The United Kingdom includes England.
The Greater Manchester Built-up Area is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics ( ONS ) , consisting of the large conurbation that encompasses the urban element of the city of Manchester and the continuous metropolitan area that spreads outwards from it , forming much of Greater Manchester in North West England . The Liverpool Urban Area is a term used by the Office for National Statistics ( ONS ) to denote the urban area around Liverpool in England , to the east of the River Mersey . United Kingdom . Other major urban areas in the United Kingdom include the conurbations centred on Birmingham , Leeds , Glasgow , Liverpool and Manchester . The West Midlands conurbation is the large conurbation that includes the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton and the large towns of Sutton Coldfield , Dudley , Walsall , West Bromwich , Solihull , Stourbridge and Halesowen in the English West Midlands . The West Yorkshire Urban Area is a term used by the Office for National Statistics ( ONS ) to refer to a conurbation in West Yorkshire , England , based on the cities of Leeds , Bradford and Wakefield , and the large towns of Huddersfield and Halifax .