Contenders
Places for which this claim has been made, and the reported population in the 2001 census (most recent available figures) include:
| Village | Ceremonial county | Population |
Notes on basis of claim |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bembridge | Isle of Wight | 3,492 | Claimed by a personal website to be the "largest village in Europe" based on parish council control, claiming that larger contenders are town council controlled |
| Rawmarsh | South Yorkshire | 17,443 | |
| Chalfont St Peter | Buckinghamshire | 12,939 | The "largest village in Europe" based on parish council control. Source 2001 Census. |
| Cranleigh | Surrey | 11,241 | |
| Cottingham | East Riding of Yorkshire | 17,768 | Has made the claim on the basis of including the 93 km² grounds of Cottingham Manor. |
| Culcheth | Cheshire | 11,454 | |
| Horsforth | West Yorkshire | 21,562 | Claim made in 19th century - now has a town council. |
| Hunmanby | North Yorkshire | 3,279 | Claims to have been the largest village in the past |
| Kidlington | Oxfordshire | 14,945 | Described by its parish council as the "second largest village in England". |
| Lancing | West Sussex | 18,700 | Population is for the parish of Lancing only |
| Wombourne | Staffordshire | 12,768 | |
| Sheffield | South Yorkshire | 513,234 | The "largest village" nickname is due to its location in an isolated valley, its lack of grand architecture and its proletarian history. City status was granted in 1893. |
The most populous civil parish in England not to have town status is Ecclesfield, with 31,609 people at the 2001 census.
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