Bristol (/ˈbrɪstəl/ (About this soundlisten)) is a city and county[4] in South West England with a population of 463,400.[5] The wider district has the 10th-largest population in England.[6] The urban area population of 724,000 is the 8th-largest in the UK.[2] The city borders North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, with the cities of Bath and Gloucester to the south-east and north-east, respectively. South Wales lies across the Severn estuary.