credit card. The free plan gives you 25 likes a day and unlimited messaging with your matches, so you can find out whether Amarbis works for your town before you pay anything. See plans and pricing for what the paid plans add.

How to start from a small town in East of England

Sign up free and build a profile that sounds like you: a clear photo of your face and one specific thing about life in your town. Our profile tips show what works.
Set your region to East of England, or wider if you like.
Message first. One good question about where someone lives works better than "hey", and a conversation can start long before anyone plans a trip.
When you both want to meet, pick a public place about halfway, tell a friend where you're going, and follow our safe-meeting checklist.

Built by someone from a small town

Amarbis's founder, Nick, is from Boardman, Oregon, a small American town of about 4,500 people. The small-town dating problem on this page is one he knows first-hand: a deck full of people you already know, and a nearby city that ranks its own neighbours ahead of you. Amarbis is built so that where you live in East of England doesn't decide who you can meet.

Every town, city or village in East of England

All 1,154 towns, cities and villages in East of England by county. Wherever yours is on this list, everything on this page applies to you: choose East of England as your region on Amarbis and every place below is in your pool.

Bedford

Bedford: 97,235 people
Bromham: 4,650 people
Cardington: 330 people
Carlton: 925 people
Clapham: 4,505 people
Cople: 780 people
Cotton End: 825 people
Felmersham: 375 people
Great Barford: 2,250 people
Great Denham: 4,360 people
Harrold: 1,665 people
Kempston: 22,785 people
Little Staughton: 480 people
Milton Ernest: 770 people
Oakley: 2,510 people
Pavenham: 505 people
Podington: 385 people
Riseley: 1,320 people
Roxton: 335 people
Salph End: 490 people
Sharnbrook: 1,740 people
Shortstown: 4,840 people
Stagsden: 375 people
Stevington: 580 people
Stewartby: 2,545 people
Turvey: 930 people
Willington: 800 people
Wilstead: 2,405 people
Wixams: 6,050 people
Wootton: 7,565 people
Workhouse End: 345 people
Wyboston: 620 people
Wymington: 1,000 people

Cambridgeshire

Abbots Ripton: 310 people
Abbotsley: 420 people
Alconbury: 1,465 people
Alconbury Weald: 1,220 people
Alconbury Weston: 800 people
Ashley: 675 people
Balsham: 1,625 people
Bar Hill: 3,900 people
Barrington: 1,185 people
Barton: 505 people
Bassingbourn: 2,355 people
Benwick: 1,145 people
Bluntisham and Colne: 2,790 people
Bottisham: 1,990 people
Bourn: 700 people
Brampton: 6,585 people
Brinkley: 370 people
Buckden: 2,755 people
Burwell: 5,915 people
Bury: 1,750 people
Cambourne: 11,075 people
Cambridge: 152,740 people
Castle Camps: 645 people
Catworth: 370 people
Caxton: 615 people
Chatteris: 11,015 people
Cheveley: 925 people
Chippenham: 520 people
Christchurch: 895 people
Coates and Eastrea: 2,315 people
Comberton: 2,255 people
Coton: 950 people
Cottenham: 6,155 people
Doddington and Wimblington: 4,275 people
Down Field: 645 people
Dry Drayton: 700 people
Duxford: 2,220 people
Earith: 1,655 people
Ellington: 605 people
Elsworth: 620 people
Eltisley: 395 people
Elton: 690 people
Ely: 19,185 people
Farcet: 1,595 people
Fen Ditton: 510 people
Fen Drayton: 880 people
Fenstanton: 3,015 people
Folksworth: 880 people
Fordham (East Cambridgeshire): 2,565 people
Fowlmere: 1,295 people
Foxton: 1,275 people
Friday Bridge: 1,410 people
Fulbourn: 3,740 people
Gamlingay: 2,920 people
Girton: 4,395 people
Glatton: 270 people
Godmanchester: 7,715 people
Gorefield: 1,070 people
Grantchester: 535 people
Graveley: 280 people
Great Abington: 795 people
Great Chishill: 650 people
Great Eversden: 230 people
Great Gransden: 980 people
Great Paxton: 1,005 people
Great Shelford and Stapleford: 6,160 people
Great Staughton: 850 people
Great Stukeley: 710 people
Great Wilbraham: 605 people
Guilden Morden: 635 people
Haddenham: 3,050 people
Hail Weston: 580 people
Hardwick: 2,660 people
Harlton: 315 people
Harston: 1,825 people
Haslingfield: 1,535 people
Hauxton: 1,320 people
Heathfield: 670 people
Hemingford Abbots: 620 people
Hemingford Grey: 3,370 people
Heydon: 215 people
Highfields Caldecote: 2,050 people
Hilton: 1,050 people
Hinxton: 330 people
Histon and Impington: 7,780 people
Holme: 670 people
Horningsea: 330 people
Horseheath: 460 people
Houghton: 1,365 people
Huntingdon: 25,600 people
Ickleton: 745 people
Isleham: 2,285 people
Kimbolton: 1,055 people
Kingston: 245 people
Kneesworth: 875 people
Landbeach: 655 people
Leverington: 1,695 people
Linton: 4,455 people
Litlington: 850 people
Little Abington: 490 people
Little Downham: 1,235 people
Little Eversden: 565 people
Little Gransden: 285 people
Little Paxton: 4,030 people
Little Shelford: 775 people
Little Stukeley: 765 people
Little Thetford: 745 people
Littleport: 9,165 people
Lode: 670 people
Longstanton and Northstowe: 5,275 people
Manea: 2,640 people
March: 21,345 people
Melbourn: 4,900 people
Meldreth: 1,825 people
Mepal: 975 people
Milton: 4,150 people
Murrow: 935 people
Needingworth: 2,060 people
Newton (South Cambridgeshire): 365 people
Newton-in-the-Isle: 385 people
Oakington: 1,495 people
Offord D'Arcy and Offord Cluny: 1,385 people
Orwell: 1,145 people
Over: 2,895 people
Papworth Everard: 3,820 people
Parson Drove: 1,195 people
Pidley: 420 people
Prickwillow: 385 people
Pymoor: 390 people
Rampton: 445 people
Ramsey: 5,730 people
Ramsey Forty Foot: 560 people
Ramsey Mereside: 720 people
Ramsey St Mary's: 915 people
Sawston: 7,270 people
Sawtry: 5,875 people
Shepreth: 625 people
Soham: 10,615 people
Somersham (Huntingdonshire): 3,350 people
Spaldwick: 605 people
St Ives: 16,820 people
St Neots: 33,265 people
Steeple Morden: 940 people
Stetchworth: 655 people
Stilton: 2,365 people
Stow cum Quy: 545 people
Stretham: 2,070 people
Sutton (East Cambridgeshire): 3,880 people
Swaffham Bulbeck: 260 people
Swaffham Prior: 860 people
Swavesey: 2,740 people
Teversham: 910 people
Thriplow: 460 people
Tilbrook: 355 people
Toft: 570 people
Tydd St Giles: 720 people
Upwood: 425 people
Warboys: 4,320 people
Waresley: 285 people
Waterbeach: 5,375 people
West Perry: 545 people
West Wickham: 405 people
West Wratting: 490 people
Whittlesey: 13,830 people
Whittlesford: 1,610 people
Wicken: 745 people
Wilburton: 970 people
Willingham: 3,915 people
Wisbech: 26,795 people
Wisbech St Mary: 1,070 people
Wistow: 535 people
Witcham: 440 people
Witchford: 2,385 people
Wyton: 1,245 people
Yaxley (Huntingdonshire): 9,405 people
Yelling: 415 people

Central Bedfordshire

Ampthill: 8,825 people
Apsley End: 450 people
Arlesey: 6,025 people
Aspley Guise: 2,115 people
Barton-le-Clay: 4,935 people
Beeston (Central Bedfordshire): 805 people
Biggleswade: 21,950 people
Billington: 360 people
Blunham: 1,390 people
Brogborough: 350 people
Broom: 595 people
Caddington: 3,290 people
Campton: 295 people
Chicksands: 720 people
Clifton: 2,770 people
Clophill: 2,515 people
Cranfield: 7,050 people
Dunstable: 34,500 people
Dunton: 770 people
Eaton Bray and Edlesborough: 4,200 people
Flitton: 1,530 people
Flitwick: 13,660 people
Greenfield: 415 people
Harlington: 2,285 people
Haynes: 915 people
Heath and Reach: 1,450 people
Henlow: 2,445 people
Hockliffe: 1,070 people
Holywell: 600 people
Houghton Conquest: 1,865 people
Houghton Regis: 18,820 people
Ickwell: 320 people
Kensworth: 1,515 people
Langford (Central Bedfordshire): 3,710 people
Leighton Buzzard: 42,735 people
Lidlington: 1,300 people
Lower Stondon: 3,965 people
Marston Moretaine: 6,350 people
Maulden: 2,485 people
Meppershall: 2,045 people
Moggerhanger: 670 people
Northill: 355 people
Oldhill Wood: 150 people
Potton: 5,230 people
Pulloxhill: 595 people
Ridgmont: 440 people
Sandy: 11,375 people
Shefford: 7,310 people
Shillington: 1,630 people
Silsoe: 3,420 people
Slip End: 1,410 people
Southill: 275 people
Stanbridge: 445 people
Stotfold: 12,310 people
Streatley: 590 people
Tebworth: 235 people
Tempsford: 605 people
Tilsworth: 370 people
Toddington: 4,505 people
Totternhoe: 1,015 people
Upper Caldecote: 1,335 people
Upper Gravenhurst: 565 people
Westoning: 2,095 people
Woburn: 580 people
Wrestlingworth: 595 people

Essex

Abridge: 1,650 people
Alresford: 2,460 people
Althorne: 810 people
Ardleigh: 1,040 people
Arkesden: 375 people
Ashdon: 245 people
Ashingdon: 6,485 people
Barnston: 925 people
Basildon: 115,955 people
Battlesbridge: 370 people
Berechurch: 7,705 people
Bicknacre: 2,280 people
Billericay: 34,075 people
Birchanger: 955 people
Black Notley: 1,935 people
Blackmore: 1,165 people
Boreham: 3,565 people
Boxted: 700 people
Boxted Cross: 725 people
Bradfield: 1,255 people
Bradwell (Braintree): 340 people
Braintree: 43,190 people
Brentwood: 55,340 people
Brightlingsea: 8,680 people
Broadley Common: 390 people
Brock Hill: 385 people
Broomfield: 3,490 people
Buckhurst Hill: 11,750 people
Bumble's Green: 260 people
Burnham-on-Crouch: 7,805 people
Burton End: 175 people
Canewdon: 1,215 people
Canvey Island: 38,010 people
Castle Hedingham: 1,045 people
Chappel: 220 people
Chelmsford: 110,625 people
Chigwell: 12,250 people
Chigwell Row: 2,115 people
Chipping Ongar: 3,925 people
Chrishall: 340 people
Clacton-on-Sea: 53,200 people
Clavering: 950 people
Coalhill: 305 people
Coggeshall: 3,765 people
Colchester: 130,245 people
Cold Norton: 1,160 people
Colne Engaine: 1,000 people
Coopersale: 1,065 people
Copford: 1,795 people
Crays Hill: 1,220 people
Danbury: 6,195 people
Debden: 320 people
Dedham: 810 people
Dedham Heath: 600 people
Doddinghurst: 4,065 people
Downham: 360 people
Earls Colne: 3,360 people
East Hanningfield: 930 people
Eight Ash Green: 1,770 people
Elder Street: 540 people
Elmdon: 285 people
Elmstead Market: 1,765 people
Elsenham: 3,420 people
Epping: 10,695 people
Felsted: 1,235 people
Finchingfield: 725 people
Fingringhoe: 340 people
Ford End: 345 people
Fordham (Colchester): 840 people
Frating Green: 365 people
Frinton-on-Sea: 4,865 people
Fryerning: 335 people
Fyfield: 350 people
Galleywood: 6,410 people
Gay Bowers: 255 people
Goldhanger: 750 people
Gosfield: 1,455 people
Great Bardfield: 1,375 people
Great Bentley: 1,745 people
Great Chesterford: 1,775 people
Great Dunmow: 10,395 people
Great Holland: 500 people
Great Horkesley: 2,230 people
Great Leighs: 2,970 people
Great Notley: 7,660 people
Great Oakley: 710 people
Great Tey: 605 people
Great Totham: 2,775 people
Great Wakering: 6,775 people
Great Waltham: 895 people
Great Yeldham: 1,825 people
Hadstock: 320 people
Halstead: 13,900 people
Hare Green: 680 people
Harlow: 93,580 people
Harwich: 20,215 people
Hatfield Broad Oak: 905 people
Hatfield Heath: 1,785 people
Hatfield Peverel: 3,620 people
Havering's Grove: 380 people
Henham: 1,045 people
Heybridge Basin: 745 people
High Beech: 185 people
High Easter: 720 people
High Garrett: 800 people
High Park Corner: 245 people
High Roding: 580 people
Hockley and Hawkwell: 15,425 people
Howe Green: 645 people
Hullbridge: 5,710 people
Ingatestone: 5,410 people
Ingrave and Herongate: 1,855 people
Jaywick: 5,085 people
Kelvedon Hatch: 2,495 people
Kelvedon and Feering: 4,770 people
Kirby Cross: 6,035 people
Kirby-le-Soken: 1,210 people
Lamarsh: 190 people
Langenhoe and Abberton: 1,015 people
Langford (Maldon): 205 people
Langham (Colchester): 780 people
Langley: 375 people
Latchingdon: 1,140 people
Lawford: 4,490 people
Layer Breton: 870 people
Layer-de-la-Haye: 1,340 people
Little Burstead: 220 people
Little Clacton: 2,455 people
Little Dunmow: 2,640 people
Little Hallingbury: 1,435 people
Little Totham: 425 people
Little Waltham: 1,035 people
Littlebury: 605 people
Loughton: 33,345 people
Lower Nazeing: 3,630 people
Maldon: 23,380 people
Manningtree: 1,675 people
Manuden: 720 people
Margaretting: 560 people
Marks Tey: 1,815 people
Matching Green: 125 people
Mayland: 3,740 people
Mistley: 1,825 people
Moreton: 435 people
Nevendon: 490 people
Newport: 2,945 people
Noak Hill: 750 people
North Benfleet: 1,765 people
North Fambridge: 865 people
North Weald Bassett: 4,325 people
Nounsley: 300 people
Panfield: 855 people
Parkeston: 975 people
Pebmarsh: 325 people
Peldon: 565 people
Point Clear: 1,705 people
Purleigh: 535 people
Radwinter: 660 people
Ramsden Bellhouse: 830 people
Ramsden Heath: 1,950 people
Ramsey Island: 1,140 people
Rawreth: 300 people
Rayleigh: 32,380 people
Rayne: 2,170 people
Rettendon: 285 people
Rickling Green and Quendon: 395 people
Ridgewell: 575 people
Rochford: 12,615 people
Rowhedge: 2,495 people
Roxwell: 385 people
Roydon (Epping Forest): 1,585 people
Roydon Hamlet: 435 people
Runwell: 8,085 people
Saffron Walden: 16,610 people
Sandon: 250 people
School Green: 425 people
Seawick: 260 people
Sewards End: 530 people
Sewardstone: 720 people
Shalford: 355 people
Sheering: 960 people
Shelley: 2,405 people
Sible Hedingham: 4,260 people
Silver End: 3,915 people
South Woodham Ferrers: 16,025 people
Southminster: 4,545 people
St Osyth: 2,250 people
Stansted Mountfitchet: 8,625 people
Stapleford Abbotts: 740 people
Stebbing: 1,060 people
Steeple: 485 people
Steeple Bumpstead: 1,375 people
Stock: 1,575 people
Stonebridge: 240 people
Stoneyhills: 920 people
Sturmer: 525 people
Takeley Street: 570 people
Takeley and Little Canfield: 5,550 people
Thaxted: 3,115 people
Theydon Bois: 3,540 people
Thornwood Common: 1,030 people
Thorpe-le-Soken: 1,590 people
Thorrington: 1,430 people
Thundersley and South Benfleet: 49,885 people
Tillingham: 965 people
Tiptree: 9,300 people
Tollesbury: 2,810 people
Tolleshunt D'Arcy: 905 people
Tolleshunt Knights: 1,060 people
Tolleshunt Major: 445 people
Toppesfield: 225 people
Tye Green: 1,415 people
Waltham Abbey: 18,645 people
Walton-on-the-Naze: 6,990 people
Weeley: 1,285 people
Weeley Heath: 950 people
West Bergholt: 3,175 people
West Hanningfield: 420 people
West Horndon: 1,650 people
West Mersea: 7,065 people
Wethersfield: 705 people
White Colne: 370 people
Wicken Bonhunt: 230 people
Wickford: 27,535 people
Wickham Bishops: 1,925 people
Wickham St Paul: 290 people
Widdington: 495 people
Witham: 27,395 people
Wivenhoe: 7,350 people
Wix: 550 people
Woodham Ferrers: 325 people
Woodham Mortimer: 315 people
Writtle: 4,705 people

Hertfordshire

Abbots Langley and Kings Langley: 18,205 people
Aldbury: 600 people
Ashwell: 1,980 people
Aston: 530 people
Baldock: 10,615 people
Barkway: 850 people
Barley: 705 people
Bedmond: 680 people
Benington: 625 people
Berkhamsted: 21,240 people
Bishop's Stortford: 40,915 people
Blackmore End: 840 people
Borehamwood: 39,765 people
Bovingdon: 5,310 people
Braughing: 965 people
Breachwood Green: 705 people
Bricket Wood: 4,625 people
Brookmans Park: 4,035 people
Buntingford: 7,875 people
Bushey: 28,425 people
Cheshunt: 43,680 people
Chipperfield: 1,680 people
Chiswell Green: 6,680 people
Chorleywood: 12,630 people
Codicote: 2,675 people
Colney Heath: 1,060 people
Cottered: 400 people
Cuffley: 4,350 people
Dane End: 600 people
Datchworth: 1,180 people
Elstree: 1,735 people
Essendon: 660 people
Flamstead: 1,055 people
Goff's Oak: 3,500 people
Gosmore: 620 people
Great Amwell: 1,020 people
Great Hormead: 420 people
Great Offley: 920 people
Hadham Cross: 1,275 people
Harpenden: 30,965 people
Hatfield: 41,560 people
Hemel Hempstead: 95,985 people
Hertford: 28,800 people
Hertford Heath: 2,830 people
High Cross: 855 people
Hitchin: 35,220 people
Hoddesdon: 40,615 people
Holwell: 420 people
Hunsdon: 990 people
Ickleford: 1,935 people
Kimpton: 1,550 people
Kinsbourne Green: 455 people
Knebworth: 4,195 people
Lea Valley: 670 people
Letchmore Heath: 500 people
Letchworth: 33,990 people
Little Berkhamsted: 265 people
Little Gaddesden: 630 people
Little Hadham: 410 people
Little Wymondley: 1,005 people
London Colney: 7,930 people
Maple Cross: 2,580 people
Markyate: 3,175 people
Moor Park: 5,850 people
Newgate Street: 445 people
North Mymms: 355 people
Northaw: 635 people
Oaklands: 3,965 people
Park Street and Frogmore: 2,255 people
Pirton: 1,450 people
Potten End: 1,270 people
Potters Bar: 23,400 people
Preston: 425 people
Puckeridge and Standon: 3,860 people
Radlett: 8,185 people
Redbourn: 5,185 people
Reed: 345 people
Rickmansworth: 26,290 people
Royston: 17,445 people
Rucklers Lane: 630 people
Sandridge: 1,460 people
Sarratt: 655 people
Sawbridgeworth: 10,475 people
Shenley: 3,555 people
Shenleybury: 450 people
Smallford: 330 people
South Mimms: 710 people
Spellbrook: 320 people
St Albans: 75,540 people
Stanstead Abbotts: 3,750 people
Stevenage: 94,470 people
Tewin: 950 people
Tewin Wood: 305 people
Therfield: 310 people
Thundridge and Wadesmill: 720 people
Tring: 11,960 people
Walkern: 1,365 people
Waltham Cross: 11,940 people
Ware: 19,625 people
Watford: 131,325 people
Watton at Stone: 2,615 people
Welham Green: 2,965 people
Welwyn: 3,905 people
Welwyn Garden City: 51,505 people
Weston: 880 people
Wheathampstead: 4,525 people
Whitwell: 1,020 people
Widford: 660 people
Wigginton: 815 people
Wilstone: 300 people
Woolmer Green: 1,410 people

Luton

Luton: 233,525 people

Norfolk

Acle: 2,265 people
Alburgh Street: 410 people
Aldborough: 605 people
Alpington and Yelverton: 720 people
Ashill: 1,255 people
Ashwellthorpe: 545 people
Attleborough: 11,235 people
Aylmerton: 250 people
Aylsham: 7,185 people
Bacton: 975 people
Badersfield: 1,490 people
Banham: 920 people
Barford: 515 people
Barroway Drove: 445 people
Bawdeswell: 870 people
Beachamwell: 355 people
Beeston (Breckland): 250 people
Beetley: 955 people
Belton: 3,600 people
Besthorpe: 1,005 people
Binham: 320 people
Bircham Newton: 275 people
Blackborough End: 285 people
Blakeney: 560 people
Blofield: 2,670 people
Blofield Heath: 1,430 people
Boughton: 235 people
Bracon Ash: 475 people
Bradenham: 410 people
Bradwell (Great Yarmouth): 11,630 people
Brancaster: 375 people
Brancaster Staithe: 320 people
Bressingham: 260 people
Briston: 1,985 people
Brooke: 850 people
Brookville: 370 people
Brundall: 4,380 people
Bunwell: 535 people
Burgh Castle: 680 people
Burgh St Margaret: 910 people
Burgh St Peter: 290 people
Burnham Market: 725 people
Burston: 580 people
Butcher's Common: 280 people
Buxton: 975 people
Caister-on-Sea: 9,095 people
Cantley: 510 people
Carbrooke: 555 people
Castle Acre: 860 people
Caston: 480 people
Catfield: 710 people
Cawston: 1,115 people
Chedgrave: 1,055 people
Clenchwarton: 2,020 people
Cley next the Sea: 205 people
Clint Green: 400 people
Colkirk: 620 people
Colney: 215 people
Coltishall and Horstead: 2,255 people
Corpusty: 515 people
Costessey: 2,610 people
Cringleford: 4,685 people
Cromer: 7,525 people
Damgate: 285 people
Denver: 910 people
Dereham: 20,785 people
Dersingham: 4,755 people
Dickleburgh: 1,165 people
Diss: 9,600 people
Ditchingham: 1,995 people
Docking: 810 people
Downham Market: 11,350 people
Earsham: 935 people
East Harling: 2,490 people
East Rudham: 290 people
East Runton: 785 people
East Winch: 530 people
Easton (Broadland): 1,435 people
Eccles on Sea: 280 people
Edgefield: 435 people
Ellingham and Kirby Cane: 680 people
Elm and Emneth: 4,555 people
Erpingham: 410 people
Fakenham: 8,390 people
Felthorpe: 620 people
Feltwell: 2,920 people
Filby: 895 people
Fincham: 515 people
Foulden: 440 people
Foulsham: 1,030 people
Foxley: 350 people
Freethorpe: 1,050 people
Frettenham: 665 people
Garboldisham: 550 people
Gayton: 1,520 people
Geldeston: 410 people
Gillingham: 695 people
Gooderstone: 400 people
Gorleston-on-Sea: 24,470 people
Great Bircham: 215 people
Great Ellingham: 940 people
Great Hockham: 635 people
Great Massingham: 965 people
Great Moulton: 380 people
Great Ryburgh: 720 people
Great Yarmouth: 28,985 people
Gresham: 450 people
Gressenhall: 920 people
Grimston: 640 people
Griston: 1,360 people
Haddiscoe: 350 people
Hainford: 410 people
Hales: 525 people
Halvergate: 585 people
Happisburgh: 340 people
Harleston: 5,075 people
Harling Road: 310 people
Heacham: 3,980 people
Hempnall: 925 people
Hempnall Green: 320 people
Hempton: 240 people
Hemsby: 5,720 people
Hethersett: 7,020 people
Hevingham: 1,040 people
Hickling: 605 people
High Kelling: 490 people
Hilgay: 875 people
Hillington: 405 people
Hindolveston: 600 people
Hingham: 2,305 people
Hockering: 830 people
Hockwold cum Wilton: 1,305 people
Holme next the Sea: 200 people
Holt: 4,015 people
Honingham: 375 people
Hopton on Sea: 2,575 people
Horning: 755 people
Horsford: 4,395 people
Horsham St Faith: 1,055 people
Hoveton and Wroxham: 3,620 people
Hunstanton: 4,230 people
Ickburgh: 350 people
Ingoldisthorpe: 525 people
Kenninghall: 775 people
Kettlestone: 195 people
King's Lynn: 47,615 people
Knapton: 390 people
Langham (North Norfolk): 355 people
Lenwade: 540 people
Lingwood: 2,370 people
Litcham: 440 people
Little Melton: 1,050 people
Little Plumstead: 1,915 people
Little Walsingham: 600 people
Loddon: 2,245 people
Long Stratton: 5,220 people
Ludham: 990 people
Lyng: 855 people
Marham: 2,605 people
Marsham: 590 people
Marshland St James: 1,020 people
Martham: 3,635 people
Mattishall: 2,200 people
Melton Constable: 1,175 people
Methwold: 1,045 people
Middleton (King's Lynn and West Norfolk): 905 people
Mileham: 385 people
Morley St Botolph: 680 people
Morley St Peter: 465 people
Mulbarton: 3,805 people
Mundesley: 2,780 people
Mundford: 1,565 people
Narborough: 1,360 people
Necton: 1,740 people
Needham: 315 people
Newton Flotman: 1,420 people
Newton St Faith: 500 people
North Creake: 325 people
North Elmham: 1,170 people
North Lopham: 675 people
North Runcton: 295 people
North Walsham: 12,825 people
Northwold: 490 people
Norwich: 200,770 people
Old Buckenham: 330 people
Old Hunstanton: 175 people
Ormesby St Margaret: 2,740 people
Overstrand: 1,000 people
Paradise: 205 people
Poringland: 7,105 people
Postwick: 400 people
Pott Row: 805 people
Potter Heigham: 820 people
Pulham Market: 820 people
Pulham St Mary: 795 people
Queen's Hills: 4,465 people
Rackheath: 1,760 people
Reedham: 710 people
Reepham: 2,315 people
Ringstead: 290 people
Rockland All Saints: 380 people
Rockland St Mary: 845 people
Rollesby: 660 people
Roughton: 595 people
Roydon (King's Lynn and West Norfolk): 340 people
Roydon (South Norfolk): 1,115 people
Runcton Holme: 625 people
Saham Toney: 1,285 people
Salhouse: 1,430 people
Salthouse: 155 people
Saxlingham Nethergate: 700 people
Scole: 1,035 people
Sculthorpe: 290 people
Sea Palling: 390 people
Sedgeford: 565 people
Seething: 385 people
Setchey: 190 people
Shelfanger: 365 people
Sheringham: 7,090 people
Shipdham: 2,460 people
Shotesham: 240 people
Shouldham: 655 people
Shropham: 450 people
Snettisham: 2,710 people
South Walsham: 410 people
Southery: 1,260 people
Southrepps: 600 people
Spixworth: 3,420 people
Sporle: 790 people
St Olaves: 250 people
Stalham: 3,380 people
Stibbard: 355 people
Stoke Ferry: 1,190 people
Stoke Holy Cross: 1,235 people
Strumpshaw: 465 people
Surlingham: 570 people
Sutton (North Norfolk): 1,025 people
Swaffham: 8,430 people
Swainsthorpe: 390 people
Swanton Morley: 2,175 people
Swardeston: 640 people
Tacolneston: 795 people
Tasburgh: 850 people
Taverham and Drayton: 14,985 people
Terrington St Clement: 2,790 people
Thetford: 25,510 people
Thompson: 370 people
Thornham: 435 people
Thorpe End: 1,170 people
Thurlton: 1,145 people
Thurton: 565 people
Tilney St Lawrence: 1,505 people
Trimingham: 215 people
Trowse Newton: 885 people
Trunch: 900 people
Upton: 685 people
Upwell and Outwell: 3,665 people
Wacton: 345 people
Walcott: 520 people
Walpole Cross Keys: 560 people
Walpole Highway: 795 people
Walpole St Peter and Walpole St Andrew: 1,575 people
Walton Highway: 870 people
Waterloo: 625 people
Watlington: 2,595 people
Watton: 11,545 people
Weeting: 1,885 people
Wells-next-the-Sea: 2,150 people
Welney: 265 people
Wereham: 715 people
West Raynham: 505 people
West Runton and Beeston Regis: 1,460 people
West Walton: 980 people
West Winch: 2,825 people
Weybourne: 515 people
Whissonsett: 465 people
Wicken Green Village: 795 people
Wicklewood: 745 people
Wiggenhall St Germans: 780 people
Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen: 740 people
Wimbotsham: 690 people
Woodton: 715 people
Wortwell: 560 people
Wreningham: 305 people
Wretton: 420 people
Wymondham: 16,330 people
Yaxham: 460 people

Peterborough

Barnack: 1,005 people
Castor and Ailsworth: 1,465 people
Eye (Peterborough): 5,415 people
Glinton: 1,745 people
Helpston: 1,250 people
Maxey: 675 people
Newborough: 1,465 people
Northborough: 1,340 people
Peterborough: 190,605 people
Thorney: 1,655 people
Ufford (Peterborough): 270 people
Wansford: 505 people
Wittering: 2,680 people
Wothorpe: 315 people

Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea: 182,305 people

Suffolk

Acton: 1,665 people
Aldeburgh: 2,425 people
Alderton: 480 people
Ashbocking: 385 people
Assington: 515 people
Bacton and Cotton: 1,565 people
Badingham: 250 people
Badwell Ash: 380 people
Bardwell: 755 people
Barnby and North Cove: 905 people
Barnham: 255 people
Barningham: 995 people
Barrow: 1,960 people
Barton Mills: 835 people
Battisford Tye: 475 people
Bawdsey: 290 people
Beccles: 9,810 people
Beck Row: 4,125 people
Bedfield: 355 people
Benhall Green: 295 people
Bentley: 545 people
Beyton: 685 people
Bildeston: 1,095 people
Blundeston: 780 people
Boxford: 835 people
Bramfield: 270 people
Bramford: 2,335 people
Brandeston: 270 people
Brandon: 9,225 people
Brantham: 2,085 people
Bromeswell: 325 people
Bucklesham: 550 people
Bungay: 5,010 people
Bures: 1,185 people
Bury St Edmunds: 41,280 people
Capel St Mary: 2,990 people
Cavendish: 570 people
Charsfield: 340 people
Chedburgh: 690 people
Chelmondiston: 925 people
Chelsworth: 210 people
Chevington: 300 people
Clare: 2,280 people
Claydon: 3,140 people
Cock and End: 1,345 people
Coddenham: 625 people
Coldfair Green: 795 people
Coney Weston: 360 people
Copdock: 290 people
Corton: 1,135 people
Cransford: 160 people
Crowfield: 375 people
Culford: 560 people
Darsham: 395 people
Debenham: 2,295 people
Dennington: 280 people
Drinkstone Green: 585 people
East Bergholt: 2,210 people
Easton (East Suffolk): 385 people
Elmsett: 1,000 people
Elmswell: 4,445 people
Exning: 2,050 people
Eye (Mid Suffolk): 2,210 people
Eyke: 375 people
Felixstowe: 24,220 people
Felsham: 470 people
Finningham: 495 people
Fornham All Saints: 800 people
Fornham St Martin: 955 people
Framlingham: 3,830 people
Fressingfield: 535 people
Gazeley: 735 people
Gislingham: 1,170 people
Glemsford: 3,690 people
Great Barton: 1,850 people
Great Blakenham: 2,190 people
Great Bricett: 1,520 people
Great Finborough: 845 people
Great Green: 655 people
Great Waldingfield: 1,375 people
Grundisburgh: 1,425 people
Hadleigh: 8,640 people
Halesworth: 4,925 people
Hartest: 470 people
Haughley: 1,320 people
Haverhill: 26,705 people
Heckfield Green: 585 people
Henley: 565 people
Hessett: 515 people
Hinderclay: 330 people
Hintlesham: 695 people
Holbrook: 2,140 people
Hollesley: 695 people
Holton: 530 people
Holywell Row: 515 people
Hopton: 120 people
Horringer: 760 people
Hundon: 815 people
Icklingham: 390 people
Ingham: 485 people
Ipswich: 151,565 people
Ixworth: 2,295 people
Kedington: 1,780 people
Kelsale: 620 people
Kentford: 1,125 people
Kesgrave: 14,950 people
Kessingland: 4,240 people
Kirton: 1,245 people
Lackford: 260 people
Lakenheath: 4,570 people
Lavenham: 1,225 people
Lawshall: 660 people
Laxfield: 1,005 people
Leavenheath: 980 people
Leiston: 5,920 people
Lidgate: 295 people
Little Bealings: 460 people
Little Eriswell: 4,120 people
Little Waldingfield: 365 people
Long Melford: 3,895 people
Longfield Green: 985 people
Lowestoft: 71,315 people
Market Weston: 240 people
Martlesham: 1,980 people
Martlesham Heath: 2,730 people
Mellis: 565 people
Melton: 1,610 people
Mendlesham: 1,020 people
Metfield: 380 people
Middleton (East Suffolk): 380 people
Mildenhall: 9,685 people
Monks Eleigh: 500 people
Moulton: 715 people
Nacton: 460 people
Nayland: 965 people
Nedging Tye: 410 people
Needham Market: 5,050 people
Newbourne: 310 people
Newmarket: 18,855 people
Newton (Babergh): 550 people
Norton: 280 people
Oak Hill: 860 people
Occold: 505 people
Old Newton: 795 people
Orford: 595 people
Otley: 710 people
Ousden: 250 people
Pakenham: 570 people
Palgrave: 975 people
Peasenhall: 215 people
Rattlesden: 305 people
Raydon: 270 people
Red Lodge: 5,775 people
Redgrave: 305 people
Rendlesham: 3,190 people
Reydon: 2,370 people
Rickinghall and Botesdale: 1,840 people
Risby: 890 people
Rushmere St Andrew: 675 people
Saxmundham: 4,780 people
Sharpstone Street: 490 people
Shotley: 550 people
Shotley Gate: 1,415 people
Sicklesmere: 850 people
Snape: 670 people
Somersham (Mid Suffolk): 705 people
Southwold: 950 people
Sproughton: 800 people
St James South Elmham: 205 people
Stanton: 2,315 people
Stoke-by-Clare: 240 people
Stoke-by-Nayland: 415 people
Stonham Aspal: 250 people
Stowmarket: 21,535 people
Stowupland: 2,020 people
Stradbroke: 1,190 people
Stratford St Mary: 755 people
Stutton: 580 people
Sudbury: 23,920 people
Sutton Common: 1,260 people
Thorndon: 725 people
Thorpeness: 215 people
Thurston: 3,010 people
Tostock: 510 people
Trimley St Martin: 1,725 people
Trimley St Mary: 3,740 people
Tuddenham: 420 people
Tuddenham St Martin: 355 people
Tunstall: 265 people
Ufford (East Suffolk): 590 people
Upper Layham: 265 people
Walberswick: 345 people
Waldringfield: 480 people
Walsham le Willows: 1,260 people
Wangford: 445 people
Washbrook: 550 people
Wattisfield: 500 people
Wenhaston: 555 people
West Row: 860 people
Westerfield: 485 people
Westleton: 340 people
Wetherden: 550 people
Wickham Market: 2,230 people
Wickham Skeith: 305 people
Wickhambrook: 590 people
Wingfield: 340 people
Witnesham: 360 people
Woodbridge: 10,145 people
Woolpit: 1,840 people
Woolpit Heath: 255 people
Worlingham: 3,620 people
Worlington: 230 people
Worlingworth: 840 people
Wortham: 460 people
Wrentham: 875 people
Yaxley (Mid Suffolk): 595 people
Yoxford: 780 people

Thurrock

Aveley: 9,360 people
Baker Street: 500 people
Bulphan: 775 people
Chadwell St Mary: 10,685 people
Chafford Hundred: 290 people
Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock: 23,585 people
East Tilbury: 5,750 people
Fobbing: 890 people
Grays: 44,345 people
Horndon on the Hill: 1,510 people
Orsett: 1,430 people
Purfleet-on-Thames: 5,880 people
South Ockendon: 22,440 people
Southfields: 1,165 people
Stanford-le-Hope: 29,525 people
Tilbury: 14,185 people

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Population figures: Census 2021 usual residents for built-up areas (ONS, England and Wales; 2022 BUA definitions) and settlements (NISRA, Northern Ireland); National Records of Scotland mid-2020 estimates for localities (Scotland); region total: ONS mid-2025 population estimates (NRS for Scotland, NISRA for Northern Ireland). England and Wales figures are Census 2021 counts for built-up areas, which ONS rounds to the nearest 5; built-up areas follow continuous development, so a town's figure can differ from its parish or council area. London is not split into towns: its built-up areas are the 32 boroughs plus the City of London (figures summed from Census 2021 output areas). Scotland's figures are NRS mid-2020 estimates for localities of 500+ people, rounded to the nearest 10. Northern Ireland's are exact Census 2021 counts for NISRA settlements; the smallest hamlets are suppressed. Groups are counties: metropolitan and two-tier counties or unitary authorities in England (Inner/Outer London in London), principal areas in Wales, council areas in Scotland and districts in Northern Ireland. Distances are straight-line between town locations, so road distances are longer.