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

South East has about 9.7 million people and 1,342 towns, cities and villages, and most of them are small: 1,072 (80%) have fewer than 5,000 people, and 659 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 South East instead, and, further down, every town, city or village in South East by county.

South East by town size

Size of place	Places	People
Under 1,000	659	344,000
1,000 to 4,999	413	939,000
5,000 to 24,999	185	2.1 million
25,000 or more	85	5.4 million

The typical town, city or village in South East has about 1,000 people. Its 85 places of 25,000 or more, led by Brighton and Hove (277,000), Southampton (250,000) and Portsmouth (223,000), are home to about 5.4 million of the region's 9.7 million people; everyone else lives in the smaller towns and the countryside.

Why your hometown still sets the limits in South East

Most of South East 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 Brighton and Hove or Southampton 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 South East and your pool is the whole region, about 9.7 million people, whether you live in Brighton and Hove 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 Brighton and Hove.

Ranking isn't based on distance

On Amarbis, ranking isn't based on distance. Choose South East as your region and the person you'd like to meet in Brighton and Hove 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 South East 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 South East

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 South East, 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 South East doesn't decide who you can meet.

Every town, city or village in South East

All 1,342 towns, cities and villages in South East by county. Wherever yours is on this list, everything on this page applies to you: choose South East as your region on Amarbis and every place below is in your pool.

Bracknell Forest

Binfield: 4,850 people
Bracknell: 78,675 people
Cranbourne: 790 people
Crowthorne: 15,190 people
Newell Green: 1,870 people
North Ascot: 435 people
Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest): 20,215 people
Winkfield: 150 people
Winkfield Row: 1,755 people
Winkfield Street: 310 people
Woodside: 500 people

Brighton and Hove

Brighton and Hove: 277,105 people

Buckinghamshire

Akeley: 595 people
Amersham: 17,380 people
Ashley Green: 325 people
Askett and Whiteleaf: 590 people
Aston Abbotts: 425 people
Aston Clinton: 5,510 people
Aylesbury: 87,950 people
Baker's Wood: 385 people
Ballinger Common: 410 people
Beacon's Bottom: 800 people
Beaconsfield: 14,145 people
Bierton: 1,250 people
Bishopstone: 325 people
Bledlow Ridge: 805 people
Bourne End: 7,170 people
Bovingdon Green: 345 people
Brill: 585 people
Broughton (Buckinghamshire): 2,170 people
Buckingham: 14,295 people
Butler's Cross: 240 people
Calvert: 1,430 people
Chalfont St Giles: 4,710 people
Chalfont St Peter: 13,650 people
Chartridge: 315 people
Chearsley: 545 people
Cheddington: 1,775 people
Chesham: 23,695 people
Cholesbury: 340 people
Clayhill: 285 people
Coleshill: 415 people
Cublington: 350 people
Cuddington: 590 people
Dadford: 875 people
Dagnall: 375 people
Denham: 1,485 people
Dinton: 245 people
Dorney Reach: 485 people
Dorton: 155 people
Downley: 2,655 people
Drayton Parslow: 665 people
Edgcott: 900 people
Farnham Common and Farnham Royal: 6,715 people
Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green: 12,435 people
Frieth: 570 people
Fulmer: 255 people
Gawcott: 905 people
George Green: 995 people
Gerrards Cross: 8,115 people
Granborough: 580 people
Great Brickhill: 860 people
Great Horwood: 1,100 people
Great Kimble: 385 people
Great Kingshill: 1,670 people
Grendon Underwood: 725 people
Haddenham: 5,605 people
Halton: 275 people
Hazlemere: 20,005 people
High Wycombe: 83,535 people
Higher Denham: 660 people
Hughenden Valley: 1,815 people
Hyde Heath: 1,045 people
Ickford: 675 people
Iver: 3,265 people
Iver Heath: 5,150 people
Lacey Green and Loosley Row: 1,135 people
Lane End: 3,445 people
Lee Common: 355 people
Ley Hill: 705 people
Little Chalfont: 6,505 people
Little Kingshill: 1,470 people
Little Missenden: 275 people
Long Crendon: 2,495 people
Longwick: 1,525 people
Maids Moreton: 865 people
Marlow: 14,645 people
Marlow Bottom: 3,340 people
Marsh Gibbon: 985 people
Marsworth: 760 people
Mursley: 720 people
Nash: 445 people
New Denham: 1,790 people
Newton Longville: 1,875 people
North Marston: 770 people
Oakley (Buckinghamshire): 1,130 people
Oving: 535 people
Padbury: 890 people
Pitstone: 4,110 people
Prestwood and Great Missenden: 7,595 people
Princes Risborough: 7,530 people
Quainton: 1,310 people
Richings Park: 1,790 people
Seer Green: 2,580 people
Shabbington: 540 people
Slapton: 310 people
Soulbury: 310 people
South Heath: 1,280 people
Speen: 600 people
Steeple Claydon: 2,525 people
Stewkley: 1,420 people
Stoke Hammond: 1,155 people
Stoke Mandeville: 2,850 people
Stoke Poges: 3,920 people
Stokenchurch: 4,345 people
Stone (Buckinghamshire): 2,080 people
Swanbourne: 420 people
Taplow: 250 people
Tatling End: 320 people
The City: 525 people
Thornborough: 645 people
Tingewick: 980 people
Turweston: 200 people
Waddesdon: 1,860 people
Walter's Ash and Naphill: 3,895 people
Weedon: 265 people
Wendover: 8,730 people
Westbury: 480 people
Weston Turville: 1,835 people
Wexham Street: 670 people
Whaddon: 520 people
Whitchurch (Buckinghamshire): 960 people
Winchmore Hill: 665 people
Wing: 2,980 people
Wingrave: 1,500 people
Winslow: 5,235 people
Worminghall: 585 people

East Sussex

Alfriston: 760 people
Bachelor's Bump: 260 people
Barcombe Cross: 740 people
Battle: 5,330 people
Beckley (Rother): 735 people
Bexhill-on-Sea: 43,755 people
Blackboys: 310 people
Bodiam: 395 people
Boreham Street: 435 people
Broad Oak (Rother): 870 people
Broad Oak (Wealden): 1,095 people
Broyle Side: 895 people
Burwash: 1,335 people
Burwash Common: 810 people
Buxted: 1,615 people
Cackle Street: 610 people
Cade Street: 295 people
Camber: 1,130 people
Catsfield: 285 people
Chelwood Gate: 555 people
Cousley Wood: 325 people
Cross in Hand: 810 people
Crowborough: 21,990 people
Crowhurst: 885 people
Crumbles: 3,055 people
Danehill: 225 people
Ditchling: 1,125 people
East Dean and Friston: 1,600 people
East Hoathly: 790 people
East Saltdean: 2,890 people
Eastbourne: 99,180 people
Etchingham: 420 people
Fairlight: 1,565 people
Five Ash Down: 1,060 people
Five Ashes: 505 people
Flimwell: 800 people
Forest Row: 3,880 people
Framfield: 655 people
Frant: 700 people
Golden Cross: 610 people
Groombridge: 1,075 people
Hadlow Down: 425 people
Hailsham: 22,550 people
Halland: 410 people
Hartfield: 695 people
Hastings: 91,490 people
Heathfield: 7,670 people
Hellingly: 2,620 people
Herstmonceux: 1,220 people
Horam: 1,795 people
Horney Common: 215 people
Hurst Green: 1,180 people
Icklesham: 920 people
Iden: 475 people
Isfield: 675 people
Kingston near Lewes: 815 people
Lewes: 16,060 people
Lower Dicker: 455 people
Lower Willingdon: 6,130 people
Lunsford's Cross: 295 people
Magham Down: 275 people
Maresfield: 1,370 people
Mayfield: 2,255 people
Maynard's Green: 360 people
Netherfield: 325 people
Newhaven: 12,850 people
Newick: 2,685 people
Ninfield: 1,295 people
North Chailey: 1,010 people
Northiam: 1,915 people
Nutley: 1,220 people
Peacehaven: 15,700 people
Peasmarsh (Rother): 900 people
Pett: 485 people
Pevensey Bay: 2,890 people
Plumpton: 355 people
Plumpton Green: 1,060 people
Polegate: 10,065 people
Punnett's Town: 610 people
Ringmer: 3,220 people
Ripe: 230 people
Robertsbridge: 1,440 people
Rodmell: 430 people
Rotherfield: 1,220 people
Rye: 4,885 people
Seaford: 23,865 people
Sedlescombe: 895 people
South Chailey: 925 people
Staplecross: 825 people
Stone Cross: 5,035 people
Telham: 830 people
Telscombe Cliffs: 4,235 people
Ticehurst: 1,465 people
Town Row: 625 people
Uckfield: 15,035 people
Upper Dicker: 600 people
Upper Hartfield: 350 people
Wadhurst: 3,410 people
Westfield: 1,270 people
Westham: 1,860 people
Winchelsea Beach: 1,025 people
Windmill Hill: 635 people
Wivelsfield: 365 people
Wivelsfield Green: 1,010 people

Hampshire

Abbotts Ann: 570 people
Aldershot: 39,825 people
Alton: 17,880 people
Andover: 48,480 people
Anna Valley and Upper Clatford: 1,555 people
Appleshaw: 470 people
Ashford Hill: 610 people
Ashley: 7,725 people
Ashurst: 2,370 people
Ball Hill: 450 people
Barton Stacey: 845 people
Barton on Sea: 6,760 people
Basingstoke: 117,210 people
Baughurst: 735 people
Beech: 455 people
Bentley: 1,405 people
Bentworth: 515 people
Bishop's Sutton: 415 people
Bishop's Waltham: 6,955 people
Blackfield and Langley: 5,845 people
Blackwater: 7,170 people
Bordon: 9,350 people
Botley: 5,900 people
Braishfield: 655 people
Bramdean: 270 people
Bramley: 4,730 people
Bramshott: 465 people
Bransgore: 3,685 people
Brockenhurst: 3,485 people
Broughton (Test Valley): 690 people
Burghclere: 595 people
Burghclere Common: 660 people
Buriton: 540 people
Burley: 470 people
Burley Street: 375 people
Bursledon: 8,070 people
Cadnam and Bartley: 2,025 people
Chandler's Ford: 31,975 people
Charlton: 2,120 people
Charter Alley and Ramsdell: 410 people
Cheriton: 360 people
Chilbolton: 850 people
Chilworth (Test Valley): 1,170 people
Clanfield (East Hampshire): 1,255 people
Cliddesden: 520 people
Colden Common: 3,825 people
Compton (Winchester): 1,305 people
Crawley (Winchester): 315 people
Crondall: 1,220 people
Crookham Village: 390 people
Curdridge: 725 people
Denmead: 6,505 people
Dogmersfield: 325 people
Droxford: 685 people
Dummer: 345 people
Durley: 320 people
East Boldre: 340 people
East Meon: 435 people
East Wellow: 635 people
East Worldham: 345 people
Eastleigh: 48,360 people
Elvetham Heath: 4,915 people
Emsworth: 11,505 people
Enham Alamein: 795 people
Eversley Centre: 735 people
Eversley Cross: 595 people
Everton: 1,615 people
Ewshot: 655 people
Fareham: 42,625 people
Farnborough: 60,655 people
Fleet: 37,790 people
Fordingbridge: 4,950 people
Four Marks: 5,615 people
Frogham: 300 people
Godshill (New Forest): 430 people
Goodworth Clatford: 565 people
Gosport: 70,110 people
Grayshott: 705 people
Greatham: 455 people
Greywell: 245 people
Hamble-le-Rice: 4,615 people
Hambledon (Winchester): 785 people
Hangersley: 280 people
Hannington: 495 people
Hartley Wintney: 3,470 people
Havant: 46,960 people
Hawley (Hart): 2,580 people
Headley (Basingstoke and Deane): 710 people
Headley Down and Headley: 4,935 people
Hedge End: 23,190 people
Hightown: 1,295 people
Hill Brow and Rake: 1,200 people
Holbury: 7,335 people
Holybourne: 1,305 people
Hook: 9,065 people
Hordle: 1,160 people
Horndean: 34,050 people
Horton Heath: 3,045 people
Houghton: 370 people
Hursley: 480 people
Hurstbourne Tarrant: 350 people
Hyde: 270 people
Hythe and Dibden Purlieu: 19,855 people
Itchen Abbas: 520 people
Kentsboro: 935 people
King's Somborne: 1,205 people
Kings Worthy: 4,630 people
Kingsclere: 2,890 people
Kingsley: 615 people
Knowle: 1,485 people
Lasham: 170 people
Lee-on-the-Solent: 24,315 people
Lindford: 2,740 people
Liphook: 7,130 people
Liss: 4,745 people
Little London: 370 people
Littleton: 1,510 people
Locks Heath: 35,755 people
Long Sutton: 565 people
Longstock: 285 people
Lower Common: 380 people
Lower Farringdon: 290 people
Lymington: 14,865 people
Lyndhurst: 2,460 people
Marchwood: 5,775 people
Martin: 415 people
Medstead: 900 people
Meonstoke and Corhampton: 710 people
Micheldever: 450 people
Milford on Sea: 4,365 people
Minley: 1,040 people
Monk Sherborne: 260 people
Monxton: 540 people
Mount Pleasant: 205 people
Nately Scures: 260 people
Nether Wallop: 245 people
Netley: 6,305 people
New Alresford: 5,340 people
New Milton: 11,870 people
Newnham: 180 people
Newtown: 305 people
North Baddesley: 7,000 people
North Boarhunt: 840 people
North Hayling: 405 people
North Waltham: 850 people
Oakhanger: 265 people
Oakley (Basingstoke and Deane): 5,265 people
Odiham: 5,090 people
Old Alresford: 280 people
Old Basing: 3,835 people
Otterbourne: 1,250 people
Over Wallop: 740 people
Overton: 4,350 people
Owslebury: 855 people
Palestine: 270 people
Pamber Green: 430 people
Peel Common: 265 people
Penton Mewsey and Penton Grafton: 395 people
Petersfield: 14,995 people
Phoenix Green: 585 people
Picket Piece: 2,330 people
Preston Candover: 510 people
Ringwood: 12,785 people
Rockbourne: 140 people
Romsey: 19,920 people
Ropley: 315 people
Rotherwick: 595 people
Rowlands Castle: 2,970 people
Rownhams and Nursling: 4,795 people
Sandleheath: 1,545 people
Selborne: 570 people
Shawford: 415 people
Shedfield: 940 people
Sheet: 320 people
Sherborne St John: 950 people
Sherfield on Loddon: 1,385 people
Shipton Bellinger: 1,440 people
Shirrell Heath: 750 people
Silchester: 790 people
Soberton: 710 people
Sopley: 285 people
South Hayling: 15,305 people
South Warnborough: 460 people
South Wonston: 2,685 people
Southwick (Winchester): 705 people
Sparsholt: 430 people
St Mary Bourne: 725 people
Steep: 795 people
Stockbridge: 760 people
Stoke: 1,270 people
Sutton Scotney: 950 people
Swanmore: 3,115 people
Sway: 2,435 people
Tadley: 14,760 people
Thorney Hill: 220 people
Thruxton: 320 people
Timsbury: 895 people
Tiptoe: 460 people
Totton: 28,090 people
Twyford (Winchester): 1,480 people
Upham: 335 people
Upper Farringdon: 375 people
Upper Froyle: 480 people
Upton Grey: 515 people
Walhampton and Portmore: 320 people
Waltham Chase: 2,830 people
Waterlooville: 34,775 people
West End: 10,870 people
West Meon: 415 people
West Tytherley: 320 people
West Wellow: 1,585 people
Westley: 280 people
Weyhill: 660 people
Wherwell: 440 people
Whitchurch (Basingstoke and Deane): 5,290 people
Whitehill: 5,175 people
Whiteley: 9,350 people
Wickham: 2,170 people
Winchester: 48,480 people
Woodgreen: 175 people
Woodlands: 770 people
Woolton Hill and Highclere: 2,755 people
Yateley: 14,685 people

Isle of Wight

Alverstone Garden Village: 495 people
Arreton: 315 people
Bembridge: 3,560 people
Bouldnor: 365 people
Brading: 1,910 people
Brighstone: 1,175 people
Chale Green: 300 people
Cowes: 14,365 people
East Cowes: 8,430 people
Fishbourne (Isle of Wight): 385 people
Freshwater and Totland: 7,520 people
Godshill (Isle of Wight): 1,035 people
Havenstreet: 450 people
Newchurch: 405 people
Newport: 25,405 people
Niton: 1,200 people
Norton (Isle of Wight): 250 people
Pondwell: 470 people
Rookley: 605 people
Ryde: 24,105 people
Sandown: 11,655 people
Seaview and Nettlestone: 2,050 people
Shalfleet: 660 people
Shanklin: 9,120 people
Shorwell: 435 people
St Helens: 940 people
Ventnor: 5,565 people
Whitwell: 660 people
Winford: 1,080 people
Wootton (Isle of Wight): 3,105 people
Wroxall: 1,710 people
Yarmouth: 470 people
Yaverland: 450 people

Kent

Addington: 545 people
Adisham: 655 people
Aldington: 1,280 people
Alkham: 320 people
Appledore: 250 people
Appledore Heath: 585 people
Ash (Dover): 2,530 people
Ash (Sevenoaks): 320 people
Ashford (Ashford): 82,140 people
Aylesford: 735 people
Aylesham: 5,785 people
Badgers Mount: 680 people
Barham: 785 people
Bean: 1,635 people
Bearsted: 8,350 people
Benenden: 1,410 people
Bethersden: 1,010 people
Bidborough: 915 people
Biddenden: 1,345 people
Blean: 1,330 people
Blue Bell Hill: 855 people
Borden: 530 people
Borough Green: 4,710 people
Bossingham: 380 people
Boughton under Blean: 2,275 people
Brabourne Lees: 1,480 people
Brasted: 915 people
Brasted Chart: 300 people
Bredgar: 445 people
Bredhurst: 435 people
Brenchley: 425 people
Bridge: 1,540 people
Broad Oak (Canterbury): 835 people
Broadstairs: 25,775 people
Bromley Green: 315 people
Brook (Ashford): 330 people
Brookland: 480 people
Bullingstone: 195 people
Burham: 1,295 people
Canterbury: 55,090 people
Capel-le-Ferne: 1,960 people
Chainhurst: 240 people
Challock: 1,090 people
Charing: 2,170 people
Chart Sutton: 480 people
Chartham: 3,570 people
Chartway Street: 385 people
Chiddingstone Causeway: 460 people
Chilham: 825 people
Cliffs End: 1,285 people
Cobham (Gravesham): 290 people
Cowden: 220 people
Coxheath: 8,455 people
Cranbrook: 3,960 people
Cranbrook Common: 480 people
Crockenhill: 1,570 people
Crockham Hill: 280 people
Culverstone Green: 2,040 people
Curtisden Green: 405 people
Darenth: 2,585 people
Dartford: 69,130 people
Deal: 28,985 people
Densole: 885 people
Detling: 740 people
Dover: 36,360 people
Dunkirk: 300 people
Dunton Green: 3,240 people
Dymchurch: 3,095 people
East Farleigh: 205 people
East Peckham: 2,145 people
East Studdal: 260 people
Eastchurch: 3,380 people
Eastling: 360 people
Eastry: 2,390 people
Ebbsfleet Valley: 2,990 people
Eccles: 1,705 people
Edenbridge: 7,900 people
Egerton: 495 people
Elham: 855 people
Etchinghill: 620 people
Eynsford: 1,675 people
Eythorne: 1,490 people
Farningham: 1,280 people
Faversham: 20,940 people
Finberry: 1,570 people
Five Oak Green: 1,435 people
Folkestone: 51,995 people
Fordcombe: 570 people
Four Elms: 250 people
Frittenden: 260 people
Golden Green: 550 people
Goudhurst: 1,105 people
Gravesend: 58,105 people
Great Chart: 615 people
Great Mongeham: 370 people
Guston: 1,685 people
Hadlow: 3,165 people
Hale Street: 330 people
Halfway Houses: 4,395 people
Halstead: 770 people
Hamstreet: 1,740 people
Hartley: 445 people
Hartlip: 360 people
Hawkhurst: 3,685 people
Hawkinge: 8,500 people
Hawley (Dartford): 1,385 people
Headcorn: 3,295 people
Herne: 14,875 people
Herne Bay: 24,870 people
Hersden: 2,120 people
Hextable: 4,100 people
High Halden: 975 people
Higham: 2,640 people
Highsted: 410 people
Hildenborough: 4,945 people
Horsmonden: 1,580 people
Horton Kirby: 1,245 people
Hothfield: 510 people
Hythe: 14,620 people
Ightham: 2,040 people
Istead Rise: 3,395 people
Iwade: 4,530 people
Joyden's Wood: 4,910 people
Kings Hill: 9,970 people
Kingsdown: 1,690 people
Kingsnorth: 430 people
Kingston: 475 people
Kingswood (Maidstone): 1,370 people
Kit's Coty: 155 people
Knockholt Pound: 770 people
Lamberhurst: 735 people
Langley Heath: 995 people
Larkfield: 26,150 people
Leigh (Sevenoaks): 1,105 people
Lenham and Harrietsham: 4,760 people
Leysdown-on-Sea: 930 people
Linkhill: 365 people
Littlebourne: 1,595 people
Littlestone-on-Sea: 5,270 people
Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley: 16,075 people
Lower Halstow: 1,210 people
Lower Hardres and Street End: 300 people
Lower Higham: 685 people
Lydd: 3,910 people
Lydden: 685 people
Lyminge: 1,920 people
Lympne: 1,070 people
Lynsted: 315 people
Maidstone: 109,490 people
Marden: 3,490 people
Margate: 63,320 people
Markbeech: 280 people
Marlpit Hill: 1,270 people
Matfield: 470 people
Meopham: 4,350 people
Mersham: 770 people
Minster (Swale): 16,740 people
Minster (Thanet): 4,740 people
Monkton: 755 people
Mud Row: 520 people
New Romney: 3,870 people
Newington: 2,690 people
Nonington: 920 people
Northfleet: 29,900 people
Offham: 460 people
Old Wives Lees: 635 people
Otford and Kemsing: 7,335 people
Paddock Wood: 7,610 people
Pembury: 5,785 people
Peters Village: 975 people
Pipsden: 440 people
Plaxtol: 1,135 people
Pluckley: 350 people
Preston: 585 people
Queenborough: 3,915 people
Ramsgate: 42,030 people
Rhodes Minnis: 175 people
Rolvenden: 815 people
Rolvenden Layne: 380 people
Rough Common: 1,290 people
Royal Tunbridge Wells: 51,220 people
Rusthall and Langton Green: 7,780 people
Ryarsh: 490 people
Saltwood: 855 people
Sandhurst (Tunbridge Wells): 670 people
Sandwich: 4,260 people
Seal: 1,620 people
Sellindge: 765 people
Sepham Heath: 380 people
Sevenoaks: 26,475 people
Sevenoaks Weald: 805 people
Shadoxhurst: 1,010 people
Sheerness: 13,250 people
Sholden: 930 people
Shoreham: 840 people
Shorne: 1,040 people
Sibertswold: 1,620 people
Sissinghurst: 750 people
Sittingbourne: 54,390 people
Smarden: 665 people
Snodland: 11,830 people
Sole Street: 990 people
South Darenth and Sutton at Hone: 4,090 people
Southborough: 9,630 people
Southfleet: 600 people
Speldhurst: 945 people
St Margaret's at Cliffe: 2,400 people
St Mary's Bay: 2,965 people
St Nicholas at Wade: 730 people
Stanford: 405 people
Staplehurst: 6,180 people
Stone (Dartford): 6,440 people
Sturry: 4,860 people
Sundridge: 1,190 people
Sutton Valence: 1,460 people
Swanley: 17,210 people
Swanley Village: 345 people
Swanscombe: 15,460 people
Tenterden: 7,775 people
Teston: 635 people
Teynham: 3,125 people
Tonbridge: 36,125 people
Trottiscliffe: 260 people
Tyler Hill: 590 people
Ulcombe: 620 people
Upchurch: 1,730 people
Upper Harbledown: 430 people
Upstreet: 635 people
Vigo Village: 2,005 people
Warden: 1,815 people
Wateringbury: 2,250 people
Well Hill: 285 people
West Kingsdown: 4,310 people
West Malling: 4,255 people
Westerham: 3,390 people
Whitfield: 6,510 people
Whitstable: 32,195 people
Wickhambreaux: 275 people
Wingham: 1,310 people
Wittersham: 545 people
Woodchurch: 1,195 people
Woodnesborough: 370 people
Woolpack Corner: 580 people
Worth: 700 people
Wrotham: 1,960 people
Wrotham Heath: 545 people
Wye: 2,060 people
Yalding: 1,550 people
Yorkletts: 450 people

Medway

Allhallows: 1,685 people
Chatham: 76,955 people
Chattenden: 2,415 people
Cliffe: 2,530 people
Cliffe Woods: 2,690 people
Cuxton: 3,040 people
Gillingham: 108,480 people
Grain: 1,730 people
Halling: 2,925 people
High Halstow: 1,825 people
Hoo St Werburgh: 8,760 people
Lower Upnor: 840 people
Rochester: 67,285 people

Milton Keynes

Bletchley: 45,010 people
Bow Brickhill: 635 people
Castlethorpe: 1,110 people
Emberton: 715 people
Hanslope: 2,160 people
Lavendon: 1,470 people
Little Brickhill: 450 people
Milton Keynes: 197,340 people
Newport Pagnell: 15,250 people
North Crawley: 725 people
Olney: 6,600 people
Sherington: 985 people
Stoke Goldington: 565 people
Wavendon: 315 people
Woburn Sands: 4,310 people

Oxfordshire

Abingdon-on-Thames: 33,175 people
Adderbury and Twyford: 3,320 people
Alvescot: 465 people
Ambrosden: 2,735 people
Appleton: 950 people
Ardley and Fewcott: 740 people
Ascott-under-Wychwood: 550 people
Ashbury: 590 people
Aston: 1,175 people
Aston Rowant: 275 people
Aston Tirrold and Aston Upthorpe: 570 people
Bampton: 2,995 people
Banbury: 52,045 people
Barford St Michael: 555 people
Beckley (South Oxfordshire): 420 people
Begbroke: 800 people
Benson: 5,240 people
Berinsfield: 2,775 people
Bicester: 37,755 people
Binfield Heath: 700 people
Bix: 275 people
Black Bourton: 270 people
Bladon: 975 people
Bletchingdon: 750 people
Blewbury: 1,705 people
Bloxham: 3,685 people
Boars Hill: 540 people
Bodicote: 4,750 people
Bourton: 365 people
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell: 1,245 people
Brize Norton: 320 people
Broughton (Cherwell): 285 people
Buckland (Vale of White Horse): 365 people
Bucknell: 285 people
Burcot: 345 people
Burford: 1,520 people
Carterton: 17,950 people
Cassington: 795 people
Chadlington: 880 people
Chalgrove: 2,810 people
Chalkhouse Green: 215 people
Charlbury: 2,810 people
Charlton-on-Otmoor: 435 people
Chawley: 1,125 people
Checkendon: 520 people
Chesterton: 1,180 people
Childrey: 525 people
Chilton: 1,380 people
Chinnor: 7,265 people
Chipping Norton: 6,985 people
Cholsey: 3,775 people
Churchill: 390 people
Clanfield (West Oxfordshire): 940 people
Combe: 775 people
Cothill: 290 people
Cray's Pond: 355 people
Cropredy: 735 people
Crowmarsh Gifford: 1,330 people
Culham: 465 people
Cumnor: 830 people
Curbridge: 300 people
Deddington: 1,770 people
Didcot: 34,600 people
Dorchester: 995 people
Drayton: 3,110 people
Drayton St Leonard: 370 people
Ducklington: 1,585 people
Duns Tew: 470 people
East Challow: 1,030 people
East Hagbourne: 855 people
East Hanney: 1,230 people
East Hendred: 1,365 people
Enstone: 930 people
Ewelme: 610 people
Eynsham: 5,325 people
Faringdon: 8,625 people
Farmoor: 520 people
Filkins: 425 people
Finmere: 485 people
Finstock: 760 people
Forest Hill: 555 people
Freeland: 1,520 people
Fringford: 590 people
Fritwell: 370 people
Fulbrook: 455 people
Gallowstree Common: 470 people
Garsington: 1,295 people
Goring: 3,435 people
Great Bourton: 325 people
Great Haseley: 260 people
Great Milton: 340 people
Great Rollright: 515 people
Grove: 7,945 people
Hailey: 765 people
Harwell: 3,070 people
Henley-on-Thames: 11,780 people
Hinton Waldrist: 345 people
Hook Norton: 2,190 people
Horley (Cherwell): 325 people
Hornton: 335 people
Horspath: 1,465 people
Horton-cum-Studley: 495 people
Islip: 670 people
Kencot: 110 people
Kennington: 4,595 people
Kidlington: 14,640 people
Kidmore End: 355 people
Kingham: 540 people
Kingston Bagpuize: 3,905 people
Kingston Blount: 535 people
Kirtlington: 985 people
Launton: 1,375 people
Leafield: 925 people
Letcombe Regis: 660 people
Little Milton: 465 people
Long Hanborough: 3,035 people
Long Wittenham: 825 people
Longcot: 615 people
Longworth: 540 people
Lower Heyford: 220 people
Lower Shiplake: 1,085 people
Marcham: 2,030 people
Middle Barton: 1,760 people
Milcombe: 735 people
Milton: 660 people
Milton Hill: 450 people
Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood: 2,965 people
Minster Lovell: 1,270 people
Mollington: 500 people
Moulsford: 585 people
Nettlebed: 780 people
North Aston: 320 people
North Leigh: 1,735 people
North Moreton: 330 people
Over Norton: 490 people
Oxford: 170,805 people
Piddington: 360 people
Pyrton: 200 people
Radley: 2,080 people
Ramsden: 365 people
Sandford-on-Thames: 500 people
Shenington: 420 people
Shiplake: 290 people
Shippon: 1,895 people
Shrivenham and Watchfield: 5,350 people
Sibford Ferris: 410 people
Sibford Gower: 520 people
Sonning Common: 5,265 people
South Newington: 275 people
South Stoke: 520 people
Stadhampton: 875 people
Standlake: 1,180 people
Stanford in the Vale: 2,305 people
Stanton Harcourt: 790 people
Stanton St John: 465 people
Steeple Aston: 975 people
Steventon: 2,210 people
Stoke Row: 705 people
Stonesfield: 1,665 people
Stratton Audley: 460 people
Sutton (West Oxfordshire): 345 people
Sutton Courtenay: 3,055 people
Swalcliffe: 240 people
Sydenham: 425 people
Tackley: 1,075 people
Tetsworth: 855 people
Thame: 12,945 people
Tokers Green: 355 people
Towersey: 435 people
Uffington: 850 people
Upper Arncott: 1,660 people
Upper Heyford: 2,480 people
Upton: 425 people
Wallingford: 8,455 people
Wantage: 13,105 people
Warborough and Shillingford: 945 people
Wardington: 565 people
Watlington: 2,435 people
Wendlebury: 400 people
West Hagbourne: 265 people
West Hanney: 600 people
West Hendred: 355 people
Weston-on-the-Green: 245 people
Wheatley: 4,305 people
Whitchurch Hill: 650 people
Whitchurch-on-Thames: 840 people
Witney: 30,165 people
Wolvercote: 1,320 people
Woodcote: 2,200 people
Woodstock: 3,520 people
Wootton (Vale of White Horse): 2,425 people
Wootton (West Oxfordshire): 600 people
Wroxton: 305 people
Yarnton: 3,225 people

Portsmouth

Portsmouth: 223,305 people

Reading

Caversham: 33,040 people
Reading: 203,795 people

Slough

Colnbrook: 1,900 people
Poyle: 1,735 people
Slough: 166,855 people

Southampton

Southampton: 249,620 people

Surrey

Abinger Common: 290 people
Addlestone: 13,745 people
Albury: 290 people
Alfold Crossways: 855 people
Ash Green: 565 people
Ash and Ash Vale: 24,285 people
Ashford (Spelthorne): 22,825 people
Ashford Common: 8,335 people
Ashtead: 14,830 people
Badshot Lea: 1,885 people
Bagshot: 5,930 people
Banstead: 8,925 people
Beare Green: 1,940 people
Bishopsgate: 300 people
Bisley: 4,045 people
Bletchingley: 2,375 people
Blindley Heath: 1,290 people
Box Hill: 1,270 people
Bramley and Wonersh: 4,195 people
Brockham: 2,205 people
Brook (Waverley): 725 people
Brookwood: 1,430 people
Buckland (Mole Valley): 540 people
Burstow: 240 people
Busbridge: 390 people
Byfleet: 14,190 people
Camberley: 36,785 people
Capel: 860 people
Caterham: 22,755 people
Chaldon: 1,440 people
Charlwood: 900 people
Chertsey: 14,560 people
Chiddingfold: 2,160 people
Chilworth (Guildford): 1,915 people
Chipstead and Woodmansterne: 4,520 people
Churt: 940 people
Cobham (Elmbridge): 17,505 people
Cranleigh: 10,425 people
Cudworth: 295 people
Deepcut: 2,165 people
Dockenfield: 455 people
Dorking: 17,465 people
Dormans Park: 330 people
Dormansland: 2,300 people
East Horsley: 5,840 people
Effingham: 240 people
Egham: 28,000 people
Elmbridge Village: 265 people
Elstead: 2,265 people
Epsom: 35,850 people
Esher: 9,485 people
Ewell: 27,515 people
Ewhurst: 1,515 people
Fairlands: 1,120 people
Farley Green: 350 people
Farncombe: 13,250 people
Farnham: 20,500 people
Felbridge: 2,030 people
Felcourt: 245 people
Forest Green: 355 people
Frensham: 855 people
Frimley: 15,100 people
Gatton: 595 people
Godalming: 10,450 people
Godstone: 2,650 people
Gomshall: 1,380 people
Great Bookham and Fetcham: 21,655 people
Green Cross: 215 people
Guildford: 77,880 people
Hambledon (Waverley): 455 people
Hascombe: 305 people
Haslemere: 11,900 people
Headley (Mole Valley): 295 people
Hersham: 12,625 people
Hindhead: 6,445 people
Holmbury St Mary: 800 people
Hookwood: 665 people
Hooley: 1,010 people
Horley (Reigate and Banstead): 27,070 people
Jacobs Well: 1,125 people
Kingswood (Reigate and Banstead): 3,755 people
Laleham: 2,520 people
Langley Vale: 1,515 people
Leatherhead: 11,485 people
Leigh (Mole Valley): 265 people
Lightwater: 6,535 people
Limpsfield: 2,245 people
Lingfield: 3,620 people
Lingfield Common: 420 people
Longcross: 365 people
Lower Kingswood: 2,030 people
Lyne: 1,200 people
Mickleham: 515 people
Milford and Witley: 6,485 people
Mimbridge: 355 people
Netherne on-the-Hill: 1,475 people
New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater: 33,035 people
Newchapel: 370 people
Newdigate: 765 people
Normandy: 1,665 people
Nutfield: 750 people
Ockley: 290 people
Outwood: 435 people
Oxted: 11,490 people
Pains-Hill: 250 people
Parkgate: 315 people
Peaslake: 820 people
Peasmarsh (Guildford): 470 people
Penton Hook: 405 people
Pirbright: 3,920 people
Puttenham: 285 people
Pyle Hill: 395 people
Redhill: 32,525 people
Reigate: 23,780 people
Ripley: 1,715 people
Rowly: 660 people
Runfold: 380 people
Rushmoor: 425 people
Salfords: 1,870 people
Sandy Cross: 285 people
Send: 4,095 people
Shackleford: 200 people
Shalford: 2,510 people
Shamley Green: 1,200 people
Shepperton: 5,915 people
Shepperton Green: 4,355 people
Shere: 325 people
Smallfield: 2,610 people
South Godstone: 1,525 people
South Merstham: 9,955 people
South Nutfield: 1,950 people
Staines-upon-Thames: 21,325 people
Stanwell: 11,720 people
Stanwell Moor: 1,430 people
Sunbury-on-Thames: 21,475 people
Sutton Abinger: 380 people
Tadworth and Epsom Downs: 27,095 people
Tatsfield: 1,380 people
The Sands: 395 people
Thorpe: 1,230 people
Tilford: 480 people
Upper Halliford: 2,335 people
Virginia Water: 5,185 people
Walliswood: 390 people
Walton-on-Thames: 27,020 people
Warlingham: 8,920 people
West Clandon: 1,235 people
West End and Chobham: 8,875 people
West Horsley: 1,375 people
West Molesey: 47,150 people
Westcott: 2,275 people
Westhumble: 600 people
Weybourne: 11,240 people
Weybridge: 15,915 people
Whyteleafe: 3,175 people
Windlesham: 3,705 people
Wisley: 175 people
Woking: 75,660 people
Woldingham: 2,225 people
Woldingham Garden Village: 320 people
Wood Street Village: 1,585 people
Worcester Park and Stoneleigh: 15,850 people
Worplesdon: 930 people
Wrecclesham: 7,315 people
Wyke: 555 people

West Berkshire

Aldermaston: 415 people
Aldermaston Wharf: 815 people
Ashmore Green: 350 people
Beenham: 760 people
Boxford: 185 people
Bradfield: 925 people
Brimpton: 330 people
Burghfield: 375 people
Burghfield Common: 6,215 people
Chaddleworth: 495 people
Chapel Row: 620 people
Chieveley: 515 people
Cold Ash: 2,265 people
Compton (West Berkshire): 1,790 people
Curridge: 410 people
East Garston: 525 people
East Ilsley: 600 people
Eastbury: 290 people
Great Shefford: 950 people
Greenham: 985 people
Hampstead Norreys: 645 people
Hermitage: 2,225 people
Hungerford: 5,185 people
Kintbury: 2,055 people
Lambourn: 3,140 people
Lower Green: 285 people
Lower Padworth: 530 people
Mortimer: 2,930 people
Newbury: 42,260 people
Pangbourne: 3,275 people
Peasemore: 300 people
Southend: 705 people
Stratfield Mortimer: 445 people
Streatley: 920 people
Thatcham: 25,550 people
Theale: 3,055 people
Tutts Clump: 290 people
Upper Basildon: 1,070 people
Upper Bucklebury: 1,035 people
Upper Lambourn: 415 people
Woolhampton: 915 people

West Sussex

Abingworth: 1,040 people
Albourne: 695 people
Almodington: 510 people
Amberley: 565 people
Ansty: 405 people
Ardingly: 1,645 people
Arundel: 3,040 people
Ashington: 2,690 people
Ashurst Wood: 1,505 people
Balcombe: 1,445 people
Barnham: 10,145 people
Barns Green: 1,105 people
Billingshurst: 9,120 people
Birdham: 885 people
Bognor Regis: 68,435 people
Bolney: 640 people
Bosham: 2,695 people
Bramber: 855 people
Broadbridge Heath: 6,355 people
Brooks Green: 350 people
Burgess Hill: 33,355 people
Bury: 395 people
Chichester: 31,710 people
Clapham: 310 people
Cocking: 475 people
Codmore Hill: 1,290 people
Coldwaltham: 595 people
Copthorne: 4,910 people
Cowfold: 1,380 people
Crawley (Crawley): 120,550 people
Crawley Down: 5,775 people
Cuckfield: 3,770 people
Durfold Wood: 400 people
Easebourne: 1,395 people
East Grinstead: 26,350 people
East Wittering: 6,060 people
Fernhurst: 1,825 people
Findon: 1,840 people
Fishbourne (Chichester): 3,370 people
Fittleworth: 740 people
Fulking: 295 people
Funtington: 340 people
Furnace Wood: 240 people
Graffham: 225 people
Hambrook and Nutbourne: 2,750 people
Hammer: 345 people
Handcross: 1,400 people
Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint: 14,215 people
Haywards Heath: 40,185 people
Henfield: 5,635 people
Henley Common: 195 people
Highleigh: 610 people
Horsham: 50,215 people
Horsted Keynes: 1,120 people
Hunston: 1,150 people
Ifold: 1,200 people
Kingsley Green: 275 people
Kirdford: 735 people
Lancing and Sompting: 27,930 people
Littlehampton: 19,065 people
Littleworth: 285 people
Lodsworth: 340 people
Loxwood: 1,025 people
Mannings Heath: 1,135 people
Mid Lavant: 1,440 people
Midhurst: 5,370 people
North Mundham: 710 people
Northchapel: 615 people
Norton (Arun): 345 people
Nutbourne: 340 people
Pagham: 1,290 people
Partridge Green: 1,915 people
Pease Pottage: 1,685 people
Petworth: 2,590 people
Plaistow: 430 people
Pulborough: 3,650 people
Rock: 290 people
Rogate: 300 people
Rudgwick: 2,145 people
Runcton: 470 people
Rusper: 670 people
Rustington: 33,885 people
Sayers Common: 870 people
Scayne's Hill: 715 people
Selsey: 10,735 people
Sharpthorne: 705 people
Shipley Bridge: 315 people
Shoreham-by-Sea: 23,660 people
Shripney: 345 people
Singleton: 515 people
Slindon: 540 people
Slinfold: 1,165 people
Small Dole: 785 people
South Harting: 800 people
Southbourne: 4,155 people
Southwater: 11,205 people
Southwick (Adur): 12,240 people
Stedham: 560 people
Steyning: 5,510 people
Storrington: 8,710 people
Sutton (Chichester): 395 people
Tangmere: 4,000 people
Terwick Common: 365 people
Tower Hill: 325 people
Turners Hill: 945 people
Upper Beeding: 3,100 people
Walberton: 1,235 people
Warnham: 835 people
Warninglid: 235 people
Watersfield: 330 people
West Chiltington: 3,095 people
West Hoathly: 730 people
West Itchenor: 340 people
West Thorney: 1,730 people
West Wittering: 825 people
Westbourne: 1,940 people
Westhampnett: 1,240 people
Wick: 13,225 people
Wisborough Green: 895 people
Worth Abbey: 410 people
Worthing: 111,620 people
Yapton: 6,340 people

Windsor and Maidenhead

Ascot: 23,995 people
Bray: 465 people
Cookham: 5,215 people
Datchet: 4,810 people
Eton: 2,460 people
Eton Wick: 2,120 people
Fifield: 255 people
Holyport: 290 people
Horton: 845 people
Hurley: 1,315 people
Hythe End: 445 people
Littlewick Green: 235 people
Maidenhead: 67,375 people
Oakley Green: 280 people
Old Windsor and Wraysbury: 7,690 people
Paley Street: 135 people
Touchen-end: 520 people
Waltham St Lawrence: 505 people
Windsor: 31,560 people

Wokingham

Arborfield: 500 people
Arborfield Cross: 760 people
Arborfield Garrison: 4,310 people
Charvil: 3,155 people
Eversley: 400 people
Farley Hill: 350 people
Finchampstead: 300 people
Hurst: 1,010 people
Knowl Hill: 660 people
Riseley: 645 people
Shinfield: 5,420 people
Sindlesham: 720 people
Sonning: 1,615 people
Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross: 7,610 people
Swallowfield: 680 people
Twyford (Wokingham): 8,070 people
Wargrave: 2,895 people
Winnersh: 8,905 people
Wokingham: 50,325 people
Woodley: 28,025 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.