London
England
1,736
- Council areas
- 33
- Area type
- Multiple council areas
Browse 76 official UK civic cities ranked by active pharmacy count — filter by nation, search by name, and open any city for district-level detail.
Each city page shows pharmacies linked by postcode to local council areas on our curated city list — not by town name on the NHS register.
Official cities
76
England cities
55
Scotland cities
8
Wales & NI cities
13
Showing 76 of 76 cities
| # | Nation | Active pharmacies | Council areas | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | England | 1,736 | 33 (combined) |
| 2 | Birmingham | England | 261 | 1 |
| 3 | Glasgow | Scotland | 164 | 1 |
| 4 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 161 | 1 |
| 5 | Leeds | England | 158 | 1 |
| 6 | Bradford | England | 127 | 1 |
| 7 | Sheffield | England | 121 | 1 |
| 8 | Durham | England | 120 | 1 |
| 9 | Manchester | England | 120 | 1 |
| 10 | Liverpool | England | 110 | 1 |
| 11 | Edinburgh | Scotland | 108 | 1 |
| 12 | Ripon | England | 99 | 1 |
| 13 | Truro | England | 89 | 1 |
| 14 | Dunfermline | Scotland | 88 | 1 |
| 15 | Coventry | England | 85 | 1 |
| 16 | Leicester | England | 83 | 1 |
| 17 | Westminster | England | 82 | 1 |
| 18 | Inverness | Scotland | 80 | 1 |
| 19 | Cardiff | Wales | 75 | 1 |
| 20 | Londonderry | Northern Ireland | 75 | 1 |
| 21 | Bristol | England | 74 | 1 |
| 22 | Doncaster | England | 70 | 1 |
| 23 | Wakefield | England | 70 | 1 |
| 24 | Chester | England | 69 | 1 |
| 25 | Stoke on Trent | England | 67 | 1 |
| 26 | Salisbury | England | 66 | 1 |
| 27 | Newry | Northern Ireland | 63 | 1 |
| 28 | Nottingham | England | 63 | 1 |
| 29 | Sunderland | England | 61 | 1 |
| 30 | Kingston-upon-Hull | England | 60 | 1 |
| 31 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | England | 59 | 1 |
| 32 | Swansea | Wales | 57 | 1 |
| 33 | Wolverhampton | England | 56 | 1 |
| 34 | Armagh | Northern Ireland | 54 | 1 |
| 35 | Derby | England | 54 | 1 |
| 36 | Salford | England | 54 | 1 |
| 37 | Carlisle | England | 53 | 1 |
| 38 | Aberdeen | Scotland | 52 | 1 |
| 39 | Brighton & Hove | England | 50 | 1 |
| 40 | Plymouth | England | 48 | 1 |
| 41 | Bangor | Northern Ireland | 43 | 1 |
| 42 | Milton Keynes | England | 42 | 1 |
| 43 | Southend-on-Sea | England | 39 | 1 |
| 44 | York | England | 39 | 1 |
| 45 | Perth | Scotland | 38 | 1 |
| 46 | Peterborough | England | 38 | 1 |
| 47 | Southampton | England | 38 | 1 |
| 48 | Dundee | Scotland | 35 | 1 |
| 49 | Bath | England | 34 | 1 |
| 50 | Portsmouth | England | 34 | 1 |
| 51 | Colchester | England | 32 | 1 |
| 52 | Preston | England | 32 | 1 |
| 53 | Lisburn | Northern Ireland | 31 | 1 |
| 54 | Stirling | Scotland | 31 | 1 |
| 55 | Newport | Wales | 30 | 1 |
| 56 | Norwich | England | 29 | 1 |
| 57 | St Davids | Wales | 29 | 1 |
| 58 | Lancaster | England | 28 | 1 |
| 59 | Oxford | England | 28 | 1 |
| 60 | Wells | England | 28 | 1 |
| 61 | Wrexham | Wales | 28 | 1 |
| 62 | Bangor | Wales | 27 | 1 |
| 63 | Hereford | England | 27 | 1 |
| 64 | Canterbury | England | 26 | 1 |
| 65 | Gloucester | England | 25 | 1 |
| 66 | St Albans | England | 24 | 1 |
| 67 | Chelmsford | England | 23 | 1 |
| 68 | St Asaph | Wales | 23 | 1 |
| 69 | Cambridge | England | 22 | 1 |
| 70 | Chichester | England | 19 | 1 |
| 71 | Exeter | England | 19 | 1 |
| 72 | Lichfield | England | 19 | 1 |
| 73 | Worcester | England | 19 | 1 |
| 74 | Lincoln | England | 16 | 1 |
| 75 | Winchester | England | 16 | 1 |
| 76 | Ely | England | 12 | 1 |
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Answers
PharmAnalyser lists 76 official civic cities — 55 in England, 8 in Scotland, 7 in Wales, and 6 in Northern Ireland.
London currently leads this directory with 1,736 active pharmacies (England).
We use each pharmacy postcode to match local council areas on our curated city list. NHS register town names are not used, so the mapped area may be slightly wider than the city centre for some places.