English Core Cities Group
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The English Core Cities Group is an association of eight large regional cities in England: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham and Sheffield. These are generally considered to be the eight leading cities in England outside of London, which is by far England's largest city. The group was established in 1995 and the forms the basis for some government plans in the regions. The group was initially formed as a partnership of seven cities and was joined by Nottingham in 2001. Sheffield is designated the lead partner.
The cities in the group are the heads of urban areas that correspond to the largest urban areas in England - see List of conurbations in England. The next largest urban areas to be unrepresented in the group are Portsmouth and Leicester.
