It's the urban area, the Manchester figure is the population of Greater Manchester roughly
Throw Cov in with Brum? …. We will hunt you down!!Yeah, I think Newcastle isn’t that big.
First time I’ve seen Pompey and Southampton grouped together. Id say you may as well throw Cov in with Brum on this basis.
Looking into it , it's the area as a continuous including towns and villages and other built up areas without a break ..
Shows how many people are available to support Leeds and Bradford
Coventry - Exhall - Beduff - Nuneaton - Hinckley(?)