The ONS have released their latest population data for Great Britain: covering up to mid-2025. After decades of consistent growth, Britain's largest cities, including London, have declined. I've done a full analysis of the latest ONS/NRS data for 2025 on my YouTube channel: youtu.be/bIvuvpReodg

These Are Britain's Fastest Growing - And Shrinking - Cities

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What would happen if we gave Transport for Greater Manchester £100bn? Here's my unofficial map showing how Manchester's rail, tram, and underground (!) network could look if TfGM's 2025 Rapid Transit Strategy comes to fruition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PADr...

The UK has a hidden global megacity in northern England: a supercluster of cities with a combined population of nearly 12 million people. But what is holding it back from being a truly integrated megacity with a population and economy the size of several countries? youtu.be/Lcaxlbvryzo

Hiding In Plain Sight: The UK's Second Megacity

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New York's High line in Leeds? In this video I meet two people looking to convert a derelict railway viaduct to the south of Leeds into Yorkshire's answer to the New York Highline. This is a masterclass in bottom-up urbanism seeking to improve the way people live in UK cities. youtu.be/1AntYN2wnL8

Bringing New York's Highline to Leeds

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What happens when you remove a 1930s arcade and restore a station forecourt that has been hidden for generations? In this video I explore the £27m proposals to replace a shopping arcade in Peckham, SE London, with a new public square. What do you think of the plans? youtu.be/SikMzuAJ0Mc

The £27m project to reveal London's most hidden station

YouTube video by CityEd.

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What is the UK's second city? A question that's been debated for decades, and intensified again since YouGov asked 56,000 in a poll in March. So here's my video comparing cities across a range of metrics to officially crown the UK's second city. What do you think? www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqiz...

Is Birmingham really the UK's second city?

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Here's my latest video on the brilliant £1.2bn “Kings” development in Liverpool, which proposes 10 new buildings on a patch of land to the north of the city centre - one of which (at 70 storeys/222m) will be Liverpool’s new tallest building, and one of the tallest in the UK. youtu.be/0kENCjHXwEM

The £1.2bn bet on Liverpool's future

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This is a bit of me. In Manchester they’re proposing to reinstate the facade of this old mill by removing the 1960s render which currently covers up this gorgeous red brick!

My latest video on Newcastle. Take a trip through the city's architecture, famous bridges, urbanism, and history - from its founding as a Roman fort 2,000 years ago to its Georgian city planning, right up to its modern day regeneration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=inf8...

Why I like Newcastle

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This absolutely lovely pocket park in Waterloo, enabled by narrowing the road here to widen the pavement. Certainly put a smile on my face walking past, and hopefully it’ll do the same for others too. #london #greenery #urbanism #biophilic

A rooftop pool for BT Tower? In this video I explore the exciting redevelopment plans for Fitzrovia's iconic tower which will give this shining beacon of retro-futurism a new lease of life: youtu.be/BRRIYXLf1ig #london #architecture #development #urbanism

They're proposing a rooftop pool at BT Tower

YouTube video by CityEd.

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A Gothic-style office building... on Oxford Street? Here's my video about the outstanding redevelopment of London's 33 Cavendish Square (where BHS used to be). The interior ceilings are bringing some gothic joy back to modern architecture - and they're not simply artistic: youtu.be/O1gutWIX1a0?...

The 'Gothic' Office coming to London

YouTube video by CityEd.

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Manchester has been bucking the UK national growth trend for years now. As I explore in my video, the foundation for this economic miracle was laid decades ago. Here's how a YIMBY, pro-development stance transformed Manchester's fortunes youtu.be/VPkLUOfugjo?...

How Manchester became the UK's economic miracle

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