List of cities in the United Kingdom

Template:Multiple image This is a list of cities in the United Kingdom that are officially designated as such Template:As of.<ref name="govt_list">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It lists those places that have been granted city status by letters patent or royal charter.<ref name="govt_list" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

There are currently 76 such cities in the United Kingdom: 55 in England, eight in Scotland, seven in Wales, and six in Northern Ireland.<ref name="govt_list"></ref> Of these, 24 in England, two in Wales, and two in Northern Ireland have Lord Mayors; four in Scotland have Lord Provosts.Template:Efn In some cases, the area holding city status does not coincide with the built up area or conurbation of which it forms part. In Greater London, for example, the Cities of London and Westminster hold city status separately, but no other local authority in the London Region has been granted city status, nor has the Greater London Authority.

In other cases, such as the cities of Canterbury and Lancaster, the status applies to a local government district which extends over a number of towns and rural areas outside the main settlement proper.Template:Sfnb In England, city status sometimes applies to civil parishes, such as with Ripon; though the status may not apply to the local government district which share their name. For example, the civil parishes of Lichfield and Chichester each hold city status, but Lichfield District and Chichester District in which they are situated do not.

As of 2022, there are currently five ceremonial counties which contain three cities – Cambridgeshire (Ely, Cambridge and PeterboroughTemplate:Efn), Essex, Hampshire, West Midlands and West Yorkshire. Outside the UK within British overseas cities of the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, there are currently five. The number increased as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations by the addition of Stanley in the Falkland Islands and Douglas in the Isle of Man.

History

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The earliest cities (Template:Langx) in Britain were the fortified settlements organised by the Romans as capitals of the Celtic tribes under Roman rule. The British clerics of the early Middle Ages later preserved a traditional list of the "28 Cities" (Template:Langx) which was mentioned in De Excidio BritanniaeTemplate:Efn and Historia Brittonum.<ref name=mommy>Template:Citation </ref>

The title of city was initially informal and, into the 20th century, royal charters were considered to recognise city status rather than grant it.Template:Efn The usual criterion in early modern Britain was the presence of a cathedral, particularly after King Henry VIII granted letters patent establishing six new cities when he established a series of new dioceses of the Church of England in the 1540s as part of the English Reformation.Template:Sfnb No new cities were created between the 16th and 19th centuries, but following the Industrial Revolution and the accompanying population boom and growth in urbanisation, new sees were established at Ripon (1836) and Manchester (1847); their councils began to style them cities immediately. Inverness in Scotland was refused a charter at the time of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria honours of 1897, in part because it would have drawn more attention to the other traditional "cities" still not formally chartered as such.Template:SfnbTemplate:Page needed

Beginning in the mid-19th century, however, the process became more formal. After a visit by Queen Victoria in 1851, Manchester petitioned Parliament for recognition of its status. Ripon followed in the 1860s, and a series of hitherto informal "cities" were formally recognised in the 1880s and 1890s. On the basis of its size, importance, and regular government, Belfast was elevated in spite of its lack of a cathedral in 1888; other large municipalities followed, while smaller applicants began to be rejected. King Edward VII and the Home Office established three criteria for future applicants in 1907: a minimum population of 300,000, a good record of local government, and a "local metropolitan character".Template:Sfnb These criteria were not made public, however, and following Leicester's successful elevation in 1919, a series of exceptions were made. The Local Government Act 1972 effectively eliminated all authorities holding city status outside Greater London on 1 April 1974; most of their replacements were confirmed in their predecessor's status—even in cases such as the 1974–2023 City of Carlisle district, where much of the local authority area was undeveloped countryside—but the Borough of Medway was not permitted to continue Rochester's title. In recent times there have been competitions for new grants of city status. Towns or councils that claim city status or add "city" to their name have been rebuked by the Advertising Standards Authority.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The cities of the Kingdom of Scotland and Kingdom of Ireland were treated separately. Scottish towns irregularly applied the description to themselves, but were formally organised as royal burghs; the special rights of these were preserved by Article XXI of the Treaty of Union which established the single state of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}. 16 January 1707.</ref> Edinburgh and Glasgow were confirmed as cities "by ancient usage" in the 18th century,Template:Sfnb as was Aberdeen,Template:Sfnb and this was later reconfirmed in the Act enlarging the burgh in 1891. Dundee was granted letters patent in 1889 and Elgin and Perth were recognised as cities by the Home Office in 1972, before the privilege was removed by the Scottish Local Government Act of 1973.<ref name=privy>Clark, M. Lynda & al. "Committee on Privileges Second Report", Appendix 3, ss58. Parliament of the United Kingdom (London), 1999.</ref> In Northern Ireland, only the seat of the Primate of All Ireland at Armagh was accorded city status by ancient usage, and this status was abolished by the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840. All other cities have been those explicitly recognised as such.

Thirty-two cities have a Lord Provost (in Scotland) or a Lord Mayor (in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland), see List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom. The six cities where the Lord Mayor or Lord Provost has the right to the style The Right Honourable are York, the City of London, Edinburgh, Glasgow (since 1912), Belfast (since 1923), and Cardiff (since 1956).

Statistical role

Template:Further City status has little statistical significance in UK because it is not a measure of a city's size and only holds a ceremonial status. Historic cities, such as St Davids (a cathedral city in Wales) can be quite small, but newer cities, such as those conferred in 2022, can range in size from anywhere between 50,000 to over 200,000. Populous towns, such as Luton, Northampton and Reading, do not have city status.

Conurbations

The term "city" is sometimes loosely applied to conurbations in the UK. The government tends to recognise these as primary urban areas for statistical and economic purposes, though greater urban areas are what most people determine to be a city region.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Large cities other than London, such as Manchester or Birmingham, are often confused with these conurbations. Manchester has a significantly lower population than Birmingham, though the Greater Manchester Built-up Area is more populous than the West Midlands conurbation.<ref name="E&Wdistricts2011"> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref> This question of definition has provoked a second city debate in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Conversely, many official cities in the UK contain a substantial rural area encompassing settlements which are physically separated from the core urban area. The City of Milton Keynes (a unitary authority) and City of Colchester (non-metropolitan district) received letters patent which covered an area substantially larger than that of their respective core urban areas; this meant that extra-urban settlements such as the towns of Olney<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and West Mersea fall within de jure cities.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

List of cities

De factoTemplate:Efn			De jureTemplate:Efn
City	Statistical region	Year granted or confirmed	City<ref name="govt_list" />	City council status	Population
London	London	Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap	City of LondonTemplate:Efn	Sui generis and ceremonial county	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name=":30.6.23">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Westminster	London	Template:Dts	City of WestminsterTemplate:Efn	London borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name=":30.6.23" />
Birmingham	West Midlands	Template:Dts<ref name=":0">From the London Gazette, 18 January 1889, The Times, 19 January 1889</ref>	City of BirminghamTemplate:Efn	Metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name=":30.6.23" />
Leeds	Yorkshire and the Humber	Template:Dts	City of LeedsTemplate:Efn	Metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name=":30.6.23" />
Glasgow (Template:Langx) (Template:Langx)	Scotland	Template:Dts mid-18th centuryTemplate:Sfnb (Burgh: 1492)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Council areaTemplate:Efn	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="Scotland Council Area Population 2023">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Manchester	North West England	Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>	City of ManchesterTemplate:Efn	Metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name=":30.6.232">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sheffield	Yorkshire and the Humber	Template:Dts	City of SheffieldTemplate:Efn	Metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bradford	Yorkshire and the Humber	Template:Dts	City of BradfordTemplate:Efn	Metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="E&Wdistricts20113">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Edinburgh (Template:Langx)	Scotland	Template:Date table sortingmid-18th centuryTemplate:Sfnb (Burgh: 1329)	City of Edinburgh<ref name="lgas1994"></ref>	Council areaTemplate:Efn	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="Scotland Council Area Population 2023"></ref>
Liverpool	North West England	Template:Dts	City of LiverpoolTemplate:Efn	Metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name=":30.6.23" />
Bristol	South West England	Template:Dts	City of BristolTemplate:Efn	Unitary authority and ceremonial county	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name=":30.6.23" />
CardiffTemplate:Efn (Template:Langx)	Wales	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn	Cardiff	Principal area	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name=":30.6.23" />
Leicester	East Midlands	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn	City of LeicesterTemplate:Efn	Unitary authority	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
Coventry	West Midlands	Template:Dts (Template:Nowrap)	City of CoventryTemplate:Efn	Metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Wakefield	Yorkshire and the Humber	Template:Dts	City of WakefieldTemplate:Efn	Metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Belfast (Template:Langx) (Ulster-Scots dialect: Bilfawst)	Northern Ireland	Template:Dts	Belfast		Template:Nts (2021)<ref name="NISRA-20223"/>
Nottingham	East Midlands	Template:Dts	City of NottinghamTemplate:Efn	Unitary authority	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
Newcastle upon TyneTemplate:Efn	North East England	Template:Dts	City of Newcastle upon TyneTemplate:Efn	Metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
Doncaster	Yorkshire and the Humber	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>	City of Doncaster	Metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
Milton Keynes	South East England	Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>	City of Milton Keynes	Unitary authority	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
Salford	North West England	Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>	City of SalfordTemplate:Efn	Metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Sunderland	North East England	Template:Dts	City of Sunderland<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>	Metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Brighton and Hove	South East England	Template:Dts	Brighton and Hove<ref name="lg0501">Template:London Gazette</ref>	Unitary authority	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
Wolverhampton	West Midlands	Template:Dts	City of Wolverhampton<ref name="lg0501"/>	Metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Kingston upon Hull	Yorkshire and the Humber	Template:Dts	City of Kingston upon HullTemplate:Efn	Unitary authority	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Plymouth	South West England	Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>	City of PlymouthTemplate:Efn	Unitary authority	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
Derby	East Midlands	Template:Dts	City of Derby<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>	Unitary authority	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>	City of Stoke-on-TrentTemplate:Efn	Unitary authority	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Southampton	South East England	Template:Dts	City of SouthamptonTemplate:Efn	Unitary authority	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
SwanseaTemplate:Efn (Template:Langx)	Wales	Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>	Swansea	Principal area	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Aberdeen (Template:Langx) (Template:Langx)	Scotland	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn (Burgh: 1179)	City of Aberdeen<ref name="lgas1994"></ref>	Council areaTemplate:Efn	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="Scotland Council Area Population 2023"></ref>
Peterborough	East of England	Template:Dts	City of PeterboroughTemplate:Efn	Unitary authority	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
Portsmouth	South East England	Template:Dts{{#if:24|24|[1]}}	City of PortsmouthTemplate:Efn	Unitary authority	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
York	Yorkshire and the Humber	Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap	City of YorkTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn	Unitary authority	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Colchester	East of England	Template:Dts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	City of Colchester	Non-metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Chelmsford	East of England	Template:Dts	City of ChelmsfordTemplate:Efn	Non-metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
Template:Nowrap	East of England	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>	Template:Nowrap	Unitary authority	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Oxford	South East England	Template:Dts	City of OxfordTemplate:Efn	Non-metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name=":30.6.23" />
Newport (Template:Langx)	Wales	Template:Dts	Newport<ref name="lg01">Template:London Gazette</ref>	Principal area	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
Canterbury	South East England	Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap	City of CanterburyTemplate:Efn	Non-metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
Preston	North West England	Template:Dts	City of Preston<ref name="lg01"/>	Non-metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Dundee (Template:Langx)	Scotland	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn (Burgh: 1191)	City of Dundee<ref name="lgas1994"></ref>	Council areaTemplate:Efn	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="Scotland Council Area Population 2023"></ref>
Cambridge	East of England	Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>	City of CambridgeTemplate:Efn	Non-metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
St Albans	East of England	Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>	St Albans City and DistrictTemplate:Efn	Non-metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Lancaster	North West, England	Template:Dts<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>	City of LancasterTemplate:Efn	Non-metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Norwich	East of England	Template:Dts (Template:Nowrap)	City of NorwichTemplate:Efn	Non-metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
Chester	North West England	Template:Dts	(Cheshire West and Chester does not hold status)Template:Efn	Charter trusteesTemplate:Efn	Template:Nts (2021)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Exeter	South West England	Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap	City of ExeterTemplate:Efn	Non-metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Wrexham (Template:Langx)	Wales	Template:Dts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Wrexham County Borough	Principal area	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name=":30.6.23" />
Gloucester	South West, England	Template:Dts	City of GloucesterTemplate:Efn	Non-metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
Winchester	South East, England	Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap	City of WinchesterTemplate:Efn	Non-metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
DurhamTemplate:Efn	North East, England	Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap	(County Durham does not hold status)Template:Efn	Charter trusteesTemplate:Efn	Template:Nts (2021)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Carlisle	North West, England	Template:Dts (Template:Nowrap)	(Cumberland does not hold status)Template:Efn	Charter trustees	Template:Nts (2021)<ref>Template:NOMIS2021</ref>
Worcester	West Midlands	Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap	City of WorcesterTemplate:Efn	Non-metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local"/>
Lincoln	East Midlands	Template:Dts (Template:Nowrap)	City of LincolnTemplate:Efn	Non-metropolitan borough	Template:Nts (2023)<ref name="local" />
Bath	South West, England	Template:Dts (Template:Nowrap)	(Bath and North East Somerset does not hold status)Template:Efn	Charter trustees	Template:Nts (2021)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
DerryTemplate:Efn (Template:Langx) (Ulster-Scots: Derrie)	Northern Ireland	Template:Dts<ref>City commemorates the 400th Anniversary of the City's first charter, Derry City Council press release dated 7 July 2004, (accessed 15 December 2007) Template:Webarchive</ref>	None	Represented on Derry City and Strabane District Council	Template:Nts (2021)<ref name="NISRA-20223">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Dunfermline	Scotland	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>	Dunfermline	Part of Fife Council	Template:Nts (2020)<ref name="Scotland Locality Population 2020">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bangor (Template:Langx)	Northern Ireland	Template:Dts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	None	Represented on Ards and North Down Borough Council	Template:Nts (2021)<ref name="NISRA-20223" />
Inverness (Template:Langx) (Template:Langx)	Scotland	Template:Dts	Inverness	Part of Highland Council	Template:Nts (2020)<ref name="Scotland Locality Population 2020"></ref>
Hereford	West Midlands	Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap	Hereford parishTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn	Civil parish	Template:Nts (2021)<ref>Template:NOMIS2021</ref>
Lisburn (Template:Langx)	Northern Ireland	Template:Dts	None	Represented on Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council	Template:Nts (2021)<ref name="NISRA-20223"/>
Stirling (Template:Langx) (Template:Langx)	Scotland	Template:Dts	Stirling	Part of Stirling Council	Template:Nts (2020)<ref name="Scotland Locality Population 2020"></ref>
Perth (Template:Langx) (Template:Langx)	Scotland	Template:Dts<ref>Letters Patent dated 21 May 2012 {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} Template:Cite news</ref> (Burgh: 12th century)Template:Refn	Perth	Part of Perth and Kinross Council	Template:Nts (2020)<ref name="Scotland Locality Population 2020"></ref>
Salisbury	South West England	Template:Dts	Salisbury parishTemplate:Efn	Civil parishTemplate:Efn	Template:Nts (2021)<ref>Template:NOMIS2021</ref>
Lichfield	West Midlands	Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap	Lichfield parishTemplate:Efn	Civil parish	Template:Nts (2021)<ref>Template:NOMIS2021</ref>
Chichester	South East England	Template:Dts (Template:Nowrap)	Chichester parishTemplate:Efn	Civil parish	Template:Nts (2021)<ref>Template:NOMIS2021</ref>
Newry (Template:Langx) (Ulster-Scots: Newrie)	Northern Ireland	Template:Dts	None	Represented on Newry, Mourne and Down District Council	Template:Nts (2021)<ref name="NISRA-20223"/>
Truro (Template:Langx)	South West England	Template:Dts	Truro parishTemplate:Efn	Civil parish	Template:Nts (2021)<ref>Template:NOMIS2021</ref>
Ely	East of England	Template:Dts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> (Template:Nowrap)	Ely parishTemplate:Efn	Civil parish	Template:Nts (2021)<ref>Template:NOMIS2021</ref>
Ripon	Yorkshire and the Humber	Template:Dts	Ripon parishTemplate:Efn	Civil parish	Template:Nts (2021)<ref>Template:NOMIS2021</ref>
ArmaghTemplate:Efn (Template:Langx) (Ulster-Scots: Airmagh)	Northern Ireland	Template:Dts	None	Represented on Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council	Template:Nts (2021)<ref name="NISRA-20223"/>
Bangor	Wales	Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap	Bangor communityTemplate:Efn	Community	Template:Nts (2021)<ref>Template:NOMIS2021</ref>
Wells	South West England	Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap	Wells parishTemplate:Efn	Civil parish	Template:Nts (2021)<ref>Template:NOMIS2021</ref>
St Asaph (Template:Langx)	Wales	Template:Dts	St Asaph communityTemplate:Efn	Community	Template:Nts (2021)<ref>Template:NOMIS2021</ref>
St Davids (Template:Langx)	Wales	Template:Dts	St Davids and the Cathedral CloseTemplate:Efn	Community	Template:Nts (2021)<ref>Template:NOMIS2021</ref>

Map of the cities

The map shows the 76 cities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and one Crown Dependency, Douglas in the Isle of Man.

Map of cities and their local extents

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Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies do not form part of the United Kingdom but are part of its sovereign territory. Association of city status with cathedrals ended in 1865.Template:Sfnp There are presently five cities in Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.<ref name="O'Connor">Template:Cite news</ref>

City	Territory and region	Year granted or confirmed	Population (census date)
Gibraltar	Gibraltar Southwestern Europe	1842<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	32,194 (2012)
Douglas (Template:Langx)	Isle of Man Irish Sea	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	27,938 (2011)
Stanley	Falkland Islands South Atlantic Ocean	2022<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>	2,460 (2016)
Hamilton	Bermuda North Atlantic Ocean	1897	854 (2016)
Jamestown, St Helena	St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha South Atlantic Ocean	1859	629 (2016)

See also

• Centre for Cities
• City status in Ireland
• List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom
• List of smallest cities in the United Kingdom
• List of towns in the United Kingdom
• List of urban areas in the United Kingdom

References

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