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Borough of Halton

Geography
Status:	Unitary, Borough
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Cheshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 267th 79.09 km�
Admin. HQ:	Widnes
ONS code:	00ET
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 165th 118,156 1,494 / km�
Ethnicity:	98.8% White
Politics
Halton Borough Council http://www.halton.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	Derek Twigg, Mike Hall

Halton is a borough in North West England, administered by a unitary authority. It was created in 1974 as a district of Cheshire, and became a unitary authority on April 1, 1998, becoming an administrative county of itself in the process.

Its major towns are Runcorn and Widnes. It is named after the village of Halton within it. The area borders Merseyside, Warrington and Cheshire. The borough straddles the River Mersey — the area to the north (including Widnes) is historically part of Lancashire, that to the south, Cheshire.

Districts of England - North West England
Allerdale \| Barrow-in-Furness \| Blackburn with Darwen \| Blackpool \| Bolton \| Burnley \| Bury \| Carlisle \| Chester \| Chorley \| Congleton \| Copeland \| Crewe and Nantwich \| Eden \| Ellesmere Port and Neston \| Fylde \| Halton \| Hyndburn \| Knowsley \| Lancaster \| Liverpool \| Macclesfield \| Manchester \| Oldham \| Pendle \| Preston \| Ribble Valley \| Rochdale \| Rossendale \| St Helens \| Salford \| Sefton \| South Lakeland \| South Ribble \| Stockport \| Tameside \| Trafford \| Vale Royal \| Warrington \| West Lancashire \| Wigan \| Wirral \| Wyre
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside

Categories: UK geography stubs | Cheshire

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Halton (borough) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (112 words)
	Halton is a borough in North West England, administered by a unitary authority.
	It was created in 1974 as a district of Cheshire, and became a unitary authority on April 1, 1998, becoming an administrative county of itself in the process.
	The borough straddles the River Mersey — the area to the north (including Widnes) is historically part of Lancashire, that to the south, Cheshire.

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